The tenth annual Silwerskermfees Film Festival, which celebrates SA movie making, was also a space where female filmmakers and actors spoke out about underrepresentation, being outnumbered in male dominated meetings and the frustrating prevalence of on-screen female stereotypes. Leading a discussion entitled Women in Film and TV, discussion leader, senior manager M-Net of South African reality, films and co-productions Kaye Ann Williams, said women are not equally represented in the indust.
Women working in South Africa's film and TV industry shared some of their hair-raising anecdotes, challenges and suggestions during a panel session about women in film at the 10th Silwerskerm Film Festival.