David Bond is an award-winning genre film writer, and producer. He is also a member of CMPA, Producers Network at Cannes and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Mr. Bond's career began with COOKERS and AMERICAN CRIME for Lionsgate Films. Since then, he has had many successful films such as, EXTREMITY from Dark Elegy Films, available on Shudder, and released by Sony in Germany and has oversaw the 1980s horror reboot hit, THE BOOGEYMAN as a producer and a writer.Mr. Bond executive produced the 70s-style arthouse horror film ANTRUM: The Deadliest Film Ever Made. In the spring of 2020, ANTRUM became the number one film on Amazon Prime. Having a Theatrical Release in JAPAN on February 9th and the UK on October 26th, and it already appears on three Top 10 lists. Also, in the spring of 2020, ANTRUM went viral globally by reaching over 200k on BuzzFeed and having over 70 million watches on TikTok videos. He executive produced Voice Pictures's BLOODTHIRSTY, it was part of the Frontieres Buyers Showcase at Cannes 2020. In the fall of 2020, BLOODTHIRSTY was sold to XYZ, and it was the closing night film for Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Mr. Bond was also an executive producer for THE BLACKSTONE, CREEPYPASTA. He has screened his films in over fifty major film festivals worldwide, including Sitges, Brussels, and Bucheon and has sold his films in 30 countries.

Malachi Ellis is a Black Film and Television producer based in Toronto who strives to tell stories revolutionizing the status quo for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ audiences. He was recently selected for the Reelworld Screen Institute's Producer Program and the Canadian Film Centre's Norman Jewison: Producer Lab. His producing skills have led him to work at some of the largest Canadian production companies, such as eOne and Bell Media. As an independent producer, Malachi has worked with some of Canada's most talented emerging writers/directors producing short films and proof-of-concept works. His most recent producing credits include I LIVE HERE (Aspen Shortsfest, CBC Gem), DIASPORA (TIFF 2022, Vimeo Staff Pick), FISH BOY (BFI Flare, Frameline47) and EXPRESS (TIFF 2023). In 2021, Malachi was named one of Playback Magazine's 10 to Watch. Malachi is an alumnus of Toronto Metropolitan University's RTA Media Production Program and the OYA Emerging Filmmakers Program.

Ry Levey is a 20+ year film industry professional who has publicized and or distributed over 100 Feature films, including award winning films like Emmy Award winner MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE, Oscar nominated THE INVISIBLE WAR, and films by iconic directors like Frederick Wiseman, Steve James, Christopher Munch, Bill Plympton, Frank Henenlotter, Andrucha Waddington, Bas Devos, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Barbara Hammer, Tony winning and Oscar nominated filmmaker/Theatre icon Julie Taymor and 2 time Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. His documentary feature directorial debut, OUT IN THE RING was the recipient of 4 Intl. film festival awards.

With over 24 years of industry experience behind his belt, Pasha Patriki has worked his way through the industry ranks in many technical and creative positions. He has the CSC designation from Canadian Society of Cinematographers - where he received highest accolades for his visual work, and he is a member of Canadian Media Producers Association. In 2010 he founded PurpleDOG Post, famous Toronto-based boutique facility that caters to indie and festival films and Digital and TV content. Since the founding of Hangar 18 Media in 2017 alongside Raven Banner Entertainment, Pasha has produced over a dozen of feature films in Canada and USA, most recently serving as Lead Canadian Producer on You Gotta Believe, a theatrical release starring Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon & Molly Parker. Pasha has also worn a directorial hat, working with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren in a 2018 action thriller "Black Water", as well as directing a Tubi Original "The Threat Next Door" In 2022. With a focus on genre content production, Pasha and Hangar 18 Media continue to shape the Canadian and US film landscape, overseeing projects with budgets ranging from $2 million to $10 million, with titles like V/H/S/94, Brooklyn 45, Sorry About The Demon, and many others. In 2022, Pasha collaborated with guitarist Slash on The Breach, which gave a start to a new label - BerserkerGang Entertainment, a collaboration between Slash, Hangar 18 Media and Rue Morgue.

Sera-Lys McArthur is what would happen if you combined Olivia Munn and Gal Gadot and raised her in Canada's Indian Country. She's an ethnically flexible actor with deep Native American roots. She has a hometown sweetness with an air of fashionable mystery. Sera-Lys is a screen and stage actor, producer, model, martial artist, horseback riding enthusiast, and a musical theatre nerd. A prairie girl with big city dreams, Sera-Lys is a proud member of the Nakota/ Assiniboine Nation and was raised by her German-Canadian single mother in southern Saskatchewan. Despite growing up in the middle of nowhere, she managed to become a working actor at age 13. She later moved to New York City to study musical theatre, and then went on to gain an MA in Acting from East 15 Acting School, the University of Essex, UK. Sera-Lys has experienced success on both sides of the border, gaining Canadian household recognition with recurring roles on two series: Arctic Air and Hard Rock Medical. She recently had an unforgettable guest appearance on the hit Starz series Outlander, as Mohawk healer Johiehon in episode 412 "Providence." She also had a comedic turn on opposite Cobie Smulders on episode 203 of Netflix's Friends From College. She is the female lead in Robbery, an independent feature film, and a key supporting role in the film adaptation of the novel Monkey Beach. She is also an emerging producer, with several finished short films under her belt, including: Pharmalarm (producer & lead actor), Magic Madeleines and The Wolf of Waubamik Woods (co-producer and actor), with more projects in development.

Brett and Jason Butler, the Butler Brothers, are Writer/Director/Producers based out of Toronto, creating original content under their studio banner, Substance Production. The award-winning filmmakers last theatrical release, First Round Down, landed in the Top 5 for Canadian box office during its opening week and along with Purgatory Jack and their dark comedy, Unfriending, currently on the film festival circuit they have wrapped principal photography on another feature, Thanks For the Room. They have also recently opened a boutique distribution company, Tiny Cabin Pictures.

Jesse Thomas Cook and Liv Collins of Collingwood Film Company are a husband/wife indie powerhouse filmmaking tag-team. Cook is a prolific Canadian producer and director of genre cinema. His 15 features have garnered awards from Fantastic Fest, Fantasia, and many more. Collins is a writer, producer and performer, with leading roles in The Hexecutioners, DeadSight and their latest award-winning feature The Hyperborean. The duo have collaborated on 7 feature films, including 2022's Cult Hero, which received six nominations at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards. They work and live in Collingwood with their four children.

Filmmaking duo (and married couple) Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer are the writer/director pair behind the short films Zomboni and Even the Darkness Has Arms. Their feature debut Dead Dicks premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2019, winning them the Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature. Dead Dicks went on to win several screenwriting and acting awards at home and abroad, including Fantasporto, Other Worlds, Another Hole in the Head and Vancouver Badass. Blood In the Snow holds a very special place in their hearts as the 2019 award winners for the festival's very own Best Script and Rising Star Awards.

Kat and Karissa Strain have most notably made appearances as actresses in the genre of horror, sci-fi and dark comedy. The sisters joined together to form "KarKat Productions" in order to bring their passion for storytelling to life as filmmakers with various web content on their Youtube channel "KarKat TV", their Instagram page "@sistersstrain" as well as writing/producing and directing short films that have been accepted to and won awards at film festivals all over the world.