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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 03/10/2026

We’re thrilled to welcome back McCAM Insurance Brokers as an ongoing sponsor and partner of Blood in the Snow! 🛡️ For more than 100 years, McCAM has helped Canadians protect what matters most — and for filmmakers, that includes protecting their productions. 🎬 🌐 mccaminsurance.com 🩸 Thank you!

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 30/09/2026

On NDTR, we remember the children who never came home and honour Survivors, their families and communities. We stand with the Indigenous storytellers keeping this truth in view. 🧡 From Tkaronto, on Treaty 13 land and the territory of many nations. Art: Charliss Santos, Orange Shirt Society

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 29/09/2026

💀 We’re excited to welcome back our partner Sunbelt Rentals Film & TV! ☀️ Sunbelt is once again supporting our 12 Horror Development Lab projects with up to $10,000 in in-kind services, helping emerging Canadian genre creators! 🌐 sunbeltrentals.com 🩸 Thank you for your continued support!

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 29/09/2026

🩸 Last call. Film submissions for Blood in the Snow 2026 close Thursday, October 1. For our 15th year, fearless Canadian horror returns to the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto, November 16–21. Submit on FilmFreeway Screening programs & FAQ: bloodinthesnow.ca/BITSScreeningPrograms&FAQ.html

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 28/09/2026

💀 We’re thrilled to welcome back our ongoing sponsor, Raven Banner! From the weird to the wicked, Raven Banner has built a reputation for finding fearless genre films & getting them in front of fans across Canada & beyond! 🐦‍⬛ ravenbannerentertainment.com 🩸 Thank you for your continued support!

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 28/09/2026

✨ A huge thank you to IPF for supporting BlTS and the Deadly Exposure Industry Conference — and our BITS & BYTES web series program! The Independent Production Fund’s support helps us provide a dedicated platform for Canadian digital storytellers! 🩸 Thank you for your continued support!

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 28/09/2026

🩸 Calling all Canadian genre web series creators! Submissions for BITS & BYTES, the Blood in the Snow web series program, close Oct 1. If you've made a horror, thriller or genre series, we want to see it on our screen this November. 🩸 Submit through FilmFreeway.

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 25/09/2026

🩸 LAST CALL! The BITS 2026 Horror Development Lab backs BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, women & underrepresented Canadian genre filmmakers. Got a horror feature or series that's ready to move? This is your shot. 🧪 BITS Horror Development Lab 🗓 Nov 16–18, 2026📍Toronto ⏰ FINAL DEADLINE: OCT 1 🔗 DeadlyExposure.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 25/09/2026

✨ We're grateful to Telefilm Canada for their continued support! BITS exists to champion independent Canadian horror, genre & underground filmmakers & bring bold stories to the big screen. Telefilm's commitment to Canadian storytellers helps make that possible!

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 25/09/2026

🩸 FINAL WEEK — EARLY BIRD PASS SALE Save 25% on ALL BITS 2026 Festival + Industry Passes before Early Bird pricing ends. 🎟️ EARLY BIRD PASS SALE ENDS SEPT 30 📅 November 16–21, 2026 📍 Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto 🔗 bloodinthesnow.ca Get your Early Bird pass and save 25%! 🩸 🦫

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 24/09/2026

✨ A huge thank you to Ontario Creates (@ontariocreates) for their ongoing support of the Blood in the Snow Film Festival + Deadly Exposure Industry Conference! We're proud to have Ontario Creates with us again for BITS 2026. 🩸 Thank you for your continued support!

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 23/09/2026

🩸 BLOODY SPIRITS OF WINTER - Last Call! Calling First Nations, Métis and Inuit filmmakers! Submit your horror/genre shorts to Bloody Spirits of Winter, our new Indigenous screening program at BITS 2026. 🎬 Final deadline: October 1 🔗 Submit via FilmFreeway: filmfreeway.com/BloodintheSn...

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 23/09/2026

✨ A huge thank you to the Toronto Arts Council with funding from the City of Toronto. Your support for Toronto’s arts community helps us bring filmmakers & audiences together to celebrate bold, independent Canadian genre cinema right here in our city. ❤️🎬 🩸 Thank you for your support!

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 20/09/2026

🍤 THE SHRIMP HAS ESCAPED. After a successful festival run, SHRIMP FRIED RICE — which played our BITS 2025 Funny Frights Shorts Program — is officially out in the wild and NOW ON YOUTUBE! 🎬 Dir/ Writer — Dylan Pun 🎬 Producer — Sang-Thanh Nguyen Starring: Jeff Yung, Adam Cawley & 🍤 Marty Stelnick

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You're telling me a SHRIMP fried this rice?

