Mammoth Film Festival

MAMMOTH LAKES, CA — The Mammoth Film Festival selection committee today announced the lineup of films for the Feature Film and Short Film Competitions at the 2008 Mammoth Film Festival. The announcement was made by MFF Program Director, Brian Hammers. The films accepted into competition were chosen out of hundreds of submitted films from around the world. Features and shorts will compete in two separate contests, and the feature film contest will culminate in Mammoth Film Festival’s traditional elimination-style tournament.

The 2008 Mammoth Film Festival will take place November 13-23, 2008, in Mammoth Lakes, California. Winners will be announced at the Festival Awards Party on November 22nd, where six awards will be presented: one award for Best Short Film; four Best in Category awards to feature film finalists in documentary, foreign, drama, and comedy/musical; and the festival’s top award, Best Picture, for the top overall feature film. The Best Picture and Best Short Film winners will also receive a digital distribution prize package, provided by New World Digital Entertainment.

A full listing of films, as well as information on screenings and passes for the festival, is available on the official website at www.mammothfilmfestival.com.

Films accepted into the 2008 feature film competition:

Off Off Broadway (Jeff Huston – U S A)
Tattooed (Declan Maynes – Austria, Ireland)
The Music Lesson (Virginia Galloway – U S A)
Who’s Got the Power? (Casey Coates Danson – U S A)
Courting Condi (Sebastian Doggart – U S A)
Committing Poetry in Times of War (S Stavros – U S A)
Lumia (Vlachos/Finkelstein – U S A)
Turlock, A Historical Documentary (Dustin Veneman – U S A)
The Promise of New York (Raul Barcelona – U S A)
The Unwinking Gaze (Joshua Dugdale – Canada, United Kingdom)
Guyville Redux (Aware Records – U S A)
Secrets to Love (Tracie Donahue – U S A)
Lumpur: The Story of the Indonesian Mud Disaster (Sharon Madanes – U S A)
Food Fight (Chris Taylor – U S A)
Under the Skin (Billy Burke – U S A, Japan)
JJ’s Journey, A Journey About Autism (Lori Ciccarelli – U S A)
The Jill and Tony Curtis Story (Eric Ellena – U S A)
Beauty 24 (Steve Gatlin – U S A)
Autodoc (Brian Elerding – U S A)
Ayaa (Jason Margolis – Canada)
Kill Kill Faster Faster (Gareth Maxwell Roberts – Netherlands, U S A, United Kingdom)
HomeLand (Christopher Young – U S A)
Leaving Barstow (Peter Paige – U S A)
Jim and the Infidels (Rick Algarosa – U S A)
the two men (Aleksandr Sokolyn – U S A)
Come Together (Charles Unger – U S A)
Vanaja (Rajnesh Domalpalli – India, U S A)
Report On the State Of Man (Etienne Demers-Boyer – Canada)
Project Mindlog (Steffen F. Kaminski – Germany)
MASA (Glenn Keone – U S A)

Films accepted into the 2008 short film competition:

For Tomorrow (Kenneth Kokin – Argentina, U S A)
Crema Suprema (Ellenora Ventura – Canada)
Fun On Earth (Jesse Gordon – U S A)
In The Wind (Martin Papazian – U S A)
The Rhapsody (Max Cusimano – U S A)
School of Thought (Tony Perri – U S A)
Old Dogs (Jonathan Fahn – U S A)
Alternative (Andrew Swan – U S A)
Via Bearzi (Michael Bearzi – U S A)
The Double (Rani DeMuth – U S A)
Thus to Tyrants (Joshua Smith – U S A)
Nancy Picks & Chooses (Sean Fahey – U S A)
September 12th (Matthew Lewis – U S A)
Cam2Cam (Davy Sihali – France)
Water Falls (Isaac Ergas – U S A)
The Offering (Paul Lee – Canada)
Waiting (Lisa Demaine – U S A)
The Gallery (Russell Aziz – U S A)
The Long Wooden Tobogganist (Andrew Wall – Canada)
The Response (Adam Rodgers – U S A)
The Cushioned and Lazy (Heidi Zienty – U S A)
Class Savage (Matt Zien (Canada)
August (Jay Gammill – U S A)
Positive Prognosis (Peter Ladkani – Germany)
The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato’s Allegory in Clay (Michael Ramsey – U S A)
Struck (Nathan Lorch – U S A)
The Legend of Hell’s Gate (Tanner Beard – U S A)
Wedding Jimmy (Lisa Pescia – U S A)
Trunk (Christopher D’Elia – U S A)
Dance Club (Jason Weisbrod – U S A)
Jawbone (Matt Hish – U S A)
First (Nick Sivakumaran – U S A)
Interpretation (Lin Oeding – U S A)
The Speeding Ticket (Danny Strauss – U S A)

About Mammoth Film Festival

Mammoth Film Festival is an annual winter film festival in Mammoth Lakes, California, home of the Mammoth Mountain ski resort. The Festival includes two film competitions, and accepts a broad range of entries for both the short and feature film categories. The main competition for feature films is a unique, first-of-its-kind elimination tournament.

With over 1.5 million annual skier visits, Mammoth Mountain is currently the third most frequented resort in the United States. Along with world-class skiing, the town of Mammoth Lakes also offers premiere dining, accommodations, and resort activities.

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