As
a sponsor of the Viscera Film Festival, the Hollywood Investigator is pleased to announce the Viscera's premiere Los Angeles screening -- and an appeal for donations!
"Want to support women in horror? How about women horror filmmakers? Then donate today and become an official Sponsor of the Viscera 2010 Premiere!
What you do: Donate any amount from $1.00-$99.00.
What the Festival does for you: List your name/Company's name on the
Viscera Festival Website. Project your name/Company’s name on the big screen. Hand out any of your promotional material.
What it means: Your donation of even $1 will help to pay the expenses of the theater, bloody carpet, backdrop, video/photography services, catering, and the organization of the Festival. We believe that women are truly coming together in one of the most difficult industries to break into today. Any donation will help to serve that purpose!
How to do it: Push the
Paypal donation button and pay by Credit Card or Paypal account!
About the 2010 Viscera Festival:
The first annual all female-directed and/or produced horror film festival "Viscera" comes to Los Angeles on July 17th, 2010!
The
Chainsaw Mafia,
Pretty-Scary.net, and the Downtown Independent are excited to announced the Viscera 2010 Film Festival Premiere, which will be a bloody carpet theater event on July 17th, 2010 in Los Angeles, California!
Twenty-eight short female-directed/produced horror films, from 30 seconds to 30 minutes, and from all over the world, will appear on the big screen for one night only! These films represent 3 years of films painstakingly curated by Shannon Lark of The Chainsaw Mafia and released on the Viscera DVD collections.
Brea Grant (
Heroes,
Halloween II), Cerina Vincent (
Cabin Fever,
How to Love Like a Hot Chick) and Amber Benson (
Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Drones) are the Festival's special inspirational guest presenters and will host the award ceremonies. Special Guests in attendance include Juliet Landau (
Angel,
Ed Wood), Guinevere Turner (
American Psycho,
Go Fish), Felissa Rose (
Sleepaway Camp), Mary Lambert (
Pet Semetary), Jessica Harper (
Suspiria), Micheline Pitt (
PinUp Girl Clothing), and Allison Anders (
Gas, Food, Lodging) as well as many of the filmmakers.
The Downtown Independent Theater features 222 stadium style seats within the theatre, along with a rooftop bar with a projection screen for those who don't want to miss the show.
Co-Directors Shannon Lark and Heidi Martinuzzi encourage both men, women, filmmakers, and all artists to attend the event in support of the ambition and drive of filmmakers who have stepped outside the traditional roles of women in horror films and taken on directing, writing, and producing their own independent projects. Several filmmakers will be present to walk the bloody carpet and accept their statues, followed by an after-party on the Downtown Independent rooftop until 2am.
Tickets are only $15.00 and available now online, with the carpet walk starting at 4 p.m. Show support for the event by joining Viscera's Facebook page, making a donation, and purchasing the newly released 2008-2009 Viscera DVD.
The
Chainsaw Mafia was created by Chainsaw Mafia CEO Shannon Lark to promote independent filmmakers through internet-based networking, live performance, and annual film festivals with monetary awards. The Chainsaw Mafia was created and facilitated by women, who actively encourage progressive roles for women and men in all areas within the horror genre. Increasing and expanding boundaries of the genre with interactive theater, film, photography, and dance, The Chainsaw Mafia assists the men and women who create the horror genre to produce their art and promote themselves.
Pretty-Scary.net is an online entertainment magazine created in 2004 by Los Angeles-based film journalist Heidi Martinuzzi. Pretty/Scary celebrates creative, innovative, intelligent, and awesome images of women in horror, sci-fi & fantasy films, literature, and art."
Also read the Hollywood Investigator's
interview with Shannon Lark!
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