The 21st Calgary International Film Festival announces its Alberta-heavy lineup

Alberta’s film scene doesn’t get enough credit! We have some incredible writers, directors and actors, so it just makes sense to celebrate them. Today, The Calgary International Film Festival announced that they will do exactly that during the 21st annual CIFF with the Alberta Spotlight Section, a separate category featuring the most outstanding achievements in local cinema.

“It’s been an incredibly strong year for local film. With 111 Alberta film submissions, it was by far the largest number we’ve had to consider,” said Brenda Lieberman, CIFF’s Lead Programmer in a press release.

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Feature-length Alberta-Proud films that will be shown during next months festival will include:

John Ware Reclaimed
Directed by Cheryl Foggo

Parallel Minds 
Directed by Benjamin Ross Hayden

Dark Cloud
Directed by Matt Embry

Events Transpiring before, during and after a high school basketball game
Directed by Ted Stenson

Jasmine Road
Directed by Warren Sulatycky

Bright Hill Road
Directed by Robert Cuffley

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Directed by Thomas Robert Lee

Marlene
Directed by Wendy Hill-Tout

Come True
Directed by Anthony Scott Burns

Vagrant
Directed by Caleb Ryan

Alberta’s Spotlight section will also feature several shorts including: 

(Re)Claiming Indian Status
Directed by Lese Skidmore

Berlin Castro
Directed by Gabe Romero

Berta Boys
Directed by Kyle Terrence

Dichrome 
Directed by Weston Snider

The Mother
Directed by Kaytlyn Turner

Spirit
Directed by Braden Dereniwski

Key of T 
Directed by Ashley Chugg

We are Crush
Directed by Julia Gunst

Ticket bundles for this year’s event are on sale now and can be purchased here, folks! For single tickets, you’ll have to wait until September 10th, but time flies, so keep this on your radar! You won’t want to miss it, Alberta – 2020 is all about supporting local!

The festivals full lineup will be announced on September 8th, so watch out for that as well, friends!

CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

When: Thursday, September 24 – October 4, 2020