23rd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 16-26, 2026 Globe Cinema

14th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 18-22, 2026 Globe Cinema

OFF THE CUFF: EXIT 8

Japan, 2025: 95 minutes
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On March 31, join us for an advance Off the CUFF screening of EXIT 8, the Japanese thriller based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE.

ABOUT THE FILM
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Cannes Film Festival 2025
Toronto International Film Festival 2025
Beyond Fest 2025
Sitges Film Festival 205
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026

SCREENING DETAILS
Tuesday, March 31 @ 7:00 pm
Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW)
Tickets: $12 ($10 for members, students and seniors)

OFF THE CUFF is a year-round series presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival. For those films we just can't make work with our festival dates, we go off the CUFF.

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Horror / Action / Thriller / Mystery

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95 minutes

credits

Director
Genki Kawamura

Screenplay
Kentaro Hirase
Genki Kawamura

Original Score
Yasutaka Nakata
Shohei Amimori

Cast
Kazunari Ninomiya
Yamato Kochi
Naru Asanuma
Kotone Hanase
Nana Komatsu

Cinematography
Keisuke Imamura

Editing
Sakura Seya

Executive Producers
Minami Ichikawa
Taichi Ueda
Yoshihiro Furusawa
Yuji Kiwaki
Yuki Abe
Yusaku Tanaka
Akihito Watanabe
Ichiro Shinohara
Takashi Saito
Hisashi Usui
Wakana Okamura

Producers
Yuto Sakata
Kenji Yamada
Akito Yamamoto
Taichi Ito