Title: Development Lab Coordinator
Type: Seasonal contract
Pay: $3,000 (flat fee)
Parameters: Renewed annually by Festival Director
Required dates to be in attendance: November 16-22, 2025
Flexible time span for other duties: June 1st to December 1st
Hours: Approximately 120 hours total.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our team on a part-time contract with the Blood in the Snow Film Festival as our Development Lab Coordinator. This person will help us develop and run the logistics of our Horror Development Lab that takes place during the Blood in the Snow Film Festival taking place November 17- 22, 2025. This is the 5th year of the lab.
Overview of the Lab
The lab is broken into four sections: education, pitching, meetings and marketing.
Day one is the education portion with special guests coming in to speak to the lab that include pre-production, production and post-production.
Day two is our pitch day where each of the 12 projects will have 5 minutes to pitch their project to our three hand-picked Industry Leads to get feedback. These pitches are also watched by a dozen or so producers and companies that will meet with them one-on-one.
Day three is our meeting day. The lab attendees will meet with the lab leads.
There will be also be opportunities for attending our networking events, photo ops and be on our podcast.
Availability
Located in the Toronto/GTA area.
Must be available for all the dates and times November 16 for evening setup and during the daytime events of 17, 18 and 19, 2025.
Also will be needed for select times November 20 to 22, 2025 for additional help with the Deadly Exposure Industry Conference (Times TBD).
Must have a flexible schedule that can work the key duties that need to be done in the lead up to the festival.
Planning duties (ahead of festival)
Work with the Festival Director for your input suggestions for topics and guests.
Book and coordinate panel/lecture guests for lab.
Help book lab guests for one one-on-one meetings (whom in turn will meet with lab selections).
Coordinate selecting lab jury members and industry leads.
Recruit lab jury (to select projects for lab) and recruit industry leads (mentors to hear and meet with lab participants).
Moderate and coordinate the jury meeting (in early October) to select the 12 lab participants.
Send acceptance letters and rejection letters to all projects.
Make sure that guests have filled out the forms to receive their bios/photos.
Host online orientation session with the 12 accepted projects to answer any questions they have (in early November).
Coordinate receiving the pitch presentations and testing them.
On-site key duties (during festival)
Liaise with venue(s) to organize seating and layout for panels/roundtables.
Help and supervise the setup and teardown of the venue for the events each of the days.
Introduce the moderators and panelists on stage and give the audience any special instructions as needed.
Moderate each of the guest powerpoints while they do their pitches.
Supervise and make sure projector slides/videos are working.
Coordinate with our live captioning service used for our panels.
Work with volunteers and other BITS staff as required.
Work with Industry Coordinator to assist with any logistics with the industry conference (last three days)
Oversight (after the festival)
Send an attendee survey when the festival is over along with thank you letters.
Compile statistics of survey responses and give recommendations for the following year.
Skills needed
Understanding the needs of underrepresented creators (in particular BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women and disabled).
Prior experience in the film industry (priority will be given to applicants that have experience producing/directing a feature film, a TV series or produced a number of short films).
Prior experience in event planning is also an asset.
Must be comfortable working with project plans, establishing a critical path (deadlines) and keeping up administrative duties related to the event.
Must be a self starter with positive energy.
Must be comfortable working and receiving direction, feedback from the Festival Director.
Excellent people skills.
Current networking contacts in the film industry are an asset.
Knowledge or at least not be afraid to work with laptops and projectors.
Strong attention to details.
Some light lifting might be required (tables/chairs).
Note:
As a development lab dedicated to BIPOC and underrepresented filmmakers, we prioritize applications from individuals who identify as any of the following:
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)
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Title: Industry Coordinator
Type: Seasonal contract
Pay: $3,000 (flat fee)
Parameters: Renewed annually by Festival Director
Required dates to be in attendance: November 16-22, 2025
Flexible time span for other duties: June 1st to December 1st
Hours: Approximately 120 hours total.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our team on a part-time contract with the Blood in the Snow Film Festival as our Industry Coordinator. This person will help us develop and run the logistics of our Deadly Exposure industry events that take place during the Blood in the Snow Film Festival taking place November 17- 22, 2025.
