Mammoth Film Festival Sets Double Opening-Night Films With ‘The Immaculate Room’, Nina Dobrev Directing Debut ‘The One’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The fourth annual Mammoth Film Festival will return to kick off its fourth edition February 3 with a double opening-night screening: the Nina Dobrev-directed short The One in her helming debut followed by the world premiere of the Emile Hirsch-Kate Bosworth psychological thriller The Immaculate Room.The fest, set in the resort town of Mammoth Lakes nestled in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, will run in-person February 3-6.
Last year’s edition was not held because of the pandemic.Written and directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil with Joel David Moore among its producers, Immaculate Room centers on a couple that takes part in a psychological experiment that will reward them with $5 million if they can stay in a perfectly white room for 30 days.
Ashley Greene Khoury also stars in the pic, from Productivity Media Pictures, Balcony 9 Productions and K5 Films.The Dobrev-directed short The One stars Madeline Brewer, Indya Moore and Ryan Kiera Armstrong and is produced by Brad Fuller (A Quiet Place).
It centers on a woman’s right to choose.The world premiere of the Jason Satterlund-directed thriller The Abandon, about a wounded soldier who awakens in a strange cube that tests his mental and physical limits as he attempts to escape, will close the festival.Other selections include the North American premiere of Bosch & Rockit starring Luke Hemsworth, and the world premiere Who Are You People starring Ema Horvath, Yeardley Smith, Alyssa Milano and Devon Sawa.
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