Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Los Feliz Theatre, Los Angeles
### **ABOUT THE EVENT:** The world’s most loved and respected film festival showcase of new horror, science fiction, and fantasy films directed by women, The Etheria Film Festival, is back in Los Angeles for its 2025 Official Showcase Lineup! Past Etheria Film Festival official selections include films from directors Deanna Milligan (“Lucid”), Anna Biller (THE FACE OF HORROR), Axelle Carolyn (THEM), Yoko Nakamura (“Unseen”), Mercedes Bryce Morgan (BONE LAKE), Chloe Okuno (WATCHER), Mariama Diallo (MASTER), Roseanne Liang (MURDERBOT), Natalie Erika James (Apartment 7A), Prano Bailey-Bond (CENSOR), Jill Gevargizian (THE STYLIST), Gigi Saul Guerrero (INTO THE DARK), Bridget Savage Cole (HOUSE OF SPOILS) and more. ### **ABOUT THE FILMS:** **“Speak With the Dead,” 2024, Dir. Stephanie Paris, 12 Mins, USA** In 1850, the Fox sisters held a seance for a wealthy couple who want to call on their deceased son’s spirit to give them closure. FORMAT: DCP **“A Green Affair,” 2024, Dir. Rebecca Thomson, 18 Mins, Australia** A woman in a lonely marriage begins an affair with her favourite house plant, “Boston,” but soon becomes unsure whether he is friend or foe. FORMAT: DCP **“Lola,” 2024, Dir. Grace Hanna, 11 Mins, USA** A thirteen-year-old science prodigy journeys into her grandma’s deteriorating mind to save one precious memory they have together. FORMAT: DCP **“Gaslighter,” 2024, Dir. Virginia Powers Hendry, 8 Mins, USA** On a dark and stormy night, Anne arrives home to find the power out and her front door left unlocked. FORMAT: DCP **“Ürei,” 2024, Dir. Yerkezhan Baizhan, 6 Mins, Kazakhstan** When a frail grandmother is left to babysit a toddler, the worst-case scenario unfolds. A creepy tale from Kazakhstan, based on a chilling true story. FORMAT: DCP **“Dadda,” 2024, Dir. Aimee Hoffman, 20 Mins, USA** Amidst his wife’s flourishing career, a once-hotshot director turned stay-at-home dad becomes convinced his hands are inexplicably shrinking. FORMAT: DCP **“Praying Mantis,” 2024, Dir. Mack Breeden, 14 Mins, USA** On the run after abandoning his post, a Confederate soldier takes shelter in the isolated cabin of two women who now find themselves at his mercy. FORMAT: DCP