
NOV 9-11 2023
NOV 9-11 2023

We are rolling out the red carpet at the close of the Mentone Film Festival. Awards will be given to the best film genres. Please arrive 15 minutes early to the 7:30 PM start time on Saturday, November 11th, 2023. Live entertainment to follow. Dress Code is Semi-Formal. Tickets $12
Best Feature: Bobcat Moretti - Rob Margolies
Best Adventure: Amazon Queen - Marlin Darrah
Best Comedy: Smile or Hug - Paul Sprangers
Best Western: Corsicana - Isiah Washington
Best Action: Pro God - Pro Gun - Rene Perez
Best International: Ms Rossi 2 - Pat Battistini
Best Student Short: The Red Robe Mystery
- Carly Gonzales & Abraham Campbell
Best Student Drama: The Sketch - Jasmin Valtierra Amado
Best Adventure Comedy: Your Package Has Been Delivered
- Allison Miller
Best Animation: Laika & Nemo - Jan Gadermann
Best Comedy Short: Baby - Matt Mitchell
Best Drama: That Night - Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
Best Music: This Ain't The Place I Wanna Be - Paul Gervasi
Best Romance: A Quarter of Silence - Tonny Yang
Best Short Film: Cha - Xiwen Miao
Best Thriller: Hackney Downs - Carl Earl-Ocran
Best Actress: Ana Isabel Rosso - Pro God - Pro Gun
Best Actor: Tim Realbuto - Bobcat Moretti
2023 MFA's......Fall, 2023
2022 MFF Selection; BOBCAT MORETTI (Drama): An obese MS patient takes up his late Father's sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and find inner peace. "Bobcat Moretti" was filmed over the course of ten months, allowing our lead actor to lose 154-pounds and embody the role. Starring: Tim Realbuto, Vivica A. Fox & Taryn Manning Directed by: Rob Margolies
2022 MFF Selection: Corsicana (Western - Thriller): Deputy United States Marshal Bass Reeves reunites with his former partner turned fugitive Sam Tanner. Joined by an ex Union Sharpshooter, they are in a race against time as they track Jack Donner and his vicious gang of killers to the oil-rich Texas town of Corsicana. Starring: Sta
2022 MFF Selection: Corsicana (Western - Thriller): Deputy United States Marshal Bass Reeves reunites with his former partner turned fugitive Sam Tanner. Joined by an ex Union Sharpshooter, they are in a race against time as they track Jack Donner and his vicious gang of killers to the oil-rich Texas town of Corsicana. Starring: Stacey Dash, Noel Gugliemi, & Isiah Washington Directed by: Isiah Washington
2022 MFF Selection; Pro God - Pro Gun (Action / Drama): In order to keep a promise, Vietnam War veteran, Colton, returns a precious locket to a fallen soldier's family. In doing so, this lost soul will find God, love and the fight of his life. Starring: Chase Bloomquist, Ana Isabel Rosso, & Joseph Camilleri Directed by: Rene Perez
2022 MFF Selection; Smile or Hug (Comedy): After being dumped on her 30th birthday, an online art teacher works through her loneliness with the help of her students, two best friends, and a box of homemade self-help tapes given to her by the mysterious "mind painter" Doc Garcia. Starring: Chelsea Javier & Danny Trejo Directed by: Paul Sprangers
2022 MFF Selection; Laika & Nemo (Animation): Nemo looks different. Nobody else wears a diving suit and a helmet that big. But then he meets Laika, an astronaut. Written & Directed by: Jan Gadermann
2022 MFF Selection; Blind Ambition: The Wop May Story (War /Military):
The inspiring life story of aviation pioneer Wilfred 'Wop' May, who fought the Red Baron, saved lives, and connected the world. Starring: Jesse Gervais Directed by: Frederick Kroetsch and Tom Robinson
2022 MFF Selection; The Bounty Men (Western): Daniel King, a retired militiaman, rides into a deserted Texas town to track down his latest bounty, a powerful war criminal named John Dooling.
Starring: Dylan Hobbs, Whit Kunschik, & Bailey Roberts Written & Directed by: Brent Bentman
2022 MFF Selection: Ms Rossi Takes The Cake (Ms Rossi 2, Comedy): Filmed in Italy by award winning director Pat Battistini. Starring: Sonia Barbadoro, Marco Caldoro & Federica Fabiani
2022 MFF Selection; That Night (Drama / Horror): A haunted veteran plagued by guilt and hallucinations struggles with the murder of an innocent civilian girl. Wishing to end it all as he tries to make sense of his past and fractured reality, a mysterious young woman changes everything. Starring: William Fichtner, Eva Hamilton, & Aaron Dalla Villa Directed by: Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
2022 MFF Selection; Amazon Queen (Adventure-Thriller): A group of tourists joins the Amazon Forest riverboat "Queen" as it ventures upriver, to visit indigenous villages and explore jungle habitats. But a dark cloud of thievery and menace thunders aboard, threatening all with death. Starring: Carly Diamond Stone, Carson Grant & Massi Furlan
2022 MFF Selection; The Della Morte Sisters (Drama): A recent death in the family brings three sisters together where they discover a shared dark past that changes everything they thought they knew about each other and their family. Starring: Isabella Azzariti, Debra Toscano, Judith Anna Di Donato, & Christian Kieber Directed by: Bill Sorvino
2022 MFF Selection; Baby (Comedy): He's not what you're expecting. Wear protection. When a man complains about the child at the next table, he sparks a feud with an infant which he doesn't understand and just can't win. Starring: Rachanee Lumayno & Brian Wallace Directed by: Matt Mitchell
2022 MFF Selection; Hackney Downs (Thriller/Drama): Old wounds resurface when a neurotic, overworked law grad is forced to face his estranged friend and former sparring partner, now an amateur boxer in East London.
