22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 19-23, 2025
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CUFFcade 2024

Calgary’s first independent video game arcade with custom-built cabinets!

Each April, the Calgary Underground Film Festival launches five new indie video games that are free to play, and they remain accessible at Globe Cinema throughout the year. These arcade cabinets feature five new, independent video games. CUFFcade is the only curated arcade of its type in Canada. CUFFcade will remain at Globe Cinema throughout the year, and will be free to play. 

2024 GAMES

BERSERK BOY by BERSERKBOY GAMES
Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of the elements to save the planet!

BROFORCE by FREE LIVES
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom.

PEPPER GRINDER by AHR ECH
An action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode.

SUPER HEXAGON by TERRY CAVANAGH
A fast-paced twitch game in which the player controls a triangle on a hexagonal grid.

TREK TO YOMI by FLYING WILD HOG
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves.

More about CUFFcade

CUFFcade is an initiative which we started in 2015. Each year we will launch a new set of games at the April festival. These custom cabinets that house the games are portable and can be set up at off-season events. If you are interested in CUFFcade being a part of something in particular, please drop us a line! The games are curated by Mike Lohaus.