The ReFrame Stamp

Award
The ReFrame Stamp
Awarded forRecognition of gender-balanced film and television productions featuring women in key roles
CountryUnited States
Presented byReFrame
First awardedJune 8, 2018
Websitehttps://www.reframeproject.org/stamp

The ReFrame Stamp for Gender-Balanced Production certification is awarded by ReFrame to corporations and media that show progress toward gender equality and greater representation of women in key roles.[1][2]

History

On June 8, 2018, the ReFrame Stamp program was launched to promote and recognize gender-balanced productions in film and television based on data from IMDbPro on how many women are involved in a production in front of and behind the camera.[3] On September 26, the Stamp program expanded to include submissions for TV shows and movies from cable and streaming platforms.[4] ReFrame entered into a partnership in February 2020 with Delta Airlines in which two in-flight channels dedicated to films and television programs respectively with the ReFrame Stamp would be featured.[5] The ReFrame Movie Channel launched with 29 initial offerings including Wonder Woman, The Hate U Give, Ocean's 8, and Lady Bird. The ReFrame Show Channel's initial releases included Supergirl, Empire, How to Get Away With Murder, and Better Things. These offerings were planned to cycle on a monthly basis with additions in each lineup.[6]

Submission process

Qualifying films must be distributed either theatrically or via streaming, while TV shows are counted in relation to the calendar for the Emmy Awards. Films and television which are not considered top 100 grossing projects may be considered through a rolling open call via a manual submission process.

During any given submission period, the individual entering the information regarding the feature film which has been distributed theatrically or via streaming must utilize the Narrative Feature, Animated Feature, or Television submission form. As of 2019, information provided in each submission must include the project title, year of release, studio (or platform), distributor, and contact information for both a production and studio/distributor representative. The submission must specify the positions of each woman involved in qualifying areas for consideration, as well as whether each of those specified is a person of color.[7][8] Appeals for ReFrame Stamp submissions are reviewed using an independent panel and may be submitted via email.[9]

Criteria

Based on a points system, narrative films and animated films[10] and TV programs[11] must achieve four points within the eight defined qualifying categories with at least two points in the categories of female director, writer, and lead. Double points are awarded for women of color in important positions. Screen time analysis is done with the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient (GD-IQ)[clarification needed],[12] while points are calculated by an algorithm and given to the films or TV programs that meet the requirements. After the stamp is awarded, a logo is added to the end credits.[13] The criteria are subject to change accordingly with the evolving industry.

Film

  • Female lead (Top 1 slot listed on the call sheet)
    • 1 point for a female lead
    • 2 points for a female lead of color
  • Female co-lead (Top 2-5 slots on the call sheet)
    • 1 point for a female lead
    • 2 points for a female lead of color
  • Female representation on screen
    • 1 point when 50% of the screen time is female
    • 2 points when 25% of the screen time is females of color
  • Female director
    • 1 point for a female director
    • 2 points for a female director of color
  • Female writer
    • 1 point for a credited female writer
    • 2 points for a credited female writer of color
  • Female producer
    • 1 point for a female producer
    • 2 points for a female producer of color
  • 50% of department heads are female
    • 1 point for 50% female department heads
    • 2 points for 25% female department heads of color
  • 50% of crew members
    • 1 point for 50% female crew
    • 2 points for 25% female crew of color

Television

  • Female lead (Top 1 slot listed on the call sheet)
    • 1 point for a female lead
    • 2 points for a female lead of color
  • Female season regulars (Top 2-5 slots on the call sheet)
    • 1 point if 50% of season regulars are female
    • 2 points if 25% of season regulars are females of color
  • Female showrunner
    • 1 point for a female showrunner
    • 2 points for a female showrunner of color
  • Female writing staff
    • 1 point if 50% of writing staff are female writers (per season)
    • 2 points if 25% of writing staff are female writers of color (per season)
  • Female producer
    • 1 point for at least one female non-writing producer
    • 2 points for at least one female non-writing producer of color
  • Female director
    • 1 point for 50% of episodes directed by female directors (per season)
    • 2 points for 25% of episodes directed by female directors of color (per season)
  • Designated female production personnel
    • 1 point if 50% of the designated production personnel are female
    • 2 points if 25% of the designated production personnel are female of color
  • Female crew
    • 1 point for 50% female crew
    • 2 points for 25% female crew of color

