The Calgary Black Film Festival is back for its third edition! Described as “Necessary, Innovative, Strong, Diverse and Bold programming,” the Calgary Black Film Festival sets out to amplify the voices of Afro-descendants. The Calgary […]
Sarah Uwadiae last graced the pages of the Calgary Guardian in May 2022 on the red carpet of the Calgary Black Film Festival, where her documentary Home first premiered. Even then she was already talking […]
Anne Koizumi is a self taught animator from Calgary AB, whose first exposure to audiences came through her participation in 2006 in the NFB Hot House Series. Her one minute animation film depicts a prairie […]
Right here in our own backyard of Calgary unfolds the meticulous work crafted by the powerhouse animation duo of Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis. These artists have a rare ability to see and create the […]
John Ware Reclaimed is a 2020 documentary written and directed by Cheryl Foggo for the NFB. The film is just over one hour and “follows filmmaker Cheryl Foggo on her quest to re-examine the mythology […]
Set in the Great Plains of North America in the early 1700s, the film Prey markets itself as a prequel in the Predator franchise. The original Predator movie directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold […]
Chuckwagon is a 1964 documentary written and directed by Robert Barclay. The film is 9 minutes long and “offers a ringside view of the chuckwagon race, star attraction of the world-famous Calgary Stampede.” The film […]
It may surprise some readers to learn that the city of Calgary holds Canada’s 4th largest Black population. From May 26th to 29th our city was out celebrating the second iteration of the Calgary Black […]
February’s Dog is an independent project filmed in parts of rural southern Alberta that exposes the human ramifications of a feast or famine oil economy. The story follows characters, Dale and Nigel as they struggle […]
Shaun Crawford is a content creator and filmmaker / father-husband-recovering addict-flip flop wearer-XR content creator-lover of the colour yellow-dreamer who often stares longingly out windows. Fortunately, such an identity has ushered his magic realism films […]
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