Calgary Independent Film Festival

Run by the , the $100 Film Festival, originally the Calgary Independent Film Festival runs each March in Calgary.

Created in 1991 by the CSIF shortly after the Canada Council, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Calgary Region Art Foundation started funding arts-based filmmaking in the Calgary area, the $100 film festival has always encouraged local film projects, and exhibition of indigenous film.

The festival showcases the work of local and regional independent artists working with traditional film. Spanning 3 days, it showcases the work of local, national and international filmmakers. The festival started as a challenge for filmmakers to make a low budget movie (with Super 8 film) for under $100. In later years, the CSIF changed the rules to allow filmmakers to work with 16 mm film and increased the budget. However, the $100 Film Festival still works to embody the spirit of low-budget film making and has become a popular event in Calgary.

The 16th Annual $100 Film Festival will be hosted on March 13- 15, 2008, 7pm at the Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Rd NW

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