The Toronto International Film Festival is putting together a $3 million fund that will be used to set up three-month artist residencies for women filmmakers, launch a speaker series about women in film, and create resources for educators who want to discuss Hollywood’s sexism problem with their students.
Variety reports that the fund will also accept donations from individuals and corporate donors, and has enlisted the support of several filmmakers including Omoni Oboli (Okafor’s Law), Carol Nguyen (Jump Cuts), Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), and Deepa Mehta (Anatomy of Violence).
TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey told Variety, “We acknowledge that gender inequity is systemic in the screen industries, so change has to...
