22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 20-24, 2024

CUFFcade 2020

Calgary’s first independent video game arcade with custom-built cabinets!

Each April, the Calgary Underground Film Festival launches five new indie video games that are free to play, and they remain accessible at Globe Cinema throughout the year. These arcade cabinets feature five new, independent video games. CUFFcade is the only curated arcade of its type in Canada. CUFFcade will remain at Globe Cinema throughout the year, and will be free to play. 

2020 GAMES

ATRIO: THE DARK WILD by ISTO INC- CALGARY, CANADA
Capture and harness wildlife for your own means. Can you survive long enough to turn the lights back on?

HEAVE HO by LE CARTEL STUDIO - PARIS, FRANCE
Don't fall to your death! Use your own two hands to grapple across each level on your way to victory. 

KNIGHTMARE TOWER by JUICY BEAST STUDIO - MONTREAL CANADA
Break ceilings and rescue princesses as you slash your way to the top of the Knightmare Tower!

REIGNS by NERIAL - LONDON, UK
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age. 

RITUAL by UNICORN STUDIOS - CALGARY, CANADA
Can you survive long enough to complete your dark ritual before freezing to death?

More about CUFFcade

CUFFcade is an initiative which we started in 2015. Each year we will launch a new set of games at the April festival. These custom cabinets that house the games are portable and can be set up at off-season events. If you are interested in CUFFcade being a part of something in particular, please drop us a line! The games are curated by Mike Lohaus.

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