More than a dozen female filmmakers have made their first appearance on the AACTA awards red carpet, dressed as sausages.

The women stormed the red carpet on Wednesday afternoon, shouting "end the sausage party" in a message to AACTA that its representation of films by women, just 7 per cent, is not enough.

Sophie Mathison from Women in Film and Television NSW (WIFT) said just two narrative feature films out of 28 showcased in this year's screening tour were by women, and that a number of films that did make the cut actually violated AACTA's own eligibility criteria.

"It looks as if AACTA has a set of rules that they apply if and when it suits them," she said. "We had one female filmmaker who didn't even submit her film because she knew it didn't fit the criteria, and then other films that also didn't fit made the screening tour. If these rules are just made to be broken then they need to be overhauled."