Bleedfest Blood Drive & Film Festival

Location: CAP Theatre, 13752 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, 91423
Date: February 6, 10:30am to 4:00pm
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Description: Bleedfest presents a blood drive and a film festival, celebrating the contribution of women to horror. (Their tongue-in-cheek motto is “It’s that time of the month.”).

Update 2020: 2011 was the last year Bleedfest presented a festival. The website remains as an archive of past events.

From the website:

BLEEDFEST BLOOD DRIVE
Date: 02/06/2011
Time: 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
Organization: BleedFest
Collection Goal: 20 pints with 2 donors per 15 minutes
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BLEEDFEST FILM FESTIVAL
February: WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH
Sunday February 6th, 2011
TIME: 11am-4:00pm

$10 cash at door for all day ticket and open bar

Special Appearances by Lil Zane, Katt Shea, Stacy Title, Lori Bowen, Tara Cardinal, Kevin Tenney, Michelle Tomlinson, Nic Brown. Schedule subject to change, personal appearances dependent on schedule.

11am-11:10am RED CARPET, MIXER

11:10am-11:20am PARTNERSHIP AWARD RESCREENING
HORROR OF OUR LOVE by Dave Reda (7 minutes)

11:20-11:30am TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Inanna Award presented to Katt Shea

11:30-11:50pm AWARD: Best Female Producer
NIGHT OF THE HELL HAMSTERS Produced by Elisabeth Pinto (17 minutes)

11:50-12:00pm AWARD: Best Social Commentary
Inanna Award presented to Stacy Title

12:00-1:15pm SHORTS: In Competition
*******Ballots given to audience*************

SUCKATHUMB by Xstine Cook (10 minutes)
THE PATCHWORK MONKEY by Susan Bell (10 minutes) Q & A
ESSENGER by Lori Bowen (4 minutes)
AFTERSHOCK by Lori Bowen (3 minutes) Q & A Lori Bowen
MIRROR MIRROR by Sophia Segal (4 minutes) Q & A
MEOW by Sarah Brown and Cyriak Harriss (3 minutes)
A NOIVA (AKA: THE BRIDE) by Ana Almeida (7 minutes)
THRENODY by Tyrrell Shaffner (12 minutes) Q & A
ANNIVERSARY by Marichelle Daywalt (6 minutes) Q & A

*******Ballots collected from audience*************

1:15pm-1:40pm BREAK: Open Bar, Red Carpet, Mixer

1:40-2:04pm WORKS IN PROGRESS
HARD TO DO by Elisabeth Fies & starring Kit Williamson (8 minutes)
PSYCHOSEXUAL by Elisabeth Fies starring Christina Wickers (9 minutes)

2:04pm-2:15pm PARTNERSHIP AWARD
HOME by Cam McCulloch (11 minutes)

2:15pm-2:25pm AWARD CEREMONY
Award presented to Marichelle Daywalt
Award presented to Tara Cardinal
Inanna Statue presented to Cindy Baer (Audience’s Choice from December)
Inanna Statue presented to Anne Norda (Audience’s Choice from January)
Inanna Statue presented to the Audience’s Choice

2:25-2:35 BREAK: Open Bar, Bathroom Break

2:35-4:00pm FEATURE
SLAUGHTERED written and directed by Kate Glover (83 minutes)
Everyone’s getting slaughtered in the pub tonight!