Help us fund Canada's first BIPOC Horror Film Festival

Doaa Magdy is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hi everyone! This is Doaa, Founder and Director of Horror in Seconds, Canada's first BIPOC Horror Film Festival. I'm also known as "Jordan Peele's future competition" :D

I'm starting this GoFundMe because I need your support to run our second year. The opening Night will be at the Fox Cabaret on Friday the 13th: December 13, 2024.

Horror in Seconds launched in November 2023 and was described as "Vancouver's most unique Film Festival" by The Georgia Straight.

The Festival could not have happened without your support because it relied 100% on donations and sponsorships to take place. This is the power of community and I am forever grateful for it! <3

What is this Festival all about?

Horror in Seconds is Vancouver's first BIPOC Horror Film Festival. The Festival's mission is focused on making the filmmaking process accessible to emerging BIPOC artists. The idea is so cool: record a 60 second (or less) horror movie on your smartphone, with no dialogue and hit the submit button. Think of it as an anthology of "TikTok" movies.

As a radical visionary, I was like why limit this vision to just movies when I can expand it to include more local talents?

The inaugural year was epic. we hosted the opening night at The Fox Cabaret with programming that included film screenings, Horror-lesque, and live performances.

The closing night was a Horror Poetry Night hosted at Massy Arts Society, highlighting amazing local poets and catered horror-themed charcuterie by Indigenous business: Owl Aboard.

For this year, 2024 I would love to start booking artists earlier as it is the Holiday season. I would also love to include panel talks with the filmmakers and maybe a couple of guests to host.