Women Filmmakers in the Horror Genre
<div><br></div><div>WHAT WE DO</div><div>Viscera specifically focuses on women gaining self confidence, knowledge, and growth through the creation of horror films.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This process is to achieve equality in the film industry, not domination. </div><div><br></div><div>Specializing in short horror films made by the female gender, the Viscera Film Festival hosts an annual bloody carpet event in Los Angeles for the selected Filmmakers, Special Celebrity Guests, and a live audience. Each Filmmaker receives a hand crafted Viscera Statue, along with promotional materials and the option to be distributed on the next Viscera DVD Compilation. Throughout the year, Viscera is continuously working to get the Viscera films screened and promoted all over the world.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>MISSION</div><div>Viscera is a non profit organization committed to expanding opportunities for contemporary female horror filmmakers and educating the public by raising awareness of the changing roles for women in the film industry.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>VISION</div><div>A world wherein all individuals are equally given the opportunity to create, share, and exploit their concept of life, pain, and freedom of expression, while fully supported in their quest.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HISTORY</div><div>Operating very differently than other Festivals, Viscera started as a DIY grassroots Festival exclusively online when Viscera Founder, Shannon Lark, launched the Festival to assist in the process of more women in working </div><div>together in the industry.</div><div><br></div><div>Websites, Magazines, Critics, Blog Radio, affiliated Festivals, and Promoters became an intricate part of the Viscera's success. On top of a bloody carpet premiere, Viscera distributes a compilation DVD of the selected films to Sponsors and Supporters of the Festival who assist in the process of getting these films into the eyes, ears, and hands of the public. The Viscera Films have screened all over the world, garnishing awards, as well as critiqued, discussed, and distributed.</div>