Independent – Non-Studio, Feature Film, Running Time: 00:57:00
Judges' Suggested Rating: R – L, AC
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/AwO4VhXHg1s MONDAY (adapted from his award-winning
short film of the same name) is the $7000 action-comedy feature film written and directed by Albuquerque, NM filmmaker,
ALEJANDRO MONTOYA MARIN.Jim (
Jamie H. Jung) is a pothead slacker who starts his Monday by losing both his job and his girlfriend (
Bonnie Gayle). Thinking that he’s hit rock bottom, Jim quickly realizes that his problems are just beginning. He soon finds himself wrapped up in a turf war with rival drug cartels and has to outrun a pair of hitwomen (
Anna Schatte, Sofia Embid) who turn their sights onto him. With his best friend, Paul (
Kenneth McGlothin), Jim attempts to get his life back on track and stay alive in the process.
Shot in only 14 days for a budget of only $7000,
MONDAY is a part of the documentary television series,
REBEL WITHOUT A CREW: THE SERIES. With an incredible soundtrack featuring
SLEIGH BELLS,
THE BLACK KIDS, HARLEM,
MOTHER FEATHER, and more, Montoya Marin stretched his $7000 budget to the limit and created a film that far exceeds its budget.
MONDAY is made its World Premiere at the
2018 SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FESTIVAL (SXSW) in Austin, TX.
