Celebrating 25 incredible years, the highly anticipated 2024 Calgary International Film Festival is back and will be better than ever.

Known to Albertans for being the place to see some of the year’s biggest movies, CIFF will kick off this season with a star-studded red carpet and a special showing of The Thicket, a Prairie-shot western, directed by Elliott Lester (Nightingale)

Described as a dark thriller about “vengeance, justice, and unlikely companionship,” The Thicket stars Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets), Esmé Creed-Miles (Hanna), and Levon Hawke (Wildcat), as well as Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) and Leslie Grace (In the Heights) who will attend the YYC event.

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“I couldn’t be prouder to be announcing THE THICKET as our Opening Gala film,” said Acting Executive Director Katherine Penhale.

“Launching the festival with a film that was made right here in Alberta with Alberta crews is a perfect fit for our Opening Gala and having the most high-profile red carpet in CIFF’s history.”

Interested in checking it out?

The Opening Gala will return to the Jack Singer Concert Hall on September 19th, 2024 and tickets will go on sale at 10 am on August 28th, through ARTS COMMONS.

It’s going to be a year, Calgary! Don’t miss it!

The Thicket – Calgary International Film Festival

When: September 19th, 2024

Cassandra Stefanic

Regional Editor, Prairies –Cassandra is a Calgary-based journalist with a deep appreciation for music, film, food, travelling, and storytelling. When she’s not chasing a story, writing, or editing, you’ll likely find her in the mountains, binge-watching a new series, at a speakeasy, cooking, or getting lost in a Taylor Swift re-record.

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