FRI AUG 28, 2026 7:00 PM

The 2026 Etheria Film Festival Short Film Showcase

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee.

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmakers Sandra Powers, Kelsey Bollig, Alexandra Hayden, Christianne Hedtke and Minnie Schedeen. Moderated by Abby Wright.

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 2026 Official Showcase Lineup! In its 12th year of making cinematic history, Etheria has discovered and launched the careers of masters of horror such as Axelle Carolyn (STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS), Gigi Saul Guerrero (V/H/S/85), Chloe Okuno (WATCHER), Mariama Diallo (MASTER), Roseanne Liang (MURDERBOT), Natalie Erika James (SACCHARINE), Prano Bailey-Bond (CENSOR) and more.

ABOUT THE FILMS:

“Bestias De la Muerte,” 2026, Dir. Sandra Powers, 8 Mins, USA
Devastated by her mother’s death, sixteen-year-old Claudia performs an ancient Andean ritual and summons the Beasts of Death. Dragged into their realm, she must survive three trials and face an impossible choice.

FORMAT: DCP

“Wall Udder,” 2026, Dir. Alexandra Hayden, 8 Mins, USA
A dissatisfied woman confronts repressed feelings of malaise after her partner comes home smelling like milk.

FORMAT: DCP

“Deo Volante,” 2025, Dir. Sophie Lupine, 13 Mins, Austria
On the day of the harvest festival, young Harle takes part in the sacred rite of Harar en Hoendar.

FORMAT: DCP

“Visitors,” 2026, Dir. Minnie Schedeen, 14 Mins, USA
A young woman is in the throes of early pregnancy when strange things begin to happen to the people closest to her and she starts to question her own reality.

FORMAT: DCP

“Confession,” 2025, Dir. Mai Nakanishi, 14 Mins, Japan

A woman seeks confession from a priest, but as her story unfolds, the priest discovers she harbors terrifying secrets.

FORMAT: DCP

“Superconscious,” 2026, Dir. Christianne Hedtke, 20 Mins, USA
Set in 1973, against the height of the energy crisis, a simmering Cold War and the dawn of the Age of Aquarius, a woman journeys to a far-flung human potential center to join the REMOTE VIEWING PROGRAM, a scientific study on so-called “psi energy.”

FORMAT: DCP

“Gog,” 2026, Dir. Kara Grace Miller, 14 Mins, USA
Five Flatlanders set out for a perfect day on the lake. The lake’s oldest resident welcomes them kindly.

FORMAT: DCP

“The Bones Exist,” 2026, Dir. Kelsey Bollig and Matthew Duvall, 14 Mins, USA
In the unforgiving wilderness of 1850s Alta California, a dwindling group of gold prospectors encounters a feral boy who forces the men to confront the horrors lurking in the woods and the sins of their past.

FORMAT: DCP