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The 2007 Awards:

Best Narrative Feature:
Blood Car
Dir. Alex Orr

Best Drama Feature
Vanaja
Dir. Rajnesh Domalpalli

Best Documentary Feature
Death of Two Sons
Dir. Micah Schaffer

Best Mocumentary Feature
The Doorman
Dir. Wayne Price

Best Comedy Feature
A Balancing Act
Dir. Marc Israel

Best Local Feature
PacifiCALL
Dir. Michael Cruden, Marcel Maduro

Audience Choice Feature
Last Stop for Paul
Dir. Neil Mandt

Best Director(s)
Christopher Metzler, Jeff Springer
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Best Experimental Short
Serenade
Dir. Sara Huslig

Best Animated Short
Life in Transition
Dir. John R. Dilworth

Best Drama Short
Crossing the Heart
Dir. Steven Hood

Best Comedy Short
Speed Dating
Dir. Crystal Liu

Best Sci-Fi Short
Mars Needs Bibles
Dir. Pete Barnstrom

Best Local Short
Atrapar un Ruisenor
Dir. Gustavo Fallas

Best Documentary Short
China: Will to Rise

Best Student Film
Para la Comunidad, Desde La Comunidad
Dir. Mark Kendall

MONTEZUMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2007 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Thursday November 1, 2007
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6:00 PM - MIFF Special Event: Opening Night Festival Dinner at Sano Banano
7:00 PM - MIFF Feature: A Balancing Act at Sano Banano
8:00 PM - Experimental Shorts at Los Mangos
8:00 pm - MIFF Feature: Float at Luz de Mono
8:30 PM - MIFF Feature: The Doorman at Sano Banano
9:30 PM - Animated Shorts at Luz de Mono
11:00 PM- MIFF Special Event: Opening Night Party at Luz de Mono

Friday November 2, 2007
Celebrate All Souls Day (Day of the Dead) at Montezuma International Film Festival
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9:30 AM - Yoga at Los Mangos
2:00 PM - Horseback tour of Montezuma
2:00 PM - MIFF Special Event: Filmmakers Meeting at lower Montezuma Waterfall.
5:00 PM - MIFF Special Event: Art Gallery Opening at La Cascada (open daily 5:00 - 9pm)
7:00 PM - Drama Shorts at Luz de Mono
7:30 PM - MIFF Feature: Death of Two Sons at Sano Banano
8:00 PM - MIFF Feature: Last Stop For Paul at Los Mangos
8:30 PM - MIFF Feature: The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez at Luz de Mono
9:00 PM - MIFF Feature: Blood Car at Sano Banano
10:00 PM - MIFF Feature: Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers at Luz de Mono
11:00 PM - After Party at Chicos
Midnight - Late Night Party at Luz de Mono

Saturday November 3, 2007
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10:00 AM - Boat Ride Tour to Isla Tortuga
3:00 PM - MIFF Brunch at Organico
6:00 PM - MIFF Special Event:Street Party with DJ's Mokie & Ocean, firedancers, artists, & more
7:00 PM - Comedy Shorts at Sano Banano
7:30 PM - Spanish Shorts at Luz de Mono
7:30 PM - Animated Shorts II at Los Mangos
8:30 PM - MIFF Feature: PacifiCALL at Sano Banano
8:30 PM - Drama Shorts II at Los Mangos
9:30 PM - Documentary Shorts with Rent a Rasta at Luz de Mono
11:00 PM - After Party at Chicos
Midnight - Late Night at Luz de Mono

Sunday November 4, 2007
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9:30 AM - Yoga at Los Mangos
2:00 PM - MIFF Special Event:Beach Party
6:00 PM - MIFF Special Event: Panel Discussion & Films about the Indigenous at Luz de Mono
7:00 PM - MIFF Feature: Birdsong & Coffee: A Wake Up Call at Sano Banano
7:30 PM - MIFF Feature: The Journey at Los Mangos
8:00 PM - El Agua Shorts at Sano Banano
9:00 PM - MIFF Feature: Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea at Sano Banano
9:00 PM - MIFF Feature: Lost and Found in Mexico at Los Mangos
9:00 PM - MIFF Closing Feature: Vanaja at Luz de Mono
11:00 PM - After Party at Chicos

Monday November 5, 2007
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9:30 AM - Yoga at Los Mangos
1:00 PM - MIFF Special Event: Lunch at Organico
7:00 PM - Awards Announcement at Sano Banano
7:30 PM - Best of the Festival Shorts at Sano Banano
9:00 PM - Best of the Festival Feature at Luz de Mono
11:00 PM - Closing Party at Chicos

A Very Special Thank You to Our Festival Sponsors