International Documentary Film Festival!
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - Sunday, November 22, 2015
The Calgary Underground Film Festival presents:
CUFF.DOCS 2015
November 19-22, 2015
Globe Cinema - 617 8 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB
$10 General | $8.25 Students, Seniors, & Members | $59 Festival Pass | $40 5-Film Pass
Welcome to CUFF.Docs, Calgary's Documentary Film Festival presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival. For our third annual festival we have curated 12 amazing international feature films, in a variety of genres, subjects and documentary styles, that we hope you enjoy.
Join us from November 19-22, 2015 for four days of the best in documentary film. Look for our guide in the November issue of BeatRoute. Tickets for individual shows and festival passes will go on sale at this time. For now you can buy a 5 film punch pass. The four-day event features the best in non-fiction films, including 12 full-length features, varying in subject, style and genre. CUFF.Docs is a licensed (18+) event. All screenings will take place at the Globe Cinema.
19 THURSDAY
7:00PM - RAIDERS! | 105 MINUTES
In 1982, three 11-year-olds created a shot-for-shot remake of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Twenty-five years later they reunite to film the final scene.
9:30PM - SAM KLEMKE'S TIME MACHINE | 94 MINUTES (KO Review >)
Since 1977 Sam Klemke has filmed his life, creating a strange and intimate portrait of what it means to be human.
20 FRIDAY
7:00PM - WELCOME TO LEITH | 86 MINUTES
A chronicle of the attempted takeover of a North Dakota ghost town by a notorious white supremacist.
9:30PM - (T)ERROR | 93 MINUTES (Everyday Activist Review >)
Filmmakers follow a counterterrorist informant's covert efforts to befriend a suspected jihadist – without informing his superiors at the FBI.
21 SATURDAY
2:00PM - INGRID BERGMAN - IN HER OWN WORDS | 114 MINUTES (KO Review >)
Through never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews with her children, is a personal portrait of one of the most beloved and celebrated actresses of American cinema.
4:30PM - HEART OF A DOG | 75 MINUTES
Visual artist Laurie Anderson's personal essay weaves together reflections on the death of her beloved rat terrier Lolabelle, childhood memories, video diaries, and philosophical musings.
7:00PM - THE SANDWICH NAZI | 72 MINUTES | Special Guest
Deli owner Salam Kahil is an art collector, a former male escort, an amateur musician, and a sandwich maker to the homeless in Vancouver’s poorest neighbourhood but his true passion is talking about blowjobs.
9:30PM - BREAKING A MONSTER | 93 MINUTES
Follow the rise of UNLOCKING THE TRUTH, a Brooklyn-based metal trio, whose band members are in seventh grade.
22 SUNDAY
2:00PM PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT | 97 MINUTES
Peggy Guggenheim became one of the leading figures in the modern art movement, collecting both art and artists.
4:30PM - THANK YOU FOR PLAYING | 81 MINUTES (KO Review >)
When one-year-old Joel is diagnosed with terminal cancer, his father Ryan begins working on an unusual and poetic video game to honor Joel's life.
7:00PM - PERVERT PARK | 77 MINUTES
PERVERT PARK follows the everyday lives of the sex offenders living in a trailer park as they struggle to reintegrate into society.
9:30PM - FRANK AND THE WONDERCAT | 67 MINUTES | Special Guest
Follows Frank Furko, an 80-year-old eccentric and his role as a celebrity, derived from his deeply felt friendship with Pudgie Wudgie, his twenty pound performing house-cat.
Calgary Showtimes: CUFF.Docs >
ABOUT CUFF.Docs
CUFF.Docs grew out of both a desire to bring more international documentaries to Calgary, and a necessity. We were seeing so many great documentary films submitted to our annual Calgary Underground Film Festival, and through attending film festivals worldwide, but we just couldn’t fit them all in to one event. We saw the appetite for documentaries in this city was huge; we had people ask us repeatedly for more, or for an actual documentary festival – so we finally decided to go for it.
We will showcase the best in non-fiction films, which have not yet had an opportunity to screen in Calgary. The festival will screen a selection of full-length features, as well as shorts, varying in subject, style and genres within the art form.
CUFF.Docs is the perfect place for anyone with the same intrigue and interest in factual content as we have. We’ll bring guests with the films, and plan for a unique CUFF-experience with the festival, and the films we present. We aim to promote art and encourage dialogue.
At CUFF.Docs, the quality of the film is what matters most; we don't book films to make political statements or advocate for particular issues. Instead, we hope to present a range of films that both confirm and challenge beliefs, promoting a sense of wonder and a healthy skepticism, and above all, that continue to advance the medium of documentary filmmaking.
The Calgary Underground Film Festival loves supporting independent film, and with a great team and passionate supporters, we elevate Calgary's cultural landscape!
