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[INTERVIEW] OTT service helps women have greater say in cinema
Posted : 2021-04-23 08:55
Updated : 2021-04-23 09:20
Streaming service Purplay s CEO Cho Il-ji speaks during a recent interview at The Korea Times office in Seoul. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Streaming service CEO hopes women-directed movies educate audiences about gender equality
By Park Han-sol
In 2018, six out of every 10 university freshmen majoring in theater and film nationwide were women, according to a report by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) s Center for Gender Equality in Korean Cinema. Despite women s growing representation in the motion picture industry, commercial films produced and directed by female filmmakers that were screened from 2014 to 2018 account for only 7.9 percent.