Mammoth Lakes Film Festival facts for kids
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| Location | Mammoth Lakes, California, Mono County, California, Eastern Sierra |
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| Founded | 2015 |
| Founded by | Shira Dubrovner |
| Festival date | Memorial Day Weekend |
The Mammoth Lakes Film Festival is a five-day film festival that screens independent features and shorts in Mammoth Lakes, California, a mountain resort town in the Eastern Sierra. The festival, founded by Shira Dubrovner in 2015 with Paul Sbrizzi as director of programming, takes place over Memorial Day weekend each year, and was named as one of the Top 50 Festivals Worth The Entry Fee by Moviemaker Magazine in 2016 and 2017.
Festivals
2015
The 2015 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival was held May 27–30, 2015. The event opened with the film Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, and closed with Cartel Land. The Jury Judges were Andrew Lazar, Kristanna Loken, Larry Meistrich, Allison Amon, Yana Gorskaya, Kathleen Kinmont, Kimberley Browning, and Breven Angaelica Warren.
2016
The 2nd Annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival was held May 25–29, 2016. The festival opened with the film Operation Avalanche (film). Joe Dante was presented with the Sierra Spirit Award. The festival Jury Judges were John Fiedler, Kelly Leow, John Wirth (television producer), Allison Amon, John Scheinfeld, Katherine Tulich, Bojana Sandic, and Amanda Salazar.
2017
The 3rd Annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival was held May 24–28, 2017. The event opened with the film Up In Smoke, with actor Tommy Chong in-person for a question-and-answer panel following the screening. The Sierra Spirit Award was presented to John Sayles by Vincent Spano, following a screening of Baby It's You (film). The festival Jury Judges were Allison Amon, Judy Coppage, Devin Digonno, Zackary Gilyani, Jacques Thelemaque, Kelly Leow, Sandra Seeling Lipski, and Bobby Putka.
Awards
2015
- Audience Award for Narrative Feature -- They Look Like People - IMDb
- Audience Award for Documentary -- Omo Child: The River and the Bush - IMDb
- Jury Award for Narrative Feature -- Diamond Tongues - IMDb
- Jury Award for Documentary Feature -- Autism In Love - IMDb
- Jury Special Mention Bravery Award -- Cartel Land - IMDB
- Jury Award for Narrative Short -- Una Nit - IMDb
- Jury Honorable Mention for Narrative Short -- Upon The Rock - IMDb
- Jury Award for Animation or Documentary Short -- Tourist Trap - IMDb
- Jury Honorable Mention for Animation or Documentary Short -- The Tide Keeper - IMDb
2016
- Audience Award for Feature Narrative -- Buddymoon - IMDb
- Audience Award for Feature Documentary -- Learning to See (film) - IMDb
- Jury Award for Narrative Feature -- Bodkin Ras - IMDb
- Jury Award for Documentary Feature -- Sonita (film) - IMDb
- Jury Bravery Award Feature Documentary -- Under the Sun (2015 film) - IMDb
- Jury Special Mention Feature Narrative -- Mad - IMDb
- Jury Award for Narrative Short -- A Night in Tokoriki - IMDb
- Jury Honorable Mention for Narrative Short -- Tisure - IMDb
- Jury Award for Animation or Documentary Short -- The Second Life
- Jury Honorable Mention for Animation or Documentary Short -- The Night Stalker (2015 film) - IMDb
2017
- Audience Award for Feature Narrative -- Withdrawn - IMDb
- Audience Award for Feature Documentary -- Strad Style - IMDb
- Jury Award for Narrative Feature -- Space Detective (film) - IMDb
- Jury Award for Documentary Feature -- Strad Style - IMDb
- Jury Bravery Award Feature Documentary -- Forever B (film) - IMDb
- Jury Special Mention Feature Narrative -- The Great Unwashed (film) - IMDb
- Jury Award for Narrative Short -- Flowereyes
- Jury Special Mention Narrative Short -- Call Your Father - IMDb
- Jury Special Mention Narrative Short -- Sadhu in Bombay - IMDb
- Jury Award for Documentary Short -- 52-The Trolleybus - IMDb
- Jury Award for Animated Short -- Little Red Giant, The Monster That I Was - IMDB
- Jury Special Mention Animated Short -- Adam (2016 film) - IMDb
