Accidence (film) explained

Accidence
Director:Guy Maddin
Evan Johnson
Galen Johnson
Producer:Juliette Hagopian
Music:Ensign Broderick
Cinematography:Lianed Marcoleta
Ryan Simmons
Editing:Evan Johnson
Galen Johnson
Studio:JuliJette
Distributor:Six Shooter Pictures
Runtime:9 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Accidence is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, and released in 2018.[1] The film, a continuous nine-minute shot, focuses on an apartment block and depicts the diverse events, both major and minor, taking place on balconies.[1]

The film premiered at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival, as an accompaniment to a screening of his 2017 feature film The Green Fog.[2] It had its North American premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Jessica Kiang, "Berlin: Behind the Scenes With Guy Maddin’s ‘Accidence’". Variety, February 26, 2018.
  2. https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-green-fog-berlin-review/5126875.article "'The Green Fog': Berlin Review"
  3. https://nowtoronto.com/movies/tiff-2018-canadian-films-rob-stewart/ "TIFF 2018: Rob Stewart, Denys Arcand, Jennifer Baichwal films among Canadian titles"
  4. https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/tiff-canadas-top-ten-2018/ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year"