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!
Introducing our new jury! Nicole Blundell will be joining Mirror Mountain Film Festival’s programming committee for our 2022 – 23 festival season. Nicole is a Franco-Ontarian filmmaker living in Ottawa who works with traditional celluloid film. Her experimental dance film, PORTÉ(E), which was shot on 16mm, was screened at Mirror Mountain as part of our 2021 edition. We are delighted to welcome her to our team!
Introducing our new jury! Ludmylla Reis will be joining Mirror Mountain Film Festival’s programming committee for our 2022 – 23 festival season. Ludmylla is a multidisciplinary artist based in Ottawa working in video and theatre. Their poetic, autobiographical diary film AWAY was screened at Mirror Mountain as part of our 2021 edition. We are delighted to welcome them to our team!
Mirror Mountain Film Festival is now accepting film submissions for our 6th edition through Click for Festivals! We want to see the most offbeat, unconventional and alternative films from every genre, including drama, comedy, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, dance film and more. If you’re an independent filmmaker with a unique creative voice, submit your work today and be a part of the action!
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