Female filmmakers in the sci-fi and fantasy genre will be celebrated with the first ever Etheria Film Festival, to be held in September 2012.
Etheria is the brainchild of film journalist Heidi Honeycutt and the Viscera Organisation, a not-for-profit group dedicated to increasing the visibility of female genre filmmakers.
Last month, the Viscera Film Festival Carpet Ceremony put the spotlight on up-and-coming women directors in the horror genre with a programme of new short films and a celebrity judging panel of industry veterans.
A Viscera spokeswoman said: "The Viscera Film Festival has been showcasing the best in emerging female horror film talent since 2007.
"But why stop with horror? There are talented women filmmakers across every genre. The Etheria Film Festival is the only film festival in the world that screens, exclusively, the best new short science fiction and fantasy films directed by women from around the globe."
Etheria is co-presented by...
Etheria is the brainchild of film journalist Heidi Honeycutt and the Viscera Organisation, a not-for-profit group dedicated to increasing the visibility of female genre filmmakers.
Last month, the Viscera Film Festival Carpet Ceremony put the spotlight on up-and-coming women directors in the horror genre with a programme of new short films and a celebrity judging panel of industry veterans.
A Viscera spokeswoman said: "The Viscera Film Festival has been showcasing the best in emerging female horror film talent since 2007.
"But why stop with horror? There are talented women filmmakers across every genre. The Etheria Film Festival is the only film festival in the world that screens, exclusively, the best new short science fiction and fantasy films directed by women from around the globe."
Etheria is co-presented by...
- 7/23/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
What does a 26-year-old superhero do when she loses her job? What any unemployed 26-year-old does - move back in with her mom.
Ashley Maria directs this independent film about Volcano Girl, a government-created superhero who is fired and has to move in with her mom and teenage sister in order to make ends meet. All she's ever done is "superhero", and now - in This economy - what's a person to do?
Starring Bonnie Kathleen Ryan as Virginia (aka Volcano Girl), the film is less about having awesome powers and fantasy sequences than it is about the modern American economy, shifting family dynamics, and a woman having to reinvent herself from a super-powerful, respected hero to ... something elsein a less-than-accommodating work force. Movies about the inner humanity of superheroes always end up as fascinating character studies (The Incredibles, for instance) set in the realm of comic-book heroism.
Who is Volcano Girl?...
Ashley Maria directs this independent film about Volcano Girl, a government-created superhero who is fired and has to move in with her mom and teenage sister in order to make ends meet. All she's ever done is "superhero", and now - in This economy - what's a person to do?
Starring Bonnie Kathleen Ryan as Virginia (aka Volcano Girl), the film is less about having awesome powers and fantasy sequences than it is about the modern American economy, shifting family dynamics, and a woman having to reinvent herself from a super-powerful, respected hero to ... something elsein a less-than-accommodating work force. Movies about the inner humanity of superheroes always end up as fascinating character studies (The Incredibles, for instance) set in the realm of comic-book heroism.
Who is Volcano Girl?...
- 6/1/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
For Immediate Release
March 25, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA -
The lineup for the April 3, 2011 BleedFest event in Los Angeles from 11am-4pm has been announced. The theme is ThrillHer: Suspense films by women. For $10 and free street parking, attendees will view four hours of genre films by women, partake in the open bar, network with industry luminaries, and have three opportunities to be interviewed on the red carpet and have their photos featured on PRPhotos.com and Exposaay.com.
BleedFest Film Festival is a monthly screening and networking event in Los Angeles that fetes the women who love writing, producing, directing, and watching badass genre movies: action, thriller, sci-fi, horror, western, exploitation (of men or audience only), B-movie, and erotica. BleedFest Film Festival's Charity for the Month of April is the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles-Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund. A donation stand will be set up,...
March 25, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA -
The lineup for the April 3, 2011 BleedFest event in Los Angeles from 11am-4pm has been announced. The theme is ThrillHer: Suspense films by women. For $10 and free street parking, attendees will view four hours of genre films by women, partake in the open bar, network with industry luminaries, and have three opportunities to be interviewed on the red carpet and have their photos featured on PRPhotos.com and Exposaay.com.
BleedFest Film Festival is a monthly screening and networking event in Los Angeles that fetes the women who love writing, producing, directing, and watching badass genre movies: action, thriller, sci-fi, horror, western, exploitation (of men or audience only), B-movie, and erotica. BleedFest Film Festival's Charity for the Month of April is the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles-Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund. A donation stand will be set up,...
- 3/28/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Start: 04/03/2011 Start: 04/03/2011
On April 3, 2011 BleedFest is presenting ThrillHer: Suspense films by women.
BleedFest Film Festival is a monthly screening and networking event in Los Angeles prmoting women maing action, thriller, sci-fi, horror, western, exploitation (of men or audience only), B-movie, and erotica. BleedFest Film Festival's Charity for the Month of April is the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles-Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund. A donation stand will be set up, and all donators get half off the $10 ticket price to BleedFest.
There's an awesome retrospective of director Maude Michaud's work (in person!) plus the world premier of the anthology I Hate La. Filmmaker and festival programmer Lori Bowen of Hallowscreen will co-present the In Competition Shorts block of films.
Full Event Schedule:
Time: 11am-4:00pm
Location: Cap Theatre
13752 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
http://www.BleedFest.com
$10 cash at door for all day ticket and...
On April 3, 2011 BleedFest is presenting ThrillHer: Suspense films by women.
BleedFest Film Festival is a monthly screening and networking event in Los Angeles prmoting women maing action, thriller, sci-fi, horror, western, exploitation (of men or audience only), B-movie, and erotica. BleedFest Film Festival's Charity for the Month of April is the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles-Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund. A donation stand will be set up, and all donators get half off the $10 ticket price to BleedFest.
There's an awesome retrospective of director Maude Michaud's work (in person!) plus the world premier of the anthology I Hate La. Filmmaker and festival programmer Lori Bowen of Hallowscreen will co-present the In Competition Shorts block of films.
Full Event Schedule:
Time: 11am-4:00pm
Location: Cap Theatre
13752 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
http://www.BleedFest.com
$10 cash at door for all day ticket and...
- 3/28/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
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