RUN THE BURBS (Off the CUFF)

On Tuesday, February 7 the Calgary Underground Film Festival and CBC Calgary are presenting a special event to celebrate homegrown talent, and screen a sneak peek of two upcoming episodes of the Canadian TV show RUN THE BURBS at Globe Cinema.  

ABOUT THE EVENT 
Following a screening of RUN THE BURBS Season 2 Episodes 6 & 7, show creators Andrew Phung & Scott Townend will join us for an In Conversation moderated by CUFF Lead Programmer Brennan Tilley. The Alberta filmmakers first got involved in filmmaking at CUFF's 48-Hour Filmmaking Challenge and have been collaborators ever since. After watching the episodes, we'll host a candid conversation about getting your start as an indie Alberta filmmaker to creating and starring in a national TV show.

ABOUT THE SHOW 
Created by comedian, writer and actor Andrew Phung (Kim’s Convenience) and his best friend and collaborator, filmmaker Scott Townend (The Secret Marathon), Run the Burbs follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian-Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs. 

A CBC original comedy, RUN THE BURBS is produced by Pier 21 Films. For season 2, Executive Producers are Laszlo Barna, Nicole Butler, Karen Tsang and Vanessa Steinmetz (for Pier 21 Films), Andrew Phung, Scott Townend, and Aleysa Young. Anthony Q Farrell serves as Executive Producer, writer and showrunner. Co-executive producers are Nelu Handa and Courtney J. Walker. Season 2 writers include Andrew Phung, Scott Townend, Nelu Handa, Courney J. Walker, Cathryn Naiker and Sara Peters.

Catch RUN THE BURBS on Wednesdays on CBC | Gem

 

OFF THE CUFF is a year-round series presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival. For those films we just can't make work with our festival dates, we go off the CUFF.