Milano Indie Movie Awards was created to give space and exposure to independent short films from all over the world.
MIMA offers independent projects the chance to be screened on the big screen at a prestigious venue like the Anteo Palazzo del Cinema, because it’s only right that directors who are just starting out, or who lack the budgets of major productions, should also have the opportunity to see their work shown in a real cinema!
MIMA 2026 edition will be held on OCTOBER.
Screenings and related awards will be hosted in Milan.
We have reached the fifth edition!
That will be divided into 3 periods:
1st period: November 2026 – February 2027
2nd period: March 2027 – June 2027
3rd period: July 2027 – October 2027
ONLY FILMS UNDER 30 MINUTES AND $10K BUDGET ARE ACCEPTED.
EXCEPTIONALLY: the jury reserves the right to direct a film entered in a specific genre towards a prize of equal cost deemed more appropriate.
Jury reserves the right to include works that don’t respect the duration limits only if deemed artistically relevant.
Festivals partner:
https://filmfreeway.com/Assurdo
https://filmfreeway.com/RealeFilmFestival
https://filmfreeway.com/MonzaFilmFest
https://filmfreeway.com/Nightofshorts
Awards & Prizes
Awards of each period:
MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Film
Best European Film
Best International Film
Best Italian Film
Best Lombard Film
Best Low Budget Film
Best Experimental
GENRE FILM AWARDS
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller & Crime
Best Music & Romance
Best Sci-fi
Best Documentary
Best Animation
Best Web/TV Pilot/Tv Series
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Best Soundtrack
Best Editing
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Vfx
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Movie Poster
Rules & Terms
– Registration for the competition must be made by FilmFreeway , then the author will receive an email notification of registration.
These are the link to register: https://filmfreeway.com/MilanoIndie
– ONLY FILMS UNDER $10K BUDGET ARE ACCEPTED.
– All fees are non-refundable.
– Films may have been produced anywhere in the world, without any distinction.
– Each film may have a maximum length of 30 minutes.
– Each author can register more films.
– All film genres are accepted.
– By registering, you declare that you have the rights to the registered film
– The festival may use for promotional purposes the data of authors, producers and crew, the movie poster, the trailer and a maximum of 1 minute of the video
– Films that incite violence or hatred in general are not accepted
– By registering the film at our festival you agree to share personal data with partner festivals, but only for promotional purposes.
– Distributors can ask for a special price for the registration of 20 or more films. To do this, just send us an email to festival@milanoindie.com
– In case of selection the author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film must send a downloadable link (via file sharing platforms such Wetrasnfer, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.) to the festival organization. This video must be in usable format for projection, the basic format is required FullHD 1080p.
– A complete list of selected films will be published on the festival website, the authors of the selected films instead receive a mail of selection.
– The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film by subscribing to the festival claims to be in possession of the rights of reproduction video and audio of the film.
The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film authorize the festival organization to use parts of their film (maximum 1 minute) for creating promotional films for this festival and for future editions.
The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film grant rights to public screening inside the Milano Indie Movie Awards without any claims.
Any material sent to the organization of the festival will not be returned.
– The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of all selected films authorize the publication of their data onhttp://www.milanoindie.com site and on every type of distribution channel as promotion.
– The admission to the Festival implies the unconditional acceptance of this regulation.
For any dispute not covered by the Regulation the competent authority is the organization of the Milano Indie Movie Awards, if such disputes do not find the solution, the competent authority is Foro of Monza.
In case of objections to this Regulation Italian version of the same prevails.
– Subscribers to the Milano Indie Movie Awards agree as established by Legislative Decree 30 June 2003, No. 196 on the protection of privacy, the use of personal data for all initiatives related to the event. The Author of the film declares to accept the Regulation in all its parts and to have the legal availability of the film and to authorize the public screening without compensation, freeing the organization of the Festival from any present and future responsibility. With the contest entry each author is responsible for the content of his work. The author claims to own all rights to the work, not prejudicing in any way the rights of third parties, like other authors, subjects portrayed, transferees of rights, together with those music, etc. . It also declares that the audiovisual material is not protected by SIAE. Under the provisions of Legislative Decree. 30/06/2003 n. 196, we inform the author that the data requested is necessary for completing the documentation of registration to the Festival.