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 11/09/2026

🎙️ BITS Radio LIVE! – Episode #151 We’re closing out BITS radio with filmmakers Findlay Ironside & Aidan Lesser. ⚰️ FIRST RITES A young woman seeking solace for the afterlife turns to the only person who may have the answers - a long-dead corpse. 💀 BITS 2025 - Dark Visions 🎧 Listen: BITSRadio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 09/09/2026

Fresh voices. Bold visions. New blood🩸 🎟️ Get your pass → bloodinthesnow.ca Full details: bloodinthesnow.ca/NewBloodCreatorsForum.html

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 07/09/2026

See you at TIFF '26? 🎬🇨🇦 Kelly Michael Stewart — Festival Director & Founder of Blood in the Snow Film Festival & the Deadly Exposure Industry Conference — will be at TIFF all week, and he'd love to connect. 📅 Sept 10–18 📍 TIFF, The Market 🔗 Book a meeting → cal.com/bloodinthesnow/bits-tiff2026

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Dave Thorpe @davethorpe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thanks to @bloodinthesnow.ca for inviting me on BiTS Radio to talk about APPENDAGE www.youtube.com/live/B4fPJlr...

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BITS Radio episode 150 Dave Thorpe

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 05/09/2026

🌐 T.O. Webfest is back — Sept 29 & 30 Short-form digital series & podcasts — screenings, panels & direct access to funders, broadcasters & decision-makers shaping the industry. Full sched drops next week. 🏷️ Use code TOWF4BITS for 10% off tickets & passes 🎟️ TICKETS: 3common.com/towebfest2026

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 04/09/2026

🎙️ BITS Radio LIVE! – Episode #150 This week we’re joined by filmmaker Dave Thorpe to discuss APPENDAGE—a sci-fi horror short where a quiet morning of work takes a very unexpected turn when visitors from another planet arrive. 🩸 Director — Dave Thorpe 🎧 Listen now: BITSRadio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 01/09/2026

🎙️ BITS Radio LIVE! – Episode #149 Joined by filmmaker Janet-Rose Nguyen to discuss DO YOU SEE HER?—a chilling short about blurred vision, creeping paranoia, and an entity that can only be seen when the glasses come off. 🎧 Listen now: BITSRadio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 01/09/2026

🩸 ONE MONTH LEFT TO APPLY! In year 6, the Lab supports BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, women & underrepresented genre filmmakers with features or web/TV series ready for production. 🧪 BITS 2026 Development Lab 🗓 Nov 16–18, 2026 📍 Toronto ⏰ FINAL DEADLINE: OCT 1, 2026 🔗 DeadlyExposure.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 22/08/2026

🩸 Want to put your brand behind bold Canadian storytelling? Blood in the Snow is looking for sponsors and community partners to join us for our 15th edition, November 16–21, 2026, in Toronto. 👉 Explore BITS 2026 partnership opportunities: bloodinthesnow.ca/partnerships.html

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 21/08/2026

🎙️ BITS Radio LIVE! – Episode #148 🩸 Director / Writer / SFX Makeup Artist / Editor - Alex Masciotra-Milstein 🧟‍♂️ DISEASE A human asks his zombie boyfriend to bite him, resulting in a transformative—and gruesome—consummation of their love. 🎧 Listen now: BITSRadio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 14/08/2026

🎙️ BITS Radio LIVE! Episode #147 We’re joined by filmmakers Juan Francisco Calero & Deanna Little to discuss PETIT DEMONS—a dark action-thriller series about a survivor who fights back. 😈 Writer / Director / Producer - Juan Francisco Calero 😈 Actor - Deanna Adams-Little 🎧 Listen now: BITSRadio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 10/08/2026

🩸 Introducing the New Blood Creators Forum! A new BITS program giving emerging Canadian genre filmmakers a curated festival experience + industry events. Applications open Sept. 1. 👀 We’re hiring a Forum Coordinator! 👏 Art: @apb_art bloodinthesnow.ca/NewBloodCreatorsForum.html

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 08/08/2026

🦇 BITS Nightshift, a new series of branded industry mixers taking place during the 2026 festival! We will be announcing our partners and sharing more details on how to get involved. 👀 — we’re hiring a Night Shift Events Coordinator to help bring this series to life. bloodinthesnow.ca/jobs.html

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 08/08/2026

🎙️ BITS Radio LIVE! – Episode #146 This week we’re joined by filmmaker AJ Lutsky to discuss PARIAH—a dystopian survival story built on compliance, where staying human requires absolute obedience. 🩸 Director - AJ Lutsky ☣️⚠️ PARIAH 😱 (+ ScareBNB Sneak Peek) 🎧 Listen now: BITSRadio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 31/07/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 145 is live! Recorded live at BITS 2025, Kelly & Rob chat with Jake Gunhouse! 🍕 ULTRA CHEESE - When Buddy's pizza is cursed by the delivery guy, his Saturday night becomes a lot messier than he'd imagined. 🎬 Actor/Special Effects — Jake Gunhouse 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 24/07/2026

🩸 BLOODY SPIRITS OF WINTER — SHORT FILM SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! We are seeking horror and genre short films by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit filmmakers for our new screening program for 2026! 🎬 Submit - FilmFreeway 🔗 filmfreeway.com/BloodintheSn... 🔗 bloodinthesnow.ca/BITSScreenin...

