Archive · Blood in the Snow Film Festival Presents
Industry Conference · Nov 4–7 · Online
Due to COVID-19, all 2020 Deadly Exposure events were hosted online. Industry panels and power round tables brought together key professionals from across Canada's screen industry for four days of online programming.
Made possible with the financial support of Telefilm Canada, Ontario Creates, and the Independent Production Fund.
All passes included a full delegate contact list sent to attendees after the event.
Production in the Age of COVID-19
This panel focused on strategies for how productions would have to adjust their schedules and adapt safety measures to shoot safely in 2021, in the age of COVID-19.
Guests include:
Annie Bradley — Director / Chair of the DGC
David M. James — Producer
Navin Ramaswaran — Director
Stephanie Herrera — Actor / Marquee Insurance
Moderated by Kelly Michael Stewart, Festival Director/Producer
Distribution in the Age of COVID-19
The distribution model for films has been changing rapidly over the past decade, and COVID-19 accelerated many of those changes further. Leading distributors and sales agents discussed the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Guests include:
Amanda Gauvin — Manager of Distribution, LevelFILM
James Fler — Managing Partner, Raven Banner
Samantha Richardson — President, Devilworks
Matteo Rolleri — Head of Distribution, Devilworks
Moderated by Mariam Bastani, Writer/Filmmaker
Meet the Festivals
Meet the festival directors and programmers of some of the leading film festivals in the world. Find out strategies for your film and details on how the landscape will be changing in the coming years.
Guests include:
John Allison — Festival Director, Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival
Bears Rebecca Fonte — Other Worlds Austin / Film Festival Consultant
Peter Kuplowsky — Fantastic Fest / TIFF: Midnight Madness
Brenda Lieberman — Calgary Underground Film Festival
Moderated by Heidy Morales, Hye's Musings
Undoing Tropes with Cultural Sensitivity
Horror has always had formulas: the white Final Girl, the "Magical" P.O.C., gender-confused killers, and the Black Guy who dies first. These tropes have endured over the years, examined by scholars and satirized by filmmakers. How, in a world of bankable screenplays, can we change them? This panel dissected and rewrote these tropes, and explored how to approach BIPOC themes to abolish the fear of "the other" and represent BIPOC stories accurately within genre film.
Guests include:
Robyn Citizen — TIFF Programmer
Roger Boyer — BIPOC TV & Film
Jerri Thrasher — Filmmaker and Blood in the Snow Programmer
Moderated by Carolyn Mauricette, Blood in the Snow Development Coordinator/Programmer
Online Power Round Tables: Session 1
Small groups met online in different virtual breakout rooms for 20-minute sessions over a three-hour period. Session 1 focused on funding bodies and related organizations.
Small groups met online in different virtual breakout rooms for 20-minute sessions over a three-hour period. Session 2 focused on distribution and sales agents.