CUFF 2025 wrapped up on April 27, 2025, at the Globe Cinema in Calgary, showcasing 41 feature films, 45 shorts, and eight special events — from live script readings and retro cartoon parties to found-footage screenings and a 007 GoldenEye tournament. The festival’s eclectic programming blended horror, documentary, indie drama, and surreal comedy into another brilliant festival.
Vulcanizadora is a brutal, blackly funny descent into male loneliness, guilt, and fractured friendship. The film follows two old friends – played by Potrykus (Derek) and long-time collaborator Joshua Burge (Marty) – as they trudge into the Michigan woods on a grim, unclear mission.
Vampire Zombies...From Space! is fully aware of what it is: a loving send-up packed with heavy tropes, shameless jokes, and more heart than you might expect.
Ryan Coogler's Sinners exemplifies music’s transcendent power – its unique ability to transport audiences emotionally and culturally.
Predators avoids the structural safety nets of traditional documentary filmmaking. There’s no narration guiding us toward a particular point of view, no dramatic underscore telling us how to feel.
Good Boy is a microbudget haunted house horror told from the perspective of a dog. Its premise is straightforward: Indy, a retriever with no supernatural abilities, must protect his human companion Todd from a presence only he can sense.
Intimacy, Estrangement, and the Crow: Chloé Robichaud on her Film, TWO WOMEN The snow drifts slowly across the screen in the opening moments of Two Women, immediately anchoring us in…
Ebony and Ivory is not a biopic. It’s not even about the song. What it is, however, is an off-the-wall, slow-burn character piece that invites discomfort, absurdity, and unexpected moments of surrealism.
A Subversion of the Exorcism Genre: Michael Peterson on SHADOW OF GOD Ahead of the 2025 Calgary Underground Film Festival, I connected over Zoom with Michael Peterson, the Calgary-based director…
After premiering at SXSW 2025, $POSITIONS now makes its way to CUFF 2025 — a perfect home for Brandon Daley’s chaotic, hyper-topical debut.