October 2025
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Annual Calgary Justice Film Festival
Celebrating 20 years!
Dates
Thursday, November 6
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.: Opening Ceremonies
7:15 p.m.: Indigenous Lens
Friday, November 7
6:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 8
11:00 a.m.
Location At Our Venue Partner
The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland
750 9 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB T2G 5E1
Admission
Tickets are FREE!! But registration is required, including our Opening Ceremonies. Registerhere!
Parking
FREE!!
Discussions
To help expand insight into and deepen one’s knowledge about the issues depicted in the films, discussions with filmmakers, experts, or those with lived experience will occur immediately following many of the screenings.
Donations
Gratefully accepted, including Calgary Food Bank donations of non-perishable food
Find out more about festival events and any of the 26 film screenings in Burnswest Theatre and Upper Barracks: Visit here for more information.
Become a REELSupporter
…and make your impact go further!
When you donate $20 or more to the Calgary Justice Film Festival (CJFF), you’re helping bring bold and powerful conversations to life and supporting stories that inspire justice, empathy, and change.
As our thanks, you’ll receive a REELSupporter Card with 10% off at a variety of local partner businesses across Calgary. It’s a little extra reward for supporting independent film, local changemakers, and the spirit of community that makes CJFF possible.
Do good. Feel good. Support local. Become a REELSupporter today!
Are you a local business owner?
If you’d like to join our REELCommunity and be featured as a partner business promoted through CJFF, we’d love to hear from you! Reach out to us at program@justicefilmfestival.ca to learn more!
2025 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday, November 6
Beginning at 6:00 p.m., opening night, themed INDIGENOUS LENS, features drumming, dancing, and welcoming remarks from Elders, as well as municipal and provincial representatives. Six documentary films give voice to Indigenous narratives told by Indigenous filmmakers. To participate in this special evening, which sets the tone for a festival rooted in truth, reconciliation, and community, register:
In partnership with Okotoks Film Festival:
7:15 p.m. Wiyamilpanumltha - Burnswest Theatre
8:15 p.m. We Are Made From Land - Burnswest Theatre
9:00 p.m. The Apology - Burnswest Theatre
Learn more about all of our opening night films here.
Friday, November 7
Register to watch any of the four film screenings, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
In partnership with Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF):
6:00 p.m. Comparsa - Burnswest Theatre
6:00 p.m. The Pitch - Upper Barracks
In partnership with Third Action Film Festival:
8:00 p.m. Following Harry - Burnswest Theatre
Saturday, November 8
Noon-6:00 p.m. - Lower Barracks
The Peace Market is a pop-up community comprised of non-profits, NGOs, and local vendors sharing arts, crafts, and information about their organizations. Come early for a film screening or stay and browse the market afterwards.
While some exhibitors have been friends of the Peace Market for some time, other vendors are relative newcomers. Regardless of how familiar you are with this year’s roster of organizations, this market is your opportunity to meet passionate Calgarians tackling challenges and crafting innovative solutions to issues facing us all.
Pick up fantastic gifts or something special to take home. The Peace Market is free of charge and open to the public as well as non-ticket holders. For more information, click here.
Saturday, November 8
Sixteen screenings (yes, 16!!) begin at 11:00 a.m. and continue throughout the afternoon and into the evening. Click here for more information and to register.
In partnership with B.C. Environmental Film Festival:
3:30 p.m. Wild Coast Warrriors - Burnswest Theatre
In partnership with Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF):
7:00 p.m. Something Better Change - Burnswest Theatre
Additional highlights:
6:00 p.m. Burcu’s Angels - Burnswest Theatre
Film screening followed by Drag Queen Karla Marx
8:10 p.m. Oswaldo de Carmago:
Between the Cold and the Music - Upper Barracks
Film screening followed by Poet & Spoken Word Artist Wakefield Brewster
All film festival events and screenings are cost-free, but registration is necessary.
For more information about the films, screening times, visit here:
During our film festival, the Calgary Food Bank will be on site at The Confluence to collect donations of food and money. If you’re able to do so, please consider bringing a non-perishable food item for the Calgary Food Bank.
GET INVOLVED!
As a volunteer, not-for-profit organization, we need you! We need volunteers to contribute their time and skills. We need people and organizations to support us.
If you have some time and are interested in using your talents, we invite you—or someone you know—to become part of our team. Here are some of the roles that need to be filled:
Programming Director
Website Manager
Social Media Manager
Grant Researcher/Writer
If interested, contact us: social@justicefilmfestival.ca, Instagram or Facebook
Our sponsors and partners are hugely important to our operation, whether through monetary donations, in-kind contributions, or partnering with other organizations—all of it helps make CJFF the best it can be. For more information, visit here.
DONATE
CJFF celebrates the arts and culture through the film-making lens of social justice. A donation to our organization promotes the work of our organization. Donations also help support the filmmakers who rely on film festivals like ours to showcase the vital stories they tell. For more information, visit here.
At CJFF, there’s something for everyone interested in being involved as a volunteer, partner, sponsor, supporter, donator, or as part of the audience.
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