Movie Night with CIFF
by CJSW 90.9 FM
Movie Night with CIFF is all about bringing insightful and entertaining content surrounding the world of cinema to our audiences in a way that is fun and cheeky but also accessible. The show features guests that share CIFF’s love for movies and is packed with tongue-in-cheek interviews and creative new games, making it an artful and entertaining celebration of film, society and culture.
Episodes
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode November 3, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode November 3, 2026 Clinton and Jocelyn sit down with Adam and Brian to talk about the films, the guests, and the shenanigans of CIFF 2026.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode October 6, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF – Episode October 6, 2026 Red Carpet Rundown! Please enjoy this compilation of red carpet interviews from the first weekend of the 2026 Calgary International Film Festival! 1:13 Andres Joseph: QUEENS FOR A DAY 2:38 Grace Gilroy: QUEENS FOR A DAY 4:45 Blair Ward: PAPER TIGER...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Podcast September 1, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode September 1 We're back with the annual Programmer episode! Jocelyn sits down with CIFF's programmers to talk about this year's festival lineup. Head over to CIFFCALGARY.CA to see the full schedule and get your tickets to the 2026 Calgary International Film Festival!
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode August 4, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode August 4, 2026 Clinton and Jocelyn sit down with filmmaker Amy Wang to talk about her film SLANTED. BONUS: Meet the CIFF 2026 interns!
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode July 7, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode July 7, 2026 This issss Jeopardish! Jocelyn quizzes Clinton, Lucia, and new guest K on all things cinema.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode June 2, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - Spring/Summer Festival Review Clinton and Jocelyn sit down with Adam to talk about upcoming film festival lineups and which movies they are most excited to see. BONUS: Clinton talks with Sled Island Executive Director Maud Salvi about this year's festival.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode May 5, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - Chandler Levack Jocelyn and Clinton chat with Canadian filmmaker and writer Chandler Levack. Chandler won the Emerging Canadian Artist award at CIFF 2022 for her debut feature film I LIKE MOVIES. Last year, CIFF hosted the Alberta Premiere of her sophomore feature MILE END...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode April 7, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - John Kelly & CUFF 2026 Preview Jocelyn and Brian sit down with Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Kelly. John's short film RETIREMENT PLAN played at CIFF 2025 and was nominated for Best Animated Short at the 98th Academy Awards. BONUS. Calgary Underground Film Festival...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode March 3, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - 2026 Oscars Roundtable It's almost the end of our favourite season... awards season! Ahead of the 2026 Academy Awards, Clinton and Jocelyn sit down with Adam to discuss Oscar snubs, surprises, and predictions.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode February 3, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode February 3, 2026 A snippet from the IN CONVERSATION: CHARLIE KAUFMAN & EVA H.D. presentation at CIFF 2025. Academy Award® winner screenwriter, director, and producer, Charlie Kaufman is known for his groundbreaking work on films such as BEING JOHN MALKOVICH…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode January 6, 2026
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode January, 2026 Clinton and Jocelyn sit down with Brian and Celina to talk about their favourite movies of 2025.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode December 2, 2025
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode December 2, 2025 Jocelyn and guest host Lucia sit down with Calgary filmmaker Gillian McKercher to talk about her film DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode November 4, 2025
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode November 4, 2025 November 2025 - Finally recovered from CIFF 2025, Jocelyn sits down with Adam and Corrie-Ann to recap their experiences at the 26th Calgary International Film Festival.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode October 7, 2025
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode October 7, 2025 Experimental shorts! Celina sits down with experimental filmmakers Nik Arthur and Mide Kadiri to discuss their short films and the Werklund Centre micro cinema.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode September 2, 2025
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode September 2, 2025 Movie Night with CIFF is back with it's programmer episode! We sat down with the Calgary International Film Festival programming team to talk about this year's festival lineup. To see the film schedule and get your tickets, visit...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode August 5, 2025
Movie Night with CIFF - Episode August 5, 2025 Welcome to Intern Hour! On this episode of Movie Night with CIFF, Clinton sits down with the CIFF's interns to talk working in the film industry in Calgary, post-secondary for Zoomers, working at CIFF, and, of course, movies!
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode July 1, 2025
Movie Night With CIFF - July 2025 An interview with Dev Singh, editor extraordinaire, and more!
