Margaret Moth, the swashbuckling CNN combat camerawoman, risks it all to put the viewer inside the conflict. When a fateful injury gets in the way of her appetite for danger and adrenaline, she has to find the strength to carry on.

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Run Time 85 min

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OPENING NIGHT FILM

Wed. May 22 @7pm

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Sponsored by Mammoth Lakes Lions Club

A group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City's Staten Island challenges one of the world's largest companies in a unionization battle.

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Run Time 100 min

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Thurs. May 23 @2:00pm

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Sierra Center Screening Room

In the not-too-distant future/parallel universe/dream, Guy finds himself at a film festival for a movie that may or may not exist, that he has allegedly made. A paranoid and disorienting quest for identity leads him into a world of V.R. video games, underground raves, and other-worldly entities. Reality unravels leaving nothing behind, but that’s fine.

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Run Time 80 min

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Thurs. May 23 @5:30pm

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Sierra Center Screening Room

Curtis, a bright and hopeful boy, grows up surrounded by love and struggle while all the adults in his family – parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins – battle addiction. Curtis’ America is a place where people and communities are struggling with an epidemic of substance use disorder, joblessness and a deteriorating sense of belonging. Shot over the course of 11 years

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Run Time 83 min

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Thurs. May 23 @8:00pm

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In Iran, a mother's unyielding love for her son transforms into a powerful journey of self-discovery as Mahsa navigates unexpected challenges, revealing not only her dedication to Kasra's education but also the haunting truth about her own marriage.

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Run Time 53 min

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Fri. May 24 @11:00am

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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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Run Time 102 min

English Subtitles

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Fri. May 24 @ 1:30pm

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Sierra Center Screening Room

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.

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Run Time 79 min

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Fri. May 24 @ 4:00pm

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Filmmaker Armel Hostiou discovers he has a second Facebook account: a fake Armel who has real photos of him and many female friends, all of whom live in Kinshasa. Fake Armel invites them to audition for his next film, which is supposedly set in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Faced with the impossibility of closing this account, the filmmaker decides to go looking for his double.

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Run Time 82 min

English Subtitles

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Fri. May 24 @ 6:30pm

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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.

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Run Time 74 min

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Fri. May 24 @ 8:30pm

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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.

 

Run Time 50 min

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Sat. May 25 @ 12:30pm

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Four inmates have chosen to enter a three-week Jesuit silent retreat within a maximum security prison. They are guided by two priests. The film slowly observes this paradoxical situation, while looking beyond the question of religious belief. How do ethical exercises, rituals and communal silence affect us? The film evolves into a prism for gauging the existential landscape of the convicted.

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Run Time 107 min

English Subtitles

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Sat May 25 @ 12:30pm

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Sierra Center Screening Room

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.

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Run Time 79 min

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Sat. May 25 @ 2:30pm

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Sponsored by Black Tie Adventure Rentals

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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Run Time 103 min

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Sat. May 25 @ 5:00pm

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Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl who has recently returned from ISIS captivity, turns her camera on herself to process her trauma while rescuers search for her missing family members. This is the story of the Yazidi Genocide and its aftermath, shown through the lens of one young survivor as she confronts her past through personal video-diaries, reclaiming her voice and stepping bravely towards the future.

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Run Time 86 min

English Subtitles

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Sat. May 25 @7:30pm

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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.

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Run Time 92 min

English Subtitles

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Sun. May 26 @2:45pm

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Sierra Center Screening Room

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. 

Run Time 75 min

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Sun. May 26 @ 5:00pm

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Journalist Shiori Ito investigates her own sexual assault, seeking to prosecute the high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case, exposing Japan's outdated judicial and societal systems.

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Run Time 102 min

English Subtitles

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Sun. May 26 @ 7:30pm

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