Calgary International Film Festival 2015 - Preview: Full Lineup + Highlights

Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2015 at 06:00 PM

CIFF 2015 Preview: Full Lineup + Highlights

Preview by CalgaryMovies.com

This year's Calgary International Film Festival is nearly upon us, bring another year of exciting and engage film to Calgary moviegoers. Here is the official full lineup plus the most anticipated films of the festival!! 

The Calgary International Film Festival is a 12-day showcase of over 200 multi-genre films from Canada and over 40 other countries. Here's the full list of films screening at CIFF 2015. Pick up individual tickets, or a festival pass or ticket pack today from www.calgaryfilm.com. Visit CIFF's website to explore the entire 200+ film lineup, find out when your film picks are screening and buy tickets!

GALAS - Shining a light on marquee films, galas celebrate the year's highest accomplishments with a screening and a party.

Opening Gala: I SAW THE LIGHT (Dir. Marc Abraham) 

Hyena Road Gala: HYENA ROAD (Dir. Paul Gross)

Green Carpet Gala: LANDFILL HARMONIC (Dir.  Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley) 
Black Carpet Gala: A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY (Dir. Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan, Steven Hoban) 
Closing Gala: THE SMALLS: FOREVER IS A LONG TIME (Dir. Trevor Smith)
Alberta Spirit Gala (short films)

HEADLINERS - The most anticipated, not-to-be-missed films of the festival.

45 YEARS (Dir. Andrew Haigh)
BEEBA BOYS (Dir. Deepa Mehta)
BROOKLYN (Dir. John Crowley) 
THE DAUGHTER (Dir. Simon Stone) 
FREEHELD (Dir. Peter Sollett)
HURT (Dir. Alan Zweig) 
INTO THE FOREST (Dir. Patricia Rozema) 

THE LADY IN THE VAN (Dir. Nicholas Hytner)

ROOM (Dir. Lenny Abrahamson) 

SON OF SAUL (Dir. Laszlo Nemes)

CANADIAN - From sea to sea, the Canadian Cinema Series celebrates our country's inspiring and diverse films.

40 BELOW & FALLING 3D (Dir. Dylan Pearce) 
ADRIEN (LE GARAGISTE) (Dir, Renee Beaulieu) 
BOREALIS (Dir. Sean Garrity)
CLOSET MONSTER (Dir. Stephen Dunn)

DIABLO (Dir. Lawrence Roeck)

DIAMOND TONGUES (Dir. Pavan Moondi, Brian Robertson)
EMPYREAN (Dir.  Thomas Robert Lee) 
END OF DAYS, INC. (Dir. Jennifer Liao)
THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (Dir. Evan Johnson, Guy Maddin)
HOW HEAVY THIS HAMMER (Dir. Kazik Radwanski)
HOW TO PLAN AN ORGY IN A SMALL TOWN (Dir. Jeremy Lalonde)
THE INTERIOR (Dir. Trevor Juras)
LEGEND OF THE LICH LORD (Dir. Spencer Estabrooks)

MY INTERNSHIP IN CANADA (Dir. Philippe Falardeau)

PRISONER X (Dir. Guarav Seth)
REMEMBER (Dir. Atom Egoyan) 
THE SAVER (Dir. Wiebke von Carolsfeld)
SLEEPING GIANT (Dir. Andrew Cividino) 

WORLD - A spin of the globe: a captivating world of rich stories from every continent.

ALL ABOUT THEM (Dir. Jérôme Bonnell) 

APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD (AVRIL ET LE MONDE TRUQUE) (Dir. Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci) 

AUGUST WINDS (VENTOS DE AGOSTO) (Dir. Gabriel Mascaro) 
DHEEPAN (Dir. Jacques Audiard) 
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (Dir.  Ciro Guerra) 
FIG FRUIT AND THE WASPS (Dir. M.S Prakash Babu) 
THE HOMECOMING (Dir. Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson 
THE INVISIBLE BOY (Dir. Gabriele Salvatores) 
THE LOBSTER (Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

