Montana Film Festival

festival, which embraces the expansive possibilities and the independent spirit of contemporary filmmaking, –returns to in-person screenings at The Roxy after last year’s virtual festival. The event welcomes guest writers, directors, actors, and industry professionals to experience Montana hospitality.
This year’s festival hosts the U.S. premiere of Montana Story, a moving drama about two estranged siblings reuniting at their family's Paradise Valley ranch (Nov. 18). Co-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (The Deep End, What Maisie Knew) will be in attendance.
MTFF is also hosting the Montana premiere of legendary director Jane Campion's first feature film in more than a decade, The Power of the Dog, a visionary western starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons as Montana ranchers (Nov 19). Filmmaker Toby Poser will be in attendance for the visually striking folk horror film Hellbender, about a young woman uncovering her family connections to witchcraft (Nov 19). Sooyii (Creatures), a gorgeous epic shot in the Pigani language on the Blackfoot Reservation with an all-Native cast will be followed up by a Q&A with director Krisztian Kery (Nov 20). We Burn Like This, the debut film from former MTFF director Alana Waksman, will have its Missoula premiere (Nov 20).
Fourteen out of twenty selections boast meaningful in-state connections - many of which make up the shorts block. Also on tap is the Montana Film Forum, which is scheduled over the weekend amidst the festival special events and screenings.