The screening went well. They had a good turn out. They moved
the festival this year. The last few years it was at
the Plaza theatre, but this year they had it at
the
Alberta College of Art and Design in the Stanford
Perrott Lecture Theatre. The festival was there several times in the past. My
wife thought it was a better location for the festival.
The last time I went to the festival I only met a couple
people I knew. This time I met about a dozen. I did some promotion of the film,
but I only know of one person who came because of the promotion I did. He got
the date wrong and went to the Friday night screening.
After the films were finished, they announced the awards. I
was very pleased when they announced that
Contingency
had won the Best of Alberta award sponsored by
Calgary Economic
Development. That impressed my wife. I got a trophy designed by
George Duncan
The host, Nowell Berg (who hosted the first $100 Film
Festival) asked me to give a little speech. I said that I knew that while many
in the audience were film makers, many others had never made a film. I
challenged them to make a film for next year’s festival. I would really like to
see that happen.
After the screening, several people came over to me to say
they liked my film. That makes me feel good. I get a screening fee for the
film. That makes me feel good too.
I haven’t decided what to do with the film next. Ordinarily
I would look into getting some distribution of the film (Moviola showed
My Next Film),
but that requires I get releases for everything on the screen, and that would
be a nightmare to do. I've lost touch with some people and I never did know the
names of some other people. I haven’t decided what to do with
My Next Film either.
I do feel inspired to make another film for the festival.
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