“Hollywood is male-driven and the women directors who made it on to the list of the 250 top-grossing American films in 2006 comprise only 7 per cent of the total number of directors, according to an annual survey conducted at San Diego State University. The number was the same in 2005. Women screenwriters made up 10 per cent of the total – but that number is going down. In 1998, it was 13 per cent. The Toronto International Film Festival, and by implication the international film world, presents a different picture. This year’s tally of 52 women directors on the list of 332 new films amounts to more than 15 per cent.”