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2015
X-FACTOR FILMS
This year, we continued our journey to become
THE LEADING SOURCE
OF BADASS FEMALE
ENTERTAINMENT
We still know that entertainment about females makes
20% more on average than entertainment about dudes
No offense dudes, movies and shows are rarely made for us –
so we like to MAKE IT RAIN on dope content that is made for us.
20%
MORE
$$$
But still: only 15% of Hollywood
protagonists are female, eventhough
HALF
well, 51% if we want to be exact
the world is female
We also learned that only 17% of creative professionals
behind mainstream Hollywood entertainment are female
FEMALE
17%
See a correlation? 15% female characters : 17% female filmmakers...
But guess what?
50%
nearly
of film school graduates are female,
sooooooooooooooo where are my independent ladies?
Lionsgate, Women in Film and Volvo said
"Fine. We'll create a competition for female filmmakers!"
and 'The Storytellers: New Voices of the Twighlight Saga' was born
Our co-founders Lauren and Greta applied – and became finalists
scoring higher than 99.3% in worldwide voting polls
Out of the contest they spawned their own modern vampire series
called Tansylvania alongside 5 female writers and directors
All of Season 1 is scripted, and you can follow the filmmakers’ journey HERE!
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launched an investigation into years of suspected Hollywood gender discrimination
Others noticed the problem too...
In light of millions of dollars in discrepancies between their pay and that of their co-stars, Charlize Theron and Jennifer Lawrence demanded equal pay – and Charlize got it
Cate Blanchette and Patricia Arquette called out the lack of female entertainment and demanded recognition of its profitablilty
Inspired by our success collaborating with other
creators, we set out to find more of us...
and gurl, we hit the jackpot
when we discovered...
300+
high quality creators of movies, series and
short-form entertainment for millennial females
They were showcasing work online and
in festivals all over the world
So we brought them together,
increasing our group of Creators to
20
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We are Emmy-winning, Academy Award-nominated, HBO + Netflix
distributed, New York Times Best selling creators with millions of views
We've made over 50 pieces of badass entertainment,
much of which you can now watch at xfactorfilm.com!
Photo by: Sam Zachrich
This year we also curated over
badass staff-picked movies and shows
with an email every Friday for our fans!
60
Because we’ve begun to establish ourselves as a lead
curator of high-quality entertainment about ladies,
our email subscribers hit
2000!
132 of those subscribers are X-Factor Films Ambassadors
In addition to hunting down high quality creators
we jet-set around the country, spoke at special
events in LA and Silicon Valley,
attended film festivals like Sundance and SXSW to find new
creators and began building relationships with industry
players from top distributors, platforms and studios
In the year 2016 we aim to
Introduce you to more creators and
bring you their badass original projects
Become a badass at xfactorfilm.com!
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"Thanks for being rad."
Co-founder, Lauren Tracy
"You stay classy ladies."
Co-founder, Greta McAnany
X-Factor Films 2015: A Badass Year in Review
By Lauren Tracy
X-Factor Films 2015: A Badass Year in Review
Welcome to X-Factor Films. Your destination for Badass Female Entertainment. Check out what we accomplished this year.
