At film schools, the gender balance is about 50/50. Women do really well in short-film competitions. It’s when business and commerce and art come together; somehow men trust men more. My feeling is we need an Abraham Lincoln figure to get in there, and say – especially when it comes to public money – it has to be equal. Film-making is not about whether you’re a man or a woman; it’s about sensitivity and hard work and really loving what you do. But women are going to tell different stories – there would be many more stories in the world if women were making more films.