Yoshimasa Ishibashi
(Japan) – Director / Writer – MILOCRORZE – A LOVE STORY – Canadian Premiere July 15th
Yudai Yamaguchi
(Japan) – Director / Writer – DEADBALL – World Premiere July 15th / Co-Director / Co-Writer - YAKUZA WEAPON – Canadian Premiere July 16th
Tak Sakaguchi
(Japan) - Actor – DEADBALL – World Premiere July 15th / Co-Director / Co-Writer - YAKUZA WEAPON – Canadian Premiere July 16th
Arata Yamanaka
(Japan) – Actor – YAKUZA WEAPON – Canadian Premiere July 16th
Yoshinori Chiba
(Japan) – Producer – DEADBALL – World Premiere July 15th / YAKUZA WEAPON – Canadian Premiere July 16th
Jerome Sable
(Canada) - Director / Co-Writer / Co-Producer / Co-Composer – THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM – Quebec Premiere July 15th
Eli Batalion
(Canada) - Co-Writer / Co-Producer / Co-Composer – THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM – Quebec Premiere July 15th
Ryoo Seung-wan
(South Korea) – Director – THE UNJUST – Quebec Premiere July 16th
Kang Hae-jung
(South Korea) – Co-Producer – THE UNJUST – Quebec Premiere July 16th
Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini and Richard Stanley
(Canada, UK, USA) – Directors – THE THEATRE BIZARRE – World Premiere July 16th
Nicco Ardin, John Cregan, Evan Husney, Carl Daft, Jacqui Knapp, Fabrice Lambot, Rob Lucas, Michael Ruggiero, Victoria Sanchez and Daryl J. Tucker
(Canada, France, USA) – Producers – THE THEATRE BIZARRE – World Premiere July 16th
Lindsay Goranson, Billy Graham, Imogen Haworth, Tiio Horn, Udo Kier, Lena Kleine, Lynn Lowry, Victoria Maurette, Cynthia Wu Maheux and Mélodie Simard
(Canada, France, Germany, USA) - Actors – THE THEATRE BIZARRE – World Premiere July 16th
Emil Gustafsson Ryderup
(Sweden) - Director / Writer / Editor – FRIEND OF FLIES – International Premiere July 16th
Arata Yamanka
(Japan) – Actor – YAKUZA WEAPON – Canadian Premiere July 16th
Jed Strahm
(USA) – Director – KNIFE POINT – World Premiere July 16th
Kazuteru Oshiriki
(Japan) – Producer – LEGEND OF THE MILLENIUM DRAGON – Canadian Premiere July 17th / Available for interviews July 16th to 18th.
Julian Gilbey
(UK) - Director / Writer / Editor – A LONELY PLACE TO DIE – Canadian Premiere July 17th / Available for interviews July 15th to 19th.
Jovanka Vuckovic
(Canada) – Writer and Director – WOMEN IN HORROR and ARCHITECTS OF THE THEATRE BIZARRE Panels – July 17th.
Jason Eisener
(Canada) – Director, HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN - New Flesh Jury Member
Greg Newman
(USA) - SVP, MPI Media Group / Dark Sky Films – New Flesh Jury Member
Carl Tibbetts
(UK) - Director / Writer – RETREAT – World Premiere July 18th
William Eubank
(USA) - Director / Writer / Cinematographer / Production Designer – LOVE – International Premiere July 18th
Gunner Wright
(USA) – Actor – LOVE – International Premiere July 18th
Mark Eaton
(USA) – Executive Producer – LOVE – International Premiere July 18th
Paul Galbraith
(UK) – Executive Producer – RETREAT – World Premiere July 18th
Robin Hardy
(UK) – Director / Writer – THE WICKER TREE – World Premiere July 19th
James Mapes
(UK) – Actor – THE WICKER TREE – World Premiere July 19th
Peter Snell
(UK) – Producer – THE WICKER TREE – World Premiere July 19th
Erik Eger
(Sweden) – Director – 100 YEARS OF EVIL – North American Premiere July 19th
David Bryant
(UK)– Director / Writer / Producer – VICTIMS – World Premiere July 20th.
