NUTV is the heart of film production at the University of Calgary, a place where they’ve given spaces and opportunities to student filmmakers. For the sixth year, NUTV is bringing back their Student Film Festival to the Globe Cinema on Oct. 16, curating Alberta’s finest and silliest short
Horror films have captivated audiences for decades, but Asian horror remains an underappreciated gem in the global market. While Western horror often relies on jump scares and gore, Asian horror excels at psychological tension, existential dread and deep-rooted cultural fears. Here’s why it’s time for Asian horror
The twelfth annual Muslim Art Movement (MAM XII), an art showcase doubling as the largest Muslim art event in Calgary and hosted by non-profit organization the Western Muslim Initiative, will be taking place at the Grand on Oct. 12. The event will include art exhibitions in multiple forms, film
To start off the drama department’s 2024–25 season, the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) will be showcasing Sarah DeLappe’s play, The Wolves. The play premiered in New York City, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2017. It
The Calgary International Film Festival had a number of premieres that spanned across all kinds of genres. There was no shortage of dramas and comedies, but a stand out film that made its Calgary premiere was Adult Best Friends, written by Delaney Buffett and Katie Corwin. The film follows two
Calgary-based author Kirti Bhadresa released a short story collection titled An Astonishment of Stars on Oct. 1. The story depicts the lives of women of colour, each character distinct and defined and each story reflecting different aspects of humanity. Bhadresa studied Political Science at the University of Calgary, and
If you found yourself in Chinook Theatre 16 on Sept. 24 5:30 p.m., you among many other enthused audience members were getting comfortable to watch the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) curation of animated shorts for the 2024 program. Featuring seven films ranging from 11-20 minutes, the
Lucky Star made its worldwide debut at the 2024 Calgary International Film Festival, resulting in a sold-out theatre celebrating Alberta film. The film follows a father, named Harold “Lucky” Lee, who falls victim to a tax scam and his struggle to regain the lost money through poker games and
A highly enthused audience welcomed Saskatchewan based singer-songwriter Andy Shauf to the Bella Concert Hall on Sept. 21. With fans flying from Nepal just to hear this indie-alternative’s acoustic renditions of his records over the years, one might ask: Why are Shauf’s fans so devoted? Andy’
The Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium presented Come From Away, a Tony-nominated Broadway show that was on its North American tour from Sept. 17-22. The musical went through a number of preliminary productions, doing out-of-town shows in both San Diego and Seattle, before the show found its
