Los Angeles Etheria Film Night, the annual showcase of women-directed genre, that hosts one feature length screening and a shorts showcase has announced the 2015 lineup, including the world premiere of Australian horror, Inner Demon; Gigi Saul Guerreros El Gigante (based on Shane McKenzies novel, Muerte Con Carne); and Shevenge, from filmmaker, author and Buffy star Amber Benson.
Etheria Film Night 2015 gets underway June 13th at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Ursula Dabrowskys Inner Demon screens at 4:00 p.m., followed by the shorts showcase and Awards Ceremony at 7:30. Nearly all filmmakers will be in attendance, and 2015 judges include 2015 judges include Larry Fessenden (Glass Eye Pix), Rachel Talalay (Dr. Who), Patty West (AFIs Directing Workshop for Women), Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever), Elle Schneider (Digital Bolex), Elizabeth Stanley (Trailers from Hell), John Skipp (Book of the Dead), Peter Block (A Bigger Boat Productions), Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki (Dark Dunes Productions), Neil Marshall (The Descent) Thuc Nguyen (BTCHFLCKS), Mick Garris (Masters of Horror), Ashlee Blackwell (graveyardshiftsisters.com), Elizabeth Kaiden (Tangerine Entertainment), Tasha Lowe-Newsome (WGA Committee of Women Writers & WoWga), Ryan Turek (Blumhouse Productions), Mynette Louie (Gamechanger Films), Brad Miska (V/H/S I & II), Jairo Alvarado (Circle of Confusion), Darin Scott (Tales from the Hood), Emily Silver (Bones, Finding Carter), Mark Alan Miller (Seraphim Films), Jessie Lilley Campbell (Mondo Cult Magazine), Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project), and David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama).
Below, find the full lineup and info, as well as trailers. If youre in L.A., this is a significant event, not simply to show support for all filmmaking in horror, but to catch and be aware of talent everyone could very likely be talking about in the near future.
For much more on Etheria Film Night, visit the official site.
Ursula Dabrowsky’s Inner Demon Teaser Trailer HD (2015) from Ursula Dabrowsky on Vimeo.
Godel Incomplete, Trailer from Martha Goddard on Vimeo.
SHEILASCORNED TRAILER v1 from Mara Tasker on Vimeo.
Shevenge Trailer from Shevenge The Movie on Vimeo.
“SLUT” Trailer from World International Pictures on Vimeo.
Etheria 2015
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Etheria 2015 #1
Coward (Dir. Karen Gillan)
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Etheria 2015 #2
Grim Grinning Ghost (Dir. Axelle Carolyn)
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Etheria 2015 #3
Inner Demon (dir. Ursula Dabrowsky)
INNER DEMON tells the nightmarish tale of Sam, a teenager abducted by a serial killer couple. Sam manages to escape and find refuge in an isolated house only to discover that it is home to greater terrors and a malevolent spirit. Hiding in a cupboard, bleeding to death, and waiting for her chance to escape, Sam is propelled into a struggle for survival – one that will push her to the limits not only physically and emotionally, but spiritually.
Partly inspired by the true story of David and Catherine Birnie, the serial killing Perth-based couple, INNER DEMON features a stunning performance from newcomer Sarah Jeavons as “Sam.”
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Etheria 2015 #4
De noche y de pronto (dir. Arantxa Echevarria)
Home alone in a deserted apartment building during the Christmas season, Maria is startled to receive a visit from a desperate man claiming to be her upstairs neighbor whose apartment has been broken into by thieves.
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Etheria 2015 #5
El Gigante (dir. Gigi Saul Guerrero)
After attempting to cross the US/Mexico border in search of a better life, Armando awakens in an unknown room, his body broken down and a Lucha Libre mask sewn into his neck. He attempts to escape, but is surrounded by a sadistic family, who watch him with hungry eyes. The only chance for Armando’s survival in this hellish nightmare is to last in a wrestling match against the most terrifying villain of all: GIGANTE!
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Etheria 2015 #6
Gödel, Incomplete (dir. Martha Goddard)
Gödel Incomplete is a time-travel love-story between one of the great minds of the 20th century, Kurt Gödel, and a lonely particle physicist, Serita Cedric, a research student working at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Their affair becomes the trigger for his theory on time as one event feeds into the next and it becomes impossible to tell which came first.
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Etheria 2015 #7
Sheila Scorned (dir. Mara Gasbarro Tasker)
Sheila Scorned follows the violent misadventure of Sheila Johnson, a jaded and quick tongued dancer at a gentleman’s club. One night, after noticing an old flame in the crowd, Sheila seduces her ex, Charlie…and kills him. But her plans to get home are interrupted when Charlie’s tie to a local gang of misfits comes back to bite her. Now abducted and trapped in a warehouse, Sheila has to fight her way free from their violent and sexual advances. Unluckily for the men, Sheila’s got a penchant for ass kicking. And she can turn into a bit of a psychopath when she feels slighted.
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Etheria 2015 #8
Shevenge (dir. Amber Benson)
From Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Amber Benson comes this twisted, darkly comedic, genre-bending tale of revenge. A revenge of the worst kind – Shevenge!
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Etheria 2015 #9
Slut (dir. Chloe Okuno)
A dark, coming of age thriller about a 16-year-old misfit named Maddy who lives alone with her grandmother in a small town in Texas. When Maddy crosses paths with an older, charismatic Stranger- a fellow misfit who’s passing through town- her quiet, monotonous life takes a dangerous turn.
