The Horror Lab participants will receive the following:

• Filmmakers will receive advice and feedback from established directors, producers, and broadcasters.


• Industry leads and will challenge the participants to push their vision through to the very end by identifying and navigating through any development obstacles and changes.


• A curated itinerary including a focus on marketing and distribution, scheduled market meetings with attending industry advisors and leads, and short film screenings and pitch feedback.


• Each participant receives a few post-festival industry advisor sessions from January to March 2023 with a program "Industry Leader."


• Participants will leave with advice on how to revise their package and move forward with it.


• Participants will leave with important film business insights and connections.


• Industry/peer networking opportunities.


• Participants will receive a free Screening & Industry Pass to attend the 2022 Blood in the Snow Film Festival + Deadly Exposure.




Who can apply?


Although applications would be open to everyone, we will give priority to those with or more of the following criteria:

• Black


• Indigenous, Metis or Inuit


• Person of Colour


• LGBTQ2IA+*(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Two-Spirit, Intersex, Asexual, and other identities that fall outside cisgender and heterosexual paradigms.)


• Women*


• Disabled (visible and invisible)*


• * For all applicants, priority acceptance will be given to projects with BIPOC representation in front and behind the camera.
  
  If you applied to the 2021 Horror Lab and DID NOT make the program, you can apply again. Please DO NOT apply again if you were accepted last year. You are, however, able to apply for the 2023 program.
  
  
  

  The lead Lab particpant also must:

  
  
• Must be a Canadian citizen


• Must plan to shoot their film project primarily in Canada


• Must have completed at least one polished, completed short film (3 to 30 minutes in length)


• Must feel that they are ready to make a feature film (or multi-episode web series)


• This is a HORROR development lab, so the film needs to be some type of "genre" project that is horror, sci-fi, action or thriller




What do you need in your application?


All applications this year will be submitted through Film Freeway and must include the following:


• At least one previous completed short film that is either its own project or short done as proof of concept. (under 30 minutes)


• A 2 to 3 page pitch book/proposal (in pdf) uploaded to Film Freeway describing the project. Please include a story description, bios of the team attached, a general budget summary and anything else you'd like to tell us about the project.

There is a small application fee ranging from $10 to $25, depending on when you apply. If you are financially unable to submit, then you can request a waiver.




Other important details:



• The attendee can be the Producer/Director and/or primary writer of the project and have the full rights to the proposed project.


• All rights remain with the filmmaker, and BITS has no proprietary interest in any of the projects.


• Although the mentor lab will be in English, Francophone, Indigenous language, and other language projects are welcome and encouraged.


• Applicants must commit to attending the program in person from November 21 to 23, 2022, in Toronto, Canada.


• Applicants must be Canadian citizens and reside in Canada.
  
  
• Applicants must demonstrate ownership of or option on all underlying rights (if any) to your film project.


• Up to two people per project will be allowed to attend the program (budget permitting).


• You DO NOT need to be alumni of the Blood in the Snow Film Festival to be a part of the program.


• You can apply for both the festival and the lab with the same application on Film Freeway. There is an option when you apply for the lab to also be considered for the festival.


• We strongly suggest that you upload a second version of your film on Film Freeway if it's already there so that the file for your pitch isn't visible for your other festival submissions you may be doing. If you are unable to do this, please contact us at carolyn@bloodinthesnow.ca, and we can make other arrangements.