The 2oth annual $100 Film Festival was over the weekend and, as always, it was extremely inspiring.
I’ve scoured the internet to find a few of the films that played at the festival that specifically stood out for me.
Of course, not everything is online so this is by no means a definitively list.
Before I start the show, I just want to congratulate $100 Film Festival programmer Melanie Wilmink on her fantastic final festival as she leaves the organization to explore new worlds.
For my money, she raised the calibre of the festival every year she ran it and, I hope, one day she’ll program another festival.
The $100 Film Festival is over now but this trailer for the festival is just too good not to admire.
It comes courtesy of three extremely clever guys – Chris Bragg, Murray Smith & Voytek Jarmula.
The newly found copy of the silent comedy film “The Battle of Karencebes!” The almost true story of the events of 1788, one of the greatest military blunders in recorded history! Jurg and Tobias, the two scamps, play well-meaning, albiet mischievous Austrian scouts that set off the calamity of errors that end up in 10,000 dead Austrian soldiers without the Turkish Army firing a single shot in the famous Battle of Karansebes!
Runtime: 10:21
Cast: Beau Baker, Chris Gamble, Brendan Hunter, Sonja Bogdanovska, Melody Jacobson, Bryan Bayley, Erica Bayley, Marj Black, Rita Murphy, Chengis Javeri, Christopher Hutchens, Marc Vandergraaf, Charles Sargent, Gerrit Klumpenhower, Dan Blacklock, Luke Black
Thanks to everyone at the Boomtown Film & Music Festival for the opportunity to be a part of the festival!
I regret that I can`t attend but it looks like it is going to be an awesome festival and I hope that everyone who can attend does (and let me know how the screening goes)!
For whatever reason, I was directed to the Vimeo account of one Scott Fitzpatrick and while while browsing his films I realized I’d already seen one at last year’s $100 Film Festival.
The film is called Down and is a great super 8 one take film that friend’s of mine and I have been talking about since we saw it because the transition technique is so fun and well accomplished.
