The Calgary Underground Film Festival
Mongrel Media 20th Anniversary Screening Series
Currently celebrating its 20th Anniversary, Mongrel Media was founded in 1994 by Hussain Amarshi. Since then, the company has built a reputation as an innovative and distinct brand, with a discerning taste.
The Calgary Underground Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) and Globe Cinema are proud to partner on a series of some of the highlights of Mongrel Media's 20 years. Join the facebook event page here.
Thursday October 9, 7:00 PM
SEX AND LUCIA (LUCÍA Y EL SEXO)
128 minutes, 2001, Spain/France, Drama/Romance
Director Julio Medem
Starring Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
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Friday October 10, 7:00 PM
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
94 minutes, 2011, USA/Spain, Comedy/Romance
Director Woody Allen
Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
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Friday October 10, 9:00 PM
HIDDEN (CACHÉ)
117 minutes, 2005, France/Austria, Drama/Thriller
Director Michael Haneke
Starring Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Benichou
A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
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Saturday October 11, 7:00 PM
PAPRIKA
90 minutes, 2006, Japan, Animation/Mystery/Sci-Fi
Director Satoshi Kon
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
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Saturday October 11, 9:00 PM
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN)
115 Minutes, 2008, Sweden, Drama/Horror
Director Tomas Alfredson
Starring Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
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Sunday October 12, 3:00 PM
THE CORPORATION
145 minutes, 2003, Canada, Documentary/History
Directors: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.