Posted by Superheidi on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 01:00:00 CST
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni best actress nomination!
Actress Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni (Demons 2, Mother of Tears) has been nominated for "Best Actress in a Professional Film" at Fright Nights 2008 in Klagenfurt/Carinthia, Austria for her dazzling performance in the short horror film The Dirt! Fright Nights takes place Oct 27-November 2. The Dirt will be screening at the fest on Tuesday, 28th from 7:15 PM to 7:30 PM and Saturday, 1st from 7:25 PM to 7:40 PM.
Posted by Superheidi on Friday, October 24, 2008 @ 15:19:40 CDT
Marisa Tomei honored at Hollywood Film Festival
The 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards will honor Academy Award-winning actress Marisa Tomei with the "Hollywood Supporting Actress of the Year Award" at the festival's Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place on October 27, 2008 in Beverly Hills. Marisa Tomei launched her acting career in 1985's The Toxic Avenger from Troma as "Health Club Girl" and was actually uncredited, and recently starred in the horror film Danika.
Posted by Superheidi on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 @ 13:11:48 CDT
'Side Effect' wins the Pretty-Scary Film Award at Shriekfest
As proud sponsors of the 2008 Shriekfest Film Festival (run by Denise Gossett) in Los Angeles, California, Pretty-Scary gave the 2008 Pretty/Scary Award for Excellence in Female Horror Filmmaking to the short horror film Side Effect. (read our review). Produced by Krishna Devine and directed by Liz Adams, this female-centric story is a grim and gruesome tale of modern medicine gone awry. Made through the amazing AFI Directing Workshop for Women, Side Effect is one of the most successful horror shorts in the festival circuit this year.
Also recognized at the festival was the amazing Rule of Three (read our review), directed by Eric Shapiro and written and produced by Rhoda Jordan (who also starred) which recieved best Actor/Actress for Rhoda Jordan's amazing protrayal of a young woman about to become the victiom of violence. The terrifying Bane, a UK film, in which 4 women find themselves trapped in a frightening room with surgeons who manipulate and terrorize them, was recognized as best Horror Feature. "The Hercynian Orchid" written by Melisa Ford, won best Fantasy Feature Screenplay, and Diana Kemp Jones' "Scavenger" script won Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay. Also at the fest? The female-produced Eel Girl and Le Petit Chef (directed by Annabel Osborne) which came close to winning an award themselves.
Posted by Superheidi on Monday, October 06, 2008 @ 17:09:59 CDT
Women at the Sacramento Horror Film Festival
Michelle Fatale's 21 minute horror short The Cleaner is the only female-directed short at the Sacramento Horror Film festival.The story of Grace and her struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder and how it affects her relationship with her husband, her job, and every aspect of day to day life is fatale's second film. After a series of unfortunate events, her life begins to crumble before her eyes.
Also screening is Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula, produced by Jennifer Friend and starring Tiffany Shepis. Adrienne King from Friday the 13th and Tiffany Shepis will be there in person as festival guests.
Both films screen Sunday October 19, 2008 starting at 6pm at The Colonial Theatre, Sacramento, CA www.sachorrorfilmfest.com
Posted by Superheidi on Monday, October 06, 2008 @ 01:00:00 CDT
Women at Screamfest LA
Screamfestla.com, the horror film festival in Los Angeles run by the very female but pure evil Rachel Belofsky, will premiere two female-directed horror films this year! Donna Davies's documentary Zombiemania and the co-directed The Collective by Kelly Overton will make their debuts at the fest. Violeta, the animated dark tale by Anna Solanas will be there along with several shorts like Harvest Moon (produced by Alicia G. Dean), Eel Girl (produced by Jenn Scheer & Elisabeth Pinto) and Citizen (produced by Jessalyn Haefele). Read on for times/descriptions...
Posted by Superheidi on Friday, September 26, 2008 @ 17:40:47 CDT
Ebony Winston's 'Hallowed Halls' at Valley Film Festival
The 8th Annual Valley Film Festival announces another thought provoking, entertaining lineup of cinema so independent it can only be found in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley. Screening there is
They thought the prison was abandoned, but fives kids will soon learn that someone or something walks the halls and Eddie, that fink, may know more about the prison then they ever expected.
Posted by Superheidi on Sunday, September 21, 2008 @ 01:00:00 CDT
Smith, Russell, and Mitchell at SAW-mania!
Are you a nutso SAW franshise fan? Do you live in New York? Do you have no life and think these are the greatest horror films of all time? Then guess what??? The chicks of SAW will be at Sawmania November 14-16 in Times Square in New York City! This all-SAW convention will feature Betsy Russell ("Jill"), Shawnee Smith ("Amanda") and Beverly Mitchell ("Laura", Saw III) along with scary stud Costas Mandylor ("Hoffman")!
Posted by Superheidi on Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 17:15:47 CDT
'Viscera' and 'Golgotha' at the Dead Channels Film Fest!
Dead Channels, one of the best horror film festivals to pop out of San Francisco in the last couple years, is proudly sponsoring the VISCERA Film Festival by including every single one of the lovely filmmakers work into their programming! Viscera includes the short films Out of Print - (Winner of the VISCERA Award) by Reyna Young; I'm a Little Teapot by Sallie Smith; It's My Birthday by Shannon Lark;Wretched by Heidi Martinuzzi and Leslie Delano; When Sally Met Frank by Victoria Waghorn; The Cleaner by Michelle Fatale; Snake Pit by Brandy Rainey; and BRAINS by Shannon Lark and Amber Steele. Also at the fest is Golgotha by Karla Davis, an homage to German Expressionist silent films,
VISCERA and Golgotha will be playing at The Roxie in San Francisco on October 8th! It's going to be one hell of a night! Check out their full program here and come out to support all the hard working female filmmakers who will be showcasing their work!Dead Channels
Posted by Superheidi on Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 04:00:00 CDT
'Under the Raven's Wing' to screen at Queens Film Festival!
