13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 19-23, 2025 Globe Cinema

23rd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 16-26, 2026 Globe Cinema

NEVER GET BUSTED!

Australia, 2025: 105 minutes: Alberta Premiere
Globe Cinema
Nov. 20 6:30 PM Buy
Special Guest!
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Globe Cinema
Thu, Nov 20 6:30 PM Buy

description

A highly decorated Texas narcotics officer turns his back on the police force, busting crooked cops and teaching drug users how to hide their stash.

Barry Cooper is an expert at hiding drugs, evading police, and raising hell! But once upon a time he was a highly decorated Texas Narcotics Officer. After a raid goes wrong, destroying a family not unlike his own, Barry's conscience gets the better of him and he quits the force. Using stolen police tapes, he creates a DVD series teaching drug users how to hide their stash and becomes an instant media sensation. This is the story of one man’s fight to turn the tide on the War on Drugs, if he doesn’t get busted in the process!

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sundance Film Festival 2025
Dances With Films 2025
DocEdge New Zealand 2025
Nashville Film Festival 2025
Chilliwack Independent Film Festival 2025

DIRECTOR'S BIO
David Anthony Ngo is a writer, director and producer. He produced the critically acclaimed feature drama ONE EYED GIRL (Winner of the Best Picture Award at Austin Film Festival) and produced the horror-thriller RABBIT, which was selected for Sitges Film Festival and FantasticFest. Recently, he wrote and directed the Sundance-selected documentary NEVER GET BUSTED!, which is his first feature film and is executive produced by John Battsek (BECKHAM, SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN) and Chris Smith (TIGER KING, FYRE).

press for Never Get Busted!

"Exhilarating, and a fascinating look at how a keen legal mind can stand up to overzealous prosecutions."
- MovieMaker
"One of the most compelling and urgent documentaries to emerge in recent years."
- Black Guard

details

Comedy / Crime / Documentary

English
105 minutes

special guest

Director David Anthony Ngo & co-creator / producer Erin Williams-Weir in attendance

credits

Directors
David Anthony Ngo
Stephen McCallum

Co-Creator
Erin Williams-Weir

Screenwriter
David Anthony Ngo

Executive Producers
John Battsek
Chris Smith

Producers
David Anthony Ngo
Daniel Joyce
Erin Williams-Weir

Editor
Julian Hart

Music
Simon Walbrook

Cast
Barry Cooper

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/nevergetbustedfilm/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/nevergetbustedfilm/

awards

Winner, Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature, Dances With Films 2025
Winner, Human Spirit Award, Nashville Film Festival 2025