FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE 2025 FESTIVAL

**ERIC HUSKISSON & P.J. STARKS**
**NEW FEARS EVE**
Starks and Huskisson are the co-owners of Blood Moon Pictures. They started their company back in 2015 after the cult success of Volumes of Blood. Since then they have produced three other features including the 2017 sequel VOB: Horror Stories, the 2021 holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-mas and the current holiday horror comedy New Fears Eve.
Eric Huskisson has acted in other projects such as the hit TV show Nashville among others as well as produced the 2015 ANOES fan film The Confession of Fred Krueger.
P.J. Starks has created several popular event series including the long running Unscripted short film series in his home town. He has also served as an Executive Producer on a myriad of indie productions including the 10/31 franchise, Angel, E-Demon, Close Calls, Cryptids, and the forthcoming films The Boy from Below as well as the Troma produced Sweet Meats.

**NICK WERNHAM**
**THE LOST EPISODE**
Nick Wernham is a filmmaker from Toronto, Canada. A long time fan of horror films, THE LOST EPISODE is his third feature, but his first in the genre. It was a fantastic experience, working with a small but mighty cast and crew, comprised of friends old and new. He hopes to make many more scary movies in the future. Nick's two previous films were both comedies: NO STRANGER THAN LOVE (2015) and BUSINESS ETHICS (2019).

**BARI KANG**
**ITCH!**
Deeply rooted in his experience as a South Asian immigrant, Bari Kang’s film’s have earned favorable comparisons to the works of his longtime idols Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. As a self-taught multi-hyphenate artist,
Kang’s cultural ties have shaped his work as a filmmaker; beginning with the deflating of a showbiz stereotype attributed to ethnic actors. He grew tired of watching colored performers “being pigeonholed.” That’s why he decided to create his own opportunities and continues to tell stories that he’s passionate about.
ITCH! is Bari's first foray into the world of horror.

ANTHONY GRANT

Anthony “Ant” Grant is a Canadian-American writer, actor, producer, and voice-over artist. As an actor, Grant has performed in over 30 television and film productions for major broadcasters such as BET, CBS, CTV, SyFy, ABC, Lifetime, Showcase, and Netflix. He has also graced the stage at the famous Producers Club Theater in New

York City. Ant’s feature film credits include a strong supporting role opposite Mads Mikkelsen in the action thriller feature film Polar, directed by Grammy Award-winning music video filmmaker icon Jonas Åkerlund, the independent feature film Heavy, starring Game of Thrones Sophie Turner and directed by Jouri Smit, and most recently, in Clement Virgo’s film, Brother. Ant also played opposite Michael Jai White in the feature Welcome to Sudden Death on Netflix for Universal Pictures. Ant’s keen sense of storytelling has also allowed him to write and develop his own projects, selling original pitches to various producers. Ant has since written and story-edited several series for CBC GEM and Marblemedia.