The Oscars’ woman problem - Oscars - Salon.com (via ronmarks)

Ok, I totally understand this and it frustrates me as well, especially as a young woman who would ultimately like to have a career in the film industry. However, the thing is, is that there are simply not as many female directors out there as males. That being said, the lack of female-centered films could be completely helped; there is nothing stopping men from directing films about women, so that to me is a problem. The current lack of female-directed films is upsetting, but what would be even worse is the nomination of a female-directed feature just for the sake of nominating a woman. Lack of support for females in Hollywood may have something to do with this, and I honestly know very little about the politics of the film industry, but nominating a female-directed film for the sake of nomination simply is not fair to anyone involved. The fact of the matter is that there are simply not enough women working in the film industry, and until the skewed proportions of men and women in Hollywood are fixed, I think there is little to be done about recognition of women. In other words, don’t ask for recognition, nominations, or awards just because a person is a woman, ask for them because a person, regardless of gender, is talented and deserving of all of the above. 

Yes. Except that there were some really great female-centred films that didn’t get any nominations (Melancholia, anyone?).
And the best film of the year was We Need To Talk About Kevin. Directed and co-written by (female) Lynne Ramsay. Tilda Swinton was the best performer of the year.
Male-centred, but Shame was co-written by Abi Morgan.
Jane Eyre was written by a woman and Mia Wasikowska’s performance in that was one of the year’s best.