Director Susan Adriensen's dark thrillerUnder The Raven's Wing will screen November 8th at the Queens Film Festival (November 6-9 2008)! Read Our Review of Under The Raven's Wing. The film will be available on DVD in early 2009.
Posted by Superheidi on Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 01:00:00 CDT
Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards honors actress Sally Hawkins
The 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards just announced that actress Sally Hawkins will be honored with the "Hollywood Breakthrough Actress of the Year Award" at their gala ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 27, 2008. Hawkins starred as legendary horror writer and inventor of modern science fiction Mary Shelley in the 2003 BBC TV movie Byron. She also appeared in 2007's horror film W Delta Z
The 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival, presented by Starz, will mark its return on October 22, 2008, to the ArcLight Theatres in Hollywood for a weeklong series of screenings, seminars, competitions, awards and a special presentation of "Genre Cinema." Newly added to the festival line-up is the Hollywood Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival in conjunction with Film Threat. www.hollywoodfestival.com
Posted by Superheidi on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @ 02:00:00 CDT
Women at the Terror Film Festival!
The Terror Film Festival has several female-helmed genre films for their 2008 festival! This week-long halloween-themed event will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the prestigious Ethical Society Building at Rittenhouse Square from October 21–25, 2008. The festival is hosted by Princess Horror, and women are urged to support their fellow horror filmmakers by attending and helping to promote the following films that are screening:
Cubicle Genius, Suzanne Sitelman (Director), Sci-fi Short Film 12 mins, NY
When Sally Met Frank, Victoria Waghorn (Producer/Director), Horror Short Film 9 mins, Australia
First Memories, Soo Hee Han (Producer/Director), Fantasy Short Film 4 mins, NJ
Captain Hook, Jennifer Oaks (Screenwriter), Screenplay, PA
Posted by Superheidi on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 02:00:00 CDT
Watch free female horror from Fantastic Fest, Austin!
Participate in Fantastic Fest, Austin and support women genre filmmakers by logging in Online and watching, for free,horror film in competition Rule of Three, written and produced by Rhoda Jordan. Set in one night in a seedy hotel, Rule of Three intertwines two stories of sexual encounters gone horribly awry. Also catch the documentary about pop singer Tiffany's stalkers called I Think We're Alone Now. This fascinating and deeply disturbing documentary takes you deep into the worlds and obsessions of Kelly McCormick and Jeffery Deane Turner, who have been separately stalking 80s pop icon Tiffany for nearly 20 years.
Films will begin streaming in their entirety today, September 14th 2008 at www.fantasticfest.com until Sept 20th.
Posted by Superheidi on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @ 01:00:00 CDT
Jennifer Lynch's 'Surveillance' premieres at Fantastic Fest in Austin!
Jennifer Lynch (daughter of David Lynch, whose last film was the oddly not good Boxing Helena) revives her film directing career with the thriller feature Surveillance, premiering at Fantastic Fest in Austin Sept 18-25th! Among the other films representing women at the festival, one of the biggest in North America, are Leslie Ali's sci-fi short The Object, Carla Coma's animated The Squirrel Next Door, Anna Solena's animated short Violeta, a documentary called Zombie Girl about young horror filmmaker Emily Hagins, Natasha Arthy's action feature Fighter, Marrie Caillou's portion of the animated horror Fear(s) of the Dark, a documentary about pop icon Tiffany's stalkers, and the films Astropia, Deadgirl and Chocolate which deal with interesting, morbid, and disturbing female characters. Read on for the full info!...
The 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards will honor Academy Award-winning actress Marisa Tomei with the "Hollywood Supporting Actress of the Year Award" at the festival's Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place on October 27, 2008 in Beverly Hills. Marisa Tomei launched her acting career in 1985's The Toxic Avenger from Troma as "Health Club Girl" and was actually uncredited, and recently starred in the horror film Danika.
As proud sponsors of the 
Michelle Fatale's 21 minute horror short The Cleaner is the only female-directed short at the Sacramento Horror Film festival.The story of Grace and her struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder and how it affects her relationship with her husband, her job, and every aspect of day to day life is fatale's second film. After a series of unfortunate events, her life begins to crumble before her eyes. 
Screamfestla.com
The 8th Annual Valley Film Festival announces another thought provoking, entertaining lineup of cinema so independent it can only be found in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley. Screening there is 
Are you a nutso SAW franshise fan? Do you live in New York? Do you have no life and think these are the greatest horror films of all time? Then guess what??? The chicks of SAW will be at Sawmania November 14-16 in Times Square in New York City! This all-SAW convention will feature Betsy Russell ("Jill"), Shawnee Smith ("Amanda") and Beverly Mitchell ("Laura", Saw III) along with scary stud Costas Mandylor ("Hoffman")!
Director Susan Adriensen's dark thriller 
The 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards just announced that actress Sally Hawkins will be honored with the "Hollywood Breakthrough Actress of the Year Award" at their gala ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 27, 2008. Hawkins starred as legendary horror writer and inventor of modern science fiction Mary Shelley in the 2003 BBC TV movie Byron. She also appeared in 2007's horror film W Delta Z
Participate in Fantastic Fest, Austin and support women genre filmmakers by logging in Online and watching, for free,horror film in competition 
Jennifer Lynch (daughter of David Lynch, whose last film was the oddly not good Boxing Helena) revives her film directing career with the thriller feature Surveillance, premiering at 
