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Horror In Seconds Opening Night

Come celebrate the launch of Vancouver's first BIPOC Horror Festival: Horror in Seconds!

Doors 7:00pm
Tickets: see below
19+/No Minors

Come celebrate the launch of Vancouver's first BIPOC Horror Festival: Horror in Seconds.

The submitted horror movies are 60 seconds or less with no dialogue, by emerging Canadian filmmakers.

What to expect?

-Bite-sized horror movie screenings

-Horror-lesque

-Live performances

-DJ dance party

-Raffle prizes from amazing small businesses: JQ Clothing, Vancouver Burlesque Co., Tantra Fitness and more

Artists lineup:

Virago Nation, Androsia Wilde, Dare Deville, Imbali Blooming, Claine Lamb and horror beats by DJ Denise.

How to support this epic event and the amazing artists?

Please help make our scream come true and donate to our GFM to cover production and artists : https://gofund.me/978a9bd3

Raffle tickets:
There is an option to add raffle tickets as an add-on. There will be a raffle draw with prizes from: Tantra Fitness, JQ Clothing and more.

You will be emailed your raffle ticket numbers. Screenshot the ticket numbers and save as a photo so that you have them accessible when we draw at Opening night

About Horror in Seconds:

Horror in Seconds film festival aims to broaden representation and accessibility in filmmaking by breaking through the financial barriers that BIPOC artists face during the filmmaking process. It hopes to inspire more initiatives and opportunities for underrepresented and marginalized artists that face multiple systemic barriers so that they can bring their creative visions to life.

Festival media coverage:

-CBC Radio "On The Coast" : https://youtu.be/jiIWHuSYZFk

-Queer FM: https://www.citr.ca/radio/queer-fm/

-The Peak SFU: https://the-peak.ca/2023/10/horror-in-seconds-centres-bipoc-filmmakers-decolonizing-the-genre/#:~:text=Horror%20in%20Seconds%2C%20with%20its,underrepresented%20and%20tokenized%20marginalized%20identities.

-Vancouver is Awesome: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/vancouver-bipoc-horror-film-festival-2023-6644015

Earlier Event: November 21
IndieArtist Cabaret
Later Event: November 23
Teen Angst Night