Brennan Tilley

Brennan Tilley joined Calgary Underground Film Festival as a Programmer in 2008. He has been Lead Programmer and Operations Manager since 2012 . A documentary festival offshoot was launched in 2013. Brennan joined Calgary International Film Festival in 2004. He assumed the role of Shorts Programmer in 2015. While Shorts Programmer, CIFF gained Academy Award qualifying status and experienced a surge in submissions and attendance by Canadian and international short filmmakers. Brennan recently completed a four year stint as President of the Calgary Cinematheque and chaired the Cinematheque’s Programming Committee for six seasons.
Other programming: ArtCity, FairyTales International Queer Film Festival, Contemporary Calgary (WILD: Fabricating a Frontier), TELUS Spark (Monster Movies series).