Snakebite Film Festival Penticton

Snakebite Film Festival Penticton - Community Arts Organization "Awakening Culture, Uniting Communities." This was the launch of Snakebite Film Festival.

Snakebite Beginnings

In 2017 Carl Meadows believed that Penticton needed a Film Festival. Carl and his husband Les were major sponsors of the Vancouver Q***r Film Festival called “Out on Screen” and were part of the original Directors Guild. In 2017, Carl and Les moved to Penticton and could not imagine life without an annual film festival. In 2017 Carl aligned with the Arts Rising Festival in Pe

nticton, that was led by the Penticton Arts Council. The vison was to host the first film event called the 48 Hour Film relay. Carl wanted to show films to bridge the community and create dialogue on important issues. This is where the name came from as the vision was to show films that made people “recoil”, hence the festival name Snakebite. In 2018, was the first showing of a Feature Film by local filmmaker Maddy Tebbutt called “The Darlings”. It was a hit, and the momentum kept growing. Following this, a group of people were brought together to create the Vision of the Film Festival. “Awakening Culture, Uniting Communities. The festival took a hiatus during the Pandemic and came back with a Big Bite in 2013 with the opening Sing-a-long of Grease. It was a major success with most of the films sold out with over 650 Tickets/passes sold. In 2024, Snakebite joined forces with Okanagan Society for Independent Filmmaking (OSIF) that includes a Filmmaking Bursary for young filmmakers and a collaboration with OSIF to produce short films for the Snakebite Film Festival. The Snakebite Film Festival has become one of the largest winter festivals.

04/05/2026

Our Snakebite planning/brainstorming meeting in the woods! Peaceful surrounds filled with laughs. We reflect on past and the future.

We sit down and plan out next seasons ideas and can’t wait to have everyone back together in !

A great evening with Snakebite Film Festival volunteers at Salty's Beach House. This organization would not be possible ...
03/30/2026

A great evening with Snakebite Film Festival volunteers at Salty's Beach House. This organization would not be possible without our volunteers and more importantly, their belief in our
Mission, vision and values. ’sBeachhouse

We’re ready for our close up Mr.Demille!We had such a wonderful time jumping in our Time Machine with and watching !Th...
02/27/2026

We’re ready for our close up Mr.Demille!
We had such a wonderful time jumping in our Time Machine with and watching !

Thank you to the whole team at for the tasty wines and beautiful spread of meats,cheeses, dragon fruit …. Oh my! And thank you to the Snakebite film festival that always band together and make magic everywhere they go! Cheers everyone!

“Now, Max bring the car around!”
Norma

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ONLY 6 Tickets left for Vintage reels - Sunset Boulevard tomorrow evening on February 26th at 7pm. Lots of planning to c...
02/26/2026

ONLY 6 Tickets left for Vintage reels - Sunset Boulevard tomorrow evening on February 26th at 7pm. Lots of planning to convert the Naramata Wine Vault into a Theatre.

There are very few times in life when you think, I was there and…I remember that! On February 26th at 7 pm, the Naramata...
02/24/2026

There are very few times in life when you think, I was there and…I remember that! On February 26th at 7 pm, the Naramata Wine Vault will be a spectacle of drama, wine, food and old HOLLYWOOD!

Nora Desmond will be real! There are less than 6 tickets left! Of you live in Naramata and want events like this, then get your tickets NOW!

Join us for a night of classic movies and old Hollywood glamour with Nora Desmond at the Snakebite Film Festival's Vintage Reels event!

It’s time for your close up! Get your Hollywood Glam on and join us at the in with for a night of wine food and ! ...
02/17/2026

It’s time for your close up!
Get your Hollywood Glam on and join us at the in with for a night of wine food and !
Get your tickets and snakebitefilmfestival.com

Our glass is half full with 50% of our tickets sold already!!! Get your old style Hollywood costumes ready with our Vint...
02/12/2026

Our glass is half full with 50% of our tickets sold already!!!

Get your old style Hollywood costumes ready with our Vintage Reels-Sunset boulevard showing Feb 26th at the with
Get your tickets now at snakebitefilmfestival.com

Take a peek at what food we will be providing at with and the Get your tickets now at snakebitefilmfestival.com ...
02/05/2026

Take a peek at what food we will be providing at with and the
Get your tickets now at snakebitefilmfestival.com

02/02/2026

Check out the highlights from the Five-Day Film Challenge!

What an incredible experience and an amazing few days of creativity, collaboration, and pure determination. We are so proud of all the filmmakers who competed this year. Completing a film in just five days is no small feat, it takes vision, grit, and a whole lot of heart.

Thank you to everyone who participated and shared your art with us. We are already counting down to seeing what you create next year A huge thank you as well to for putting on such an incredible event for our community. We’re so grateful to collaborate with you and be part of this inspiring program. See you next year!

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