the sydney film festival is underway and every year they choose a topic to focus on.ining a spotlight on feminism and film. with women around the world holding marches after donald trump's election, are we on the cusp of a new wave of feminism? earlier i spoke to susan charlton who's the curator of the feminism & film program at sydney film festival. i asked her what promoted the festival to focus on women in the industry. i think it was because there are a number of programmes happening in australia at the moment that are addressing the fact that, after a0 yea rs, very little addressing the fact that, after a0 years, very little has changed, actually, and filmmaking, and the numbers of women, for example, who are directing or writing, or producing, they really have not changed, all that much since the 19705. changed, all that much since the 1970s. so for example, in 1971, a% of feature films were made by women. and today, 16%. that is not a great change in such a period of time. if that rate of change continues, it might take 100 years to get equity. soa number of mi

earlier i spoke to susan charlton is the curator of the feminism & film programme at sydney film festivaluse there are a number of programmes happening in australia at the moment that address the fact that after a0 years very little has changed, actually, in filmmaking and the numbers of women, for example, who are directing or writing or producing have not really changed all that much full since the 19705. changed all that much full since the 1970s. for example, in 1971, quarter% of feature films were made by women and today 16%. that is not a great change in such a long period of time. if that rate of change continues, it may take 100 years to get equity. so a number of programmes have been put in place to try and change that situation and i think it's time to look at the films are were being made back in the 19705, are were being made back in the 1970s, the heyday of feminist filmmaking here in australia. why do you think nothing has changed? well... one filmmaker told me that she thought, is filmmaking addressed theissue she thought, is filmmaking addressed the issue of child care, th

that's the focus of one of the world's leading film festivals in sydney, australia.i think it was because there are a number of programmes happening in australia at the moment that are addressing the fact that, after a0 yea rs, very little has changed, actually, in filmmaking, and the numbers of women, for example, who are directing or writing, or producing, they really have not changed, all that much since the 70s. so for example, in 1971, 4% of feature films were made by women. and today, 16%. that is not a great change in such a period of time. if that rate of change continues, it might take 100 years to get equity. so a number of programmes have been put in place to try and change this situation, and the festival thought it is time to look at the films that were being made in the 70s, when it was the heyday of feminist or making here in australia. before we go, some sports news and please forgive us — as when it comes to football, we don't normally have a lot to cheer about. england's footballers have won their first world cup final for more than half a century.