BITS Radio Podcast: Recent Episodes
Blood in the Snow
BITS RADIO is the podcast series based on the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival hosted by Robert Bellamy and Festival Director Kelly Michael Stewart.
Here you will hear the latest news and interviews with the best in Canadian genre film-making.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with A.J. Lutsky while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Pariah that played in the festival.
Rob sits down to chat with Jake Gunhouse while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project "Ultra Cheese" that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Ryan Couldrey while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project "Time Eater" that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Alex Vance while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project "Cryptid" that played in the festival.
Rob sits down to chat with Daniel Turres while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project "Fresh Meat" that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Hira Vin & Nic Altobelli while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project HE that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Michelle Godoy Priske & Liz Wallace while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project The Spider that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Prasanna Paul & Gavin Downes while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Sanctorum that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Jenna Schaefer and Minsoo Koh while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Nicky Nine Doors that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Victoria Long while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Echo that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Massimo Russo while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Solipsis that played in the festival
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Tammy Salzl while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Making Beauty that played in the festival
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Zach Green while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Cancer SZN that played in the festival
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Andrew G. Coopert while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Strangers that played in the festival
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Tim Kowalski, Kevan Byrne & Colin Brunton while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Nash The Slash Rises Again! that played in the festival
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Griffin Cork while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Immortal Embrace that played in the festival
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Nic Altobelli while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project INBTWN that played in the festival
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Swaroop Elamon & Devyash Ranavat while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Tingling that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Ghosting that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with George Mihalka and Susan Curran while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Ominous - Episode 3 RadioActive that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Shane Campbell while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves the project Jeff Dotter: Space Courier that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Daniel Brown while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves the project Asteria that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Lulu Liu & D'Arcy Quan-McGimpsey while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Cherry on Top that played in the festival.
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Xavier Wehrli while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Slaughter Slate that played in the festival
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with Shelly Findlay and Tejay McDonald while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2025. The discussion involves their project Donations that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Director and series creator Francesco Loschiavo while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Tales From The Void - Whistle In The Woods that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Writer & Director Kaela Egert while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Dance of the Faery that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Writer & Co-Director Joel Buxton while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Let Me In that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director Isaac Rathé while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Any Last Words that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Writer & Director Michael Pierro while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Self Driverh that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director John Bregar while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Josephine that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director Kelly Paoli while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the projects Creepy Bits: 'Route 17' & 'Horticulture for Beginners' that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Writer & Director Brian Sepanzyk while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Defile that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Writer Co-producer Max Mallar while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Ascension that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director Andrew Ellinas while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Night Lab that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director Lisa Ovies while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project A Mother’s Love that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director Dan Nicholls while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Stuffy that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director Juan Pablo Sáenz while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Deep End that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Luke Hutchie while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project Ezra that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Writer & Director Sandra Foisy while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project Midnight Snack that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director Colin G Cooper while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project Bath Bomb that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director Valerie Barnhart while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project A Divine Comedy: What the Hell that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Director David Matheson while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project Apnea that played in the festival
Rob sits down and chats with Producer Elysia Rotaru and Director & Writer Stephen Sawchuk while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Hell is a Teenage Girl that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Writer & Director Dallas Soonias while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project The Saint and the Bear that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Producer Desirée Van De Laar & Director Brian P. Rowe from Locked in the Cellar Creations while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Dungeon of Death that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Producer & Actor Katisha Shaw, Producer & Actor Mike Deleny & Writer & Director Ryan M. Andrews while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project Parasitic that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Benjamin Hackman while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Out of the Hands of the Wicked that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Director Adrian G. De la Peña while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project Naualli that screened at the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Producer Krishna Kolanupaka & Director Michèle Kaye while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project For Rent that screened at the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Director Lori Zozzolotto while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project Nereid that screened at the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Director Josh Saltzman while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves the project Shiva that screened at the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Director Emile Lavoie & co-producer Camille Mongeau while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves their project Mean Ends / Mourir en Silence that screened at the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with August Kyss while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2024. The discussion involves her and Scream TV.
