Idag deltog jag i WIFF’s panel. ”The topic of the panel is Female Stereotypes in Storytelling: The Cultural and Social Limitation. The panel seeks to look at the female representation that films have seen historically and how this historic baggage affects the modern-day portrayal of a character, or if it affects it at all. The panel hopes to discuss ways to challenge such archaic stereotypes by demonstrating how the filmmakers in the panel went about writing their characters. The panel also hopes to explore ’the market’ for female characters that break away from said stereotypes – can a film about a day in the life of an average woman be made entertaining at all? Who decides it, and what is the scope for female-only stories in a male-dominated industry, as well as the audience?”