Build your audience before and after our MicroMania 2021!

MicroMania (channel) and MicroMania Film Fest 2021 are nonprofit projects created to support independent voices in film while celebrating the skill and artistry of films up to 5 minutes long (not including credits).*

More than a yearly event, MicroMania offers year round programming featuring officially selected filmmakers and industry professionals, the opportunity to grow your audience via the MicroMania channel (Vimeo) and an annual in person event in July 2021 (Covid-19 willing).

Our channel accomplishes what few of us can promoting on our own - attract random views and new audiences. We're already at 210,000K views for our 2019 & 2020 filmmakers - since its launch March 28th, 2020.

We work with our filmmakers to amplify.

The more you tag us, the more we engage, share, retweet and highlight across our networks.

Once a MicroMania filmmaker, always a MicroMania filmmaker. We're developing a newsletter and a private FB group to share news, opportunities and your accomplishments - no matter when your film was accepted. Once a MicroMania filmmaker, always a MicroMania filmmaker!

NEW 2021 CATEGORIES/AWARDS

Best microINDIGENOUS film (Submission via Native Spirit Film Festival)

Best Micro Action

Best Micro Film Trailer

SELECTION PROCESS, JUDGES AND SPONSORS

Officially selected films are notified within a month after each of our channel deadlines (Early Fall, Winter, and Spring). Films officially accepted have the opportunity to generate views via MicroMania channel inclusion and advance to our finalist selection round. Channel inclusion is an opt-in opportunity.

The top 10 highest rated films in each category * (1-10 stars) via MMFF jury members, notified by June 17 2021, advance to compete for awards, prizes, special highlighting across our networks and other opportunities leading up to and during MicroMania Film Fest 2021 July 18th 2021.

View former MicroMania Film Fest 2019 & 2020 officially selected and honorable mention films on the MicroMania channel: vimeo.com/showcase/micromaniafilmfest

JUDGING

We take great care to make sure that our judges reflect all members of a society. It's the only way to ensure that brilliance isn't passed over because of unconscious prejudice or bias.

Films are screened, evaluated and rated by a panel of industry professionals, bloggers, critics, academics, multi-disciplinary artists and film festival programmers. Our judges are instructed to rate based on impact and production quality. Technical imperfection is not grounds for inclusion as long as it doesn't distract from overall impact.

All officially selected films receive a laurel and have the opportunity to screen online via the MicroMania Vimeo channel. Channel selection occurs on a monthly basis. Officially selected films compete for finalist status. Finalist notification by June 17, 2021. Channel selection does not guarantee 2021 event inclusion.

2021 JUDGES:

we are currently assembling our judging panel.

2020 JUDGES:

Carl Lee (Professor of Media Studies)

Nick Bigtower (Bigtower Pictures)

Killer Horror Critic

MJ Micheaux Film Club

Christa Avampato (blogger - Curating a Creative Life)

Black Girls Film Club

Tweed (Artistic Director Native Spirit Film Festival)

Richard Smith (Unexplained Podcast)

Kazuya Ashizawa (Filmmaker, MMFF 2019 Best Micro-Documentary winner)

Nick Brannigan (Real World Films)

MiMi Q. Atkins (Mystic Road Films)

Tilke Hill (Actor, Producer/Director and Festival Director - Buffalo International Film Festival 2017-2019)

Joanna White-Oldham (Writer/Director/Owner JWO Media)

Aaron Leventman (Actor, Playwright, Instructor)

Ed Cardoni (Director, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center)

John Massier (Curator, Director, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center))

Neil Weschler(Playwright/ Filmmaker/ Mixed Media Artist)

Tweed (Native Spirit Film Festival)

SPONSORS

Money isn't everything. MicroMania takes care to only select sponsors and parents with a proven track record of progressive and inclusive ideals that also compensate and treat their workers with respect and fairness.

2020 Sponsors: The New Hotness Media Institute, IndieVice, FREE AGENT, Argle Bargle: The Game Where you Insult Your Friends and collaborative partners such as Black Girl Film Club, CaraMax Studio, Mystic Road Films and Alycia Ripley.

MicroMania is dedicated to sharing your powerful minute stories with as many people as possible. We work with local non-profit organizations to show donation- based encore presentations of the festival for those who are financially disadvantaged. You may opt out of this if it does not align with your film’s trajectory.

*If your film is over 5 minutes due to credits, you may submit a version without them. If your film makes it to official selection the festival will screen the credited version.