22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 19-23, 2025

Red Letter Day

Canada, 2019: 76 minutes: Canadian Premiere
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description

While adjusting to a new life in the suburban community of Aspen Ridge, a recently divorced mother of two receives mysterious letters instructing her and her teenage children to kill the people in their letters before they kill them. Paranoia and chaos ensue as the family attempts to rationally deal with an irrational situation. RED LETTER DAY is a satirical horror/thriller that asks the age-old question: Just how well do you know your neighbours? The debut feature from local filmmaker Cameron Macgowan (LIEBE (LOVE). and the 2016 CUFF selection LUXURE).

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2019
Cinequest 2019
Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2019

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Cameron Macgowan is a Calgary-based filmmaker, a graduate of the Film/Video program at SAIT, and a lead programmer with the Calgary Underground Film Festival. His work has won awards and garnered critical acclaim at international film festivals across the world including SXSW, Fantasia, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Cameron is a member of the Canadian film collective North Country Cinema, the founder of Awkward Silencio and is also the Executive Director of NUTV, the University of Calgary Campus Television Station. Recent accomplishments include a 2011 Rosie Award for the screenplay to his film BAD DAD and in 2012, he was selected as a one of Calgary's Top 40 under 40 by Avenue Magazine. RED LETTER DAY is his first feature film as writer/director.

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Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Suspense

English
76 minutes

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Director, Producers and crew in attendance!

credits

Director
Cameron Macgowan

Executive Producer
Cameron Macgowan

Producers
Jason Wan Lim
R. Trevor Griffiths
Amy Griffiths

Screenwriter
Cameron Macgowan

Cinematographer
Rhett Miller

Cast
Dawn Van De Schoot
Kaeleb Zain Gartner
Hailey Foss
Arielle Rombough
Michael Tan
Roger Leblanc
Peter Strand Rumple
Tiffany Helm

Music
Jono Grant

Official website:
awkwardsilencio.com

Facebook:
/redletterdayfilm

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