Special Guests 2006: Sydney Pollack and Laszlo Kovaks

Special Guest 2007: Albert Maysles

Special Guests 2008: To be announced

Unique programming

In addition to a wealth of narrative features, shorts, documentaries and animation, we have introduced unique categories and special programs to reflect our Mendocino values.

Films for Our Future

The North Coast of California has long been associated with vigorous social and environmental activism. This new category is guided by the words: Films for Our Future – Changing the world, one film at a time.

Films on the Arts

Mendocino County has more artists per capita than any other county in California. In acknowledgement of this creative community, the Festival expressed its commitment to the arts by establishing a special category: Films on the Arts. This category brings to the festival the life and work of outstanding artists, dancers and musicians, whose stories and lives are highlighted through the lenses of world-class filmmakers.