Ashley Fester

Quirky Montrealean filmmaker Maude Michaud's new documentary project Bloody Breasts: Women, Feminism & Horror will ask questions like Is horror a genre that can only be enjoyed by men?. Does it still serve to reinforce desired gender roles/societal stereotypes? and Can a woman call herself a feminist AND still enjoy horror films? Fast on the heels of women-in-horror documentaries Pretty Bloody by Donna Davies and Welcome To My Darkside by Reyna Young, Bloody Breasts promises to fill in the gaps in the academic literature by providing a comprehensive outlook at female artists and consumers of horror...

Indie Producer / Director Ashley Fester has decided to self-distribute her horror documentary Celluloid Horror accross Canada, starting with the Rue Morgue Festival of Fear in Toronto this August 23rd. The documentary follows Kier-La Janisse, creator of Canada's First International Horror Film Festival, CineMuerte & Bloodshots 48hr filmmaking challenge, over the course of several years as she strives to keep her festival running without detsroying her personal life.