Maude Michaud
Filmmaker. Writer. Storyteller.
Creator of dreams, but mostly nightmares.
Filmmaker. Writer. Storyteller.
Creator of dreams, but mostly nightmares.
Maude Michaud is available for public engagements, conferences, round tables, and artist talks in both French and English.
Here's a list of her past appearances and participations in talent labs and film markets.
Academic Conferences
Université de Montréal, February 2018 (Montreal, Canada): Gave an academic conference titled L’horreur au féminin about women horror directors and her work as part of this community
Pop Culture Association of Canada (PCAC) Annual Conference, May 2012 (Niagara Falls, Canada): Gave a conference titled Horror Grrrls: Resistance and Agency within the Interpretive Community of Women Horror Filmmakers outlining the main argument of her thesis project of the same name.
Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), March 2010 (Montreal, Canada): Gave a conference titled La résistance par la formation de communautés de femmes fans d’horreur – un résumé d’une nouvelle tendance culturelle alternative outlining the main arguments of her thesis project
Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), March 2008 (Montreal, Canada): Gave a conference titled La culture de participation en quête du mythe - la réception “nouveau genre” outlining the argument of an academic article of the same name
Artist Talks
Concordia University, October 2024 (Montreal, Canada): Introduced a special screening of the 2024 Etheria Film Festival accompanied by an artist talk about her M.A. thesis projects on women horror filmmakers, as well as her own creative practice. Moderated by Chris Hallock.
Mascara & Popcorn Film Festival, November 2011 (Montreal, Canada): Gave an artist talk about her work and introduced a retrospective screening of her short film work
All Things Horror Monthly Screenings, September 2011 (Boston, MA, USA): Gave an artist talk about her work and introduced a retrospective screening of her short film work
Bleedfest Festival, April 2011 (Los Angeles, CA, USA): Gave an artist talk about her work and introduced a retrospective screening of her short film work
Panels and Round Tables
Fantasia International Film Festival, July 2024 (Montreal, Canada): Participated in the round table discussion Her Horror Legacy about the history and contribution of women horror filmmakers, as well as her own artistic practice. Moderated by Heidi Honeycutt
Requiem FearFest, September 2019 (Montreal, Canada): Participated in a round table discussion about genre film production in Québec as an invited guest
Fantasia International Film Festival, July 2011: Hosted and participated in the round table discussion Bloody Breasts: Women in Horror Panel about the work of women horror filmmakers in connection to my thesis project. Moderated by Kier-La Janisse
Festival des Maudits Films (Grenoble, France): Invited as a guest speaker to talk about genre films in Quebec and introduce a currated selection of short films directed by women
Pitch, Labs and Film Markets
Pitch It Till You Make It (Wench Film Festival), February 2025 (Mumbai, India): Pitched her feature film project Mannekill to a panel of development executives
Blood in the Snow Film Festival Horror Development Lab, November 2013 (Toronto, Canada): Pitched her TV project Disco Witches to industry representatives and participated in the subsequent development lab
Frontières International Co-Production Market (Fantasia International Film Festival), July 2021 (Montreal, Canada): Pitch her feature film Wild Side to a delegation of industry professionnals and participated in the subsequent market
Created by Women special pitch event - Frontières International Co-Production Market (Fantasia International Film Festival), July 2018 (Montreal, Canada): Pitch her feature film My Other to a delegation of industry professionnals and participated in the subsequent market
Workshops
Main Film, February 2021 (Montreal, Canada): Taught the workshop: Comment faire un film d’horreur à petit budget
Main Film, March 2020 (Montreal, Canada): Taught the workshop: How to make a low budget horror film
Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, September 2016 (Montreal, Canada): Taught a 3-hour class on the history of women horror filmmakers in addition to presenting the main arguments of her thesis project
Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, March 2012 (Montreal, Canada): Taught the class Scaring the daylights out of you - the films of William Castle (3 x 3-hour classes)