Over on their fantastic website, the Viscera Film Festival have announced a few of this year’s special guests, including a special honour they’re handing out! Check it out:
Mary Lambert (director, “Pet Sematary”) is the Viscera 2012 Special Guest Speaker and will be honored with the first ever Inspiration Award onstage.
Gale Anne Hurd (producer,“The Walking Dead”, “Terminator”), Elizabeth Stanley (producer, “Trailers from Hell”), Lexi Alexander (“Lifted”, ”Punisher: War Zone”), Susanna Lo, (Manson Girls), Michael Berryman (“The Hills have Eyes”).
Get your tickets now for what will be one of the most amazing events of this year!
Also, RSVP for the afterparty which will be held at the Hotel Roosevelt and RSVP for the Post-Apocalyptic Brunch at Wirtshaus the next day!
11th June 2012
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Do you live in L.A. and want to help out during an amazing event? The Viscera Film Festival has an open call for volunteers! All interested and serious and seriously interested parties should email them at viscera.volunteer@gmail.com!
For more details about the red carpet event, you can go to their website or the event page on Facebook.
Viscera Film Festival’s Facebook page.
A few scant details have been released about the Viscera Film Festival’s July 7 Red Carpet event that kicks off the 2012-2013 tour. You should keep an eye on their website for more information. If you live in L.A., near L.A., or happen to be going to L.A. at that time, you should go to the event which is being held at the world famous, historic Egyptian Theatre! It boasts an impressive line-up of international short horror films as well as some of the most spectacular filmmakers around!
The Viscera Film Festival website.
Like the Viscera Film Festival Facebook page to keep up on all things Viscera such as upcoming screenings and things planned for during the event weekend!
Join the event page for the red carpet event!
There was a nice mention on the Irish Times website about the Viscera Film Festival this morning (for us Yanks it was this morning… ;D — LB)! Viscera visits the University College of Dublin on May 17 and 18. Like the article says, the event is free, but you have to register your attendance by contacting Emma Radley: emma.radley@ucd.ie
The line-up’s been announced for the two day event and, to quote Samuel L. Jackson, hold on to your butts cuz this is made of AWESOME.
For more information about the event, like RSVP-ing and such, please go to the event page on Facebook!
For more information about Viscera, please either go to the Viscera website or like their Facebook page!
ADVENTURE GIRLS by Dara Jade Moats, Dan Emery, and Jon Deitcher
Barbee Butcher by Sophie Lagues
BLOOD BUNNY by Molly Madfis
NURSERY CRIMES by Laura Whyte
BON APETIT by Kate Shenton
Brains by Shannon Lark
Candy by Sage Hall
CONSUMED by Lis Fies
THE GHOST AND US by Emily Carmichael
TOGETHER by Gigi Romero
I was a Tranny Werewolf by Lola Rock n Rolla
Taste of Flesh, Taste of Fear by Stacie Ponder
Snow Day, Blood Snow Day by Jessica Baxter and Faye Hoerauf
CONFEDERATE ZOMBIE MASSACRE by Devi Snively
THE MANY DOORS OF ALBERT WHALE by Marichelle Daywalt
Switch by Melanie Light
THE PARTY’S OVER by Gigi Romero
I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT by Sallie Smith (Normally, I don’t like to post a link to the full film because I believe the viewer needs to see these pieces in a darkened theatre whenever possible, but I can’t help but do that here…it’s only sixteen seconds long! — LB)
Salome’s Picnic by Victoria Waghorn
AFTERSHOCK by Lori Bowen
Mary Jane Go Round by Ginnetta Correli
BOX by Nikki Wall
A FEVER AND A RIVER by Rachael Deacon (unless I want to link to her full film, and I don’t, you should see it on the big screen, I can’t find her on the Internets…not unlike a ninja. — LB)
THE KEY TO ANNABEL LEE by Staci Layne Wilson
A NOIVA/THE BRIDE by Ana Almeida
Belle Nouveau by Cassandra Sechler
Modern Grim by Kate Shenton
Belated by Valentines Lover by Ruby La’ Rocca
Hollywood Skin by Maude Michaud
WHEN SALLY MET FRANK by Victoria Waghorn
Don’t Lose Heart by Matt Mitchell and Taliesyn Brown
THE ROOM AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS by Briony Kidd
Gasp by Thomai Hatsios
Beautiful as You Are by Doug Mallette and M.K. Sisco
Mockingbird by Marichelle Daywalt
12/15/1996 by Mae Catt
DOLL PARTS by Karen Lam
Fantasy by Izabel Grondin
LIP STICK by Shannon Lark
WRETCHED by Heidi Martinuzzi and Leslie Delano
There will also be an AFTERPARTY on May 20th!
The Viscera Film Festival will be making a stop at FEST: International Film Festival in Espinho, Portugal, which takes place July 1-8!
The line-up:
ADVENTURE GIRLS by Dara Jade Moats, Dan Emery, and Jon Deitcher
BOX by Nikki Wall
THE MANY DOORS OF ALBERT WHALE by Marichelle Daywalt
NURSERY CRIMES by Laura Whyte
THE ROOM AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS by Briony Kidd
A NOIVA/THE BRIDE by Ana Almeida
CONSUMED by Lis Fies
LIP STICK by Shannon Lark
CONFEDERATE ZOMBIE MASSACRE by Devi Snively
WRETCHED by Heidi Martinuzzi and Leslie Delano
WHEN SALLY MET FRANK by Victoria Waghorn
THE PARTY’S OVER by Gigi Romero
I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT by Sallie Smith (Normally, I don’t like to post a link to the full film because I believe the viewer needs to see these pieces in a darkened theatre whenever possible, but I can’t help but do that here…it’s only sixteen seconds long! — LB)
Kelly Stewart, a writer for Fangoria and co-host for the May 15th Fright Nights starting at 6 with Karen Lam’s Stained and followed by Viscera Film Festival, has posted the full line-up for the event on Fangoria.com!
The event will be hosted by Stewart and Lianne Spiderbaby and will feature special guests Jovanka Vuckovic, Karen Lam, and Fangoria editor-in-chief Chris Alexander.
Going to the May 15 presentation of Stained and a selection of films from the Viscera Film Festival? Good news is that you can now order tickets! $10 for Viscera-only or $15 for Stained AND Viscera (I suggest the second deal. :D — LB).
Special guests of the festival are Karen Lam (the director of Stained and Doll Parts and founder of Curio Media, Inc.), author and filmmaker Jovanka Vuckovic, and Fangoria editor-in-chief Chris Alexander! The event is hosted by Kelly Stewart and Lianne Spiderbaby!
….yeah, yeah. I know. Let’s not dwell.
Anyway, over on Planet Etheria, that website’s creator (as well as Viscera boardwoman and all around hoopy frood) Heidi Honeycutt highlighted a few of the female-created offerings playing now through April 1 at the Fantastic Planet Film Festival in Sydney, Australia, which includes Karen Lam’s Doll Parts!
