Heads up, New York horror fans – hitting the IFC Center from March 29 – April 4 is Shadows of Change: Women & Horror in 2014, celebrating women in horror with a selection of screenings of six essential female-directed/female-starring horror movies from 2014.
Programmed by Caryn Coleman of The Future of Film is Female, the jam-packed lineup includes Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, Ana Lily Armipour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Goodnight Mommy, plus a celebration of scream queen Maika Monroe with David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows and Adam Wingard’s The Guest. Also on the slate is Stewart Thorndike’s Lyle, Leigh Janiak’s Honeymoon, Ursula Dabrowsky’s Inner Demon, plus a 2014 short film from Prevenge director Alice Lowe.
Leigh Janiak, Stewart Thorndike, and Ana Lily Amirpour will also be present for Q&A sessions prior to their respective movies.
In a statement, Coleman expressed her excitement for the event and the importance of 2014 as a monumental year for women in horror:
Shadows of Change: Women & Horror in 2014 looks at six essential independent horror movies directed by women from 2014 – with two films starring contemporary horror heroine Maika Monroe – that are emblematic of a shift in independent horror and a starting point for the next generation of genre moviemaking. Ten years ago two landmark horror films, Jennifer Kent’s THE BABADOOK and Ana Lily Anapour’s A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, were released and the genre was never quite the same. Not only are they a part of a group that ushered in experimental explorations of genre filmmaking but, importantly, they distinctly mark a moment when women begin to finally be the ones in control of telling their own narratives. These films explode the notion of the “Final Girl” (women in horror told from the male POV) and reclaim stories about motherhood, identity, sexuality, trauma, and the ever-present danger of being a woman in the world.
You can find out more about the event and grab your tickets for Shadows of Change right here!