Starring: Leonardo Taiwo, Kaine Buffonge, and Nicole Joseph
2022 MFF Selection; A Quarter of Silence (Romance): Two innocent young parents that lose their drive for affection and goes through one night of silence that reignites their proclivity for love. Starring: Tyler Aguallo & Simone Herrara Directed by: Tonny Yang
2022 MFF Selection; The Legend of Six Gun Shooter Shamus (Western): A retired sharpshooter practices his aim, but finds he's eerily out of touch. Starring: Sebastian Sage & Daniel Bardwell Written & Directed by: Ethan Messecar
2022 MFF Selections; Your Package Has Been Delivered! (Comedy): The Girl, who decides the only way to rid our society of the cyclical torture of online shopping is to take down the last chain of delivery; the postal service. Her strategy begins with stealing packages off of the porches of unsuspecting homeowners. As she embarks on her
2022 MFF Selections; Your Package Has Been Delivered! (Comedy): The Girl, who decides the only way to rid our society of the cyclical torture of online shopping is to take down the last chain of delivery; the postal service. Her strategy begins with stealing packages off of the porches of unsuspecting homeowners. As she embarks on her Robin Hood-esc journey she spirals deeper into realizing the devastation that has already been caused by extreme consumerism. Directed by: Alli Miller
2022 MFF Selection; Cha (Adventure / Drama): In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, life for Jiho, a second-generation Korean American man, and his Grandma seem to be getting gradually worse day by day. Losing Grandma will wake an urge in him to find out more about his culture. Starring: Joy Sung Kim Directed & Written by: Xiwen Miao
2022 MFF Selection; Path of the Damned (Western): After discovering the gruesome murder of his father, a farmer journeys into a nearby town where he discovers the secret past of his beloved dad. Starring: Andrew Johnsen & Kevin Carney
2022 MFF Selection; Involuntary Wingman (Comedy): Faced with the threat of blackmail, sixteen-year-old David is forced by Owen the incel to get him a date with his crush Sierra. But when the relationship proves impossible, David teams up with Sierra to take him down. Starring: Abasi Ekpenyon & Aaron MacPherson Directed by: Alex Ef
2022 MFF Selection; Fake It (Thriller): When a young woman witnesses a murder without the murderer knowing, now she has to do everything she can to get out of that situation alive. Starring: Travis Danner, Ariana Jimenez, & DJ Tinaz Directed by: Tonny Yang
2022 MFF Selection; Tales of the Natchez Trace (Western): This film explores the many amazing and horrifying stories about land pirates and thieves along the Natchez Trace in the early 1800s. The story will follow both fictional and real life characters on an adventure along the infamous road. Directed by: Travis Mills
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Best Thriller - Fuelled
Best Short Film - Farewell Mr. Baker
Best Western - Milk for Violence
Best Feature - Prospectors "The Forgiven"
Best Comedy - Bandwidth - Pat Battistini
Best Family Film - Younger Days
Best Military Short - The 11th Order
Best War Documentary - Sacrificing Liberty
Best Cast - Loop Station
Best International Film - Suspension Bridge
Best Actress - Mia Angelique
From the film; Loop Station (Korean)
Best Thriller - MIMIC - Zachary Debedout
Best Animation - Tapped Out - Logan Webb
Best Western - Aurora - Thomas Negovan, Aaron Sharps
Best Feature - Stray Dogs - Adam Gascho
Best Comedy - Ms. Rossi - Pat Battistini
Best Romance - Mountain - Will Westgate, Hazuki Takada
Best Feature: Drug Addiction - Marcos Valandinos
Best Documentary: Zanja Creek - Ted Hayash
Best Western: Gage - Keith Kopp
Best Stop-Motion: Expend - Bismark Fernandes
Best International: Mauvaises Têtes - Rebekah Fieschi
Best Horror: Mommy's Little Monster - Patrick Green
Best Comedy: D for Doc's - Joe Sikoryak
Best Drama: Tin Can - Pat Battistini
Orbaker Award for most inspirational film:
The Last Doll Lady - Taryn Hough
2022 MFA's, November 11th, 2022
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