July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by etheria

Etheria 2019 has come and gone with our most amazing year YET.

Director/Writer Gigi Saul Guerrero was interviewed by Deadline.com about the 2019 Etheria Feature Film Selection “Culture Shock” from the Blumhouse TV & Hulu horror series Into the Dark, while Entertainment Weekly’s Clark Collis got this great quote from Guerrero “I think it’s everybody’s horror story, at the end of the day, what’s going on today,” said Guerrero, talking about her movie’s topical nature. “I just wanted to speak about it.” The screening at the world famous Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California was followed by a Q & A with Guerrero and actors Richard Cabral, Martha Higareda, Ian Inigo, Oscar Camacho, Felipe de Lara, Daniel E. Mora, and Barbara Crampton conducted by film programmer Edda Manriquez (Les Femmes International Underground Film Festival). Watch the Q and A on Facebook!

Gigi Saul Guerrero being kissed by her parents, Fabiana and Raul Saul, on the red carpet at Etheria 2019 for her screening of “Culture Shock”

The Red Carpet and Cocktail Reception in Courtyard was sponsored by Shudder, Blumhouse, Ving Vodka, Founders Brewing, Iced Above, and Topo Chico. At it rocked! Check out just some of the red carpet photos at Getty Images – can you find yourself? https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/etheria?mediatype=photography&phrase=etheria&sort=newest

Roger Corman and Gale Anne Hurd at Etheria 2019
When the evening showcase began, Gale Anne Hurd (“Terminator” trilogy) was awarded the Etheria 2019 Inspiration Award from special guest presenter Roger Corman, who just happens to be Hurd’s mentor. Watch Roger’s Presenting and Gale’s Acceptance Speeches on Facebook!

We were super proud to award Ines de Los Santos with the 2019 Stephanie Rothman Fellowship Award for her pilot “Exorcism 101”. The monetary award was presented by Rebekah McKendry (Shock Waves Podcast, Fellowship founder), Lizz Marshall (2018 recipient) and Stephanie Rothman (fellowship namesake). Watch Ines win the Fellowship on Facebook!

The short films were followed by a Q and A with Valerie Steinberg (“Hair Wolf”), Trae Harris (“Hair Wolf”), Sarah K. Reimers (“Bitten”), Ivy Liao (“Cupid’s Paradise”), Elaine Mongeon (“Good Morning”), Chelsea Lupkin (“Lucy’s Tale”),Sarah Kalagvano (“Lucy’s Tale”), Andrea Martina (“Cupid’s Paradise”), Jessica Sanders (“End of the Line”), and several other of the films producers conducted by Rebekah McKendry (Shock Waves Podcast). Watch the Q and A on Facebook!

Audience Award ballots were passed out and collected before the Q and A was over, cementing “Good Morning” as the official Audience Award.

The BloodList sponsored the 2019 Etheria Jury Award – voted on by numerous industry professionals, and we’re excited to announce that “Hair Wolf” was the winner.

Then we all headed on over to The Pig N Whistle for our Official Afterparty where there was a conga line and mad partying.

THANK YOU!

Etheria wants to thank all of our amazing supporters!

Thank you to our Reception Sponsors Blumhouse TV, Shudder, Ving Vodka, Founders Brewing, Topo Chico, Iced Above, and Women of Color Unite for the kick-ass party!

Thank you to our Award Sponsors The BloodList, Final Draft, Poltergeists and Paramours, The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, and Fangoria Magazine for providing awards!

Thank you to The American Cinematheque’s Margot Gerber, Grant Moninger, Nancy Winters, James Branscome, Gwenael Deglise, John Hagelston, Chris LeMaire, Eduardo Sanchez, Andrew Crane, Tom Cohen,and Barry Jones for allowing us to do this every year.

Thank you to our Community Sponsors David Markland and Norm (Midsummer Scream), Bill and Julie Philputt (Days of the Dead), and Jill Gevargizian and Scary Gary (Slaughter Movie House).

Thank you to The Pig and Whistle for hosting our Afterparty.

A huge shout-out to the legendary Roger Corman and Gale Anne Hurd! As well as Cynthia Brown, Lyndsey Miller, and Sarah Ivy Dickerson.

Thank you to all of our shockingly talented judges John Skipp, Phillip Kobylanski, Rachel Talalay, Kailey Marsh, Stephanie Rothman, Sean Keller, Sarah Nicklin, Sean Decker, Jonathan Barkan, Amanda Reyes, Kier-La Janisse, Kevin Tenney, Anthony Diblasi, Ken Hall, Buddy Giovinazzo, Lloyd Kaufman, Anastasia Elfman, Richard Elfman, Jace Anderson, Mary C. Curtis, Jesse Merlin, Scott Bradley, Paul Feig, Jonathan Barkan, Erin Maxwell, Brad Miska, Shaken Berenson, Raquelle David, Rachel Feldman, Peter Block, Bryan Fuller, Andrew Crane, Rolfe Kanefsky, Robin Jones, and Gale Anne Hurd.

