11th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 22-26, 2023 Globe Cinema

21st Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 18-28, 2024 Globe Cinema
November 22-26, 2023 11th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival
April 18-28, 2024 21st Calgary Underground Film Festival
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Beyond Utopia
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"An intimate, real-life geopolitical thriller."
- Hollywood Reporter
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Boil Alert
Canada, United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"there’s no denying the urgency of the stories of the communities depicted in the film, and the decades of neglect in dire need of redressing."
- POV Magazine
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Cat Video Fest
United States, 2023 : Calgary
"Watching silly cat videos is good for you."
- The Wall Street Journal
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Chasing Chasing Amy
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"With subtle layers and complexities, this is a surprising, skillfully-crafted, deeply personal, moving and romantic film. It’s a gem that promises a bright filmmaking future for Sav Rodgers."
- The Queer Review
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Enter The Clones Of Bruce
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"An intriguing piece of socioeconomic analysis which explores a ruthless marketing machine gone completely off the rails."
- Eye for Film
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Hello Dankness
Australia, 2022 : Alberta Premiere
"HELLO DANKNESS belongs to a venerable underground-film tradition of treating refracted entertainment as a mirror for society."
- New York Times
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It's Only Life After All
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"The rare confessional rockumentary that envelops you like a soft blanket."
- Hollywood Reporter
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King Coal
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s poetic documentary KING COAL is a lyrical tribute to the place she calls home."
- RogerEbert.com
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Mutiny In Heaven: The Birthday Party
Australia, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"The greatness of MUTINY IN HEAVEN is that [Director Ian] White understands the importance of gory details. Instead of sanitizing things to protect the innocent, the film embraces the darkness and danger that defined the Birthday Party."
- Georgia Straight
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Queendom
France, United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"Poignant and raw, QUEENDOM is posed to be one of the best documentaries of 2023."
- Film Inquiry
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Shorts Package: Life On The Fringe
Canada, United States, Germany, 2022/ 2023
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Shorts Package: Wild Men
United States / Canada, 2022/ 2023
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Sorry/Not Sorry
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"SORRY/NOT SORRY remains a fascinating documentary as it breaks down, scene by scene, how easily misbehavior can be twisted into a punch line."
- The Atlantic
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The Disappearance Of Shere Hite
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"The story of a trailblazer who sought to confront forbidden topics and, for doing so, was herself suppressed."
- The Daily Beast
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The J-Horror Virus
United Kingdom, 2023 : Canadian Premiere
"Achieving a good balance of the scholarly and the entertaining, the documentary may also give you a shudder or two, especially when one interviewee points out that, thanks to this cinematic movement, Japan’s experiences of terror have now infected much of"
- Eye for Film
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Time Bomb Y2K
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"The all-archive film is fast and funny with a propulsive 90s-inspired soundtrack. It’s thoughtful, too, in the connections it draws between this bizarre relic of cultural history and the preventable disasters the world has experienced since."
- Sight and Sound
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You Were My First Boyfriend
United States, 2023 : Alberta Premiere
"By putting herself out there and allowing herself to be endearingly silly and vulnerable, Aldarondo [and Hagey] broach bigger questions about the baggage we carry with us from childhood into adulthood."
- The Gate