Overview
- Dones Visuals and the University of Barcelona released the first intersectional report on violence and inequality across Catalonia’s screen sector.
- The study describes normalized sexual harassment on male-dominated sets, pushing some women to change specialties or avoid on‑set work to protect themselves.
- Verbal abuse emerges as the most frequent harm, often tied to machismo and racism, with additional cases linked to LGTBIQA+phobia, ableism, aspectism and ageism.
- Researchers document three physical assaults: two motivated by LGTBIQA+phobia and one with a racist motive involving a venue director touching a filmmaker’s hair.
- Systemic barriers exclude disabled and neurodivergent professionals, including film-school requirements reliant on hearing and long shoot schedules incompatible with medication, while segregation and ‘hepeating’ undermine advancement and access to roles.