Calgary International Film Festival Primer 2009

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
As it heads into year 10, the Calgary International Film Festival is fighting hard to gain the financial stability needed for its long-term security and growth. Now it’s time to pull out  the big guns, both legal and creative.

Making Movie Magic
The Calgary International Film Festival hopes to find its niche in the festival establishment by giving the limelight to fine filmmakers on the fringe.

Best of Alberta
Honouring short films that make a big impact.

CIFF By The Numbers

•  $2 million+ Annual operatin budget (including cash and in-kind contributions)

• 100+ Countries showing films at CIFF

• 10 days of film festival

• $25,000 Mavericks prize money — the largest international feature-film cash award in Canad

• 650 Volunteers

• 10,000 volunteer hours

• 38 average age of festival attendees

• 92% attendees age of festival attendees

• 200 visiting and international and regional delegates

• 50,000 total attendence in 2008

• 188 film screenings scheduled for 2009

• 1,000 annual film submissions to CIFF

• $2 the number of additional dollars it takes CIFF to operate for every dollar in ticket sales