We’re honoured to announce that the City of Ottawa’s Arts Funding program has awarded Mirror Mountain Film Festival a grant to help us put on our 2023 festival. Their generous assistance will give us essential resources for presenting our 6th edition, and help us to support independent film and video artists from the Ottawa region and beyond. Our sincere thanks to the Arts Funding program for nurturing local festivals and nonprofits!
Are you an independent filmmaker with a unique creative voice? Mirror Mountain Film Festival’s earlybird deadline is TODAY!
We’re searching for the most groundbreaking, outrageous, personal, innovative and audacious films out there, so if you’ve got an original narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, dance film, interactive media or something different altogether, visit our Submissions page for info on how to submit!
Calling all independent filmmakers! Mirror Mountain’s earlybird deadline is coming up on Monday July 18th. We want to see the most unique, creative and original films out there, so submit your work today! Films of any length and any genre are welcome. Visit our Submissions page for more information.
Did you know locally-produced films can be submitted for free?
If you made a film that was shot and/or edited anywhere within a 125km radius of downtown Ottawa, you are welcome to submit it to Mirror Mountain Film Festival free of charge!
This area includes Gatineau, Maniwaki, Mont Tremblant, Montebello, Hawkesbury, Cornwall, Potsdam, Brockville, Smiths Falls, Perth, Renfrew, Arnprior and more!
Visit our Submissions page for details.
Did you know our alumni can submit for free?
If you directed a film that was officially selected to screen in a previous edition of Mirror Mountain Film Festival, you are welcome to submit any new work you might have free of charge!
Visit our Submissions page for details.
Introducing our new board member! Ottawa stage designer, stage manager and longtime MMFF jury member extraordinaire Jess Maybear is joining Mirror Mountain’s volunteer board of directors. Jess will help the festival grow as we continue to expand and learn more and more about the world of non-profit organizations. We’re very happy to have them on our team!
Introducing our new jury! Canadian director, animator and game designer Efehan Elbi is joining our interactive media selection committee. For the first time ever, Mirror Mountain Film Festival is accepting submissions of works that allow the audience to participate directly, including VR, explorable 360° video spaces, videogames, AR, film/video installations, net art and more. Efehan will help us choose an interactive piece that will be displayed in the festival lounge at our next edition! A playable demo of IN COLD DARK, an existential space adventure game created by Efehan and done\undone, premiered at Mirror Mountain as part of our 2019 festival. We’re thrilled to be working with them again!
Introducing our new jury! Canadian media artist Lisa Birke will be a part of our first ever interactive media selection committee. Mirror Mountain Film Festival is currently accepting submissions from anywhere in the world of works that allow the audience to participate directly, including VR, explorable 360° video spaces, playable videogames, film/video installations, net art and more. Lisa will lend her expertise to help us select an interactive media piece for temporary exhibition in the lounge at the next edition of our festival. Her 360° video THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY was featured at Mirror Mountain as part of our 2021 edition. We’re excited to work with her again, and to welcome her to our team!
Introducing our new jury! Amanda Lowe Warnakulasuriya will be part of the selection committee for Mirror Mountain Film Festival’s next live music + film performance. They will help us evaluate the performance proposals we receive from the Ottawa-Gatineau community, and select the filmmakers and bands that will be featured in our 2023 festival lineup. Amanda performed at Mirror Mountain in 2019 as a member of Novusolis, alongside local media artist VJ Cinetik. We’re very happy to be working with them again!
Introducing our new jury! OK Naledi will be joining Mirror Mountain Film Festival’s selection committee for our 2023 live music + film performance. They will help us review proposals from the community, and select the media artists and musicians that will be featured in our next edition. OK Naledi previously performed at Mirror Mountain in 2021 (as Kimberly Sunstrum) in collaboration with local filmmaker Hingman Leung. We’re delighted to have them on our team!
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