Etheria Film Festival - Spotlighting Women-Created Genre Cinema

ETHERIA FILM FESTIVAL 2024

Spotlights Women-Created Genre Cinema

Short Film Program

Concordia University is pleased to host a collection of short films selected for the 2024 Etheria Film Festival, the world’s preeminent showcase for global genre cinema created by women.

Etheria spotlights innovative and provocative work in genre cinema created by women from around the world. Each year, the festival provides a platform for emerging voices to share work that explores a variety of themes across a spectrum of horror, fantasy, science fiction, action, and dark comedy. Etheria counters ongoing industry-wide inequities by providing a supportive forum for women creators to gather in celebration of their unique and innovative visions.

The event will also include an introduction by award-winning Montréal filmmaker Maude Michaud, who will be discussing her experience in the film industry and with women-centered film festivals. A screening of her most recent short film The Monster Inside My Head (Fantasia 2023 Audience Award Winner) will precede the Etheria shorts program.

Etheria was founded in 2014 in Los Angeles by film programmer, historian, and writer Heidi Honeycutt, along with Stacy Pippi Hammon, a film producer and programmer, who serve as co-Directors. Etheria premieres at Los Angeles’ historic Egyptian Theater, with a joint screening at Screenland Armour in Kansas City, Missouri. Etheria partners with AMC’s Shudder to showcase Etheria’s shorts program on their popular streaming platform.

This program is presented in conjunction with Concordia’s Film and Moving Image Studies Program with the assistance of Dr. Rosanna Maule, the faculty liaison for film festivals.

Film Lineup and Details

TOOTH
Directed by Jillian Corsie (4 min) (Horror/Comedy/Animation) (USA)

Fed up with decades of suffering through the forced perfection of modern beauty standards, a tooth takes matters into its own hands.

THE THAW
Directed by Sarah Wisner & Sean Temple (16:30 min) (Horror) (USA)

In 19th-century Vermont, a young woman's parents drink sleeping tea to survive the harsh winter, but an early thaw leads to horrifying results.

1 IN THE CHAMBER
Directed by Annie Girard & Diana Wright (7 min) (Action/Comedy) (USA)

When an ambitious assassin is sent to “retire” a fellow agent, she’s shocked to discover her target is pregnant and that the baby-proofing in the room is preventing them from killing each other.

TEN OF SWORDS
Directed by Faye Jackson (16 min) (Horror/Comedy) (UK)

Jay wakes up dead – murdered – and discovers that everything the agency told him about becoming a zombie was a lie. This revenge is happening.

RIDE BABY RIDE
Directed by Sofie Somoroff (7:30 min) (Horror/Fantasy) (USA)

This 1978 Camaro was her dream car. Now, it's her nightmare.

MAKE ME A PIZZA
Directed by Talia Shea Levin (12:30 min) (Fantasy/Comedy) (USA)

A woman tells a pizza delivery guy she can't pay for the pizza she ordered. But can the sex she offers instead of currency possibly equate to the true value of a pizza?

THE SHADOW WRANGLER
Directed by Grace Rex (13:30 min) (Horror/Fantasy/Comedy) (USA)

When Nan attempts to finish recording the audiobook of a Western erotica novel The Shadow Wrangler, she is interrupted by an unsettling visit from her recent ex and elements of the salacious fantasy she’s voicing.

INKED
Directed by Kelsey Bollig (14:30 min) (Horror) (USA)

Dylan attempts to honor her father’s memory by tattooing his ashes into her skin. However, what was supposed to be a sentimental tribute quickly turns sinister.

MLM
Directed by Brea Grant (19 min) (Horror/Comedy) (USA)

When Sarah joins a multi-level marketing company, La La Leggings, she isn't ready for the horrific consequences of not selling.