Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't know if my films are about women in a kind of frolicking - here's a grab bag of women's issues. They are about women of substance with very particular stories.
People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems.
I think that female roles, they can be victims, they can be sympathetic, they can be in pain, they can be in suffering - but they can't be ugly. I think there's so much fear surrounding that, that it makes a film unlikeable, that it won't sell.
What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.
There are few films where you have women really driving the plot.
My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.
We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.
It's frustrating we still don't see more movies featuring strong women.
My entire career stands on the strong pillars of women-oriented films. This stems from the fact that I am sensitive to the entire aura and mystique of a woman and womanhood.
Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.