The Kansas City Underground Film Festival

The Kansas City Underground Film Festival KCUFF 2025 will take place Sep 12-20 at the Charlotte Street Foundation. Always FREE!

Our leather-bound local showcase is almost SOLD OUT!Didn't get a ticket? You're not out of luck! We often have extra cap...
09/20/2025

Our leather-bound local showcase is almost SOLD OUT!

Didn't get a ticket? You're not out of luck! We often have extra capacity even after all of our tickets are gone. Show up early, and we'll work to get you in.

It's going to be a great night celebrating some of the best in KC cinema!

Kick off the final day of KCUFF 2025 with a collection of stories about love, loss, and the messy beauty of change.From ...
09/18/2025

Kick off the final day of KCUFF 2025 with a collection of stories about love, loss, and the messy beauty of change.

From Cass and Ezra navigating the end of a relationship in Blueprint, to a college student reconnecting with high school friends in Third, to a burnout couple breaking up while burying their dog in Walking the Mile, this program explores all the ways relationships shift and transform. Other stories include navigating new cities, unexpected self-discovery, surreal metamorphoses, and the search for belonging.

Relationships and Transitions is a must-see block of short films that will knock your socks off.

🎟️ Admission is free. Reserve your tickets today

Places & Homes – May the Soil Be EverywhereSaturday, September 20, 2025 at 4:00 PMExplore family, heritage, and the mean...
09/17/2025

Places & Homes – May the Soil Be Everywhere
Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Explore family, heritage, and the meaning of home through powerful storytelling.

May the Soil Be Everywhere follows filmmaker Yehui Zhao as she films her grandmother and excavates her family’s ancestral village in China’s Loess Plateau. Through performance, poetry, and animation, Zhao constructs a living archive of oral history, tracing four generations and chronicling the impact of war, famine, and urbanization.

The program also features Vertigo, exploring a rural village in Spain facing depopulation, and I Think He Told Me a Story, a reflective meditation on memory and narrative.

🎟️ One of the best programs of the festival. Admission is free. Reserve your tickets today!

An Eclectic Program of Good MoviesSaturday, September 20, 2025 at 1:30 PMSometimes a handful of films don’t fit together...
09/16/2025

An Eclectic Program of Good Movies
Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Sometimes a handful of films don’t fit together, but are too good to miss.

This block brings you an eclectic mix of independent films in a variety of tones and styles. Fake follows a man warning the world that the moon landings were staged. Under the Chestnut Tree reunites estranged siblings after decades of silence. Mother explores the fraught return of a mother to her son after a prison sentence. By Thy Fruits reflects on time, anxiety, flesh, and spirit. Omedetō follows one friend fulfilling a shared dream while questioning where the other went.

🎟️ All films are free and ready to be discovered. Reserve your tickets today

For fans of bold, boundary-pushing nonfiction cinema, this program is a must-see.A Distorted Individual follows Individu...
09/15/2025

For fans of bold, boundary-pushing nonfiction cinema, this program is a must-see.

A Distorted Individual follows Individual Distortion after 18 years in the underground music scene as he pursues Indonesia’s most prestigious music awards, confronting challenges that test his identity and ambitions.

It is paired with The Helmet, a poetic exploration of loss and mystery across the North-South Korea border, and GIVE ME THE MONEY, an experimental documentary short hand-animated on Super 8mm exploring a trans nonbinary performer in Seattle’s underground punk scene.

This block features the world premiere of A Distorted Individual and promises to be one of the highlights of the festival.

🎟️ Admission is free. Reserve your tickets today

Two powerful stories from Romania, both intimate and unforgettable.The Song of Aida follows a Roma woman as she fights f...
09/14/2025

Two powerful stories from Romania, both intimate and unforgettable.

The Song of Aida follows a Roma woman as she fights for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the camp where she grew up. Shot over more than a decade, it features footage from 2002, 2008, and 2014, along with poetic animations that illuminate her inner world.

Appalachia tells the tale of Leo, a 17-year-old biker, and Raisa, a pastor’s daughter in a small conservative village. Their love faces impossible obstacles from communitarianism and religious fanaticism.

🎟️ Celebrate these achievements of contemporary Romanian cinema at KCUFF. Admission is free. Reserve your tickets today!

Spend all day Saturday with us at KCUFF and get your dose of underground cinema straight into your veins.Start at 12:30 ...
09/13/2025

Spend all day Saturday with us at KCUFF and get your dose of underground cinema straight into your veins.

Start at 12:30 with Dirtbag American Cinema (Affectionate) and ride the wave through the day all the way to KCUFF’s Late Night Magical Emporium for the Weird and Depraved at 9:00 pm. Watch scrappy lo-fi dramas, twisted comedies, surreal shorts, and a whole lot of TAB-fueled chaos.

We are normal people and KCUFF is a totally normal, cool thing that you should devote your entire day to. Forsake your friends and family. Join us for a full day of movies, madness, and pure underground joy.

🎟️ All screenings are free. Reserve your tickets now

On sale tonight! This year's shirt was designed by and printed by Stock is limited, so get yours ASAP!
09/12/2025

On sale tonight! This year's shirt was designed by and printed by

Stock is limited, so get yours ASAP!

Kick off KCUFF 2025 tonight with a night of chaos, comedy, and wild wins!Heads or Fails follows Armande Pigeon, the quee...
09/12/2025

Kick off KCUFF 2025 tonight with a night of chaos, comedy, and wild wins!

Heads or Fails follows Armande Pigeon, the queen of shenanigans in Brussels, as her gambling obsession lands her on the wrong side of luck. One night she hits a winning streak that changes everything. It is Uncut Gems meets The Greasy Strangler and one of the funniest, most outrageous films of the year.

Paired with Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild, a hilarious tale of the last Beethoven descendant with no musical talent trying to cash in on their heritage.

🎟️ Opening night is free and not to be missed. Reserve your tickets!

Chaos, comedy, and cosmic punk rock collide in this outrageous triple feature.Jit follows a wannabe thug uncovering dark...
09/11/2025

Chaos, comedy, and cosmic punk rock collide in this outrageous triple feature.

Jit follows a wannabe thug uncovering dark secrets in a senior trailer park. Don't Buy the Liverwurst follows a washed-up novelty musician trying to resurrect his career after his agent dies. Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake is punk rock, aliens, and family lessons all rolled into one wild ride.

Join us for the second screening of opening night with filmmakers in attendance. It is free and promises to be a blast. Reserve your tickets today!

Two films. Zero compromise. Pure underground cinema.MÉCHANT! was shot on a shoestring budget in rural France and is ever...
09/10/2025

Two films. Zero compromise. Pure underground cinema.

MÉCHANT! was shot on a shoestring budget in rural France and is everything KCUFF was built to showcase: bizarre, enigmatic, and endlessly creative. You have never seen anything like it.

It plays with All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones, a poetic and unsettling vision of faith, family, and fractured dreams.

🚨 Do not miss this double feature. Admission is free. Reserve your tickets today

Unsettling. Hilarious. Downright terrifying.The KCUFF Horror Shorts block is back, one of our most popular programs ever...
09/09/2025

Unsettling. Hilarious. Downright terrifying.

The KCUFF Horror Shorts block is back, one of our most popular programs every year, bringing the best spine-chilling submissions from around the world, from South Korea to Argentina. Creepy, irreverent, and unforgettable.

⚠️ Side effects may include fainting, puking, or peeing your pants.

🎟️ Admission is free, but seats vanish fast. Reserve yours now!

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