Etheria Film Night (also known as Etheria Film Festival) is an annual

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for new short films by women directors. Etheria Film Night was founded in 2014 by Heidi Honeycutt, Stacy Pippi Hammon, and Kayley Viteo, former Viscera Film Festival staff members. The festival screens a curated lineup of

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short films and sometimes a feature film.

Annual showcase

* 2014: On July 12, 2014, the showcase screened the

premieres of

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's directorial debut ''Dawn'' and

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's feature directorial debut ''

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'' at The

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. Other films included Danis Goulet's (director of ''Night Raiders'') ''Wakening'',

Gigi Saul Guerrero Gigi Saul Guerrero (born February 27, 1990) is a Mexican filmmaker and actress. She is known for creating and directing the 2017 horror web series ''La Quinceañera'', and for her work on the 2019 series ''The Purge'' and '' Into the Dark''. Ear ...

's ''Dia de los Muertos'', Rebecca Thomson's ''The Jelly Wrestler'', Kayoko Asakura's ''Hide and Seek'', Sarah Doyle's ''You Me & Her'' (Audience Award Winner), and Julia Walter's ''Job Interview'' (Jury Award Winner). * 2015: On June 13, 2015, the showcase screened Ursula Dabrowsky's feature horror ''Inner Demon'' at The

. Other films included Mara Tasker's ''Sheila Scorned'',

's ''El Gigante'', Martha Goddard's ''Gödel Incomplete'', Chloe Okuno's ''Slut'' (Audience Award Winner), Arantxa Echevarria's (director of ''

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'') ''De noche ye de pronto'' (Jury Award Winner), and

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's ''SheVenge''. * 2016: On June 11, 2016, the showcase screened

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's ''

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'' at The Aero Theatre in

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. Other films included Kerry Yang's ''Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon'', Stephanie Cabdevila's ''Bionic Girl'', Christine Boylan's ''HOSS'', Olga Osorio's ''reStart'', Toy Lei's ''Boxer'', Jill Gevargizian's ''The Stylist'' (Audience and Jury Award Winner), Mindy Bledsoe's (director of '' The In-Between'') ''Hard Broads'', Jacqueline Castel's ''The Puppet Man'', and

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's ''Nasty'' (the short version of '' Censor).'' * 2017: On June 3, 2017, the showcase screened Roseanne Liang's (director of ''

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'') ''Do No Harm'' (Audience Award Winner), Olga Osorio's ''Einstein-Rosen'', Tara Price's ''Earworm'', Bridget Savage Cole's (director of ''Blow the Man Down'') ''Swell'' (Jury Award Winner), Norma Vila's ''Jules D'', Ruth Pickett's ''The Honeymoon'', Cameo Wood's ''Real Artists'', and Thirati Kulyingwattanavit's ''Kumal'' at The

. *2018: On June 16, 2018, the showcase screened Jocelyn Stamat's ''

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'' (Audience and Jury Award Winner), Tammy Riley Smith's ''Lady M'', Devi Snively's ''Bride of Frankie'', Natalie Erika Smith's (director of ''Relic'') ''Creswick'', Elizabeth Serra's ''Skin Deep'', Maria Alice Alida's ''Instinct'', Cidney Hue's ''OVUM'', Naledi Jackson's ''The Drop-In'', Macarena Montero's ''The Agency'', and Anca Vlasan's ''C U Later Tuesday''. *2019: On June 29, 2019, the showcase screened Mariama Diallo's ''Hair Wolf'', Mai Nakanishi's ''Hana'', S.K. Reimer's ''Bitten'', Jessica Sanders' ''End of the Line'', Chelsea Lupkin's ''Lucy's Tale'', Stephanie Cabdevila's ''Atomic Spot'', Ivy Liao's ''Cupid's Paradise'', Elaine Mungeon's ''Good Morning'', and

's feature film from the

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series ''Into the Dark: Culture Shock''. *2020: On June 19, 2020, the showcase screened Carlyn Hudson's ''Waffle'', Mia'kate Russell's ''Maggie May'', Yoko Okumura's ''Basic Witch'', Bears Rebecca Fonte's ''Conversion Therapist'', Myrte Ouwerkerk's ''Offbeat'', Alexandria Perez''s ''The Final Girl Returns'', Taryn O’Neill's ''Live'', Kelli Breslin's ''Man in the Corner'', and Ursula Ellis' ''Ava in the End''. Due to the 2020 COVID-19 quarantine, the films were screened on

