2016 Awards Announced HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE, JANIS, BABYSITTER MURDERS & GRANDMA LEARNS TO DRIVE take home Audience Awards.THE LURE, MAN VS SNAKE and BACON & GOD'S WRATH win 2016 Jury Awards.
Art of The Prank An emotional and humorous documentary following the evolution of artist Joey Skaggs, the man who has turned the media hoax into an art form.
Baskin A squad of unsuspecting cops go through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.
Buddymoon Two best friends go on a seven-day backpacking trip through Oregon in this comedic film starring David Giuntoli and YouTube sensation Flula Borg.
Chevalier The latest from New Greek Cinema Director Athina Rachel Tsangari (ATTENBERG), CHEVALIER explores the male psyche, creating an original and witty buddy movie, where the men are anything but friends.
CUFFcade - Launch Reception Introducing five customized arcade cabinets featuring five local video games ready for you to play! Join us for the launch reception April 10, 1 PM - 4 PM.
Director's Cut This ultimate meta-movie is an insane genre-bending cinematic sleight of hand trick about a cineaste stalker who kidnaps his favourite actress and forces her to star in his amateur movie.
The Dwarvenaut A Dungeons & Dragons DM goes on a quest to bring his most ambitious miniature sculpture project to life through a multi-million dollar Kickstarter campaign.
Everybody Wants Some!! A "spiritual sequel” to DAZED AND CONFUSED set in the world of 1980s college life.
First Girl I Loved Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her LA public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend Clifton , he does his best to get in the way.
The Hexecutioners A chilling horror thriller about two young women who unwittingly summon a Death Cult while performing an assisted-suicide ritual.
High-Rise A modern skyscraper is a battlefield as the social strata crumbles and a literal class war begins.
Hunt For The Wilderpeople WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS director Taika Waititi's latest follows a defiant city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush.
Janis: Little Girl Blue Oscar® nominated Amy J. Berg presents a stunning, insightful portrait of the original “Rock Chick” Janis Joplin, a white girl with a ferocious, soulful voice who broke into the male dominated music scene but grappled with her inner demons and addictions.
Lace Crater During a drug-fueled weekend with friends, Ruth has a one-night stand with a ghost. Soon after, she begins to feel a bit... strange.
Love & Peace A surreal musical comedy, by acclaimed Japanese Director Sion Sono, about a man, his newly found pet turtle and the fate of the world.
The Lure A Polish 1980s-set musical horror fantasy about two mermaid sisters who become stars in a Warsaw nightclub.
Mad A sharp witted family drama about three women coping with effects of mental illness on their family.
Man Vs Snake: The Long And Twisted Tale Of Nibbler A competition doc about the man who set the record for the highest number of points ever recorded on an arcade game.
Meathead Goes Hog Wild A microbudget indie offering a raw character-study of a 20-something slacker spiraling out of control.
Men & Chicken (MÆND & HØNS) An absurdist Danish comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen collaborating once again with Danish filmmaking icon Anders Thomas Jense.
Nuts! The mostly-true story of a Kansas doctor who in 1917 discovers that he can cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men.
Patchwork A dark gory horror comedy about three women who have been murdered, dissected, and reassembled into a single person.
Retrospective - Linklater: Dazed And Confused Richard Linklater's cult classic about the last day of school in 1976.
Retrospective - Linklater: Slacker One of the key films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s, directed by Richard Linklater.
THE SATURDAY MORNING ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT-CEREAL CARTOON PARTY! A three-hour trip down memory lane with a tribute to the eye-popping, brain-addling Saturday morning cartoons of yore, complete with a smorgasbord of sugary cereals.
Shorts: Dark And Delicious A wildly dark, fun, disturbing, and gore-ific mix of horror shorts in a variety of styles, and sub genres!
Shorts: Strange Things Are Afoot A fun/strange/hilarious mixture of short films from around the world and in a variety of genres.
Uncle Howard The story of filmmaker Howard Brookner whose landmark portrait of William Burroughs captured the late 1970s and early 1980s cultural revolution.
