„I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: Inclusion rider“
– Frances McDormand at the 2018 Oscar Awards Ceremony

The figures in the Film Gender Report 2012–2016 by the Austrian Film Institute and Federal Chancellery Division II – Arts and Culture send a clear signal: Women are under-represented both behind and in front of the camera, their projects are less frequently funded and with lower amounts, and their work is paid less.

Accordingly, women occupied only a third of the film staff positions in the evaluated film projects in the period January 2012 to December 2016. Only 14% of all films were realized by predominantly female film teams; a female directed only every fifth cinema motion picture.2 Furthermore, the evaluation indicates a 34% ratio of female film crew members, including director and screenplay, who, however, only received 29% of the fee.3

RUNDFILM has decided to implement equal opportunities for men and women as a fixed component of business culture—not only to help create an awareness for the situation of women in the sector but to promote real change.

LET’S MAKE A CHANGE! 
RUNDFILM recognizes its social obligation to support equality of all genders and diversity in the film and media industry and to strive for a balanced relationship. THE FILM PRODUCTION is convinced that equal participation represents a decisive factor in a just and solidary society and a healthy business culture.

I. OFF SCREEN MEASURES

► RUNDFILM is committed to increasing the number of female staff in all organizational units, functions, and occupations in which women are under-represented. 
►RUNDFILM is committed to interviewing (also) women to achieve the highest possible level of equal representation within the following staff positions:
→ Development and production: screenplay, dramaturgy, direction, camera, light, art direction, sound, production management, line production.
→ Post-production: film editing, sound editing and design, visual effects and animation, music score.

Furthermore, RUNDFILM is committed to holding talks with heads of departments in order to promote awareness for equality and diversity within their teams.

► In the spirit of equal opportunity, provided the equivalent fulfilment of the required qualifications and artistic capacities, women are given priority for the abovementioned positions.

RUNDFILM recognizes the social responsibility that accompanies its work as film producers of images which reflect society and its diversity. We live in a community of people of different genders and age, different social and national backgrounds, with different intellectual and physical capacities. The team of THE FILM PRODUCTION is convinced that a differentiated representation of society and visibility in its complete diversity are of fundamental importance in facilitating and advancing equal opportunities.

II. ON SCREEN MEASURES

► RUNDFILM is committed to developing and casting leading and supporting roles beyond gender-specific clichés and stereotypes as a reflection of the diversity of society.

► The producers, directors, and/or casting are committed to casting at least one woman for non-gender-specific supporting roles in the screenplay and to fill the role where possible. Additionally, it is agreed that one woman respectively will be casted and when possible, hired for one of the supporting roles that were written for a man. 

► RUNDFILM, in cooperation with the directors and casting and in accordance with the screenplay and its context, is committed to selecting women and people of other under-represented groups4 for supporting roles and as extras in a manner that correlates with the anticipated demographic realities of the film. These roles are developed on the basis of demographic data while taking into account historical and local contexts.