CATVIDEOFEST 2024 A compilation of the newest and best cat videos selected from innumerable hours of unique performances and animations, music videos and internet classics, with 10% of proceeds being donated to Meow Foundation.
CHAIN REACTIONS Fifty years after Tobe Hooper's THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, CHAIN REACTIONS charts the film's profound impact and lasting influence.
CUFF X PALOMINO X CJSW DEVO PARTY Join us at The Palomino, after the screening of DEVO, for a night of Devo cover music, live bands and DJs! Doors 8pm / Music 9pm. Performances by Brain Bent, Vailhalen. More details coming soon!
DEVO An exploration of the gloriously radical spirit that is Devo – a rare band founded by a philosophy; a Dada experiment of high art meets low, hellbent on infiltrating American popular culture.
DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS 2001 documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.
THE DONN OF TIKI The incredulous story of Donn Beach, creator of the Tiki Bar, and perhaps the most important influencer of modern-day cocktails and bar aesthetics.
EVERY LITTLE THING Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds.
FLASHBACK It was a glittering oasis in Edmonton, the most conservative place in Canada, a club that owner John Reid vowed would be a safe place for ‘gay people and their friends.’
HORSE WARRIORS: EPISODIC SERIES Discover the world of Indigenous Relay Racing with HORSE WARRIORS, a new series on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). CUFF.Docs will be showing Episodes 1, 7, 8, and 13 – the series finale, ahead of its broadcast on APTN.
KUNG FU ELLIOT - 10TH ANNIVERSARY The bizarre story of Elliot 'White Lightning' Scott, who plans on becoming Canada's first kung fu action hero with his low-budget karate epic, BLOOD FIGHT.
THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE For eight decades and across almost 300 films, one man defined what it was to be a screen villain for generations of cinema-goers. This is the unbelievable true story of the man behind the macabre, Dracula.
MICHEL GONDRY, DO IT YOURSELF A rare and intimate exploration of Michel Gondry, the visionary artist who redefined music videos and Hollywood with his offbeat, DIY style, from directing icons like Björk and The Rolling Stones to winning an Oscar for ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND.
MISTRESS DISPELLER Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair.
PAVEMENTS From Alex Ross Perry (THE COLOR WHEEL, HER SMELL), a prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, is an examination of the iconic 90s indie band Pavement.
SHORTS PACKAGE: DOCUMENTARY SHORTS A smorgasbord of documentaries 26 minutes or less. Overall a wild mix of genres, stories, and subjects!
SLICE OF LIFE: THE AMERICAN DREAM. IN FORMER PIZZA HUTS. A contemporary portrait of America, told through a collection of stories observed within the walls of former Pizza Hut buildings across the country.
SPACE COWBOY Joe Jennings, a pioneer of skydiving cinematography, looks back on creating iconic moments in film and television, while he tries to turn a dreamlike vision into reality.
WHATEVER IT TAKES The extraordinary true-crime story of a middle-aged couple subjected to cyberstalking threats by the Fortune 500 company eBay.
ALL THINGS METAL Three brothers run an iron forge together where they smith and also make heavy metal music. Their creative impulses come from a unique childhood marked by a shared disability.
DELTA DAWN A look at the early life and career of Indigenous wrestling sensation Dawn Murphy aka “Princess Delta Dawn”.
FIRST SNOW A boy's journey from desert sands to the land of ice and snow.
GEORGIE An ex-mobster reflects on love and loss after spending 32 years in prison.
GRIZZLY BEAR COUNTRY Three best friends travel on a backcountry trip in the Alberta Rockies. Rugged footage contrasted with intimate audio interviews creates a portrait revealing the nuances of masculinity and male friendships.
HAMLOUL Hamloul is a young race camel forced to retire early due to an injury. Linda Krockenberger, his keeper, is working on raising his confidence again. During a journey across Dubai desert, we’ll discover Hamloul’s unique personality and the deep bond they have developed.
TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE A couple looks back on the road trip that transformed their relationship and confronts the fear and vulnerability of falling in love.
VULTURE CULTURE: CREATING AFTERLIVES A look at vulture culture practitioners, a diverse community of amateur taxidermists, bone scavengers, collectors of dead things, and quirky lovers of the macabre, and the strange afterlife that they create for these animals.
WRECKED A BUNCH OF CARS, HAD A GOOD TIME In America, the things we create we also find a way to destroy. We follow four people who have never met, but will smash each other to smithereens in a Demolition Derby.
The Calgary Underground Film Festival
