9th Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 16-22, 2012
The Globe Cinema, Calgary
showing: all 22 films
150 Minutes
Alberta

48-Hour Movie Making Challenge This is the official screening and awards presentation of the completed shorts from the annual 48-Hour Movie Making Challenge!

special guest
85 Minutes
USA

A Horrible Way To Die An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.

special guest
75 Minutes
Spain/Mexico

Atrocious See the last days of the Quintanilla family and the unspeakable atrocities they endured.

95 Minutes
Greece

Attenberg A dying architect and his daughter inhabit the remains of a once booming community in the middle of nowhere, now populated by those who couldn't leave it behind.

103 Minutes
USA

Bellflower Two friends set off on a a journey of betrayal, love, hate, and extreme violence more devastating than any of their apocalyptic fantasies.

120 Minutes
Canada

Burlesque Assassins Fundraiser That exciting flash of the garter belt before the big reveal that is the film...

special guest
103 Minutes
USA

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone A biopic that traces the formation, deconstruction, and reconstruction of the Los Angeles band Fishbone.

special guest
106 Minutes
Japan

Helldriver An alien-spawned, mysterious mist blankets the northern half of Japan, transforming those who inhale it into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies.

83 Minutes
USA
Two kids standing in a green field

Jess & Moss A series of vignettes involving memories of companionship and sexual awakening shared by two second cousins.

86 Minutes
USA/ France

Kaboom A sci-fi story centered on the sexual awakening of a group of college students.

96 Minutes
USA

Monogamy Becoming infatuated with one of his clients, Theo develops a voyeuristic obsession that forces him to confront uncomfortable truths about himself and his impending marriage.

85 Minutes
France/ USA

Rubber Meet Robert, an inanimate tire that has been abandoned in the desert, and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life.

special guest
98 Minutes
Canada/ USA/ Australia/ France/ Netherlands/ South Korea

Short But Not Sweet A mixture of short films from around the world, in a variety of genres - all a little creepy, wacky and unique!

special guest
90 Minutes
USA
Two men sitting on a couch, with a beer bottle in the foreground.

Shut Up Little Man! A covert audio recording of two older drunken men living in a small flat in San Francisco, who spent their free time yelling, screaming, hitting and abusing each other.

96 Minutes
USA

Stake Land Armed with a trunk full of wooden stakes, Mister and Martin make their way through the vampire bloodshed and post-apocalyptic nightmare towards the hope of New Eden.

90 Minutes
USA

Superheroes Patrolling the dark and dangerous street veiled in secret identities, they call themselves Real-Life Superheroes, and they are out to save humanity.

special guest
80 Minutes
Germany/ Iran

The Green Wave A powerful, touching documentary, using animation, live action and testimonials, illustrating the dramatic events of the presidential elections of June 2009

93 Minutes
USA

The People vs George Lucas Who truly owns that galaxy far, far away—the man who created it, or the fans who worship it?

180 Minutes
USA/ Canada

Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat Cereal Cartoon Party! Includes original retro commercials!

special guest
107 Minutes
USA

The Woman The Woman is a feral creature, primitive and vicious. When a suburban family man discovers her in the woods behind his home, he sets about trying to civilize her.

special guest
89 Minutes
Canada

Tucker & Dale Vs Evil Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin.

special guest
78 Minutes
Canada

You Are Here An obsessive, self-styled 'Archivist' roams the city collecting strange objects and documents, where each of the documents is an artifact from a distinct but parallel world.

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