France’s National Film Board to Reduce Funding for Productions That Fail Gender Equality Targets

France's National Film Board is tying film funding to gender parity. Starting January first, twenty twenty-seven, productions that fail to meet gender equality targets will see their public financing reduced, while those hitting the benchmarks receive full support. Variety reports the penalty-and-bonus system marks a significant escalation in France's effort to embed gender representation into the economic structure of filmmaking.

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