
FALL 2022
FALL 2022

Best Thriller - Fuelled
Best Short Film - 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 - Korean film, Loop Station
Best International Film - Suspension Bridge
Best Actress - Mia Angelique
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2021 MFF Selection; The Keeper (Thriller): The distance between longing and obsession is closer than you think. Starring: Betsy Adkins Johnson & Bob Celli
2021 MFF Selection; Divertimento (Mystery, Thriller): A chess player haunted by a tragic past, is given an opportunity to participated in a mysterious game.
Starring: Kellan Lutz & Torrey DeVitto
2021 MFF Selection; Bandwidth (Comedy): Frank's important online job interview goes south due to his family on "stay at home" virus precautions. Directed by 2 time Mentone Film Award Winner....Pat Battistini
2021 MFF Selection; Miracle In The Valley (Western, Family): A 13-year-old girl, born out of wedlock, is scorned by many in her small town. She struggles to find her place in the world and desperately searches for the truth about her real father. Starring: Pat Boone, Emily Hoffman, Ed Asner, & Diane Ladd
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 Friday, November 12th, 2021. The Dress Code is Semi-Formal. Tickets $10
Miracle In The Valley: (run time: 95 minutes)
Prospectors: "The Forgiven": (run time: 94 minutes)
The Girl Who Wore Freedom
The Invisible Project
Sacrificing Liberty (part 1 & 2)
A Bad Choice: (western) A familiar woman meets an outlaw.
Accommodations: (comedy short) Two guys just want to eat!
ANAM (animation): Saul, a forest god of death, collects the souls of dead animals for ages. But one day, an animal stands out to him.
Arizona 1878: (western short) By chance and fortuitously, two prisoners from the prison of the state of Yuma, Ted Logan (Micky Molina) and Ricardo Montero (José Varela) meet with freedom, in the future, a desert and an adventure that runs, Indians and an implacable Marshall.
Bandwidth (comedy short): Frank's important online job interview goes south due to his family on "stay at home" virus precautions. Directed by 2 time Mentone Film Award Winner....Pat Battistini
Bart's Revenge: (western short) A bored barman takes a nap but soon finds that all is not as it seems in this old Western tavern.
Blanche: (drama short) Virginia tells Cristian, a boy she is dating, the story of her father, a cross-dresser. That same evening he will perform, interpreting Blanche's monologue from "A Streetcar Named Desire".
Cold Shoulder: (animation) A young girl named Minnie lives in the mountains with her family, but runs away from home after hearing her parents arguing.
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir (thriller short): Chateau Sauvignon: terroir' follows the isolated adolescent son of a storied vintner family who finds himself torn between obeying his father’s callous restrictions and preventing his ailing mother from deteriorating further.
Cry Harder: (family drama) Lyn and her Grandfather band together to make her emotionless father cry in an effort to bring out his humanity.
Divertimento (thriller short): Jonas Olsen, a chess player haunted by a tragic past, is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, Divertimento.
Dobbs' Cowboys: (western short) Walt wants a decent job in the city, but he doesn't get it. Looking for a better life, he associates with three friends and together they embark on a trip to Gila Valley in search of gold.
Farewell Mr. Baker: (comedy short) A lone college professor strives to expose the flaws in our education system.
Fledgling: (animation) A mom tries to bond with her distant son before he leaves for college.
From Troy with Love: (animation) In ancient Greece, an artist finds himself trapped inside the trojan horse and has to go to war.
Fuelled: (thriller short) Fuelled tells the animated story of a housewife on the path of revenge for her late husband.
Golden Hour 12: (drama short) Lorenzo is a young bicycle rider who delivers food every day with the EAT app.
Heirs: (drama short) Two brothers, Julia and Luis, meet to receive their father's inheritance. What they do not expect is having to overcome their differences with one last test and thus know if they are worthy heirs.
Helicopter Mom: (animation) A preteen girl who has an overly protecting helicopter mom with a head propeller tries to escape from her mom.
Hollow Walls: (thriller short) Hollow Walls follows a woman trapped in her home during a post-apocalyptic event.
Homefish: (comedy short) A young man stuck indoors all day finds himself with an overactive imagination.
Killer Miller: (western short) Follows the most feared and respected Texas Ranger of them all, Henry “Killer” Miller, as he trails a couple of murderous, outlaw brothers.
Kommando 1944: (war drama short) An Asian American soldier is thrown into a Nazi work camp in Germany. The allied soldiers think he is a Japanese soldier and segregate him.