Under The Shadow As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
Wreck City: An Epilogue For 809 A documentary about a ground breaking art experiment where 150 DIY artists rebuilt a city block full of houses, slated for demolition in Calgary, into a living public art space.
Zoom Part animation, part live action, ZOOM is a fast-paced, pop-art inspired, multi-plot contemporary comedy starring Gael García Bernal, Mariana Ximenes, Alison Pill, Don McKellar and Jason Priestley.
Anxiety #5 Within the confines of a Brooklyn tenement-housing bathroom, a man’s history of violent acts catches up with him.
Arcana Locked away in a dungeon, a heretic prepares to use witchcraft to escape.
Babysitter Murders On a dark and stormy night an innocent babysitter is all alone. An escaped psychopath is out for blood. You know how this story will play out... Or do you? (Trailer: https://vimeo.com/139896538)
Bacon & God'S Wrath A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time
Bev The son of a serial killer goes to Florida for a trust workshop.
Bionic Girl To face the outside world, a scientist has created her own android clone.
The Black Bear Rule #1: Never feed bears. Rule #2: Do not approach within 100 meters. Rule #3: Avoid surprising bears. Rule #4: Keep your dog on a leash. TLDR: watch out for bears.
Check Surroundings For Safety A strange occurrence captured on the rear view camera in a Ford driven by two bros.
Chekhov A man calls home to have his sister read an inscription an ex-girlfriend wrote in one of his books. From heart warming to heart wrenching and back.
Do You See What I See? During the Christmas season, two sisters throw a house party, unaware that a deadly invader will be crashing the proceedings.
Edmond A black comedy about a man with cannibalistic urges who travels back through his life, looking for the root of his unhappiness.
El Gigante After attempting to cross the US/Mexico border, Armando awakens, his body broken down and a Lucha Libre mask sewn into his neck. The only chance for survival in this hellish nightmare is to last in a wrestling match against the most terrifying villain of all: GIGANTE!
Empty Bed In the dark of night, a mother searches for her son after finding his bed empty.
Fish An elderly couple runs out of water for their fishtank. The wife struggles until the husband unwillingly assists.
Free Drink Ticket - Peaches Musician/performance artist Peaches tries to shed a monster from her past.
Grandma Learns To Drive Thérèse attempts to slay one of her biggest regrets in life: never learning to drive. At 86 years old she will go all in and work harder than she’s ever worked before in one, last, bold attempt to obtain her Alberta Class 5 operator’s permit.
Gwilliam A recently released criminal is looking for a good time. He can forget his sins but he can never forget...Gwilliam.
I Am Coming To Paris To Kill You In this neo-noir, a woman takes captive a confused family of bowlers in pursuit of a deceitful kidnapper.
I Love You, Johnny! It's 1955, and the kids are doing what they do best: eating cheese burgers and learning how to play Back Seat Bingo. Things are going swell for Johnny and Lou, but their ideas about what true love really means differ quite drastically.
Luxure (Lust) An erotic fable about one man's obsession with an exotic beauty.
Manoman When Glen attends primal scream class, he releases something from deep within that knows no limits.
May We Sleep Soundly In internationally acclaimed Canadian auteur Denis Côté’s first short film in nearly a decade, an unseen presence traverses a snowy landscape and enters a series of winter homes, in which slumbering occupants go eerily undisturbed.
Never Tear Us Apart When two friends approach a small cabin in the woods, the sweet-natured old folks they’re looking for turn out to be crazed back woods cannibal killers.
The Procedure A man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment.
The Puppet Man A supernatural killer stalks a young woman in a neon-lit dive bar in this short film featuring horror legend John Carpenter.
Savasana A man in the midst of a midlife crisis attempts to soothe his existential concerns by practicing the age old art of yoga.
Seth Manic man-child Seth lives in his own demented world where time is of the essence, his only friends are his stuffed animals, and the words of Michael Jordan inspire him to take all the shots he can. For Seth, this means impressing his father. (Trailer: https://vimeo.com/134430690)
The Calgary Underground Film Festival
