Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, May 22-26

On Memorial Day Weekend, Mammoth will host the 10th annual Mammoth Lake Film Festival featuring independent films and shorts. It has been named in the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee by Movie Maker for the past nine years.

Some notable entries have been Damsel starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska and Netflix’s Abducted in Plain Sight.

“We take chances on talented but little-known artists and are committed to discovering new voices that will shape the future of film. Numerous films from our festival have gone on to great success, including Academy Award nominations, and have gone on to screen at many other festivals,” says their website.

Mammoth is a wonderful place to host a film festival surrounded by the awe inspiring Eastern Sierra. There is a Hollywood influence on the area being a premier destination for skiing and tourism with Los Angeles only a few hours drive away.

It’s always sure to bring in some of the up and coming independent movie makers out there.

There are eight categories of films to be judged including, Feature Narrative, Feature Documentaries, Short Films, and Animated Short Films.

A couple of the feature films this year include Union (USA) that tackles worker union issues in Staten Island, and The Other Profile (France, DR Congo) that follows a filmmaker who finds an exact replica of his own Facebook profile and his journey to tracking down his mysterious double.

You can find the full scheduling here .

Tickets and passes are now on sale. You can choose from an all access movie pass, VIP passes with all access to films and parties, and individual film tickets starting at just $12 online or $15 at the door.

What a better way to spend Memorial Day Weekend than enjoying Mammoth’s closing weekend and a premier independent film festival.