| Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Festival date | September 19–September 29, 2024 |
| Website | ciffcalgary |
The 2024 edition of the Calgary International Film Festival, the 25th edition in the event's history, will be held from September 19 to September 19, 2023 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[1]
With the closure and demolition of the Eau Claire Market, whose six-screen multiplex theatre had been one of the festival's key venues, earlier in 2024 the festival announced a multi-stage plan to cope with the loss of movie screens in downtown Calgary.[2] Films will screen at the Globe Cinema, the Plaza Theatre and the Contemporary Calgary art gallery, as well as the Chinook Theatre; however, the festival will acquire six portable movie projectors over the next three years, so that the festival can start screening films in other venues besides the few remaining downtown movie theatres.[3]
The first programming announcement was released on August 1, with further announcements expected toward the end of the month.[4]
Official selections
editRBC Emerging Artist Competition
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Acres | R. T. Thorne | Canada | |
| Home Free | Avi Federgreen | ||
| The Island Between Tides | Andrew Holmes, Austin Andrews | ||
| Lucky Star | Gillian McKercher | ||
| Monica's News | Pamela Gallant | ||
| One Must Wash Eyes | Sepideh Yadegar | ||
| Really Happy Someday | J Stevens | ||
| Seeds | Kaniehtiio Horn | ||
| Sunburnt Unicorn | Nick Johnson | ||
| Universal Language | Une langue universelle | Matthew Rankin | |
| We Forgot to Break Up | Karen Knox | ||
Canadian Documentary Competition
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Beats per Minute | Yuqi Kang | Canada | |
| The Bones | Jeremy Xido | ||
| Curl Power | Josephine Anderson | ||
| Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine | Alfonso Maiorana | ||
| The Hobby | Simon Ennis | ||
| Larry (They/Them) | Catherine Legault | ||
| A Man Imagined | Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky | ||
| Singing Back the Buffalo | Tasha Hubbard | ||
International Narrative Competition
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Therapy | Sonja Prosenc | Croatia, Italy, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia | |
| Griffin in Summer | Nicholas Colia | United States | |
| My Favourite Cake | Keyk-e mahboob-e man | Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha | Iran, France, Sweden, Germany |
| Reinas | Klaudia Reynicke | Switzerland, Peru | |
| Sisters | Susie Yankou | United States | |
International Documentary Competition
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dahomey | Mati Diop | France, Senegal, Benin | |
| Grand Theft Hamlet | Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane | United Kingdom | |
| Linda Perry: Let It Die Here | Don Hardy | United States | |
| A New Kind of Wilderness | Silje Evensmo Jacobsen | Norway | |
| New Wave | Elizabeth Ai | United States | |
| Nocturnes | Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan | India | |
| Porcelain War | Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev | Australia, Ukraine, United States | |
| Resynator | Alison Tavel | United States | |
| Secret Mall Apartment | Jeremy Workman | United States | |
Special Presentations
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anora | Sean Baker | United States | |
| The Apprentice | Ali Abbasi | Canada, Denmark, Ireland, United States | |
| Bird | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | |
| Bookworm | Ant Timpson | New Zealand | |
| A Different Man | Aaron Schimberg | United States | |
| My Dead Friend Zoe | Kyle Hausmann-Stokes | United States | |
| My Old Ass | Megan Park | United States | |
| The Outrun | Nora Fingscheidt | Germany, United Kingdom | |
| Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band | Thom Zimny | United States | |
| Rumours | Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada, Germany | |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, France, Germany | |
| Superboys of Malegaon | Reema Kagti | India | |
| Unstoppable | William Goldenberg | United States | |
Features not in competition
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | |
| The Birds Who Fear Death | Sanjay Patel | Canada | |
| Black Dog | 狗阵 | Guan Hu | China |
| Can I Get a Witness? | Ann Marie Fleming | Canada | |
| Matt and Mara | Kazik Radwanski | Canada | |
| Paying for It | Sook-Yin Lee | Canada | |
Documentaries not in competition
