2026 | 3:08 | Collage Animation
“Yearning to pick his girlfriend’s scab, a young man gets more than he bargained for in this mixed-media animation. From the Winnipeg Film Group, PICK IT TILL IT BLEEDS from co-directors Christina Dovolis and Tavis Putnam is an intimate squirmy film about yearning and physicality.” – Justine Smith at Fantasia Film Festival
Created through a frame-by-frame process, each shot was printed onto paper, hand-coloured, scanned, keyframed, and meticulously reassembled in the edit. The result is a tactile exploration of our compulsions to pick, prod, and obsess over texture.
Pick It Till It Bleeds is distributed by Winnipeg Film Group and supported by Manitoba Film & Music.
Screenings
2026 – Le Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux – Paris, France
2026 – Sydney Underground Film Festival – Sydney, Australia
2026 – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival – Lisbon, Portugal
2026 – Drunken Film Festival Oakland – Oakland, USA
2026 – Fantasia Film Festival – Montreal, Canada
2026 – Gimli International Film Festival – Gimli, Canada
2026 – United Unlimited Opening Night – Toronto, Canada
2026 – Calgary Underground Film Festival – Calgary, Canada
2026 – Milwaukee Underground Film Festival – Milwaukee, USA
2026 – Available Light Film Festival – Whitehorse, Canada
2025 – Mighty Niagara Film Festival – St. Catharines, Canada
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