Women Filmmakers: Genre and Gender

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French, British and US Cinema and TV Series

3-4 July 2025

University of Le Mans, France

This conference is organized with the support of the Female Filmmakers and Feminism in the Media [FEMME] ANR project, which aims to explore how the growing number of female filmmakers and showrunners is contributing to the transformation of gender culture on screen and in the film and TV industries. Films analysis helps us rethink feminism in the wake of the #MeToo movement and understand the conditions of reception on social media, at festivals and on streaming platforms. FEMME examines the socio-cultural and economic context of women's film productions through a comparative approach.

The FEMME consortium is made up of three academic partners (U. du Mans, U. Jean Jaurès de Toulouse, U. Paul Valéry 3 de Montpellier) and one private partner (Les Ateliers du féminisme populaire), collaborating on four complementary work packages: Archiving women's experiences in contemporary cinema and television (WP1), Empowering feminist theories, (WP2) Promoting and valorizing women filmmakers (WP3), Filming for gender equality (WP4).