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode June 3, 2025
Movie Night With CIFF - June 2025 Our June episode! Kels from Queer in Alberta joins us, as well as Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival!
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode May 6, 2025
May 2025 It's Movie Night With CIFF! Filmmaker Karen Knox joins to talk about the Canadian Screen Awards!
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode April 1, 2025
April 2025 - CUFF and A NICE INDIAN BOY We interview the director and star of A NICE INDIAN BOY, as well as run down what to look forward to at the Calgary Underground Film Festival.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode March 4, 2025
February 2025 - The Festival Year Ahead CIFF runs down the great films coming from Sundance, Berlinale, and more!
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode February 4, 2025
And the nominees are! Members of the CIFF staff discuss Oscar snubs, surprises and predictions in preparation for the 2025 Academy Awards. Join CIFF for their 2025 Oscar® Shorts extravaganza at the Globe Cinema from February 14-16 and February 21-23. You can find more information and get your...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode January 7, 2025
January 2025 - Taylor Mac CIFF and @oneyellowrabbit present the legendary Taylor Mac on January 18 and we sat down for an in-depth interview! Rich with stunning musical performances, the HBO documentary, Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music, captures a tour-de-force 24 hour show that…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode July 2, 2024
Summer Film Flops and the New IATSE Facility Looking into the history of summer blockbusters! Why are so many of them flopping, and what does “flop” even mean. Later, the President of IATSE Local 212, Damian Petti, joins us to chat about how IATSE’s latest project is shaping the future of…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode June 4, 2024
Maud Salvi talks Sled Island! Sled Island's own Maud Salvi joins our Marketing Manager, Clinton, to chat about what fans can expect to see at this year's festival.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode May 7, 2024
Cannes and Contra On film news, CIFF programmers discuss the Cannes lineup, standing ovations and potential Palme D'or winners. Calgary's own CONTRA joins us to chat about Cartel Madras, Foreignerz and Goonda Rap.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode April 2, 2024
What’s on at CUFF and Molly McGlynn talks FITTING IN In Film News we spoke to one of the lead programmers at THE CALGARY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL about what we can expect to see at this year’s edition. Later in the show we caught up with Canadian director Molly McGlynn about her latest feature...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode March 5, 2024
2024 Oscars Nominee Kris Bowers Talks THE LAST REPAIR SHOP Two-time Academy Award Nominee Kris Bowers tells us about life at Juilliard, composing the Bridgerton soundtrack and the making of his outstanding documentary THE LAST REPAIR SHOP.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode February 6, 2024
Programmers talk Oscar Nominations and Oscar Shorts Weekend! Oscar’s Oracle Brian Owens runs you through the Academy Award nominations and explains how these nominations work while giving his takes on the snubs drama. Shorts Programmer Adam breaks down this year’s amazing nominated Short films…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode November 7, 2023
Atom Egoyan Talks 35+ Yeas of Cinema Thanks for coming to CIFF 2023! As a little treat for our wonderful audience, this month’s episode features an abridged version of our conversation with legendary Canadian director Atom Egoyan. As the Keynote speaker during Industry Week at CIFF 2023, Atom...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode September 5, 2023
CIFF 2023! Programmers Talk Lineup The Calgary International Film Festival is back from September 21 to October 1, bringing you movies and so much more! Featuring award-season darlings and world premieres, get your exclusive look at over 200 of the year’s greatest films from around the Globe....
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode August 1, 2023
Berkley Brady Talks DARK NATURE Alberta-based writer, director, and producer Berkley Brady talks studying film at Columbia University, bringing Creepypastas to life and making her debut feature film, female trauma horror DARK NATURE (CIFF 2022). Available to stream NOW!