John Dunning
(Canada) – LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENT – Producer / SHIVERS – July 20th
Daniel Cockburn
(Canada) – Director / Writer – YOU ARE HERE – Quebec Premiere July 20th
Brenda Goldstein
(Canada) – Director / Writer – YOU ARE HERE – Quebec Premiere July 20th
Hisayasu Sato
(Japan) – Director - LOVE & LOATHING & LULU & AYANO – Canadian Premiere July 21st / Xavier Gens
(France) – Director - THE DIVIDE – Canadian Premiere July 21st
Michael Eklund
(Canada), Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc (USA) – Actors - THE DIVIDE – Canadian Premiere July 21st
Evan Kelly
(Canada) – Director – THE CORRIDOR – Canadian Premiere July 21st
Josh MacDonald
(Canada) – Writer – THE CORRIDOR – Canadian Premiere July 21st
Craig Cameron
(Canada) – Co-Producer – THE CORRIDOR – Canadian Premiere July 21st
David Patrick
Flemming (Canada) – Actor – THE CORRIDOR – Canadian Premiere July 21st
Glen Matthews
(Canada) – Actor – THE CORRIDOR – Canadian Premiere July 21st
Jim Gilbert
(Canada) – Actor – THE CORRIDOR – Canadian Premiere July 21st
Stephen Chambers
(Canada) – Actor – THE CORRIDOR – Canadian Premiere July 21st
Shanley Caswell
(Canada)– Actress – DETENTION – International Premiere July 22nd
Travis ‘’Organik’’ Fleetwood
(Canada) – Actor – DETENTION – International Premiere July 22nd
Mark Palermo
(Canada) – Co-Writer – DETENTION – International Premiere July 22nd
Joseph Kahn
(USA) – Director – DETENTION - International Premiere July 22nd
Miguel Alejandro Gomez
(Costa Rica) - Director / Writer / Producer / Editor – EL SANATORIO – Canadian Premiere July 22nd
Dennis Gomez
(Costa Rica) - Producer – EL SANATORIO – Canadian Premiere July 22nd
Jesse Thomas Cook
(Canada) - Director / Writer / Producer – MONSTER BRAWL – World Premiere July 23rd
John Geddes and Matt Wiele
(Canada) – Producers – MONSTER BRAWL – World Premiere July 23rd
Matthew DeRosa, Art Hindle, Robert Maillet, Rico Montana, Chris Rutte and R.J. "City" Skinner
(Canada) – Actors - MONSTER BRAWL – World Premiere July 23rd
Ted Kotcheff
(Canada) – WAKE IN FRIGHT – July 24th
Pat Tremblay
(Canada) – Director – HELLACIOUS ACRES: THE CASE OF JOHN GLASS – North American Premiere July 24th
Nicolas Stanzick
(France) – Writer, Dans les griffes de la Hammer – HAMMER MYTHOLOGY Lecture – July 24th.
Oliver Thau
(Germany) – Producer –URBAN EXPLORER – North American Premiere July 24th
Adam Wingard
(USA) – Director – POP SKULL – July 24th / A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE – Canadian Premiere July 26th / WHAT FUN WE WERE HAVING – World Premiere July 27th
Simon Barrett
(USA) – Writer / Co-Producer - A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE – Canadian Premiere July 26th / WHAT FUN WE WERE HAVING – World Premiere July 27th.
