Alexa Fraser-Herron & Scary Cow

Alexa Fraser-Herron & Scary Cow

July 9 to September 3, 2015
Reception Thursday, July 9 at 6:30pm.

Alexa Fraser-Herron is a writer, director, and producer based out of San Francisco. Originally lured to the city to pursue fine art at the San Francisco Art Institute, Alexa later channeled her myriad interests into film. Upon discovering a local film collective called Scary Cow, she immediately joined and set to work making shorts, among them EAT PRAY WHATEVER (2008), ALONE FOREVER (2010), the experimental horror short 7 MINUTES IN HELL (2010), PETE & VERONICA (2012), and MINI SUPREME (2015). Alexa now runs Scary Cow in addition to being the production manager for Peaches Christ and lecturing on various aspects of creative development and film production.

Filmmakers are photographed with Darryl Macdonald, center, executive director of the Palm Springs International ShortFest, during the Opening Night: Make 'Em Laugh program at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs on Tuesday. (Photo: Taya Gray/Special to The Desert Sun)
Filmmakers are photographed with Darryl Macdonald, center, executive director of the Palm Springs International ShortFest, during the Opening Night: Make ‘Em Laugh program at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs on Tuesday. (Photo: Taya Gray/Special to The Desert Sun)

 

Scary Cow is a collective that welcomes anyone with an interest in film. Members pitch their ideas to one another and splinter off into groups of their choosing to make whatever film they’d like. Films are screened three times a year at the Castro Theatre where everyone in attendance votes on which filmmakers should win budget for their next film. This process has nurtured 100s of filmmakers since its inception in 2007 and has fostered a community of filmmakers bonded by the collective spirit. In keeping in this vein, this selection features an eclectic mix of Scary Cow-produced shorts that touch on relationships, love, and sacrifice. All of the films share a sense of intimacy in one way or another and run the gamut from classically dramatic and observational to the absurd.