11th Annual Monterfil Film Festival, 2021

[Holy Frankish Empire]

Monterfil
2021
:: International Film Festival ::
Held from October 27 to November 3rd
Open to All Filmmakers & Culture Ministries​

In an effort to bridge gaps through the artistry that is film, the Monterfil Film Festival is once again looking to feature the great talents of the world. Giving voice to different writers, genres, and messages, Monterfil provides a platform for appreciation and dialogue. From political thrillers to dramas, Monterfil brings nations together and the arts to the forefront.

Restrictions: Films shorter than 70 Minutes will not be considered for a Dauphin Award. Documentaries are not considered for awards outside of Best Director.

Award Categories:

• Best Director
• Best Writer(s)
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Dauphin Award for Best Film

Entry Submission Template:

FEATURE TITLE
Title

FEATURE WRITER(S)
Writers

FEATURE DIRECTOR
Jan Smith


FEATURE CAST
(up to 4)

FEATURE DESCRIPTION:

Place description here.

 

[Ebria]

FEATURE TITLE
Herders of Nothing

FEATURE WRITER(S)
Lauren Spencer

FEATURE DIRECTOR
Evan Collins

FEATURE CAST
Andrew Grant, Lucas Cooper, Cameron Cunningham, Emma Campbell

FEATURE DESCRIPTION:
After a failed career as a baseball player, Felix (Andrew Grant) returns back home to the family's sheep ranch in the Grans, in northernmost Natal. Instead of a family happy to see him back he returns to an envious and jealous brother (Lucas Cooper), who feels threatened, and a father (Cameron Cunningham) who still feels that he abandoned the family's business to follow what he calls an idiotic dream. His only support in this environment comes from his mother (Emma Campbell) and an old friend.

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FEATURE TITLE
Aquarians and Beachbums (Documentary)

FEATURE WRITER(S)
Kian Henderson

FEATURE DIRECTOR
Kian Henderson

FEATURE CAST


FEATURE DESCRIPTION:
Aquarians and Beachbums is a review of the events and subcultures that transformed Natalian society so much back in the 1960s. The documentary follows the rise and fall of the Aquarian subculture, which was supporting worldwide peace, free love and the legalization of all sorts of drugs, while the Beachbums represented the first phase of what will become Natal's world famous surfer culture. ​

 

[Josepania]

TITLE
Un Revolucionario y su Motocicleta (A Revolutionary and his Motorcycle)

WRITERS
Augusto José Constanza (book "Mi Odisea"); Alberto Rivera (screenplay)

DIRECTOR
Franco Espinoza

CAST
Rudolfo Esteban López (Augusto José Constanza)
Bernardo Nunez (Pedro de Montoya)
Alvira Díaz Calvo (Maria Fernández Castillo)

PLOT SYNOPSIS:
Adapted from the writings of the first President of San José before he would lead the Collectivist Revolution of 1950, this is a dramatization of the journey Augusto José Constanza (Rudolfo Esteban López) would take through the Grand Archipelagic Republic with his best friend Pedro de Montoya (Bernardo Nunez) on their old, reliable motorcycle, observing the inequality and corruption throughout the archipelago that would later inspire Constanza into taking part in a revolution. Along the way, he would meet and fall in love with his future wife, Maria Fernández Castillo (Alvira Díaz Calvo), who'd further inspire him to think of the future rather than focus on the present.

 

[Gran-Occidentia]

Title: La Última Batalla

Writers: Mariano Abasolo

Cast: Guillermo Culebra ( Raoul Ortega), María Jurado( Juanita Sanchez), Salvador Cienfuegos( Cujo), Marie Duvarre ( Teresea Valdez), Joaquín Rea( Luis Caranza).

Plot Synopsis:

A notorious criminal and his violent gang of bandits descend on the town of Rio Bravo seeking vengeance against the town's Sheriff for arresting him in the past. deserted by many of the towns elite in his hour of need Sherriff Raoul Ortega must lead fight of the bandits with only a handful of faithful allies.

 

[Holy Frankish Empire]

Title: Plus de Fils

Writers: Charles Dassin, Henri Cabrel

Cast: Charlotte LaFountaine, Anna Layere, Paul Corday

Director: Bart Setie

Plot Synopsis:

It is the last few months of the World War. Henri (Corday) is on leave after training. Soon to head to war, his mother (LaFountaine) sees the same headstrong man that was her husband- killed in the first weeks of the war. Simultaneously, her other son has left her for a monk's cloister. Through the film, we see the anguish that Henri has and his perception towards his mother. The film takes one to a dark and seething place full of questions and sadness; focusing on the hard truths of life that cut both ways.