Thank you to The Shock Waves Podcast hosts Rebekah McKendry, Rob Galluzo, Ryan Turek, and Elric Kane, and to Blumhouse and Stephanie Rothman for their support of the Stephanie Rothman Fellowship!

Thank you Edda Manriquez for conducting our “Culture Shock” Q and A!

Thank you to Jim Kunz, epic DCP maker and editor.

Thank you Paula Haifley for making sure our bar ran smoothly, and to Gabby Graves, Dee Mead and Wes Alley for their reception help.

Thank you to Melanie Marquez for the fabulous press, Robert Enger for the fabulous photos, and Jessica Jimerson for her fabulous artwork.

We thank and appreciate all the attendees, filmmakers, and fans that provide support year round for Etheria
See you in 2020!

Still from "Hair Wolf" directed by Mariama Diallo - Actress Kara Young, Photo by Charlotte Hornsby

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 by etheria

Etheria Film Night Proudly Presents the Official 2019 Lineup of Short Films & Inspiration Award Recipient

(Hollywood, CA – May 7, 2019) Etheria Film Night (www.etheriafilmnight.com) is proud to present the 2019 Official Lineup of Shorts on Saturday, June 29. Eight Short Films will be screened at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, CA followed by a Q&A with directors in attendance conducted by Rebekah McKendry (Blumhouse’s Shock Waves Podcast). The 2019 Inspiration Award will be presented to producer Gale Anne Hurd at the live ceremony by legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. The 2019 Stephanie Rothman Fellowship winner will be announced. Tickets can be purchased directly from Fandango: https://fandan.co/2H0cuV9.

Etheria Film Night is the world’s most respected annual showcase of genre films directed by women for an audience including producers, managers, show runners, distributors, and genre fans. Past official selections have included films from directors Axelle Carolyn (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Christine Boylan (The Punisher TV series), Anna Biller (The Love Witch), Amber Benson (SheVenge), Jill Gevargizian (The Stylist), and Roseanne Liang (Shadow in the Cloud).

“I am so excited to show our audience the amazing films we found this year,” says Etheria programmer Heidi Honeycutt of the shorts lineup. “I’m very impressed with what these filmmakers have created and you will be too.”

Etheria’s 2019 Inspiration Award recipient, prolific, award-winning producer Gale Anne Hurd, says “I’m absolutely thrilled to receive the Inspiration Award from the Etheria Film Festival. Growing up as a huge genre fan, I was told over and over that science fiction, fantasy and horror simply wasn’t meant for girls. Luckily I had Roger Corman as my mentor, and he encouraged me to dream big, genre dreams! Those naysayers were dead wrong, but sadly that misconception continues to this day. With women directors accounting for only 4% of the 2018 Top 100 Box Office releases, it’s clear that women aren’t being hired to direct genre films. Etheria showcases the work of women directors who I’m confident will be the future Steven Spielbergs, Jordan Peeles, Kathryn Bigelows and Guillermo Del Toros.”

After graduating from Stanford University with degrees in Economics and Communications, Gale Anne Hurd worked in various capacities for legendary producer Roger Corman’s New World Pictures. In 1984 she produced and co-wrote her first feature film, genre classic The Terminator. She then produced the legendary Academy Award-winning Aliens, followed by Academy Award®-winning films The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Ghost and the Darkness, and Armageddon. In television, she is an Executive Producer of AMC’s The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, the Amazon streaming series Lore, and serves as a Consulting Producer on AMC’s top-rated talk show, Talking Dead. In 2012, Hurd received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She will be present on June 29, 2019 at the 6th annual Etheria Film Night showcase to receive the award in person and will act as a finalist judge of the 2019 Etheria Selections.

Etheria Film Night 2019 is co-presented by the American Cinematheque and will take place at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on June 29, 2019. The evening will include a courtyard cocktail reception and red carpet ceremony sponsored by Blumhouse, SHUDDER, Ving Vodka, Founders Brewing, Topo Chico, and Franca Rebecci Truffles. 2019 Etheria awards are sponsored by The BloodList, The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, Final Draft, Fangoria Magazine, and Paramours and Poltergeists. 2019 Etheria community partners include Horrible Imaginings, Slaughter Movie House, Midsummer Scream, and Days of the Dead. The start times, screening schedule, and detailed information can be found on the official Etheria website at www.etheriafilmnight.com.

The 2019 Etheria Jury includes John Skipp (Book of the Dead), Peter Block (Saw), Phillip Kobylanski (Hell Fest), Gale Anne Hurd (Terminator trilogy), Rachel Talalay (Dr. Who), Kailey Marsh (The BloodList), Paul Feig (Bridemaids), Stephanie Rothman (The Student Nurses), Scott Bradley (Hellbent for Horror), Martin Olson (Encyclopedia of Hell), Amanda Reyes (Are You in the House Alone? A TV Movie Compendium: 1964-1999), Darin Scott (Tales from the Hood 1 & 2), Kier-La Janisse (The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies), Rebekah McKendry (Shock Waves Podcast), and development executives from Shudder, Monkeypaw Productions, Dread Central Presents, Blumhouse, Fangoria Magazine, Crypt TV, Snowfort Pictures, and Atomic Monster.

