NorthwestFEARFest

10/21/2026

🏆🏆🏆 The 2026 audiences have spoken!
Thank you sincerely to all of the stellar filmmakers and killer programming crew.
Another great film year. 👏🖤🖤

Without further ado, OUR AUDIENCE AWARDS:

🏆 Best Canadian Feature: BEHIND THE CASTLE DOORS: The Origin of the Hilarious House of Frightenstein, directed by Morgan Baker & Tammy Heisel Squirrels of the Sky Productions Inc.
🏆 Best International Feature: BREEDER, directed by Alex Goyette
🏆Best Alberta Film: NEMESIS, directed by Sylvia Douglas
🏆Best Short Film: THE SEEING EYE DOG WHO SAW TOO MUCH, directed by Eric Jackowitz

Thank you to everyone for coming out and supporting our filmmakers, we are so grateful to our die-hard genre and horror audiences.
And thank you to the wonderful Metro Cinema 🖤🖤

THE NIGHTMARES RETURN AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
Sleep tight.
(From the crew at 🖤🖤)

10/14/2026

Closing night film: ANCESTRAL BEASTS - A Métis woman retreats to her family's rural home to rebuild her life, only to discover a lethal presence that forces her to decide between what she is willing to sacrifice and what she must protect.

Reception in the lobby to follow!

🎦 OCT 18 | 8:30 PM, Metro Cinema
🎟 https://www.northwestfearfest.ca/2026/ancestral-beasts

10/14/2026

ALBERTA KILLS - SHORTS PACKAGE - Want to see what the Alberta short film game has to offer? Join us for our stellar Alberta short film competition.

ShortS: Social Justice • Warrior Never Seen • Before The Sun • Nemesis • Menagerie • The Black Square • Specular

Followed by a Q&A with directors Sylvia Douglas () and Luke Cloarec!

🎦 OCT 18 | 6:30 PM, Metro Cinema
🎟 https://www.northwestfearfest.ca/2026/alberta-kills-shorts

10/13/2026

THE GLORIOUS DEAD - A small-town sheriff and her deputy awaken to a changed world where the dead rise and the town descends into chaos.

Screening as part of a spotlight on the Adam's Family film collective. Check out their documentary at 12:30 p.m. and make it a double feature at 2:15 p.m.

🎦 OCT 18 | 2:15 P.M.,
🎟 https://www.northwestfearfest.ca/2026/the-glorious-dead

10/13/2026

🍖BLOOD & GUTS - Real life and reel life clash in this doc about horror’s beloved Adams Family film collective. After the documentary, join us for the Alberta premiere of the Adams Family’s new film, THE GLORIOUS DEAD. Make it a double feature! 👊

🎦 OCT 18 | 12:30 PM, Metro Cinema
🎟 https://www.northwestfearfest.ca/2026/blood-and-guts

10/13/2026

LATE NIGHT BREAKFAST SHORTS COMPETITION
Join us Sunday morning for our breakfast shorts competition with free cereal (on us) and free coffee from .bureau 🥣☕ 😍

Part 1: Necrosectos • Wax • Run From It • The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much
Part 2: Cadence • Tsume Kill:The Clapper Claw • The Last Cheap House • Stretcher

🎦 OCT 18 | 10:00AM, Metro Cinema
🎟 https://www.northwestfearfest.ca/2026/late-night-shorts-for-breakfast-competition

11/26/2025

NorthwestFEARFest is thrilled to host a sneak preview of Mike P. Nelson’s twisted reimagining of the controversial 1984 classic, SILENT NIGHTDEADLY NIGHT, Dec. 8, 2025! Slide into the holiday spirit with the ghost of on your heels.

🎟 https://www.northwestfest.ca/nwff-news/sneak-preview-silent-night-deadly-night
📍Metro Cinema

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT | 2025 | 95 MIN
Dec. 8, 2025 - 7:00 PM
Directed by: Mike P. Nelson
Cast: Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, Mark Acheson, David Tomlinson, Erik Athavale, David Lawrence Bron

After witnessing his parent's brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as a young woman challenges him to confront his darkness. This Christmas, ask yourself: “Have you been naughty?”

Be among the first to see one of 2025's most hotly-anticipated horror films!

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT - 2025 | 95 minutes Directed by: Mike P. Nelson Cast:Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, Mark Acheson, David Tomlinson, Erik Athavale, David Lawrence Bron NorthwestFEARFest is thrilled to present this special Sneak Preview screening of director Mike P. Nelson's twisted reimaginin...