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Another year, and another successful Calgary Underground Film Festival. Check out 10 of the best films from the 2025 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.
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…
On its surface, The Heirloom may look like a conventional relationship drama, orbiting the ever-present possibility of a breakup. Beneath that, though, Petrie has crafted a nuanced film on obsession, control, and self-hatred.
When I sit down with Annie St-Pierre at the Epidemic Sound Filmmaker & Industry Lounge at SXSW, I don’t expect us to start talking about Reuben and the Dark. But within minutes, we realize we have something in common – her partner plays in the band, a group I’ve seen live multiple times back in Calgary. It’s a small-world moment, but fitting, considering the film we’re here to discuss.
Each year, the SXSW Film & TV Festival delivers a lineup that spans genres, tones, and styles, offering everything from bold directorial debuts to established voices pushing their craft in unexpected directions.
At the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival, I sat down with Emma Laird and Alex Burunova to discuss a film that hasn’t let go since I first saw it. Though it remains one of SXSW’s quieter releases, it feels like a film that won’t stay under the radar for long.