Etheria Film Night 2019 Official Short Film Selections:

Hair Wolf
Directed by Mariama Diallo (12:00) (Horror Comedy) (USA)
In a black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the local residents fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.

Hana
Directed by Mai Nakanishi (12:45) (Horror) (Korea/Japan)
A college student goes for a part-time job interview and hired on short notice by a single working mother to be a babysitter for her four-year-old daughter Hana. But when she is left alone with Hana, strange things start to happen.A

Bitten
Directed by Sarah K. Reimers (10:40) (Horror, Comedy) (USA)
A mysterious and violent encounter sends a dog on a night of adventure and possibility.

End of the Line
Directed by Jessica Sanders (14:30) (Fantasy) (USA)
A lonely man goes to the pet store and buys a tiny man in a cage.

Lucy’s Tale
Directed by Chelsea Lupkin (17:00) (Horror) (USA)
Between mean girls, her first romance, and budding hormones, Lucy begins to realize that she’s not quite like the other teenagers in her class.

Atomic Spot
Directed by Stephanie Cabdevila (15:00) (Science Fiction) (France)
Cotis is the last survivor of a small, amphibious community of mutants living in the ruins of a nuclear reactor and is crushed by loneliness. Until a group of dumb surfers visit his beach.

Cupid’s Paradise
Directed by Ivy Liao (15:00) (Science Fiction) (USA)
Jenn lives in a world in which everyone is rated on superficial factors such as looks and skin color. Jenn is desperate to find a match before she becomes Cupid’s slave.

GOOD MORNING
Directed by Elaine Mongeon (12:30) (Horror) (USA)
A young woman and her father adapt to terrifying changes they never expected.

About Etheria Film Night
Etheria Film Night is the most respected showcase of genre films directed by women in the world. The annual festival is hosted by the American Cinematheque in Hollywood, California.

For more information, please visit www.etheriafilmnight.com

Contact for Film Festival Press, Red Carpet, & Publicity:

Melanie Marquez, Sr. Publicist at M4PR
Email: PR@M4PR.com
Phone: 818-538-6477

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 by etheria

Gale Anne Hurd to receive 2019 Etheria Inspiration Award

Etheria Film Night is excited to announce our 2019 Inspiration award recipient: prolific, award-winning producer Gale Anne Hurd! After graduating from Stanford University with degrees in Economics and Communications, Gale Anne Hurd worked in various capacities for legendary producer Roger Corman’s New World Pictures. In 1984 she produced and co-wrote her first feature film, the genre classic The Terminator. Next she produced the legendary Academy Award-winning Aliens, followed by the Academy Award®-winning films The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Ghost and the Darkness, and Armageddon. In television, she is an Executive Producer of AMC’s The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, the Amazon streaming series Lore, and serves as a Consulting Producer on Talking Dead. In 2012, Hurd received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She will be present on June 29, 2019 at the 6th annual Etheria Film Night showcase to receive the award in person and will act as a finalist judge of the 2019 Etheria Selections.

Hurd has also produced three PBS documentaries, including True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers and Choctaw Code Talkers. Her latest Native American documentary, MANKILLER, the story of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation has screened in over 30 film festivals around the world, and won ‘Best of Fest’ at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, ‘Best Editing’ at the United Nations Association Film Festival, the ‘Spirit’ Award at the Bozeman International Festival (out of 300 documentary and feature submissions), and ‘Best Documentary Feature’ at the Maoriland, Rome International and Tulsa American Film Festivals. MANKILLER aired nationally on PBS in March 2018.

In addition to widely-known Hollywood blockbusters, like Armageddon and Ang Lee’s The Hulk, Hurd also produces dramatic films, such as The Waterdance, which won the Sundance Audience Award and Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, as well as Safe Passage, starring Susan Sarandon and Sam Shepard, which was honored with the Beatrice Wood Film Award for Artistry in Film. In addition, she produced the Watergate satire, Dick, which starred Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams.

Previously, Hurd was elected by the Producers Branch to serve on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and her additional Board positions include the American Film Institute, Women In Film, the Caucus of Producers, Writers and Directors, and she served as an Officer and Board Member for the Producers Guild of America for over twenty years. An active environmentalist, Hurd has served on the national Boards of The Ocean Conservancy, the International Seakeepers Society, the Waterkeeper Alliance, Reef Check, and the Coral Reef Research Foundation.

In 2015, Hurd was awarded the prestigious David O. Selznick Award for Achievement in Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America, joining such past honorees as Clint Eastwood, Kathleen Kennedy, and Steven Spielberg. She is also the recipient of the 2015 Jaeger-LeCoultre ‘Glory to the Filmmaker’ Award from the Los Angeles Festival. In 2013, she accepted the Cartier Award at the Deauville American Film Festival and was the recipient of the DiGamma Kappa Award for Distinguished Service in Broadcasting from Grady College at the University of Georgia, home of the Peabody Awards. The Green Cross honored Hurd with their ‘Entertainment Industry Environmental Leadership’ Award.

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