Join us at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto from November 18 to 23, 2024, for an exciting lineup of Canadian horror, sci-fi, action, thrillers, and underground cinema. đ
Films will screen at The Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7) with Q&A to follow.
After-parties will take place following each screening at the Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7) starting from 9:30 pm to close.
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BITS 2024 LINEUP ANNOUNCED
Blood in the Snow Festival begins with the return of alumni (Wolf Cop) Lowell Dean's action horror feature Dark Match featuring wrestling veteran Chris Jericho followed by the mysterious Hunting Mathew Nichols.
The unexpected thrills continue with BITS World Premiere of Pins and Needles and the Fantasia Best First Feature Award winner, Self Driver.
The festival ends this year on a fun note with the Toronto Premiere of Scared Sh*tless (featuring Kids in the Hall's Mark McKinney).
Other titles include the horror anthology series Creepy Bits and Zoom call shock of Invited by Blood in the Snow alumni Navin Ramaswaran (Poor Agnes).
The festival will also include five feature length short film programs including the festivals comedy horror program Funny Frights and Unusual Sights and the highly anticipated Dark Visions program, part of opening night festivities.
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Check out the BITS Radio podcast hosted by Robert Belamy - Interviews with BITS Alumni film makers throughout the festival.
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Deadly Exposure is our industry conference that takes place during the day during the festival. Deadly Exposure Passes are limited -- get yours now!
The Deadly Exposure pass gets you into every screening at the 2024 BITS Film Festival along with access to all the Deadly Exposure industry events. This includes all industry panels, strictly limited exclusive round table meetings with distributors/funders and invitations to networking events.
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We are thrilled to announce the incredible filmmakers that were selected to participate in the 2024 Horror Development Lab!
Marushka Almeida
Marilyn Cooke and Eric Lafalaise
Anthony Filangeri and Francis Luta
Tina Kardan and Het Desai
Onyeka Oduh and Goldbloom Micomonaco
Erica Orofino and Olivia Loccisano
Lisa Ovies
Stephen Sawchuk and Elysia Rotaru
Dallas Soonias and Monique Barrie
Ian Tan and Joshua Lam
Kathy Thomas and Patricia Gomez Zlatar
Jordan Waunch
The BITS Horror Lab is a development program focused on facilitating business and production opportunities for genre (horror, sci-fi, action, thriller) scripted projects and short films by traditionally underrepresented BIPOC, women, and LGBTQ+ Canadian filmmakers and content creators.
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"This is an amazing festival! It was such an honor to have my short 'Lunachicks' screen here alongside some really talented filmmakers! The communication and effort put into making this a great festival is very evident and it was one of the most fun festivals I've been to. I felt very welcomed and there was really great audience turnout and engagement. I recommend submitting to this 100% even if you feel your film is only borderline 'genre'."
"BITS is the best. Aside from screening the coolest genre films, their Deadly Exposure conference allowed me to meet, learn, and network with dozens of industry decision makers, potential distributors, and fellow filmmakers. I couldn't give this festival enough praise. I look forward to being able to submit another film!"
"My short screened in 35 festivals and this was one of the tops! I was also selected for their inaugural Horror Development Lab and connected with filmmakers and key industry players which will help get my creature feature made and give my career a boost. Highly recommend!"
"What a great all around festival filled with great films, great panels, great networking and amazing sharing of love of film!"
"Bits was by far one of our favorite festivals. Not only did we get to see our film in a theater with a live audience, we were also selected to take part in the Directors Lab and Deadly Exposure event. This experience was so unreal and has helped put us on the path to continue expanding our short into a feature. Thank you guys so much. We hope to take part again with our future projects."