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Planet Fury recently ran a piece titled "Ten Canadian Genre/Horror Filmmakers to Watch For," and while it was a fine overview of up-and-coming directors from America's neighbor to the north, one name was conspicuous in its absence: Montreal-based filmmaker Maude Michaud.

Over the last few years, Michaud has been going about the business of quietly building an estimable catalog of films that, though nominally horror flicks, might best be classified as Cinéma Fantastique. Since 2005, Michaud has co-produced an arthouse drama and written, directed, produced and shot eight dark, ambitious short films as well as a five-part documentary web series, all of which were lauded by critics and played extensively on the festival circuit.

It's true Michaud is still something of an indie darling, yet that's all the more reason she should've been included in a list of emerging filmmakers. But with production of her first feature, Dys-, set to begin later this year,...

At age 16, when most of us are worrying about getting our driver's licenses, an aspiring filmmaker named Maude Michaud was getting busy establishing herself in the independent Canadian film world when she produced, wrote, directed and acted in her first short film, Finding Hope.

Since then, Michaud hasn't had time to look back as she's gone on to write, direct and produce over 15 short films and video projects under her Quirk Films production banner including several horror short films such as Red, T is for Toothpick, Snuff, The Portrait and Recessed.

Michaud also recently contributed to two horror anthology feature films called I Hate L.A. and Frankenstein Unlimited and is the mastermind behind the ongoing documentary web series Bloody Breasts: An Exploration of Women, Feminism, and Horror Films, which premiered online in April 2011.

In honor of Indie Horror Month, Dread Central recently caught up with the Montreal native to...

Several press releases went out today featuring some huge news coming out of Canada's Fantasia Film Festival including the first batch of films that will be populating this massive three-week long event. Pull up your chair, kids! You're gonna be here for a while!

Dig on the wealth of information below from today's releases and look for more announcements and of course full coverage soon!

Spotlight: Between Death And The Devil

Recent times and crimes have seen extraordinary levels of disillusionment with organized religion, particularly with the Catholic Church, and genre cinema has mirrored this anger with startling impact. In the face of this, we’ve put together this troubling spotlight focused on the abuse of faith, the horrors of ideology and the corruption of Godliness. Several of these films will absolutely stagger you.

Black Death (UK) Dir: Christopher Smith – North American premiere. Hosted by Director Christopher Smith

With the Black Death sweeping across England,...

You want the best of genre film from Canada, the Us and around the globe? Fantasia is the place.

Montreal, June 29, 2010 - For its fourteenth edition, the Fantasia Film Festival is proud to present over 50 titles from Asia. Once again, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China are widely represented, demonstrating the great quality and diversity of their industries. And, as always, the programming team is also dedicated to exposing several hidden gems hailing from emerging national cinemas. Through these, audiences can discover new visions and new sensibilities. Therefore, the public will be privy to works hailing from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and - a first for the festival - Indonesia. The filmic multicultural feast prepared by the 2010 Fantasia Film Festival promises to satisfy film lovers of all kinds.

Fantasia's 2010 occidental lineup of World Cinema is once again on fire with an astounding kaleidoscope of styles and sensibilities.

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On Wednesday, July 7th, All Things Horror hosts a charity screening of Yfke Van Berckelaer’s short zombie musical Zombie Love and Maude Michaud's Frankenstein-inspired Reflection in Somerville, Massachuessetts, USA on July 7th, 2010. This double feature will showcase the American premiere of Frankenstein, Unlimited, a collection of six shorts each with their own take on Frankenstein mythology, and benefit the Boston Girls Rock Camp.

Frankenstein Unlimited consists of six short films from up-and-coming filmmakers in Montréal. Each film maker uses themes contained within Mary Shelley's original novel as a template for their movies...

The program is a fundraiser for the Boston Girls Rock Camp which runs August 2nd through the 7th. The camp teaches girls ages eight through 16 how to play instruments, write their own music and perform for a club audience within a week. They offer workshops provide leadership and life skills carry them through the years that follow.