Calgary Underground Film Festival 2008

There will be a 15 minute intermission during the screening.

Short story about what can happen to you if you are a girl having to face conforming to certain stereotypes.

A short animated music video about a black cat, unhappiness and happiness. Music by Home Made Mutant

Denmark’s unique brand of edgy black comedy has never been more provocative than it is in this contemporary religious fable from wunderkind Anders Thomas Jensen (GREEN BUTCHERS, WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF). Adam is a neo-Nazi sentenced to community service in a remote vicarage, under the watch of an intensely devout priest named Ivan (Mads Mikkelsen – Casino Royale). Ivan has faith. In everything, and everyone. To a degree that stretches well beyond the limits of sanity and towards the outskirts of spiritual torment. He forces Adam to commit to a goal of his own choosing, and to appease him, the skinhead opts to simply bake an apple pie. He is thus entrusted with maintaining the parish’s apple tree. Alas, even the simplest of plans can be torn apart by fate. Are forces from beyond our world working against his half-hearted plans for baked redemption? Meanwhile, the other residents of the vicarage are driving Adam out of his skull. To amuse himself, he sets out on a cruel mission to shatter Vicar Ivan’s faith, which is beginning to appear more hollow with every passing minute. A darkly witty and sometimes shocking film that treads a fine line between whimsy and sarcasm, ADAMS APPLES has been traveling the international festival circuit for two years strong -- scoring many awards along its path. If you’re hungry for a film that will leave you feeling uplifted, mocked and sucker-punched, ADAMS APPLES is your ticket to nirvana. —Mitch Davis; Fantasia Film Festival 2007. OFFICIAL SELECTION: Fantasia Film Festival 2007, Victoria Independent Film Festival 2008, Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, San Francisco FF, Seattle Int’l FF. AWARDS: Winner, Audience Award Best Film; Brussels Int’l Festival of Fantasy Film, Danish Academy Awards, Hamburg, Sao Paulo Int’l Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Wisconsin Film Festival

Anticipation is a film that is defined by the idea of anticlimax.

The Duplass Brothers explore the minutiae of relationship dynamics in this in-depth study of a group of desperate actor friends. And a bag. And a head. While the Duplass Brothers were shooting their last feature film The Puffy Chair, a crew member raised the question “what’s the scariest thing you can think of?” Someone immediately said “a guy with a bag on his head staring into your window.” Some agreed, but some thought it was downright ridiculous and, if anything, funny (but definitely not scary). Thus, BAGHEAD was born, an attempt to take the absurdly low-concept idea of a “guy with a bag on his head” and make a funny, truthful, endearing film that, maybe, just maybe, was a little bit scary, too. Their last film The Puffy Chair was screened two years ago at the Calgary Underground Film Festival and won an award for Best Feature Film. Official Selection: SXSW 2008, Sundance Film Festival 2008, Tribeca Film Festival 2008 "Baghead is a one of a kind experience which will fill your stomach with joy, and hope for the future of indie cinema. Puffy Chair and Baghead just might be the Slacker and Clerks for the youtube generation." - Peter Sciretta - Slash Film.com

Marcos is able to see the darkness that stalks us all. It is a skill that has turned his life into a nightmare.

An off-the-wall comedy horror featuring murderous hair extensions from Director Sion Sono (STRANGE CIRCUS, SUICIDE CLUB) Terrific big budget Japanese horror romp Exte has it all – gruesome spectacles, gross dark comedy, bizarre characters, unbelievable plots, terrible cops, and extraordinary special effects – everything in fact except blood as miles of human hair is shed instead. A morgue attendant discovers the locks from a dead woman's body have a life of their own. As they find their way into fashionable hair extensions, they penetrate the human body with terrible consequences for civilization! - Leeds International Film Festival "A perfect balance between outright parody and skin-prickling terror" - NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2007 Official Selection: Fantasia Film Festival 2007, London Film Festival Awards: SONO WINNER: Public Prize, Silver Fantasia, Most Innovative Film, Fantasia 2007, Winner Best Film, Austin Fantastic Festival, 2007

Fat Man eats up everything around him. When he finally stops; it's too late.