Sheephead Films

The Monument Valley Film Festival is making a call for entries to all Native American film makers for this year’s festival. The festival will be held on the Navajo Nation in Kayenta, Arizona, the gateway to Monument Valley where so many popular films have been made over the decades. This year the festival will be focusing on original films directed, produced or written by Native Americans. Although this will be our first year, we plan on making this film festival an annual event for all to enjoy.

The festival was started by Shonie and Andee De La Rosa of Sheephead Films. Shonie and Andee held the very first and only film festival on the Navajo Nation at the Stars in the Desert Film Festival in 2004, which was held in Tuba City, Arizona. With the huge success of that film festival, many people have been requesting that another film festival be held on the Navajo Nation. After careful thought and planning Shonie and Andee decided to hold this years festival in conjunction with the huge 4th of July Celebration that is held each year in Kayenta, which includes a rodeo and pow-wow.

All Native film makers are encouraged to submit their original works to this year’s film festival. There is not an entry fee and admission to the film festival will be free to the public. With the 4th of July Celebration going on and the thousands of tourist passing through Kayenta on their way to Monument Valley and the Four Corners area attractions, we expect attendance to be quite high.

A web site is available for more information and where you will be able to download submission forms for this year’s film festival. Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2007.
Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone that may be interested. We look forward to you submissions.

Thank you,
Shonie and Andee De La Rosa
Monument Valley Film Festival
http://www.monumentvalleyfilmfest.com
mvfilmfest@yahoo.com