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 24/07/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 144 is live! Recorded live at BITS 2025, Kelly & Rob chat with dir. Ryan Couldrey about Time Eater that played the Dark Visions short program. ⏳ TIME EATER 🎬 Director, Editor & Co-Writer — Ryan Couldrey 🌙 Starring — Jane Moffat 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 17/07/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 143 is live! Recorded live at BITS 2025, Kelly and Rob chat with filmmaker Alex Vance about Cryptid, a feature film in development that was selected for the 2025 BITS Horror Development Lab. 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 10/07/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 142 is live! Recorded live at BITS 2025, Rob chats with filmmaker Daniel Turres about Fresh Meat, the blood-soaked feature about a group of influencers that break into an abandoned prison to film viral content—unaware that one inmate never left. 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 07/07/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 141 is live! Recorded live at BITS 2025, Kelly and Rob chat with director and writer Hira Vin and actor Nic Altobelli about HE. 🛸 HE A facility monetizes the ability of a shape-shifting entity to become the lover of their patrons’ dreams… 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 26/06/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 140 is live! Recorded live at the 2025 Blood in the Snow Film Festival, Kelly and Rob chat with director Michelle Godoy Priske and writer Liz Wallace about The Spider that played the opening night Dark Visions shorts! 🕷️ THE SPIDER 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 19/06/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 139 is now here! Recorded at BlTS 2025, Kelly and Rob chat with filmmaker Prasanna Paul and actor/producer Gavin Downes about Sanctorum, a sci-fi horror short that explores creation, obsession, and the terrifying cost of playing god. ⚙️ SANCTORUM 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 19/06/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 138 is live! Recorded at the 2025 Blood in the Snow Film Festival, Rob sits down with filmmakers Jenna Schaefer and Minsoo Koh to discuss their chilling short film Nicky Nine Doors. 🚪 NICKY NINE DOORS 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 10/06/2026

🩸 Canadian genre needs your story. Applications are open for the BITS 2026 Horror Development Lab. Join us for a free online info session — Wednesday, June 24 at 8 PM EST. Hosted by Vanessa Magic & Kelly Michael Stewart. Register at deadlyexposure.ca · Apply on FilmFreeway

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 29/05/2026

🌙 Witching Hour 🕙 Fri June 5, 2026 · 10:00 PM 📍 TIFF Lightbox, TD Free Friday ✨ W7éyle (moon’s wife) — dir. Amanda Wandler ✨ I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden — dir. Vea Mafile’o ✨ Love Is Trash — dir. Kenny Welsh ✨ John’s First Tattoo — dir. Jett Kowalchuk ✨ Klee — dir. Gavin Baird 🔗 imaginenative.org

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 05/06/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 137 is live! Recorded at BITS 2025! 🍤 SHRIMP FRIED RICE 🎬 Director / Writer — Dylan Pun 🎬 Producer — Sang-Thanh Nguyen A talented shrimp chef with an ego that outweighs his tiny body carries out his vendetta! 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 04/06/2026

Klee, dir. Gavin Baird, follows an alien who is sent to Earth and tasked with a mission to invade, seduce, and terminate a family of colonizers in 19th-century Saskatchewan. 🌙 Screening as part of Witching Hour 🕙 Friday, June 5, 2026 · 10:00 PM 📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 2 🎟 Part of TD Free Friday

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 04/06/2026

What does your garbage say about you? Love Is Trash, directed by Kenny Welsh 🌙 Screening as part of Witching Hour at the 26th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival 🕙 Friday, June 5, 2026 · 10:00 PM 📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 2 🎟 Part of TD Free Friday

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 03/06/2026

💊 Immortality is only a pill away. Would you take it? W7éyle (Moon’s Wife), dir Amanda Wandler 🌙 Screening as part of Witching Hour shorts program @imaginenative.org June 5, 2026 · 10:00 PM📍 TIFF Lightbox 🎟 TD Free Friday — Tickets are available day-of only June 5. Limit for tickets per person.

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 22/05/2026

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 29/05/2026

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 29/05/2026

🎙️ BITSradio Episode 136! Recorded at the BITS 2025, Rob chats with filmmaker Victoria Long to discuss her short film Echo. 🎬 Writer / Director / Producer / Editor — Victoria Long 👽 Echo 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 25/05/2026

🌈 Proud to co-present Blood Lust - shorts program at the 36th annual Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival! 🩸 Chaos and murder, but make it fun. 📍 TIFF Lightbox 🗓 This Wednesday at 9:15 PM 🎟️ insideout.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 22/05/2026

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 22/05/2026

BITSradio Episode 136 is live! Recorded at BITS 2016 Rob sits down with filmmaker Massimo Russo to discuss his sci-fi short film Solipsis. 🎬 Writer / Director / Producer / Composer — Massimo Russo 👽 Solipsis 🚀 Official Selection — BITS 2025 Sci-Fi Shorts Program 🎧 Listen now: BITSradio.ca

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Blood in the Snow Film Festival @bloodinthesnow.ca · 21/05/2026

🌈 We’re proud to co-present Blood Lust – Shorts Program at the 36th annual Inside Out LGBT Film Festival — Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ film festival, running May 22–31, 2026! 🩸 Chaos and murder, but make it fun? 📍 TIFF Lightbox — Cinema 2 🗓 May 27, 2026 — 9:15 PM 🎟️ insideout.ca

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