Welcome to the Official Page of the Monarch Film Festival

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Mission Statement

Pacific Grove

The Festival


As Pacific Grove's only festival dedicated solely to Cinema art, The Monarch Film Festival's mission is to be a catalyst for greater appreciation of Cinema as art, build the local filmmaking community and work with Hollywood and independent film makers alike to showcase Northern California as a dynamic place to shoot and screen movies. 


 Welcome to the 1st annual Monarch Film Festival in beautiful Pacific Grove, California.  Neighbors to Monterey, Pebble Beach 

and Carmel, this picturesque town has been labelled "America's Last Hometown".  

This festival endorses film makers of all disciplines to come together and share in the art that is film.


This years festival will take place in Mid November.  Awards and acknowledgments for Best Feature Narrative, Best Short Narrative, Best Student Narrative, and the Best Student Short will be awarded at the festival. 

Winners will be awarded the Monarch Trophy in their respective categories, 

festival winner status as well as gifts.