Western Canada’s biggest genre festival, the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF), is thrilled to announce the 2016 lineup.
Running from April 11-17 at the Globe Cinema in downtown Calgary, the 13th Annual CUFF includes 25 feature films, 25 shorts films, a Linklater Retrospective, Saturday Morning Cartoons and the return of CUFFcade: custom independent videogame arcade cabinets.
“I am really excited for the lineup this year! There is so much diversity, quirkiness, and so many incredible (and FUN) films that need to be seen with an audience,” said Festival Director and Programmer Brenda Lieberman.
Highlights of this year’s seven-day festival include:
The Opening Night Film is the Canadian premiere of Taika Waititi’s latest HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE.
The World Premiere of WRECK CITY, an art documentary about a ground breaking 2013 art experiment where 150 DIY artists rebuilt a city block full of houses, slated for demolition in Calgary, into an art installation.
A Richard Linklater Retrospective. In addition to the screenings of his cult classics SLACKER (1991) and DAZED AND CONFUSED (1995), CUFF will premiere his latest film EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!.
CUFFcade, Calgary’s first independent video game arcade and only curated arcade of its type in Canada, will be back for a second year. The cabinets will feature five new games created by local game developers and will be set for play at Globe Cinema, free of charge.
World Cinema festival highlights include UNDER THE SHADOW,THE LURE, HIGH-RISE, MEN & CHICKEN, CHEVALIER, LOVE & PEACE and BASKIN.
Confirmed guests, so far, include Documentary Subject/Media Activist Joey Skaggs (ART OF THE PRANK), Documentary Subject Stefan Pokorny and Director Josh Bishop (THE DWARVENAUT), Director Harrison Atkins (LACE CRATER), Director Sean Pierce (MEATHEAD GOES HOG WILD), the filmmaking team behind PATCHWORK, as well Director Adam Rifkin of DIRECTOR’S CUT (starring illusionist Penn Jillette).
All evening screenings at CUFF are licensed, with the festival bar serving beer, wine and mixed drinks. Before all screenings DJs are set up in the theatre, performing music inspired by the theme of the film.
Tickets and passes for the Calgary Underground Film Festival are available online at CalgaryUndergoundFilm.org.
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