Heidi Honeycutt

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]

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]

  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. ^ a b c 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.