The new season of BITS Radio begins with Robert speaking with Festival Director Kelly Michael Stewart about how BITS 2024 went
Rob sits down and chats with Ryan Couldry while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. Ryan is a multi year alumni and past Horror Development Lab participant.
Rob sits down and chats with Rogelio Rodriguez-Lopez while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Cold Lights that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Robert Cuffley, Linda Nainaar & Colin Sheldon while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves the project Romi that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Paradox Delilah while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Twig and Twine that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Matthew Broughton while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Pest that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Maninder Chana and Jag Dhaliwal while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Solitary that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Liv Collins and Jesse Thomas Cook while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves the project The Hyperborean that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Sam Chou while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves the project The Heat that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Kirk Cooper while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves his appearance in the Film Market Access lab panel and representing Raven Banner at the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Julie Bruns while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves the project Blink that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with James McDougall while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves the project Walking Supply that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Helen Liu, Jordan Symes and Ian Tan while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project High End Dying that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Heidi Von Palleske, from the classic Dead Ringers, while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project My Animal that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with David Aboussafy while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves the project Kicking Blood. Rob then sits down and chats with Sharai Rewels, David Aboussafy and Juan Riedinger while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Tiger By The Tail that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Constance Hilton while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project The Good Word that played in the festival and their project Til Death Do You Part that was part of the Horror Development Lab.
Rob sits down and chats with Bryce Iwaschuk and Jessey Nelson while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Seed that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Brett & Jason Butler while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Purgatory Jack that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Benjamin Blais, Jeff Hanson and John Fleming while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project BrawlStars: Where the Wild Things Were that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Walter Sawan and Thrillhouse while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Thrillhouse - Space Disco that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Vanessa Magic while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Magic in Dreams that was in the Horror Development Lab, and Safron that played in the festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Sonya Chwyl & Anik Desmarais-Spencer while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project To Bruise the Heel that was in the Horror Development Lab.
Rob sits down and chats with Robin Careless while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. Their discussion involves Robin’s film Sanguine that was in the film festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Maude Michaud while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their film The Monster Inside My Head in the film festival and Disco Witches in Horror Development Lab.
Rob sits down and chats with Lu Asfaha & Fonna Seidu while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project They Echo in the Horror Development Lab.
Rob sits down and chats with Jono Hunter while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their film Night Drives: The Silence of the Library in the film festival.
Rob sits down and chats with Jessica Landry while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project My Only Sunshine in the BITS Horror Development Lab.
Rob sits down and chats with Jaden Curtis & Mariah Owen while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their project Camp Murder in the BITS Horror Development Lab.
Rob sits down and chats with Dave Hildebrand while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their film The Heart of Ravenscrag in the film festival
Rob sits down and chats with Corinne Fergusen and David Bond while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their streaming service NYX TV..
Kelly and Rob sit down and chat with the cast and crew of Hellbound Taxi. The discussion involves their film and some behind the scene stories.
Rob sits down and chats with Tim Rozon. The discussion involves their film Purgatory Jack in the film festival and the love of pop culture
Rob sits down and chats with Brenna Goodwin-McCabe while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their film I Can't Go On in the film festival and their participation in the BITS Horror Development Lab
Rob sits down and chats with Ava Marie Safai and Nico Graham while at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023. The discussion involves their film Zip in the film festival and their participation in the BITS Horror Development Lab.
This is the recording of the interview that aired on Superchannel with the film makers of Don't Say Its Name
This is the recording of the interview that aired on Superchannel with the film makers from Motherly
This is the recording of the interview that aired on Superchannel with the film makers from the film The Righteous
This is the recording of the interview that aired on Superchannel with the film makers in the category Mournful Mediums
This is the Q & A that aired on Superchannel during the 2021 Blood in the Snow film festival
This the the Q & A that was recorded for the screening of Tin Can on Superchannel for the 2021 Blood in the Snow film festival.
This the the Q & A that was recorded for the screening of Funhouse on Superchannel for the 2021 Blood in the Snow film festival.