Loop Station: (comedy short) Two strangers who meet at the bus stop show competitive musical spirit.
Lost Rhoades: (western short) A man charged with protecting a gold mine must choose where his loyalties lie: with Native American gods or a childhood friend.
Lotus: (thriller short) In a dystopian future; the countries, whose lands are getting smaller due to rising sea levels, invest in Lotus, a foundation independent from all the countries in the world. Lotus, the lexical meaning of which is ‘rebirth’, builds colonies in new planets for the countries in danger of extinction
Milk for Violence: (western short) An escaped convict terrorizes Plymouth Flats.
Miracle in the Valley: (western, family feature film) A 13-year-old girl, born out of wedlock, is scorned by many in her small town. She struggles to find her place in the world and desperately searches for the truth about her real father.
On / Off: (animation) Endless distractions threaten to destroy creativity.
On the Edge: (western short) A pioneer woman finds herself alone on the road to the conquest of the West... Her husband tragically dead, she goes alone in unknown land in the hope of finding their last horse.
O Wimbowe: (comedy short) As usual, people are grumpy on the subway.
Psychophonic: (thriller short) During a full moon night, a cat is trapped inside a spooky house where a gramophone is playing, the cat will discover a secret while trying to escape and run for his life.
Pandl: (comedy short): Radu buys a lovely present for this wife Reba.. However, things don't go the way he expected.
Pawns Among the Clouds: (drama short) Luisa, an elderly lady marked by the pains of life, will soon have to leave the house where she has always lived to move to a retirement home. Her life will take a turn after meeting Dario, a young man sent by a cooperative to take care of Luisa.
Prospectors "The Forgiven" (western feature) The Steady escalation of crime in a growing town right after the civil war has an effect on several locals as to how to deal with the travelers and gold prospectors.
Sacrificing Liberty: (war documentarrty series part 1 & 2) June 8th, 1967...The Day the world was six minutes from World War 3.
S.A.D. The Movie: (animation) A boy creates space adventures with his toys. As summer break arrives, he travels with his parents to the Scottish highlands, but a storm puts his imagination to the test, and his fate will depend on it.
School Girl Mini-Ski Rhapsody: (comedy short - Japanese subtitled film) Two high school girls find themselves at odds when it comes to mini-skiing and the value of being a winner.
Speed Dating (comedy short): A modest programmer and an artist of tombstone portraits look for love at a speed dating night, where their inner voices are present and there are no adequate people to talk to.
Summertime Summertime: (drama short) In the summer of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Qin Huai, who will soon be 10 years old, accidentally learns that his good friend He Zhijie's father is seriously sick.
Suspension Bridge (comedy short): A stranger meets a suicidal young man on a bridge.
Tacet: (animation)A farm of instrument animals welcomes a new member who finds a different way to fit in.
Talk to Me: (comedy short) Aaron is not able to fulfill his job,, torturing a guy, because of his girlfriend's texts. He seeks the nearest advice available.
Tao Yuan: (animation) When his grandma takes the last peach, a boys imagination runs wild.
The 11th Order: (war action/drama short) Base on a true story, two U.S. Marines have to make a quick decision to save 150 lives.
The Crusade of Felipe Espinoza: (western short) Set in 1860's Colorado, two Hispanic fugitives remain elusive after murdering dozens of Anglo-Americans -- a lifestyle rooted in the aftermath of a recent culture clash. Decades of ill-treatment against their heritage and families is their fuel for a bloody rebellion. Inspired by true events.
The Girl Who Wore Freedom: (war documentary feature) The story of D-Day and the liberation of.
The Invisible Project: (documentary feature) This documentary follows women in the military and the challenges they face.
The Keeper: (thriller short) A woman has a pleasant meeting while speed-dating
The Steins (thriller short): The Steins follows a dysfunctional family and their eventual downfall.
There is a Man on the Train from Dallas to San Antonio: (western short) A mysterious detective, a cursed painter and an Arab woman are traveling on a night train. At the arrival station the police will be waiting for them.
Toshie the Nihilist: (drama short) Cryptocurrency exchange secretary Toshie ought to be celebrating the release of her boyfriend from jail. Instead, a freak accident compels her to swim from Japan to Hawaii with the child of an American-Vietcong war hero.
Younger Days: (family drama) A young guitarist attempts to reconnect with his father, who has dementia, through his music. Although when opportunities arise, the musician must choose between his family and his future.
Zanja Creek: Local residents recount the history of the Zanja Creek. 2019 MFA Award Winning film (Best Documentary)
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01/17
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
2021 MFA's, November 12th, 2021
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