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Mirror Mountain Film Festival is now seeking proposals from musicians and filmmakers in the Ottawa-Gatineau region who want to get involved in one of the annual highlights of the festival: a live performance that combines music and film projections. Deadline to apply is February 15th 2019. For more information, check out the Call for Proposals page.

Introducing our special guest jury for 2018-19! Tyler Byrnes (New York), Anne Koizumi (Montreal), Lisa Jodoin (Fredericton) and Anna Swanson (Portland) are gifted filmmakers, working in drama, documentary, animation and experimental film. They are also all Mirror Mountain Film Festival alumni whose work was screened in previous editions of our festival!

From September 19th – 28th, filmmakers can get 10% off film submissions to Mirror Mountain on FilmFreeway! The discount can be used for Short, Medium-length, and Feature-length entries. Enter the discount code MIRRORMOUNTAIN2018 on our FilmFreeway page.

Mirror Mountain is now accepting film submissions of all kinds for our next festival, which will be held July 26th – 27th 2019. Head over to our submissions page for more info!

Special announcement! After conducting a lot of careful research into Ottawa’s bustling calendar of festivals and cultural events, we’ve decided that moving away from our traditional spot in early December will be in the best interest of the festival. Mirror Mountain will be held in late July moving forwards. Because there isn’t enough preparation time between nowContinue reading “Next festival dates”

Congratulations to our 2017 award winners! CHUO 89.1 FM Best Performance award – Eve Lemieux for Quand je serai parti (Dir. Justin Richard-Dostie) Apt613 Best Screenplay award – Ana Horvat for Razgovor Rickshaw Studios + Ottawa Rickshaws Best Director award – Ramey Newell for Insecta Arlington Five Best Local Film award – Atlas World byContinue reading “Our 2017 award winners”

Check out our brand new 2017 festival trailer featuring music by Ottawa artist Hard Science.

It’s here! The official 2017 Mirror Mountain Film Festival lineup of film screenings and performances is live on our 2017 festival page. Head on over and check out this year’s selection of original films from the world’s most unique creative minds. Be a part of something extraordinary this Dec. 1st – 3rd at Arts CourtContinue reading “2017 festival lineup announced”

We are excited to be working with Ottawa’s talented Kamara Morozuk Photography at Mirror Mountain Film Festival this Dec. 1st – 3rd at Arts Court Theatre. Expect to see some cool shots – or better yet, come join the fun and be in one! 📷

One week only! Submit your film to Mirror Mountain Film Festival on FilmFreeway and use the discount code MMFF2017 to receive 15% off the submission fee! Offer is only valid until October 3rd 2017, so don’t delay!