 Brenda & Elisabeth Fies - The women behind Bleedfest! |
Elisabeth Fies is a filmmaker with a mission. Actually, she’s a filmmaker who has a couple of missions. One is the same that is shared by everyone who has put pen to paper, or film in the camera, to tell a story. The other is to help other women interested in filmmaking to have the opportunities they deserve to share their work and tell their stories.
To that end Elisabeth and her sister Brenda have started a new kind of film festival. BleedFest, it’s not the first festival to spotlight the talents of women filmmakers and those who support them. However, this film festival stands out because it happens not once per year, but on the first Sunday of every month starting December 5th 2010.
Each month will have a different theme. December is “Thrillers”, January is “Sci-fi & Western” and March is all about “Horror”. The festival is open to submissions from women writers, producers, and directors. Submissions from male filmmakers are also welcome as long at their work features strong female characters. Ultimately, the festival’s goal is to make the idea of the “chick flick” go the way of the dinosaur.
So what can you do?
If you’re a woman filmmaker or a man whose work features powerful women characters then submit your feature film or short! Click here to submit!
Of course you don’t have to be a filmmaker to participate! Contact the BleedFest with your suggestions for films, guests, or if you want donate! Click here to find out more!
Find out more about the films, guests and the open bar… what was that… OPEN BAR?
You’ll need to check out the BleedFest website to know for sure!
Click here to visit the BleedFest website.
Click here to read some reviews
When you're done reading about the BLEEDFEST FILM FESTIVAL check out B-Movie Man Nic Brown's new novel: "Blood Curse: Werewolf For Hire Book One" 
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