Mirror Mountain Film Festival

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!

Mirror Mountain Film Festival is now welcoming film submissions on Festhome! We’re searching for the most original, groundbreaking and innovative short, medium-length and feature-length films out there. All genres are eligible, 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!

Mirror Mountain Film Festival is now open for submissions on FilmFreeway! We’re looking for shorts, medium-length films and features in all genres, including drama, comedy, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, dance film and more. For the first time ever, we’re also welcoming submissions of interactive media pieces for exhibition in our festival lounge. If you’re an independent filmmaker with a unique creative voice, then submit your work today and be a part of the action!

Are you an independent filmmaker with a unique creative voice? Mirror Mountain Film Festival is searching for the most groundbreaking, outrageous, personal, innovative, audacious and original films out there, so submit your work to us! We are officially open for submissions on February 21st, and we want to see your drama, comedy, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, dance film, interactive media and more! Shorts, medium-length films and features in all genres are welcome.

For more info, visit our Submissions page.