Winners and nominees

Film

2017 Narrative and Animated Feature Recipients

Announced June 7[14] and August 28, 2018[15]

Distributor Film
Amazon Prime Armstrong
Warner Bros. Entertainment
  • Everything, Everything
  • Wonder Woman
Universal Pictures
  • Girls Trip
  • Pitch Perfect 3
Open Road Films Home Again
Aviron Pictures Kidnap
A24
  • Lady Bird
  • Share
Lionsgate My Little Pony: The Movie
20th Century Fox
  • The Post
  • Snatched
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Columbia Pictures Smurfs: The Lost Village
Frameline Suicide Kale
Sony Pictures Classics
  • Capernaum
  • The Wife
Annapurna Pictures Destroyer
CBS Films Five Feet Apart
Juice Worldwide Freelancers Anonymous
Neon Gemini
IRL
Excel Entertainment Group Jane and Emma
Netflix
Amazon Studios Late Night
Blumhouse Productions The Lie
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment The Long Dumb Road
IFC Films Mary Shelley
Miss Arizona

2018 Feature Recipients

Announced March 6, 2019[16]

Distributor Film
Lionsgate
iTunes At Your Own Risk
Walt Disney Studios
Universal Pictures
  • Blockers
  • Breaking In
  • Truth or Dare
Paramount Pictures
  • Book Club
  • Bumblebee
  • Nobody's Fool
Netflix
Warner Bros. Entertainment
  • Crazy Rich Asians
  • Life of the Party
  • Ocean's 8
Fox Searchlight Pictures The Favourite
20th Century Fox
  • The Hate U Give
  • Widows
Hell Fest
Showtime Mail Order Monster
Focus Features
Samuel Goldwyn Films Nancy
Screen Gems Proud Mary
STX Entertainment Second Act
Roadside Attractions Viper Club

2019 Top 100-Grossing Narrative Feature Recipients

Announced February 26, 2020[17]

Distributor Film
Sony Pictures Releasing
Universal Pictures
20th Century Fox
  • Alita: Battle Angel
  • Breakthrough
United Artists Releasing
Walt Disney Motion Pictures
Paramount Pictures
CBS Films/Lionsgate Five Feet Apart
Focus Features Harriet
STX Entertainment
Warner Brothers Pictures
Lionsgate Long Shot

2020 Top 100-Grossing Narrative Feature Recipients

Announced February 17, 2021[18]

Distributor Film
Disney+ Godmothered
FilmRise The Short History of the Long Road
Focus Features
HBO Max
Hulu/Sony Pictures Releasing Happiest Season
IFC Films
Indie Rights Mnemophrenia
Level Forward I'll Meet You There
Lionsgate
Neon Shirley
Netflix/Paramount Pictures The Lovebirds
Netflix
Open Road Films/Voltage Pictures After We Collided
Paramount Pictures The Rhythm Section
Samuel Goldwyn Films The Marijuana Conspiracy
Sony Pictures Releasing
United Artists Releasing Valley Girl
Universal Pictures Trolls World Tour
Utopia/Pacific Northwest Pictures Shiva Baby
Vertical Entertainment Inheritance
Walt Disney Studios Mulan
Warner Brothers Pictures

Television

2017–2018 Television Recipients

Announced November 13, 2018[19]

