Presented in collaboration with the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers. 

For forty-five years the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF) has supported the growth of the cinema arts through equipment rentals, workshops, member screenings, and more. Each film created in partnership with CSIF is stored in their archive, and we are proud to present a curated retrospective of that archive for a special screening event!

Five short films that span the history of CSIF will be screened:

• Sequence (1980) is a horror film on 16mm directed by David Winning, who would go on to direct Storm (1987), Killer Image (1992), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997);

• Bicyclitis (1997) is a comedy on VHS shot in the live-action stop-motion method of pixilation, written and directed by Chad Gottfried;

• Missing Person (2006) is a mystery written and directed by Trevor Smith, who went on to become the production designer for shows such as Heartland, Wynonna Earp, and Fargo;

• Sharkasaurus (2014) spoofs creature features, created by Spencer Estabrooks, the filmmaker behind the TTRPG themed web series One Hit Die;

• Bedroom Hymns (2020), by Ingrid Vargas, is the newest film in the programme, a beautiful and funny short juxtaposing a sleep scientist with subjective scenes of a dream world.

Please join us in celebrating the history of local film in Calgary for this special night

Partners:

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that this screening takes place on Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory, as well as the oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations, Indigenous and non, who live, work and play, as well as help steward this land, honour and celebrate this territory.