# Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

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 -
* International Narrative Feature Grand Jury Award -- Cold Breath -
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

### 2018

* Jury Special Mention Documentary Feature -- Buddha.mov - IMDb

### 2022

* Jury Award for Best North American Narrative Feature -- The Civil Dead - IMDB

### 2023

* Jury Award for Best US Documentary Feature – A Still Small Voice

## Footnotes

* ↑ 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2016, MovieMaker, April 6, 2016
* ↑ 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2017, MovieMaker, April 17, 2017
* ↑ Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2017: An Oasis of Intimacy in the Vast Mountain Night, MovieMaker, July 27, 2017
* ↑ Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2015, Tiny Mix Tapes, July 27, 2015
* ↑ Something About Mammoth: Come to Mammoth Lakes Film Festival for the Line-up, Stay for Springtime in NorCal, MovieMaker, September 12, 2016
* ↑ MAMMOTH LAKES FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILM ROSTER AND FOUR GALA EVENTS – MAY 24th – 28th, 2017, The Hollywood Times, May 1, 2017
* ↑ “Cartel Land” reviewed, and Mammoth Lakes Film Festival awards, People's World, June 15, 2015
* ↑ Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2016 Winners Announced, Brave New Hollywood, June 1, 2016
* ↑ 2017 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Winners List, LATF USA, May 30, 2017
* ↑ "Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Awards 'My Name Is Myeisha'". Variety. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
* ↑ "MLFF 2023 Winners". Mammoth Lakes Film Festival. May 29, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2023.