Distributor Show and Season Film
ABC
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 5)
  • For the People (season 1)
  • Grey's Anatomy (season 14)
  • How to Get Away with Murder (season 4)
  • Scandal (season 7)
  • Station 19 (season 1)
Amazon Prime Video
  • Dino Dana (season 1)
  • Just Add Magic (season 2B)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 1)
  • Transparent (season 4)
An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life
TNT
  • Animal Kingdom (season 2)
  • Claws (season 1)
FX Better Things (season 2)
Comedy Central Broad City (season 4)
PBS Call the Midwife (season 7)
NBC
  • Chicago Med (season 3)
  • This Is Us (season 2)
The CW
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (season 3)
  • Jane the Virgin (season 4)
  • Supergirl (season 3)
Netflix
  • Dear White People (season 2)
  • GLOW (season 1)
  • Grace and Frankie (season 4)
  • Jessica Jones (season 2)
  • Love (season 3)
  • One Day at a Time (season 2)
  • Orange Is the New Black (season 5)
  • Seven Seconds (season 1)
Fox Empire (season 4)
Lifetime
  • Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
  • Flint
  • Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance
  • I Am Elizabeth Smart
  • Story of a Girl
  • The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar
YouTube Premium
  • Foursome (season 3)
  • Lace Up: The Ultimate Sneaker Challenge (season 1)
  • Step Up: High Water (season 1)
  • Youth & Consequences (season 1)
Starz
  • Howards End
  • Outlander (season 3)
  • Sweetbitter (season 1)
  • The Girlfriend Experience: Bria (season 2)
  • Vida (season 1)
TruTV I'm Sorry (season 1)
HBO Insecure (season 2)
BBC America Killing Eve (season 1)
PBS Masterpiece Little Women
OWN Queen Sugar (season 2)
Freeform
  • Famous in Love (season 2)
  • The Bold Type (season 1)
TV Land Teachers (season 2B)
Showtime
  • SMILF (season 1)
  • The Chi (season 1)
CBS Madam Secretary (season 4)
CBS All Access The Good Fight (season 2)
Hulu
  • The Handmaid's Tale (season 2)
  • The Mindy Project (season 6)
TBS
  • Search Party (season 2)
  • The Detour (season 3)
  • The Last O.G. (season 1)

2017–2018 Top 100 Most Popular Television Recipients

Announced January 14, 2020[20]

Distributor Show and Season
ABC
  • For the People (season 1)
  • Grey's Anatomy (season 14)
  • How to Get Away with Murder (season 4)
  • Once Upon a Time (season 7)
  • Scandal (season 7)
  • Station 19 (season 1)
  • The Middle (season 9)
AMC Humans (season 3)
BBC America Killing Eve (season 1)
CBS Madam Secretary (season 4)
The CW
  • iZombie (season 4)
  • Jane the Virgin (season 4)
  • Supergirl (season 3)
  • The 100 (season 5)
Freeform Pretty Little Liars (season 7)
FX
  • The Americans (season 5)
  • American Horror Story (season 7)
Hulu The Handmaid's Tale (season 2)
Netflix
  • GLOW (season 1)
  • Jessica Jones (season 2)
  • Orange Is the New Black (season 5)
Showcase Picnic at Hanging Rock (season 1)

2018–2019 Top 100 Most Popular Television Recipients

Announced January 14, 2020[20]

Distributor Show and Season
Amazon Prime Video
  • Fleabag (season 2)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 2)
ABC
  • Grey's Anatomy (season 15)
  • How to Get Away with Murder (season 5)
AMC The Walking Dead (season 9)
BBC Killing Eve (season 2)
CBC Television Workin' Moms (season 3)
CBS All Access Star Trek: Discovery (season 2)
The CW
  • Jane the Virgin (season 5)
  • Supergirl (season 4)
  • The 100 (season 6)
Fox Broadcasting Company 9-1-1 (season 2)
FX
  • American Horror Story (season 8)
  • Pose (season 1)
Hulu
  • The Act (season 1)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (season 3)
Netflix
  • BoJack Horseman (season 5)
  • GLOW (season 2)
  • Orange Is the New Black (season 6)
  • When They See Us
STARZ Power (season 5)

