The Mirage International Film Festival's mission is to create opportunities for filmmakers to present their films to audiences, industry professionals and distributors from around the globe.

We appreciate the financial constraints of filmmaking, including the costs of submitting your work to Festivals, and work tirelessly to keep our costs reasonable. We hope you can find it in your budget to submit your film and participate in the 2014 Mirage International Film Festival.

FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS
The Festival welcomes submissions for feature films in narrative and documentary categories. All selected features will participate in the festival’s MAIN EVENT competition. We strongly believe that a film from any category could take the Festival’s 2014 Best Feature award, be it Darkest Before the Dawn, Cinema Mavericks, the Dockect or any category. Entering all films into the MAIN EVENT puts everyone on an even playing field in the completion and recognizes the best from across all different styles and genres in the independent film community.

In addition, however Mirage International Film Festival offers filmmakers several competitive sub-categories designed specifically to recognize excellence within various genres and help promote the various styles, methods and techniques that populate the ever expanding world of cinema.

• Main Event  -  main competition program for all eligible feature-length films
• Darkest Before the Dawn  -  dedicated to showcasing feature-length genre films
• Cinema Mavericks  -  feature-length films with budgets less than $1.5 million USD
• Newcomer  -  available exclusively for first-time, feature-length directors
• WorldCine  -  feature-length films which were financed and filmed outside of North America
• The Dockect  -  non-fiction feature-length documentary films

SHORT-LENGTH FILMS
The Festival offers a robust competition program for short films, divided into institutional and non-institutional categories.

• Institute Of Cinema   -  highlighting the very best in student produced short films
• School Of Hard Takes  -  giving independently produced short films a voice of their own

Jury Awards
Narrative and documentary feature-length and short-length films will participate in the Festival's competitive categories. The winners are chosen by special jury and given for the following:

Main Event

The Alpha & The Omega: Best Feature Best Director Best Cinematography Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress Best Screenplay Best Editing Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Sound Mix / Design

Darkest Before the Dawn

Best Feature Best Director Best Cinematography Best Actor Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Screenplay Best Editing Best Visual Effects

Newcomer

• Best Newcomer Director

WorldCine

Best WorldCine Feature Best WorldCine Director

Best WorldCine Cinematography Best WorldCine Screenplay

Cinema Mavericks

Best Feature Best Cinematography Best Screenplay Best Editing Best Production Design

Best Costume Design Best Sound Mix / Design Best Director Renegade Award - Daring Filmmaking One to Watch - Emerging Filmmaker

The Dockect

• Best Documentary Feature

Institute of Cinema

Best Short Film - Grand Prize Best Short Film - Places 2-10 Best Cinematography Best Screenplay Best Editing

Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Sound Mix / Design Innovating Art - Daring filmmaking, Institute of Cinema

School of Hard Takes

Best Short Film - Grand Prize Best Short Film - Places 2-10 Best Cinematography Best Screenplay Best Editing

Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Sound Mix / Design Innovating Art - Daring filmmaking, School of Hard Takes

Feature Films
All award winners in the Mirage International Film Festival MAIN EVENT, Newcomer, WorldCine, Cinema Mavericks and the Dockect Categories will receive the MIFF Platinum Cactus Award. Award winners in Darkest Before the Dawn Category will receive the MIFF DBTD Award. In addition, the following prize money will be awarded:

Category	Award	Grand Prize
MAIN EVENT	Best Feature	$3,500
Darkest Before The Dawn	Best Feature	$2,500
Newcomer	Best Director	$1,000
WorldCine	Best Feature	$1,000
Cinema Mavericks	Best Feature	$1,000
the Dockect	Best Feature	$1,000

Short Films
All award winners in the Mirage International Film Festival Institute of Cinema and School of Hard Takes Categories will receive the MIFF Bronze Cactus Award. In addition, winners of the Best Short Film Award places 1 - 10 will receive the following cash prizes:

Best Short Awards	Grand	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Institute of Cinema	$2,000	$1,500	$1,200	$900	$800	$700	$600	$500	$400	$300
School of Hard Takes	$2,000	$1,500	$1,200	$900	$800	$700	$600	$500	$400	$300

Audience Awards
Audience Award winners for our "The Desert Rose - Best Feature" & "The Lone Wolf - Innovative Filmmaking" will receive:

• MIFF 2014 Desert Rose or Lone Wolf Award Statue
• The film will be featured on the Mirage International Film Festival's website
• 2 complimentary festival badges for the 2015 Mirage International Film Festival
• 1 paid submission to the program of your choice: Short, Feature (Main Event), New Media or Screenplay Submission for the 2015 Festival

All entry fee payments are in US Dollars, and can be paid using Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover or PayPal via our online submission form.

Category	Early	Official	Late
Main Event	$65	$75	$90
First Additional Sub-Category*	$25	$35	$50
Each Additional Sub-Category*	+ $15	+ $20	+ $30
Institute of Cinema	$45	$55	$70
School of Hard Takes	$45	$55	$70

*Darkest Before the Dawn, Cinema Mavericks, Newcomer, WorldCine, The Dockect

Please Note: Entry fees are per film and are non-refundable. The Festival reserves the right to disqualify a submission, without refund, if eligibility requirements are not met including if eligibility status changes post-submission.

Apply online using our online submission form at submissions.miragefilmfestival.com and provide all required entry materials as instructed.

If you'd prefer, you may also submit using Withoutabox by clicking the following:

You may submit more than one film, however each film must be submitted with its own completed submission form and entry fee.

• Complete our online Submission Form or submit through Withoutabox
• Provide your Entry Fee payment
• Provide us a Private Vimeo link to your film or mail in a DVD screener
• No press kits or other marketing assets should be submitted during the submissions process

Your submission process is not completed until all required materials are received. You can check the status of your entry at anytime by logging in to your account. If you've made multiple submissions you will be able to see the status of each submission associated with your account. It is the filmmaker's responsibility to monitor the status of their submissions to ensure their films status shows 'complete' prior to the submissions deadline.

Questions regarding submissions? Email us at: submissions@miragefilmfest.com