In 2025, female directors remained largely invisible in the Italian film industry. Despite growing attention to gender equality, data from Italian film festivals show that women remain significantly underrepresented compared to men.
At two of the worldβs most prestigious film festivals, the Venice and Rome Film Festivals, a total of 90 films were shown in 2025 across the sections Grand Public and Competition Progressive Cinema at Rome, and Competition and Out of Competition sections (fiction and nonfiction) at the Venice Film Festival. Of these, only 29 were directed by women, accounting for approximately 32.2%.
Out of these 90 films, 26 were Italian productions and only six were directed by Italian women,
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