Overview of Deadly Exposure
Now in its 8th year, Deadly Exposure is our industry conference taking place the last three days of our festival at the Tranzac Club.
All of day one and half of day two are industry round tables with industry professionals in group settings.
Day two in the afternoon we switch everything over to our industry panels taking place Friday afternoon and all day Saturday for day three.
We also have a number of cocktail events happening at the end of each day.
Availability
Located in the Toronto/GTA area.
Must be available for all the dates and times November 16 for evening setup and during the daytime events of November 20, 21 and 22, 2025.
Also will be needed for select times November 17 to 19, 2025 for additional help with the Horror Development Lab (Exact times TBD).
Must have a flexible schedule that can work the key duties that need to be done in the lead up to the festival.
Planning duties (ahead of festival)
Work with the Festival Director for your input suggestions for topics and guests.
Help book panelists, speakers and moderators.
Make sure that guests have filled out the forms to receive their bios/photos.
Work with the attending filmmakers with any needs related to the Deadly Exposure industry conference.
On-site key duties (during festival)
Work with Development Coordinator to assist with logistics with the lab (first three days).
Organize seating and layout for panels/roundtables.
Help and supervise the setup and teardown of the venue for the events each of the days.
Introduce the moderators and panelists on stage and give the audience any special instructions as needed.
Moderate round table events. Keeping time and moving people to the next table.
Supervise and make sure projector slides/videos are working.
Coordinate with our live captioning service used for our panels.
Work with volunteers and other BITS staff as required.
Oversight (after the festival)
Send an attendee survey when the festival is over along with thank you letters.
Compile statistics of survey responses and give recommendations for the following year.
Skills needed
Prior experience in the film industry (priority will be given to applicants that have experience producing/directing a feature film, a TV series and/or produced a number of short films).
Prior experience in event planning is also an asset.
Must be comfortable working with project plans, establishing a critical path (deadlines) and keeping up administrative duties related to the event.
Must be a self starter with positive energy.
Must be comfortable working and receiving direction, feedback from the Festival Director.
Excellent people skills.
Current networking contacts in the film industry are an asset.
Knowledge or at least not be afraid to work with laptops and projectors.
Strong attention to details.
Some light lifting might be required (tables/chairs).
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Title: Film Awards Jury
Type: Volunteer
Parameters: October/November 2025
Hours: Approximately 25 hours total.
We are looking for jury members to help nominate and select our yearly awards (called the Bloodies). These are given out throughout the week of the festival. This work is done online so anyone from Canada can apply. Do not apply for the jury if you might be submitting a film to the festival this year.
Process
Watch all the films we have selected and vote on.
Select 3 to 4 nominations for each category.
Then work with the other jury members (either online or in-person) to select the winners for approximately 12 to 14 categories total.
Before the nominations and winners are submitted, we will need the jury to audit the names and titles so they are correct on our announcements and correct on our award plaques.
This would all happen between Oct 1 and November 1st and would involve watching the features and short films selected to play the festival. We have strict deadlines to get the nominations and winners selected, so bandwidth in the month of October is critical.
Qualifications
Major horror/sci-fi/genre fan.
Has either worked in the film industry and/or has written about film.
Strong attention to detail.
Nice to have
Strong awareness of indie filmmaking in Canada (especially genre in Canada).
Has participated in previous film juries and/or programming teams.
Has a strong social media presence (to help us promote the festival).
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About Blood in the Snow Film Festival
The Blood in the Snow Film Festival is a unique and imaginative showcase of contemporary Canadian horror, genre, and underground cinema, that exists to challenge social boundaries, explore artistic taboos, and to support and exhibit independent Canadian genre media artists. BITS takes place in Toronto, Ontario and brings together audiences, media coverage, community partnerships, and the filmmaking industry to exhibit and celebrate Canadian genre media artists. BITS began in 2012 and was registered as a not-for-profit in 2015.
Apply:
Please send your resume/CV, cover letter by April 1- 2025 and indicate which position(s) you would like be considered for:
Att: Kelly Michael Stewart - Festival Director
info@bloodinthesnow.ca
