Contingency
Contingency uses the history of the $100 Film Festival to contemplate how random events can shape people’s lives. Several times along the way, the idea for the festival very nearly died in obscurity. In addition to new footage, I used clips from my earlier films, so if you are familiar with my films, you will get more from this film.
The $100 Film Festival screened Contingency as the first film on Saturday night (2012 March 10). The screening began at 7:00 p.m. in the Stanford Perrott Lecture Theatre in the Alberta College of Art and Design (1407-14 Ave NW). More information on their website: http://100dollarfilmfestival.org/fest2011/
The film won the Best of Alberta Award.
$100 Film Festival Best of Alberta Award
I post updates for this project on my blog: dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/category/film-projects/contingency/
I plan to transfer the film to video and post it on-line in the near future.
You can read a brief review of my film at More $100 Film Festival Reviews by Tim Zak.
I am very proud of the $100 Film Festival. However, as I think back to how I came up with the idea, there were many times when it could have simply died as an idea. In a broader view of the world, there is so much of what we have today didn’t have to be.
I made this film on 16mm film, but used the work print to create the film in the same way I would a Super 8 film.
Because of the structure of the film I wasn’t able to list any of the other people who helped with the film on the film itself. Of course no film is ever made by one person, so here is a list of some of the people who contributed in some way to this film.
Yvonne Abusow
Wayne Bernier
Clarence Boudreau
Warren Brunt
Alan Cave
Kevin Chinook
Rick Doe
Doris Findlay
Carol Gluszko
Stephen Hanon
Varnia Henry
Linda Hills
Howard Horwitz
Brian Howland
Keith D. Humphrey
Andy Jaremko
David Jones
Louis Koutis
Rietta Peters Martell
Charles Morison
Doreen Morison
James Beattie Morison (my father)
Glenn Morison
Keith Morison
Niagara Film Services
Vip Patel
Gord Pepper
Bernie Saint Pierre
Somjai Santiratikul
Pamela M. Sears
Walter B. Shepherd
Janice Starko
Neil Taylor
Myreil Wei
Melanie Wilmink
Rob Willcox
Michael R. Willis
Jinwei Zhang
Some people from Wayne Bernier’s SAIT film class whose name I forget
That guy who walked up to the Plaza door, who I didn’t talk to because he ruined the shot, that then turned out to be the most important shot in the film
