Calgary Underground Film Festival

CUFF Review: 'Climate of the Hunter' Feels Like a Stylistic Exercise

Directed by Mickey Reece

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2020

Climate of the Hunter finds a chill in the air, inside and outside the cabins in which the movie is set. The title recalls The Night of the...

Sled Island Announces Digital Festival Featuring Sudan Archives, Waxahatchee

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2020

Like many festivals, Sled Island cancelled its 2020 edition outright. But even though the Calgary fest won't be taking place in its normal...

Here's the Full Lineup for the Online Edition of the Calgary Underground Film Festival

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2020

Though they can't congregate in real life due to COVID-19, organizers at the Calgary Underground Film Festival have decided to throw an onl...

The Calgary Underground Film Festival Will Have an Online-Only Edition This Year

PUBLISHED May 21, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Calgary Underground Film Festival was forced to postpone its 17th annual edition, which had been schedule...

The Calgary Underground Film Festival Has Been Postponed

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect day-to-day life, yet another event has been postponed in the Calgary Underground Film Festival...

CUFF Review: 'Our Time Machine' Explores Art and Remembrance via Chinese Theatre

Directed by S. Leo Chiang and Yang Sun

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2019

What makes a work worth remembering? Worth not only being experienced by audiences in its own time and place, but to be talked about after?...

CUFF Review: 'The Amazing Johnathan Documentary' Proves Meta Can Still Be Magic

Directed by Benjamin Berman

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2019

Self-referential meta comedy has, for better or more likely worse, jumped its own shark in recent years, as breaking the fourth wall has be...

CUFF Review: 'Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street' Is an Overdue Look at Homophobia in Horror

Directed by Tyler Jensen and Roman Chimienti

PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2019

A New Nightmare was director Wes Craven's big swing at revitalizing the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. In the seventh film of the serie...