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2024 Calgary International Film Festival Location Calgary , Alberta , CanadaFounded 2000 Festival date September 19–September 29, 2024 Website ciffcalgary 2025
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] 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 [ edit ] RBC Emerging Artist Competition [ edit ] Canadian Documentary Competition [ edit ]
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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 ] 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 ] Features not in competition [ edit ] Documentaries not in competition [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Special Experiences [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
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
^ 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
^ Aryn Toombs, "CIFF celebrates 25 years with top feature films for upcoming festival" . LiveWire Calgary , August 1, 2024.
