Jennifer Morrison's SUN DOGS Wins Best Picture At Mammoth Film Festival

The inaugural Mammoth Film Festival™ came to a close last night with a standing-room only Awards Ceremony held at the Canyon Lodge in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Jennifer Morrison took home the top prize, Best Picture for her film Sun Dogs which closed the festival earlier that day. Sun Dogs also took home a total of 3 Awards last night, including the Grand Jury Prize. The film was recently Acquired by Netflix. The indie thriller Josie starring Sophie Turner also took home 3 Awards. Screen Media recently acquired the film and will release it in theaters and On Demand in March. Sophie Turner won the Best Actress Award. Sons of St. Clair the documentary chronicling Bone Thugs N Harmony's Krayzie Bone & Bizzy Bone Directed by Tim Newfang took home Best Documentary Award.

The 4-Day Festival was one for the ages, with attendees hailing it the largest first-time film festival. On Friday the usa network launched the West Coast Premiere of Director Anthony Hemingway's new series Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. which received a standing ovation in Mammoth. The series debuts on February 27 on USA. The festival's celebrity bowling tournament presented by the Mammoth Media Institute was a rousing success with participants including: Krayzie Bone, Nina Dobrev, Ashley Greene, Tom Welling, Josh Henderson, Luke "Dingo" Trembath, Arielle Vandenberg, Matt Cutshall, Scott Haze, Jay Hunter, Alexandra Chando, Ryan Rottman among others.

Recap Video for the 4 day festival can be found on the Mammoth Film Festival's Facebook.

The festival Awarded two stunning, handcrafted trophies: The Mammoth Film Summit Awards and the Mammoth Film Festival Awards. Below is breakdown of all of the winners:

The Mammoth Film Summit Awards

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Achievement in Filmmaking | SHORT | Exit Strategy Directed by Travis Bible

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Achievement in Filmmaking | FEATURE | Oxalis Directed by Brian Gottlieb

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Achievement in Filmmaking | ACTING | Ryan Rottman ("The Long Walk Home") short film

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Achievement in Filmmaking | ACTING | Michael Angarano (Sun Dogs)

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Achievement in Filmmaking | WRITING | Anthony Ragnone II (Josie)

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Achievement in Filmmaking | DIRECTOR | Frederick Cipoletti (Desolate)

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best TV Episodic | Cubicle Zombies Directed by Paul Thurwachter and Nicolas Chevallier

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best GENRE Film | SHORT | Transit Conjunction Directed by Fredrik Waldeland

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best GENRE Film | FEATURE | Josie Directed by Eric England

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best ACTION SPORTS Film | SHORT | Lunag Ri Directed by Joachim Hellinger, Hans-Peter Stauber, Christian Schmidt

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best ACTION SPORTS Film | FEATURE | Coming to My Senses Directed by Dominic Gill

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Achievement in Virtual Reality | The Great Directed by Roy Kimhi

The Mammoth Film Festival Awards

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best Documentary Film | SHORT | Before the Bridge Directed by Lewis Wilcox

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best Documentary Film | FEATURE | Sons of St. Clair Directed by Tim Newfang

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Grand Jury Award | SHORT | Bedtime Story Kevin Alejandro-$3,000 check presented by Luke "Dingo" Trembath

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Grand Jury Award | FEATURE | Sun Dogs Directed by Jennifer Morrison-$7,000 check presented by Luke "Dingo" Trembath

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best Actress | SHORT | Alex Sgambati (The Long Walk Home Short)

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best Actress | FEATURE | Sophie Turner (JOSIE)

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best Actor | SHORT | Josh Hutcherson (Ape)

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best Actor | FEATURE | Paddy Quinn (High Low Forty)

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Audience Award | SHORT | The Accomplice Directed by Jon Hoeg, John F. Beach

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Audience Award | FEATURE | Desolate Directed by Frederick Cipoletti

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best Picture | SHORT | Chimeras Directed by Gianluca Minucci

Mammoth Film Festival 2018 | Best Picture | FEATURE | Sun Dogs Directed by Jennifer Morrison

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