The Calgary Underground Film Festival
Shorts: Reality Bites
Canada, United States, France, Scotland, Germany, 2019/ 2020
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2020
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Nov 25 - Dec 1
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A smorgasbord of documentaries 16 minutes or less. Here you will find a diverse mix of short documentaries, all with varying subjects, and genres within the art-form.
Shorts screened:
Darling Pet Monkey
United States, 2019, 8:38 min, Director Jim McDonough
In 1969, two young brothers ordered a monkey from an ad in the back of a monster magazine. After the postal carrier delivered the box — things got weird.
Êmîcêtôsêt-Many Bloodlines
Canada, 2020, 11 min, Director Theola Ross
ÊMÎCÊTÔSÊT-MANY BLOODLINES follows a bi-racial, queer couple from the beginning of their IVF process and the birth of their first child together. Winner of the Best Canadian Short Award at Hot Docs 2020.
Red Robinson
Canada, 2020, 4 min, Director Carmen Pollard
A portrait of Dr. Robert 'Red' Robinson – Vancouver's first rock n' roll deejay.
Maalbeek
France, 2020, 15:50 min, Director Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis (trailer: https://vimeo.com/436720598)
Pieced together from footage and vague memories captured by animation, MAALBEEK constructs an image of significant day that everyone remembers except for one woman.
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Scotland, 2019, 12:12 min, Director Hannah Currie
Can Lindsay's love for her husband Paul sustain her through the trauma of his brain injury, which leaves him in a perpetual loop of memory loss and joke telling?
Paloma's Pit
United States, 2020, 7 min, Director Michael Arcos
Augustus got his cornea scratched but they don’t stitch feral cats. The third and final chapter of the CAT TRILOGY – GARFIELD ESTATE SALE, VALERIO'S DAY OUT (2019 CUFF Selection), and now ... PALOMA’S PIT.
Marty
Canada, 2020, 6:43 min, Director Mike McKinlay (trailer: https://vimeo.com/396870536)
Marty is an 11-year old '80s obsessed skate punk who is stuck in the past while struggling to navigate the present.
Synnopsis
Canada, 2019, 11 min, Director Mike Johnston (trailer: https://vimeo.com/341047786)
Aidan "Synn" Pringle is a second generation professional wrestler, who trained to be the best. But when he was sabotaged in his WWE tryout match, he quit the business.
The Chimney Swift
Germany, 2020, 5 min, Director Frédéric Schuld (trailer: https://vimeo.com/401588532)
A British chimney sweeper describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to become workers.