2019–2020 Top 100 Most Popular Television Recipients

Announced September 15, 2020[21]

Distributor Show and Season
ABC Grey's Anatomy (season 16)
Amazon
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 3)
  • Modern Love
AMC The Walking Dead (season 10)
Apple TV+ The Morning Show (season 1)
BBC America Killing Eve (season 3)
CBS All Access Star Trek: Picard (season 1)
The CW The 100 (season 6)
FX American Horror Story (season 9)
HBO
  • Big Little Lies (season 2)
  • Euphoria (season 1)
  • Watchmen (season 1)
  • Westworld (season 3)
HBO Max Batwoman (season 1)
Hulu
  • The Great (season 1)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (season 3)
  • Little Fires Everywhere (miniseries)
  • Normal People (miniseries)
Netflix
  • Altered Carbon (season 2)
  • Dead to Me (season 2)
  • The End of the F***ing World (season 2)
  • GLOW (season 3)
  • I Am Not Okay with This (season 1)
  • The I-Land (season 1)
  • Jessica Jones (season 3)
  • Never Have I Ever (season 1)
  • Orange Is the New Black (season 7)
  • Sex Education (season 2)
  • Sweet Magnolias (season 1)
  • 13 Reasons Why (season 3)
  • Unbelievable (miniseries)
  • Unorthodox (miniseries)
  • You (season 2)

2020–21 Top 200 Most Popular Television Recipients

Announced on July 20, 2021 [22]

Distributor Show and Season Film
ABC
  • A Million Little Things (season 3)
  • Big Sky (season 1)
  • Grey's Anatomy (season 17)
  • Rebel (season 1)
  • Station 19 (season 4)
  • The Good Doctor (season 4)
  • The Rookie (season 3)
Amazon
AMC
Apple TV+
  • Dickinson (season 2)
  • Mythic Quest (season 1)
  • Servant (season 2)
  • The Mosquito Coast (season 1)
CBS
  • Clarice (season 1)
  • MacGyver (season 5)
  • Mom (season 8)
  • NCIS: New Orleans (season 7)
  • The Equalizer (season 1)
  • Young Sheldon (season 4)
CBS All Access
  • Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 1)
  • The Twilight Zone (season 2)
The CW
  • Batwoman (season 2)
  • Legends of Tomorrow (season 6)
  • Kung Fu (season 1)
  • Supergirl (season 6)
Disney+
  • The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (season 1)
  • WandaVision (season 1)
Disney Channel Spin
Fox
  • 9-1-1 (season 4)
  • 9-1-1: Lone Star (season 2)
  • Call Me Kat (season 1)
Freeform
FX
  • Black Narcissus (miniseries)
  • Pose (season 4)
HBO
HBO Max
Hulu
  • A Teacher (miniseries)
  • Love, Victor (season 1)
  • Monsterland (season 1)
  • PEN15 (season 2A)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (season 4)
  • Y: The Last Man (season 1)
Lifetime Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
NBC
  • Blindspot (season 5)
  • Good Girls (season 4)
  • Law & Order: Organized Crime (season 1)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 22)
  • Manifest (season 3)
  • Superstore (season 6)
  • Young Rock (season 1)
  • Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (season 2)
Netflix
PBS Masterpiece
Peacock
Quibi Don't Look Deeper (season 1)
Showtime
  • City on a Hill (season 2)
  • The Chi (season 3)
Spectrum Originals/Fox L.A.'s Finest (season 2)
Starz
  • P-Valley (season 1)
  • Power Book II: Ghost (season 1)
  • The Girlfriend Experience (season 2)
  • The Luminaries (miniseries)
  • The Spanish Princess (season 2)
Syfy Wynonna Earp (season 4)
TNT Snowpiercer (season 2)
TBS Chad (season 1)
USA Network
  • Dirty John: Betty (The Betty Broderick Story) (season 2)
  • Queen of the South (season 5)

See also

References

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External links

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