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode July 4, 2023
Connor Ratliff Talks Dead Eyes Podcast and Life as George Lucas Brilliant actor and improv comic Connor Ratliff joins us to talk all about his time in comedy, his life-changing encounter with Tom Hanks and the ins and outs of being “retired filmmaker” George Lucas.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode June 6, 2023
Mark McKinney Talks Kids in The Hall, SNL and Superstore 30 years into a remarkable career in film and television, which includes starring on NBC’s hit sitcom SUPERSTORE, Mark McKinney is going back to his roots. THE KIDS IN THE HALL are back and better than ever, bringing their unique brand of...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode May 2, 2023
How Luke Azevedo Brings Hollywood Home Calgary's Film commissioner, Luke Azevedo, talks all about what goes into building and maintaining Alberta’s booming screen industry. For the past 15 years, Luke has been finding new ways to bring the magic of showbiz to Southern Alberta. As Film…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode April 4, 2023
The CEO of the Canadian Academy Talks The future of Canada's Screen Industry Join Steve and Gaby as they chat about the future of the Canadian screen industry with Tammy Frick! Tammy is the Chief Executive Officer of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. With almost three decades of...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode March 7, 2023
Dave Kneebone talks Season 6 of The Eric Andre Show American Television producer Dave Kneebone has worked as a producer on Comedy Bang! Bang!, Nathan for You and Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Now he joins us to talk all about making it in Hollywood, working with the world’s most brilliant...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode February 7, 2023
Andrew Phung on RUN THE BURBS & Gabriel Luna talks THE LAST OF US Calgary's own Andrew Phung stops by to talk about life as a sneakerhead, growing up in Calgary and making RUN THE BURBS Season 2, now airing Wednesday nights on CBC! THE LAST OF US star Gabriel Luna also stops by to discuss HBO's…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode December 6, 2022
Scott Sikma Talks Pixar, Walter Hill and CHRISTMAS BY THE BOOK A very special Christmas episode of Movie Night with CIFF! Alumnus director Scott Sikma tells all about working for Disney Pixar, PA-ing for Christopher Nolan, hanging out with Christoph Waltz and how all these crazy career moments…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode November 1, 2022
Sharon Lawrence talks JOE PICKETT Sharon Lawrence has been in pretty much every iconic tv-show you can think of from Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, How to Get Away with Murder, Criminal Minds, Curb Your Enthusiasm; you name it, she’s done and has always, always left her mark. On this...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode October 4, 2022
Alberta Filmmakers Talk #CIFF2022 CIFF speaks to Alberta filmmakers, Gillian McKercher, Asim Overstands and Ted Stenson. Each of these outstanding local talents has directed an amazing short film that we were proud to world premiere at CIFF 2022.
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Movie Night with CIFF - Podcast September 6, 2022
FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEEN Team Talks Drag and Culture For the first time in Movie Night history, we have THREE guests. The cast and crew of FRANCHESKA PRAIRIE QUEEN are here! This beautiful and vibrant documentary follows the journey of a Filipino care worker, Francis (Kiko) Yutrago, as he tries…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode August 2, 2022
Tom Benz Talks Alberta's Screen Industry Alberta's film boom has had Albertan production crews hard at work on films/shows like GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, THE LAST OF US and UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN. This is all thanks to people like today's guest. Tom Benz is the Motion Picture Business Agent at...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode July 5, 2022
Episode 4: Andrew Ahn On His New Film Fire Island After directing multiple film fest favourites (SPA NIGHT, DRIVEWAYS) Andrew Ahn is trying his hand at something a little more rambunctious with his new film FIRE ISLAND starring Joel Kim Booster, SNL’s Bowen Yang and Comedian Margaret Cho. An...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Episode June 7, 2022
Chad Vangaalen Talks Music and Animation Chad Vangaalen is a multi-talented artist hailing from right here in Calgary, Alberta. His wildly imaginative and surreal creations have garnered international acclaim and cemented his place as one of Canada’s most diverse artists. Here to tell us all…
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Movie Night with CIFF - Podcast May 3, 2022
Episode 2: All About Us! A Conversation With CIFF's Executive Director "If a film festival were an orchestra, the executive director would be the conductor." Steve Schroeder drops this and other gems during his chat with Host Gaby and guest host Lucia Juliao. Listen as the Executive Director of...
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Movie Night with CIFF - Podcast April 5, 2022
Episode 1: Academy Award Winner Ben Proudfoot talks The Queen of Basketball Episode one kicks things off with some Hollywood star power with guest Ben Proudfoot, who just won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) for THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL.
About this show
Movie Night with CIFF is all about bringing insightful and entertaining content surrounding the world of cinema to our audiences in a way that is fun and cheeky but also accessible. The show features guests that share CIFF’s love for movies and is packed with tongue-in-cheek interviews and creative new games, making it an artful and entertaining celebration of film, society and culture.
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