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from June 19 through July 20, 2020 rather than at a live event. *2021: On June 25, 2021, the showcase screened Kelsey Bollig's ''The Fourth Wall'', Anna Chazelle's ''Narrow'', Monica Mateo's ''You Will Never Be Back'', Katy Erin's ''Bootstrapped'', Ciani Rey Walker's ''Misfits'', Myra Aquino's ''The'' ''Gray'', Aislinn Clarke's ''Eye Exam'', and Astrid Thorvaldsen's ''Who Goes There?'' Due to the 2020 COVID-19 quarantine, the films were screened on

from June 25 through July 25, 2021 with a screening in Kansas City, Missouri on June 26. *2022: On June 18, 2022, the showcase screened live at the Los Feliz theater in Los Angeles, California. The showcase also aired on

from June 19 to July 19, 2022. The official selections were A.K. Espada's ''This is Our Home'', Annalise Lockhart's ''Inheritance'', Lucía Forner Segarra's ''Dana'', Deanna Milligan's ''Lucid'', Camille Hollett-French's ''FREYA'', Millicent Malcolm's ''The Familiars'', and Mercedes Bryce Morgan's ''Come F*ck My Robot''. On July 1, 2022, the showcase was screened in Kansas City, Missouri at the Screeland Armour theater. *2023: On July 1, 2023, the showcase screened live at the Screenland Armour Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. The showcase also aired on

from July 1 to July 31, 2023. The official selections were Meg Swertlow's ''No Overnight Parking'', Jennifer Zhang's ''Autopilot'', Alix Austin's ''Sucker'', Genevieve Kertesz's ''The Erl King'', Zooey Martinson's ''Incomplete'', Mai Nakanishi's ''Border'', Natalie Metzger's ''Sleep Study'', Samantha Aldana's ''Angels'', Nikki Taylor-Roberts' ''Go to Bed Raymond'', and Chelsea Gonzalez's ''Make the Call''.

Inspiration Award

The Etheria Film Night Inspiration Award, presented at the annual premiere, honors notable women in genre film.

Lexi Alexander Alexandra Mirai (; born 23 August 1974), known professionally as Lexi Alexander, is a German-Palestinian filmmaker and martial artist. A former competitor in karate-point fighting and kickboxing, Alexander entered the film industry as a stunt pe ...

received the award in 2014,

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received the award in 2015,

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received the award in 2016,

Stephanie Rothman Stephanie Rothman (born November 9, 1936) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, known for her low-budget independent exploitation films made in the 1960s and 1970s, especially ''The Student Nurses'' (1970) and ''Terminal Isla ...

received the award in 2017 (presented by

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he w ...

Rachel Talalay Rachel Talalay (born July 16, 1958) is an American filmmaker and producer best known for directing films such as ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' (1991), ''Ghost in the Machine (film), Ghost in the Machine'' (1993), and ''Tank Girl (film), ...

received the award in 2018 (presented by

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Gale Anne Hurd Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla Entertainment (formerly Pacific Western Productions), and a former recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America. Her notable wo ...

received the award in 2019 (presented by Roger Corman). In 2021,

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received the award (presented by Hurd). The 2022 Etheria Inspiration Award was presented to previous Etheria filmmaker

onstage at the live screening. The 2023 Etheria Inspiration award was presented to

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onstage at the live screening by

Joe Bob Briggs John Irving Bloom (born January 27, 1953), known by the stage name Joe Bob Briggs, is an American syndicated film critic, writer, actor, comic performer, and horror host. He is known for having hosted ''Joe Bob's Drive-in Theater'' on The Movi ...

Alumni

Notable alumni include Mercedes Bryce Morgan, Jacqueline Castel, Mia'kate Russell, Yoko Okumura,

Chloe Okuno Chloe Alexandra Okuno is an American filmmaker. She wrote and directed the segment "Storm Drain" for the 2021 horror anthology ''V/H/S/94.'' Her feature film directorial debut, '' Watcher'', premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S ...

, Axelle Carolyn, Bridget Savage Cole, Anna Chazelle, Mariama Diallo,

Roseanne Liang Roseanne Liang is a New Zealand film director. Her first feature film, ''My Wedding and Other Secrets'', was the first theatrically released feature film made by a Chinese New Zealander and became 2011's highest grossing local feature film. She a ...

, Natalie Erika Smith,

Danis Goulet Danis Goulet (born 1977) is a Canadian First Nations (Cree-Métis) film director and screenwriter,Chris Knight"Danis Goulet's film a first for New Zealand-Canada Indigenous co-operation" ''National Post'', June 26, 2020. whose debut feature film ' ...

, Mindy Bledsoe, Amelia Moses, Jill Gevargizian, Arantxa Echevarría, Taryn O'Neill, Bola Ogun, Kayoko Asakura, and Christine Boylan.

References

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External links

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Film festivals in Los Angeles Women's film festivals in the United States Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States Short film festivals in the United States Science fiction film festivals History of women in California

Annual showcase

Inspiration Award

Alumni

See also

References

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