Mirage International Film Festival (0)

영화제 시작: 13 8월 2014      영화제 끝: 17 8월 2014

Learn more at http://www.miragefilmfest.com

Film Competition Categories

FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS
The Festival welcomes submissions for feature films in narrative and documentary categories. All selected features will participate in the festival’s MAIN EVENT competition. Entering all films into the MAIN EVENT puts everyone on an even playing field in the completion and recognizes the best from across all different styles and genres in the independent film community. In addition, Mirage Film Festival offers several competitive sub-categories designed specifically to recognize excellence within various genres and help promote the various styles, methods and techniques that populate the ever expanding world of cinema.

Main Event - main competition program for all eligible feature-length films
Darkest Before the Dawn - dedicated to showcasing feature length genre films
Cinema Mavericks - feature-length films with budgets less than $1.5 million USD
Newcomer - available exclusively for first-time, feature-length directors.
WorldCine - feature-length films which were financed and filmed outside of North America
The Dockect - non-fiction feature-length documentary films

SHORT-LENGTH FILMS

The Festival offers a robust competition program for short films, divided into institutional and non-institutional categories.

Institute Of Cinema - highlighting the very best in student produced short films
School Of Hard Takes - giving independently produced short films a voice of their own

NEW MEDIA MARVELS - NEW MEDIA/WEBISODE COMPETITION

New Media Marvels is designed to recognize and reward exceptional work in the expanding new media landscape. With the increasing number of success stories of TV series, films and documentaries being developed and produced based on new media content, the Festival's New Media Marvels program provides a solid forum for these new age filmmakers to showcase their stories and network with distributors, producers and industry executives.

현금 수상: 40,000$

For the 2014 Festival, MIFF will screen over 250 feature and short films over five days this summer in Las Vegas, Nevada. Through our 4 competition programs: Feature Films, Short Films, New Media Films, and Original Screenplays, MIFF will award prizes totaling more than $40,000 USD.

For an overview of the awards & prizes for Feature Films:
http://miragefilmfest.com/submit/film-about.aspx

For an overview of the awards & prizes for Short Films:
http://miragefilmfest.com/submit/film-about.aspx

For an overview of the awards & prizes for New Media/Webisodes:
http://miragefilmfest.com/submit/nmm-about.aspx

Download a full listing of rules at: http://www.miragefilmfest.com/documents/MIFF_2014_official_rulesandregs.PDF
Additional Feature Film Requirements
1. Feature Films that have been released theatrically anywhere in the world are not eligible for submission to the Festival. This does not include "Work in Progress" screenings in which an incomplete version of the film was previously screened.
2. "Work in Progress" screenings at which tickets were available to the public are only eligible for the Festival if the version submitted is significantly different from the version previously screened.
3. Feature Films that have previously been exhibited theatrically at one or more private screenings for which tickets were not available to the general public retain eligibility for submission to the Festival.
4. Feature Films that have been previously released via any home video outlets (including DVD, Blu-ray, or Video on Demand) or broadcast on television or the internet in any country are not eligible for submission to the Festival unless the version submitted is significantly different from the version released or broadcast.

Additional Short Film Requirements
1. Short Films must have been completed before May 30, 2014 to be eligible for the 2014 Festival.
2. A Short Film’s final projected running time must be less than 50 minutes.
3. Short Films do not have any premiere requirements.

Additional New Media Marvels Requirements
1. New Media Marvels is open to all content that was exclusively created for the web or other interactive medium format.
2. Maximum length for new media content is seven (7) minutes in length. If your episodes are more than 7 minutes, please submit to the Short Film category.
3. New media can be a web series, as long as each episode of that web series is no longer than seven minutes. Entry is per webisode. If a submitter wishes to submit a web series or multiple webisodes within a series, each webisode must have a separate submission form and entry fee.