40 BELOW FILMS is an emerging film production company based in Winnipeg, Canada. Producer-director Bevan Klassen and producer Frank Zappia develop character-driven movies collaborating with talented writers and partnering with established production companies.

Their short films have screened in Toronto, Vancouver, and New York, have been broadcast on the Canadian Comedy Network, and have been nominated for two Manitoba Blizzard Awards. They have three feature film projects in development, including adaptations of a David Bergen novel and a Mike McIntyre true crime story.

Bevan Klassen is an emerging film director-producer and founder of 40 Below Films. Bevan learned filmmaking in Winnipeg through various organizations including the Winnipeg Film Group. He founded the Catacomb Microcinema in 1998 to promote local and international filmmakers and understand their work. Bevan's films centers on stories of alienated individuals struggling within their fragmented communities.

Frank Zappia is an emerging film producer and actor whose works have garnered him acknowledgement and praise in Winnipeg and across Canada.