Indie Thriller JOSIE to Open Inaugural Mammoth Film Festival

The highly anticipated indie thriller JOSIE (formerly titled Huntsville)which stars Sophie Turner fromGame of Thrones, Dylan McDermott (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) and Jack Kilmer (The Nice Guys) is set to open the Inaugural Mammoth Film Festival with a World Premiere Opening Night Gala on Thursday February 8 in Mammoth Lakes, CA. The festival, which is being billed as a mini Sundance, unspools February 8-11 and will feature a number of indie world premieres and hotly anticipated studio films along with shorts and episodics. Advance tickets and all access passes are available starting today.

JOSIEisbased on the Blacklist script "Huntsville"byAnthony RagnoneII,and is directed by Eric England,producedbyLuisa Iskin, Jeff Kalligheri, Kevin Matusow, and JohnnyWunder, executive producedbyCandice Abela, Karam Abulhusn, Stephen Bowen, Carissa Buffel, Fouad Mikati, Steven Chester Prince,Ash SarohiaandLauren Russell, co-executive produced by Steven Garcia, with music by Raney Shockne, cinematography by Zoe White, and editing by Paul Matthew Gordon. Thefilm was produced byTheCoalition Groupand in association with TheTraveling Picture Show Company,Waterstone Entertainmentand Boo Pictures.

Mammoth Film Festival is the brainchild of Filmmaker TannerBeard, Executive Producer of Terrence Malick'sSong To Song,Voyage of TimeandKnight of Cups.Board members include executives, creatives and industry talent including Jay Cohen from Gersh and Ryan Black from Grindstone/Lionsgate.Festival founders areBeard, Tomik Mansoori, Theo Dumont and Daniel Sol.Categories include U.S. Narrative feature films, U.S. Documentary feature films, International Narrative Feature Films, Action Sports, Virtual Reality, and Short Films. The full festival lineup will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

CommentedFounder TannerBeard: ""It's a real honor to have such a prestigious title as JOSIE open our first ever Mammoth Film Festival. Despite this being our inaugural event, we're incredibly proud that our festival will be able to compete on a global scale with our world premieres and attractive titles that distributors are sure to be excited about. The entire team has worked tirelessly to make this first year experience feel new and familiar. Our entire goal is to form a truly memorable experience for the filmmakers and guests atop the high peaks of Mammoth Mountain."

For advance tickets and all access passes for the Mammoth Film Festival inaugural event, please visit: https://www.mammothfilmfestival.org/

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