John Landis
(USA) – LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT / Director – BURKE AND HARE – Canadian Premiere July 27th
Lee Hae-young
(South Korea) – Director / Writer – FOXY FESTIVAL – Canadian Premiere July 28th
Mike Flanagan
(USA) - Director / Writer / Producer / Editor – ABSENTIA – Canadian Premiere July 28th
Morgan Peter Brown, Justin Gordon and Jason Poh
(USA) - Producers – ABSENTIA – Canadian Premiere July 28th
Frédérick Maheux
(Canada) – Director – ART/CRIME – World Premiere July 28th
Rémy Couture
(Canada) – Participant – ART/CRIME – World Premiere July 28th
Mike Klassen
(Canada) Director/ Writer / Producer – ABOLITION – World Premiere July 28th
Reggie Bannister
(USA) – Actor – ABOLITION – World Premiere July 28th
Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado
(Israel) – Co-Directors / Co-Writers – RABIES – Canadian Premiere July 29th
Jean-François Rauger
(France) – Director of Programming, Cinémathèque Française – LA NUIT EXCENTRIQUE – July 29th
Danielle Ouimet
(Canada) – Actress – LES LÈVRES ROUGES – July 29th
Noburo Iguchi
(Japan) – Writer / Director – KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR – Quebec Premiere July 30th / Director - TOMIE: UNLIMITED – International Premiere July 31st
Yasuhiko Fukuda
(Japan) – Composer – KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR – Quebec Premiere July 30th /
F.J. Ossang
(France) – Director – DHARMA GUN – North American Premiere July 30th
Raffaele Picchio
(Italy) – Director – MORITURIS – International Premiere July 30th
Gianluigi Perrone
(Italy) – Screenwriter – Producer – MORITURIS – International Premiere July 30th
Mark Steensland
(USA) – Director – THE WEEPING WOMAN – Canadian Premiere July 30th
Vincezo Manzo
(Italy) – Producer – MORITURIS – International Premiere July 30th
Brandon Trost
(USA) - Co-Director / Co-Writer – THE FP – International Premiere July 30th
Jason Trost
(aka JTRO) (USA) - Co-Director / Co-Writer / Actor – THE FP – International Premiere July 30th
Steven Schneider
(USA) - Producer – THE FP – International Premiere July 30th / Cheval Noir Jury Member
Lee Joon-ik
(South Korea) – Director – BATTLEFIELD HEROES – Canadian Premiere July 31st / Cheval Noir Jury Member
Michael Axelgaard
(UK) – Director – HOLLOW – World Premiere July 31st
Matthew Holt
(UK) – Writer / Producer – HOLLOW – World Premiere July 31st
Robert Charlebois
(Canada) – Actor – UN GÉNIE, DEUX ASSOCIÉS, UNE CLOCHE – July 31st
Larry Kent
(Canada) – Director – EXLEY – World Premiere August 1st
Shane Twerdun
(Canada) – Actor – EXLEY – World Premiere August 1st
Andrew Dunbar
(Canada) – Actor – EXLEY – World Premiere August 1st
Gilles Esposito
(France) – Writer, Mad Movies – Cheval Noir Jury Member
Tom Vick
(USA) - Programmer, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution / Writer, Asian Cinema - Cheval Noir Jury Member
Filip Tegstedt
(Sweden) - Director / Writer / Producer – MARIANNE – World Premiere August 2nd /
Lucky McKee
(USA) – Director / Writer – THE WOMAN – Canadian Premiere August 2nd
Andrew Van den Houten
(USA) – Producer – THE WOMAN – Canadian Premiere August 2nd
Paul Campion
(New Zealand) - Director / Writer / Executive Producer – THE DEVIL’S ROCK – North American Premiere August 3rd
Karlos Drinkwater and Matt Sunderland
(New Zealand) – Actors – THE DEVIL’S ROCK – North American Premiere August 3rd
Chris Sivertson
(USA) – Director – BRAWLER – World Premiere August 3rd
Nathan Grubbs and Marc Senter
(USA) – Actors / Co-Producers – BRAWLER – World Premiere August 3rd
Gina Varela
(New-Zealand) – Actor – THE DEVIL’S ROCK – North American Premiere August 3rd
Marek Polgar
(Australia) – Director – EXIT – World Premiere August 4th
Martyn Pedler
(Australia) – Writer – EXIT – World Premiere August 4th
Jean Leloup
(Canada) – Director / Writer / Co-Producer / Co-Composer – KARAOKE DREAMS / World Premiere August 5th
Voltaire
(USA) - Stop-motion filmmaker / Singer - VOLTAIRE: PUPPET MASTER OF THE MACABRE - August 5th