LOVE 3D (Dir. Gaspar Noé) 

MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Dir. Jia Zhangke) 
MY SKINNY SISTER (Dir. Sanna Lenken) 
ONE FLOOR BELOW (Dir. Radu Muntean) 
OUR LITTLE SISTER (Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda) 
PRINCESS (Dir. Tali Shalom Ezer) 
SEA FOG (Dir. Shim Sung-Bo) 
THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE (Dir. Alanté Kavaïté) 
TAXI (Dir. Jafar Panahi) 
UNDER CONSTRUCTION (Dir. Rubaiyat Hossain) 
VIAJE (Dir. Paz Fabrega) 

NEW AMERICAN CINEMA  - Rising stars and familiar faces feature in this series of cutting edge storytelling from America.

BAND OF ROBBERS (Dir. Aaron Nee, Adam Nee)
ECHO LAKE (Dir. Jody McVeigh-Schultz)

EXPERIMENTER  (Dir. Michael Almereyda)

FRANK AND CINDY (Dir. G.J Echternkamp)
FUNNY BUNNY (Dir. Alison Bagnall)
GRANDMA (Dir. Paul Weitz)
H. (Dir. Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia)
JAMES WHITE (Dir. Josh Mond) 
KRISHA (Dir. Trey Edward Shults) 
NAZ & MAALIK (Dir. Jay Dockendorf) 

DOCUMENTARIES - An uncensored view of the real world with enlightening stories from around the globe.

THE AMINA PROFILE (Dir. Sophie Deraspe) 
CENSORED VOICES (Dir. Mor Loushy)
CHAMELEON (Dir. Ryan Mullins)

DARK HORSE (Dir. Louise Osmond)

DEPROGRAMMED (Dir. Mia Donovan)
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE NATIONAL LAMPOON STORY (Dir. Douglas Tirola) 
ELDER IN THE MAKING (Dir. Chris Hsiung)
FINDERS KEEPERS (Dir. Bryan Carberry, Clay Tweel)
FRACTURED LAND (Dir. Fiona Rayher, Damien Gillis)
THE GREAT ALONE (Dir. Greg Kohns)
GUANTANAMO'S CHILD (Dir. Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard (co-director) 

HIP HOP-ERATION (Dir. Bryn Evans)

MERU - (Dir. Jmmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) 

THE MESSENGER (Dir. Su Rynard)
MICHAEL SHANNON MICHAEL SHANNON JOHN (Dir. Chelsea McMullan)
THE NINTH FLOOR  (Dir. Mina Shum)
SPEED SISTERS (Dir. Amber Fares)

MUSIC ON SCREEN - From the grassroots of rock n’ roll to hip hop and folk and everything in between: the best of movies where music plays the starring role,

BORN TO BE BLUE (Dir. Robert Budreau)

THE GLAMOUR & THE SQUALOR (Dir. Marq Evans)
KEEP IN TOUCH (Dir. Sam Kretchmar)
MADE IN JAPAN (Dir. Josh Bishop) 
MAVIS! (Dir. Jessica Edwards) 
THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST (Dir. Johanna Schwartz)

LATE SHOWS - Late shows light up the dark hours with sci-fi, horror, thrillers and fantasy selections.

BITE (Dir. Chad Archibald) 
COP CAR (Dir. Jon Watts)
DEATHGASM (Dir. Jason Lei Howden) 
GREEN ROOM (Dir. Jeremy Saulnier) 
THE HOUSE ON PINE STREET (Dir. Austin Keeling, Aaron Keeling)
THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE (Dir. Perry Blackshear)

YAKUZA APOCALYPSE (Dir. Takashi Miike) 

SHORTS PACKAGES - Short stories that pack a heavy punch.

Actually Animation 
Aliens & Outcasts 
Funnily Enough
Life's Work

Our Modern World (AVILAQ: ENTWINED)

Relatives & Romance (TOM IN AMERICA)

Thrills, Chills & a Mill
A Women's World

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CIFF 2015: Festival Guide (PDF) >
CIFF 2015: The Full Lineup >