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Special Experiences
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
Episodic
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
Shorts
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Is Not Forgotten | gbohunmi | Canada | |
| Am I the Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen? | Eisha Marjara | Canada | |
| Amarela | André Hayato Saito | Brazil | |
| And Granny Would Dance | Maryam Mohajer | United Kingdom | |
| ASMR Deconstructed | Karolina Gliniewicz | United Kingdom | |
| The Assistant | Pierre Llanos | Peru | |
| Bath Bomb | Colin G. Cooper | Canada | |
| Beaupré the Giant | Alain Fournier | Canada | |
| Behind the Door | Una Roulston | Canada | |
| The Bleacher | Nicole Daddona, Adam Wilder | United States | |
| The Brown Dog | Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina | United States | |
| Bug Diner | Phoebe Jane Hart | United States | |
| A Calm and Humble Mind: The An Chhay Story | Nick Styles, Mitch Malyk | Canada | |
| Camping | Sasha Michaud, Alyssa Ashmore, Nicole Calfchild | Canada | |
| Circles | Sarah Houle-Lowry | Canada | |
| Coastal Community Centre's Fluffy Friend | Hannah Sy | Canada | |
| Concrete Whisper | Jannis Lenz | Austria | |
| Corpus and the Wandering | Jo Roy | Canada | |
| Crow | Morgan Ermter | Canada | |
| Drier Down Here | Christopher Lorenz | Canada | |
| Duck | Paola Contreras | Canada | |
| Dynasty and Destiny | Travis Lee Ratcliff | United States | |
| Emergence | Scott Portingale | Canada | |
| Enby Breast Cancer | Ally Ferris | Canada | |
| Entropic Memory | Nicolas Brault | Canada | |
| A Family Guide to Hunting | Zao Wang | United States | |
| A Friend Like Coyote | Wendy Walker, C.H. Baradoy | Canada | |
| The Ghost Hunter | Aidan Taylor Groves | Canada | |
| Happy Thanksgiving | ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby | United States | |
| Heckin' Weens | Vinson Chan | Canada | |
| Hello Stranger | Amélie Hardy | Canada | |
| In the Shadow of the Cypress | Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani | Iran | |
| Iniskim: Return of the Buffalo | Leanne Allison, Pete Balkwill, Amethyst First Rider | Canada | |
| The Kiss | Azedine Kasri | Algeria, France | |
| Kowloon! | Mona Xia, Erin Ramirez | United States | |
| Lake Baikal | Baigal Nuur | Alisi Telengut | Canada |
| The Lake in the Sky | Caleb Reese Paul | United States | |
| Last Summer | Barry Bilinsky | Canada | |
| Life Co. | Zoe Elizabeth Maier, Edie Louise Sawyer | Canada | |
| Lilly Visits the Hospital | Medina Dennie, Ocean Demuth, Zaiyah Dennie, Sol Demuth, Xstine Cook, Heather Cook | Canada | |
| The Masterpiece | Alex Lora | Spain | |
| Maybe Elephants | Kanskje det var elefanter | Torill Kove | Norway, Canada |
| Me | Don Hertzfeldt | United States | |
| Mermaids | Sarah Malléon | Martinique | |
| The Miracle | Nienke Deutz | Belgium, Netherlands, France | |
| A Moment Lost | Cole Joliat | Canada | |
| Mothers and Monsters | Édith Jorisch | Canada | |
| Nix's Symphony | Karina Loerchner | Canada | |
| Palestine Islands | Nour Ben Salem, Julien Menanteau | Palestine | |
| Pastrana | Gabriel Motta, Melissa Brogni | Brazil | |
| Pearl Tears | Noriko Ohsada | Canada | |
| Poos | Celestine Twigg | Canada | |
| Power | Declan Cameron | Canada | |
| The Puzzle Palace | Jenny Schweitzer Bell, Brian Bell | United States | |
| Queen Size | Avril Besson | France | |
| The Raven | MJ Hansen | Canada | |
| Resonancia | James Choi | Mexico | |
| Sheep | Hadi Babaeifar | Iran | |
| A Swim Lesson | Rashida Jones, Will McCormack | United States | |
| Teen Girl Fantasy | Marisa Hoicka | Canada | |
| They Will Be Gone | Claudia Nader | Lebanon | |
| Thunderbird and Killer Whale: S-hwuhwa’us & Qul-lhanumutsu | Jason Cheng | Canada | |
| Unblending | Michelle Ku | Canada | |
| Volcelest | Éric Briche | France | |
| What You Eat | Ryo Sena | Japan | |
| Wistful Thinking | Amy Kim Dryer | Canada | |
References
edit- ^ Stephen Hunt, "Calgary International Film Festival turns 25 as 2024 fest celebrates local, national and international screen stories". CTV Calgary, August 5, 2024.
- ^ Omar Sherif, "Calgary International Film Festival adds screens, announces new strategy as 25th anniversary nears". CBC Calgary, May 28, 2024.
- ^ Eric Volmers, "Calgary film festival to include Chinook cinemas for 2024 screenings, unveils three-year plan". Calgary Herald, May 28, 2024.
- ^ Aryn Toombs, "CIFF celebrates 25 years with top feature films for upcoming festival". LiveWire Calgary, August 1, 2024.