The Sisters Strain hosted the Red Carpet interviews at Blood in the Snow Film Festival Thursday November 20th, 2025 in Toronto! Join them as they meet many of the talented filmmakers from this years festival lineup.

Come along for the fun AND FLASHING LIGHTS as we hear what the best of Canadian Genre filmmakers have to say about their selected projects and being a part of the fabulous Blood in the Snow Film Festival- and meet the festival director himself- Kelly Michael Stewart!!!

Go find these talented filmmakers, give them a follow and find out how YOU can catch their films in a future screening!

Thank you to this years filmmakers:

@naltobelproductions

@hv.heart @nic.altobelli

@lulu.lemonless @darcy_qm @filmcherryontop

@prasannaJpaul

@alexmasciotramilstein_film

@tammysalzl @makingbeauty_film

@pun.mov @shrimpfriedricefilm @sangtheproducer

@pagemanproduction

@victoria_l0ng @heracreative

@janetrose.nguyen

@michpriske @lizwallace5

@donationsthefilm @mikecoshmedia

@nashtheslashdoc

& Griffin Cork

Shout out to the talented flash mob performers from TMU:

@brennanbielefeld

@kaitlynkhaai

@obon.g

@angiegarciaofficial

@chayajacobs_

@sanaasulls

@3than3dwards1520

@kieranprouty

@samuelsharrett

Alessia Halewood, Sarah Rogers, Alanna Romero-Pashe, Matthew Laughton,

As well as the Humber film students who helped film:

@markchinch

@gleamandglimpse

Jessica Pace, Elizabeth Vaughan & Chernyshova Kristina

And The Sisters thank Filmmaker and friend, Daniel Turres, the writer and director of Thursdays World Premiere screening of FRESH MEAT film- for a fun filled week of working together to bring Sankofa Squares First EVER Flash Mob to life!!

We’ll be sure to share the flash mob footage soon. For now enjoy these interviews!!

Listen here, find us on Spotify at The Sister(s) Strain or watch the video on Youtube :)

For the final episode of our 5 part "Care to Share" series, we sit with Chatham-Kent resident Tammy Gross. Tammy shares with us her lived experience as a mother who has had two sons who've struggled with substance abuse disorder-one of whom passed from the condition.

We didn't know Tammy prior to this conversation- and so we learned a LOT during this episode. Some moments we're quite heavy to hear, as such this episode will be a little more quiet and contemplative as we discuss the realities faced by those with loved ones who struggle with addictions.

As always we urge you to "Care to Share" this conversation so we can all learn the facts before forming an opinion!

The fourth podcast in our 5 part "Care to Share" campaign, this week we talk with Brian Knowler- a local police veteran, author, motivational speaker and mental health advocate. We discuss his personal journey with substance abuse, the importance of considering the housing crisis through a trauma informed lens, and clarify certain legalities of the Canadian charter rights.

We hope you will follow along and #caretoshare this information so we can all get more informed before forming an opinion!