BLEEDFEST MISSION AND OBJECTIVE

We are passionate about raising the visibility of indie genre movies by female filmmakers.

BleedFest Values: Empowerment, Partnership, Fun, Self-Expression

BleedFest fetes the women who love writing, producing, directing, and watching badass genre movies: horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, western, exploitation, B-movie, and erotica. We also screen a few male filmmakers who
have empowering and edgy female protagonists; their work screens out of competition and receives our "Partnership Award". Our mission is to spotlight these bold films and their fearless makers, and prove to the world that the derogatory term "chick flick" needs to be retired.

The festival is the first Sunday afternoon each month. We feature: shorts, music videos, web series, and features, works in progress, and student films. We also program Q & As, networking opportunities, forums with noted Hollywood luminaries to explore issues facing women auteurs in the industry.

Bleedfest provides what filmmakers need to be successful. Our filmmakers are all official winners, and will have a new Winner Laurel to place on their press materials. Each filmmaker will receive an award and have a Q& A and photo moment in front of a red carpet Step and Repeat banner. Many of the films will be in competition to receive the Audience Award.

Something you may not be aware of is that female filmmakers can have a difficult time getting press. We are teamed with seventeen Press Partners (and we're adding more weekly) to ensure that every filmmaker will receive at least a half dozen news stories or reviews. Several of these Press Partners are official News Desk Providers for IMDb, meaning the stories may appear on the film/filmmakers' IMDb page and help boost their IMDb rating.

The Impact

We want women's hard work to be seen and talked about, so that there is indisputable proof that talented ladies are creating genre films and can no longer be ignored. 

While female filmmakers have made great strides in the areas of documentary, drama, romance, and comedy, they continue to be systematically ignored in the press and film festival circuit for making genre films i.e. horror, thriller, fantasy, sci-fi, action, martial arts, super hero, erotica. We know there are hundreds of marketable Kathryn Bigelows with the potential to make mainstream blockbusters and underground cult hits...and without BleedFest they may continue to be invisible.

What We Need & What You Get

We need $2000 to help towards the cost of renting our screening venue for the 1st Sunday in Jan. & Feb. We also would like to pay for the step and repeat banner we are providing for the event so that we can get publicity photos of the filmmakers published in the press. We have an amazing award designer who has offered us a fantastic price for our special Audience Award and Jury Award. And we would like to be able to provide each filmmaker who screens a framed certificate. Additional costs include the printing of a program, and the 11x17 posters to hang around town to get more awareness of BleedFest out there in Hollywood.

My sister Brenda and I have paid for the down payment towards the two month rental contract ourselves, so the January, and February screenings are going to happen no matter what... But we would like to provide the above so that this festival is well-attended and makes a difference in these overlooked female filmmakers' careers.

We offer terrific perks as Thank Yous to our Supporters.

$12 or more: You will receive one ticket to the festival (four hours of films and an open bar!), and your name in the program under special thanks.

$25 or more: You will receive two tickets to the festival, a personal thank you from Lis Fies on your Twitter and Facebook account (Please include your Twitter and Facebook handles), and your name in the program under special thanks. 

$50 or more: You will receive an 11 x 17 limited edition festival poster, and everything above.

$100 or more: You will receive your product or name on the slideshow before the screening at the first three months of the festival, your name on the website as a sponsor for the first three months of the festival, and everything above.

$250 or more: You will receive your product or name in my next short, and everything above.

$500 or more: You will have a 20 minute phone call with me or a lunch in Los Angeles, and have your own eponymous award category you can judge for one month, and everything above.

Other Ways You Can Help

We know times are tough...if you can't make monetary contribution you can still be a HUGE help by getting the word out about BleedFest and the fact that women are making genre films! With your help we can make some noise about BleedFest and female filmmakers. Indie GoGo has made it easy to get the word out...just use the SHARE TOOLS at the bottom! And THANK YOU!!!!

Our website: http://www.BleedFest.com

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