Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Narrative Features
10th Annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
May 22nd – 26th
THE 10TH ANNUAL MAMMOTH LAKES FILM FESTIVAL (MLFF)
Check out our Narrative Features!
You will laugh, you will cry, and you will definitely be inspired.
Wed. May 22nd – Sun. May 26th, 2024.
EARLY BIRD PASS SALE ENDS TONIGHT!
Individual Tickets now available!
CLICK HERE FOR FULL FEATURE LINE-UP
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INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE
BRANDO WITH A GLASS EYE (Greece) Run Time 102 min
Directed by Antonis Tsonis
West Coast Premiere
Fri. May 24 @ 1:30pm
English Subtitles
Athens, Greece. A method actor commits a heist that goes wrong. He befriends the critically injured victim and tries to reconcile his guilt before his one shot audition in New York.
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N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
THE LAST NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF DEATH (USA) Run Time 79 min
Directed by Isaiah Brody
World Premiere
Fri. May 24 @ 4:00pm
Every night, Death comes to take care of people who move on from here to forever. But this night – tonight – something has changed, and Death is confronted with the possibility that there is no longer any use for his kind.
Screens with Short: Acid Green
A dog, a bus shelter, acid and…
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INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE
THE COMPLEX FORMS (Italy) Run Time 74 min
Directed by Fabio D’Orta
West Coast Premiere
Fri. May 24 @ 8:30pm
English Subtitles
There’s an ancient villa where desperate people have an opportunity to revive their fortunes by selling their bodies to mysterious entities in exchange for money. A series of strange and sinister events prompts three unlikely guests to band together for a desperate escape.
Screens with Short: Freerunner
is the narrative of Simon Nogueira, Freerunner, Parkour champion and poet. With his invisible wings, he dances 300 meters above the ground, laden with a gentle laugh and ancient sorrows.
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N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
PSYKOHDRAME (USA) Run Time 50 min
Directed by Miles Blim
World Premiere
Sat. May 25 @ 12:30pm
A group of out-of-work actor friends take a trip to revitalize their friendships and work on Chekhov scenes, but the scenes take on a life and power of their own, revealing secrets and repressed memories in a fractured and dreamlike psychodrama.
Screens with Short: Flail
It’s her boss’s birthday, and Allie is trying as hard as she can.
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N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
ALL I’VE GOT AND THEN SOME (USA) Run Time 79 min
Directed by Tehben Dean and Rasheed Stephens
Sat. May 25 @ 2:30pm
SCREENING SPONSOR – BLACK TIE ADVENTURE RENTALS
Rasheed, a homeless stand-up comedian living out of his car in Los Angeles, does everything he can to make each day the best day of his life, one day closer to accomplishing his dream.
Screens with Short: Beyond Failure
After falling down a YouTube hole, a woman thinks she can hip thrust her way out of dealing with her potentially harmful internal monologue.
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N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
ATIKAMEKW SUNS (Canada) Run Time 103 min
Directed by Chloé Leriche
Sat. May 25 @ 5:00pm
A documentary/fiction hybrid about the coverup of a crime against a Native American family, freely inspired by the dreams, impressions, and memories of the victims’ loved ones.
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INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE
CU LI NEVER CRIES (Vietnam) Run Time 92 min
Directed by Phạm Ngọc Lân
West Coast Premiere
Sun. May 26 @2:45pm
English Subtitles
A woman clings to fading links to her past after inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband; meanwhile, her niece prepares for marriage and the young couple ponder an uncertain future together. The present and the complex echoes of Vietnamese history intertwine with a contemplative and poetic perspective.
Screens with Short: Mia
Love. Loss. Grief. Obsession.
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INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE
OFFAL BROTH (United Kingdom) Run Time 75 min
Directed by Nicholas Tuck
North American Premiere
Sun. May 26 @ 5:00pm
Anne and Daniel spend their lives pushing each other’s limits: testing how much the other cares – no matter how it affects those around them. However, when Anne goes too far and Daniel’s mother makes plans for him to move out, they must find ways to stay together for as long as possible, escalating to toxic new heights.
Screens with Short: Fishing
Sixteen-year-old Lola has been stuck in her room for three days; she confesses to a camcorder the secret keeping her locked inside.
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