The Amazing Johnathan Documentary What begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician, "The Amazing Johnathan", becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion.
J.R. "Bob" Dobbs And The Church Of The Subgenius An exploration of the underground movement that has has been called "the most aggressively preposterous theology the world has ever known!"
Leftover Women The story of three Chinese ‘Leftover Women’: educated, cosmopolitan women who are not married and settled by the time they reach their mid-20s.
Los Reyes The story of Los Reyes is told through the eyes of Chola and Football, a couple of street dogs that live in Santiago's oldest skate park.
Markie In Milwaukee Assembled from over 10 years of footage, MARKIE IN MILWAUKEE tells the story of a midwestern transgender woman as she struggles with the prospect of de-transitioning under the pressures of her fundamentalist church, family and community.
Mr Toilet: The World's #2 Man Obsessed with toilets, eccentric entrepreneur Jack Sim sacrifices his comfortable life for an endless battle against the world’s largest man-made crisis: shit.
Our Time Machine Shaken by news of his father’s dementia, Chinese artist Maleonn sets off to build a time machine.
QT8: The First Eight A documentary that focuses on the first eight films of Quentin Tarantino's career featuring interviews with his frequent collaborators.
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street This defiant documentary tells the triumphant tale of the "revenge of first male scream queen," the star of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2.
The Secret Marathon Inspired by a story of courage, an Alberta filmmaker and her legendary marathon mentor train and travel in secret to join the brave Afghan women who are standing up for equality and freedom, by running in the marathon of Afghanistan.
SHORTS PACKAGE: Documentary Short Films Here you will find a diverse mix of short documentaries, all with varying subjects, and genres within the art-form.
Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story A chronicle of the life and times of the legendary filmmaker who was a driving force in the development and promotion of the ski industry in America and throughout the world.
Where Does A Body End? The savage and tender extremes of SWANS told with unprecedented access to the band as well as never before seen archive material and interviews documenting their 35-year career.
Where In The Hell Is The Lavender House: The Longmont Potion Castle Story The fully authorized and official story of legendary anonymous prank-caller Longmont Potion Castle.
Acadiana May 2017. As the new president of the United States takes his ease in the White House, the city of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, is the theatre of the mythic Crawfish Festival. It’s just another day, in America.
All On A Mardi Gras Day An intimate portrait of one man’s obsessive journey through the secret 200-year culture known as Mardi Gras Indians: African-American men who spend all year making feathered suits to honor their runaway slave ancestors and the Native American tribes who housed them during their escape.
Beyond The Black Lodge A portrait of two artists whose shared love of folklore led them to write a book about the bizarre and quirky history of the region that inspired David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS.
Keep Me In The Game Set in a Calgary retirement village, the documentary follows seven seniors as they train and compete in the Silvera Games: a sort of "Mini Olympics" that were created to give seniors from different lodges across the city a chance to challenge their skills in various events.
Lady Samurai This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An inspiring woman keeping alive ancient traditions and spirituality in modern Japan.
No Crying At The Dinner Table Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her own family to reveal a collection of family secrets, confessions and confrontation.
Rosebud, Alberta A short documentary about the day in the life of Rosebud, Alberta. A town of 86, that attracts 40,000 theatre-goers each year.
Swatted Online players describe their struggles with "swatting", a life-threatening cyber-harassment phenomenon that looms over them whenever they play. The events take shape through youtube videos and wireframe images from a video game.
The Calgary Underground Film Festival
