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 teaming up with the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival for its 2025 Official Showcase Lineup! IN PERSON: Filmmakers Lily Hayes Kaufman, introducing the trailer for her film OCCUPY CANNES, and Daisy Rosato, screening her Etheria 2025 Finalist Film POSSUM.

The 2025 Etheria Film Festival Short Film Lineup includes:

SPEAK WITH THE DEAD
Directed by Stephanie Paris (12 min) (Horror) (USA)
In 1850, the Fox sisters held a seance for a wealthy couple who want to call on their deceased son’s spirit to give them closure.

A GREEN AFFAIR
Directed by Rebecca Thomson (18 min) (Fantasy/Horror) (Australia)
A woman in a lonely marriage begins an affair with her favourite house plant, “Boston,” but soon becomes unsure whether he is friend or foe.

LOLA
Directed by Grace Hanna (11 min) (Science Fiction/Fantasy) (USA)
Logline: A thirteen-year-old science prodigy journeys into her grandma’s deteriorating mind to save one precious memory they have together.

GASLIGHTER
Directed by Virginia Powers Hendry (8 min) (Horror/Thriller) (USA)
On a dark and stormy night, Anne arrives home to find the power out and her front door left unlocked.

ÜREI
Directed by Yerkezhan Baizhan (6 min) (Horror) (Kazakhstan)
When a frail grandmother is left to babysit a toddler, the worst-case scenario unfolds. A creepy tale from Kazakhstan, based on a chilling true story.

DADDA
Directed by Aimee Hoffman (20 min) (Fantasy/Comedy) (USA)
Amidst his wife’s flourishing career, a once-hotshot director turned stay-at-home dad becomes convinced his hands are inexplicably shrinking.

PRAYING MANTIS
Directed by Mack Breeden (14 min) (Horror) (USA)
On the run after abandoning his post, a Confederate soldier takes shelter in the isolated cabin of two women who now find themselves at his mercy.

PLUS ETHERIA 2025 FINALIST FILM: 
POSSUM
Directed by Daisy Rosato (15 min) (Dark Comedy/Horror) (USA)
When the leader of an artist residency kills the possum that’s been eating their cauliflower, the residents come to a shocking consensus.

Past Etheria Film Festival official selections include films from directors Deanna Milligan (Lucid), Anna Biller (The Face of Horror), Axelle Carolyn (“Them”), Yoko Nakamura (Unseen), Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Bone Lake), Chloe Okuno (Watcher), Mariama Diallo (Master), Roseanne Liang (“Murderbot”), Natalie Erika James (Apartment 7A), Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor), Jill Gevargizian (The Stylist), Gigi Saul Guerrero (Into the Dark: Culture Shock), Bridget Savage Cole (House of Spoils) and more.