Heidi Honeycutt

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Heidi Honeycutt is an American journalist, author, actress, filmmaker, film programmer, and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Etheria Film Night, [1] [2] [3] a film festival that showcases short films by women directors. She established the festival in 2014 with Stacy Pippi Hammon, [4] [5] and serves as its Director of Programming. [4] [6] Honeycutt and Hammon had previously run the Viscera Film Festival alongside Shannon Lark. [7] As a journalist, Honeycutt has written for such magazines as Fangoria and Famous Monsters of Filmland . [4] [8]

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In 2007, Honeycutt wrote, produced, and starred in the short film Wretched, which she also co-directed with Leslie Delano. [9] She also appeared as herself in the horror mockumentary, The Once and Future Smash. [10] In 2024, she served as jury president of the International Short Film Competition award ceremony at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival. [11]

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  1. ↑ Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra (August 30, 2020). "Spotlight September 2020: Heidi Honeycutt, Film Programmer, Producer, Champion for Women in Horror". AWFJ.org. Alliance of Women Film Journalists . Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Doupé, Tyler (July 14, 2021). "Heidi Honeycutt Dishes on Etheria, Women in Horror, and More!". Dread Central . Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ↑ Bacon, Simon, ed. (2022). Spoofing the Vampire: Essays on Bloodsucking Comedy. McFarland & Company. p. 153. ISBN   978-1476682686.
  4. 1 2 3 Phillips, Marian (July 9, 2020). "An Interview with Heidi Honeycutt, Horror Film Journalist and Founder of Etheria Film Night". The Lineup . Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  5. ↑ Collis, Clark (August 12, 2020). "Watch trailer for anthology horror and sci-fi series Etheria". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  6. ↑ Anderson, John (April 3, 2016). "Women directors bring new blood to sci-fi, horror". The Buffalo News . Buffalo, New York. p. C8. Retrieved March 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Marks, Lisa (July 12, 2012). "The horror, the horror: women gather in LA for Viscera film festival". The Guardian . Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  8. ↑ Barone, Matt (May 30, 2013). "The Unfair Business of Being a Woman Director in the Boys Club of Horror Filmmaking". Complex . Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  9. ↑ Peirse, Alison, ed. (2020). Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre. Rutgers University Press. p. 151. ISBN   978-1978805118.
  10. ↑ Mesnard, Terry (28 April 2023). "[Panic Fest 2023 Review] The Once and Future Smash is the Mockumentary Punch Line to End Zone 2's Joke". Gayly Dreadful. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Competitions". Fantasia Festival. Retrieved 21 August 2024.


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