Rob sits down with producer Avi Federgreen to discuss what makes the best pitch, how to prep your project and the best way to make use of that 30 seconds in an elevator.
This is the full Q & A for Come True that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for Parallel Minds that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for The Return that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for Bloodthirsty that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for Emerging Screams that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for Funny Frights that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for Dark Visions that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for A Series of Web BITS that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
Rob sits down in a live special with Julie Bruns & Steven Kammerer of Pergamentum to talk about its filming and its future
This is the full Q & A for For the Sake of Vicious that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for Hail to the Deadites that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
Enjoy the entire Q & Q from the Blood in the Snow film festival presented by Super Channel of the feature film Hall.
This is the full Q & A for Bleed With Me that aired on the Super Channel for Blood in the Snow 2020
This is the full Q & A for Shall We Play that was screened on Super Channel during Blood in the Snow 2020.
In the second episode on this twofer Wednesday, here is the full Q & A that we saw on the opening night of Blood in the Snow on Super Channel, Anything for Jackson, with Julian Richings,
In a twofer Wednesday, the first of two episodes. The final panel from Blood in the Snow 2019.
With BITS 2020 wrapping up today we thought it was a great day to release this Industry panel from BITS 2019
While we prepare for Blood in the Snow 2020 presented by The Super Channel we hope you enjoy this panel from last years event, Face Your Fears Of Drone and Production Insurance
Festival Director Kelly Michael Stewart shares some information on what Blood in the Snow 2020 will be like.
Rob sits down with some of the cast and crew of the short film Willa that played at Blood in the Snow 2019
From Blood in the Snow 2019 Media day Rob sits down with Erin Berry & Audrey Cummings and Noah Danby
From The Blood in the Snow Media Day of 2019 Rob sits down to talk with Navin Ramaswaran and Jeffrey Gross & Nikolas Benn and Dave Walpole
A bonus episode to help pass the time while we stay at home including Diana Cofini & Steven Morana, Chris Green, Alysa King and Art Hindle & Khizer Khani and Andrew Ravindran
While we're staying home and out of the congestion of the city, here's a great episode to enjoy with Lisa Ovies and Kevin Mosley & Paul Tanter, Simon Philips and Ken Bresners & Tyler Williams
From BITS 2019 Media Day interviews with Jeremy Lutter and Marcy Waughtal & Robert Cuffley and Susie Malone & Kate Felix
Live from BITS 2019 Rob speaks wit the creative team behind Dead Dicks, Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer
Kelly Michael Stewart and Rob Bellamy talk about the 2019 festival , highlighting some great moments.
Rob is joined by Amalia Williamson from last years festival favorite Level 16. Level 16 premieres on CBC on Aug 24th at 9 pm
Part 3 of the I'll Take Your Dead Theatrical Opening in Hamilton's Playhouse Theatre Rob sits down to discuss film with CF Benner
Part 2 of the theatrical release in Hamilton of I'll Take Your Dead, Rob sits down with director Chad Archibald and producer Chris Giroux
At the theatrical screening of Black Fawn Films newest release I'll Take Your Dead at the Playhouse Theater in Hamilton, Ontario Rob was able to sit down with two of the main actors Ava Preston & Aiden Devine.
Join us for an in-depth discussion with one of Canada’s leading filmmakers to discuss their journey, lessons learned along the way, and get an exclusive sneak peek at up coming projects.
Director Vincenzo Natali and Producer Steven Hoban give us an exclusive chat about the highly anticipated feature In The Tall Grass based on the novella written by Stephen King and son Joe Hill. Moderated by Kirk Haviland.
Julian Richings joins Rob on BITS Radio to discuss how he ended up in Toronto and the amazing career that followed him.
This episode brings another of the industry panels that was presented at Blood in the Snow 2018. This one is Navigating Canadian Tax Credits. The panel is moderated by Kelly Payne and includes guests Anna Newallo from Ontario Creates, Owen Kelly from Vortex Words + Pictures and Michael Peterson from 775 Media Corp.
Rob sits down with Laura Tremblay & Mike Donis from one of the features from last years Blood in the Snow, Fugue.
Blood in the Snow 2018's Industry Panel moderated by Kirk Haviland. Guests include ;
Craig McGillivary, Breakthrough Entertainment
Keshia Saldanha, Double Dutch International
Andrew Hunt, Raven Banner
Avi Federgreen, IndieCan Entertainment
This is the first of the industry panels held at Blood in the Snow 2018 - Diversity in Genre Film
Rob visits the Hexplotation Film Festival and talks with Director Aaron Allen about the festival and John Migliore and Mike Trebilcock about the World Premiere of their film Creature from Cannibal Creek
Rob is on the road with Gavin Michael Booth and Adrian Ellis at the rehearsal for the live recording of the one take score for The Last Call in Windsor Ontario
Wrapping up the interviews for Blood in the Snow 2018 we have two more. The first is with Kat Threlkeld and Lance Fernandes from the short film 'He Likes It Rough' and Michael Alexander Uccello from the short film 'God's Madmen'
Blood in the Snow 2018 Media Day coverage continues with the director of ‘The Whistler’ Jennifer Nicole Stang and the director of ‘The House Among The Trees’ Brian Wilcox.
As a Christmas treat we have a talk with the festival darling, Frostbite, and some of the creators. Plus a great sit down with BITS alum Jared Bratt.
Rob is joined by two incredible talent that were at Blood in the Snow 2018, Randy Brososky, from the Web Series Necessary Evil, and Adrian Ellis who composed the music for Necessary Evil plus 5 other entries in this years festival.
Blood in the Snow Media Day Part 2 is here. Here are four more interviews from Media Day including Richard Rotter, Ryan Lussing and John Bruntonfrom the webseries "Damaged", Ryan Couldry from the short film "Fist Full of Molars", Samantha Carly, producer and actor from the feature film "Hammer of the Gods" and Danishka Esterhazy from the closing feature film and festival award favorite "Level 16".
Blood in the Snow has wrapped up but the information is just beginning. Here are four interviews from Media Day including Larissa Thomas from the webseries "Ali and Lara Make a Horror Movie", Daumoun Khakpour and Brendan 'Brentyl' Jones from the short film "Standby", David J Fernandes from the short film "Binge" and Lowell Dean from the opening feature film "Supergrid".
Rob went on a road trip to Windsor where Gavin Michael Booth had just wrapped on his new feature project Last Call.
Join co-hosts Kirk Haviland and Rob Bellamy as they have the first of their review shows. In this episode we review a Black Fawn Films picture called The Heretics.
Kirk and Rob are back as the hosts of BITS Radio and they describe where the show will be going from here. Also some Fantasia talk and a little bit about Midnight Madness.
Hosts Robert Bellamy and BITS Senior Programmer interview actor Pedro Miguel (Kidnap Capital) and director Chris Trebilcock (The Dark Stranger).
Join BITS Radio host Robert Bellamy live at Blood in the Snow 2017 with the filmmakers of MARAUDER, ONCE UPON A TIME AT CHRISTMAS and DARKEN.
Join BITS Radio host Robert Bellamy live at BITS 2017 with the filmmakers of FAKE BLOOD.
Join BITS Radio host Robert Bellamy at 2017 Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival with guests from the films RED SPRING, THE CHILD REMAINS and ALICE ALONE.
Join BITS Radio host Robert Bellamy at 2017 Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival with guests from the films TIMEBOX, BUCKOUT ROAD, BLOOD CHILD and TALKING HEADS.
Join BITS Radio host Robert Bellamy live at BITS 2017 with the filmmakers of DON’T CLICK, ITCH, EVEN THE DARKNESS HAS ARMS and BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
In this episode host Robert Bellamy interviews the filmmakers of KILL ORDER, ART OF OBSESSION & DESTRUCTION MAKES THE WORLD BURN BRIGHTER. The interview is recorded live during the 2017 Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival.