Help MicroMania Film Fest grow its mission of inspiring inclusive voices by going online with Seed&Spark!
Buffalo, New York | Film Festival
Shorts Program, Filmmaker Resource
MicroMania Film Festival was created to attract and support diverse and independent voices. Films 5 minutes and under cost less to produce, allowing more people to communicate their own stories through film. It's our goal to make micro-storytelling a profitable springboard to careers in filmmaking.
Help MicroMania Film Fest grow its mission of inspiring inclusive voices by going online with Seed&Spark!
Buffalo, New York | Film Festival
Shorts Program, Filmmaker Resource
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MicroMania Film Festival was created to attract and support diverse and independent voices. Films 5 minutes and under cost less to produce, allowing more people to communicate their own stories through film. It's our goal to make micro-storytelling a profitable springboard to careers in filmmaking.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Micro-short films - entertainment & inclusivity!
I fell in love with micro-short films in 2006 via Paris, Je T'aime, a collection of 5 minute films by acclaimed directors, each named after a different Paris metro stop.
I was moved to tears by Oliver Schmitz's tragic "Place Des Fêtes".
My mind was blown by Tom Tykwer's "Faubourg Saint-Denis", a lightspeed portrayal of a romantic relationship, in all its complexity.
I've been moved just as dramatically by many MicroMania Film Fest films and I believe you will be too.
Lukia Costello - Festival Director/Founder & etc. :)
"The vehicle to change has always been and will always be art so the question becomes not why art is important in these trying times but of whose art" - Toni Cade Bambara
MicroMania Film Festival is a non-profit venture created to attract and support diverse and independent voices. Films 5 minutes and under cost less to produce, allowing more people to communicate their own stories through film.
It's our goal to make micro-storytelling profitable for creators, nourishing and enjoyable for audiences and a springboard to careers in filmmaking.
MicroMania Film Festival 2020's 2020 program includes 126 films from: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Iran, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Spain, UK, Ukraine, USA and Vietnam.
Our 7 short film blocks include:
- In Quarantine - 15 micro-shorta created under Covid-19 quarrantine
- The Now - 19 micro-shorts personal and universal
- Impressions - 18 Experimental, Freestyle and music video micros
- The Wheel of Life - 21 micro-shorts about relationships, life and death
- The horror and drama of it all! - 18 horror, mystery and fantasy microshorts
- Community, Identity and Social Justice - 18 micro-shorts examining themes of Identity, cocial justice and community.
- Comedy & Whimsy - 18 shorts to make you laugh and smile
Access is everything
As we work to attract sponsors to make submssion free, we keep our fee low, never exceeding $15. We collaborate with partner organizations to offer discounts, fee waivers and other opportunities for filmmakers.
We present free and donation-based encore screenings and stream films across multiple platforms in order to reachin out to inspire people wherever they are.
We're thrilled to co-present our first ever microINDIGENOUS panel iwith Native Spirit foundation as we work with them to develop a streaming showcase dedicated to Indigenous filmmakers.
"Those who write and direct films are our cultural narrators. The stories they tell shape our worldviews." - Robin DiAngelo
Jury panels must 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.
Panel hosts must have intimate knowledge and experience related to genres or themes covered. We select participants very mindfully.
We hope you'll enjoy and extend the discussions cultivated during this year's streaming panels:
- MicroIndigenous
- Queer Voices in Micro
- Social Justice in Micro
- Womxn in Micro
- Comedy in Micro
Collaborative Amplification & Community
We're building a community that actively amplifies the work of our filmmakers, helping them attract the attention they need to advance. Even our award incentives (see 'Adopt a Micro') engages donors in audience building.
MicroMania Film Fest 2020 filmmakers took a chance with us in March, opting into our streaming channels and their bet paid off. We've surpassed 155,000 views of their films in just over 3 months.
We're clearly onto something.
Why Seed&Spark and why now?
While MicroMania Film Fest 2020 already included a streaming component when Covid-19 hit, taking our fest online with Seed&Spark will expand our reach far beyond what we could accomplish on our own.
They'll share our festival with their indie film-loving followers AND help secure a celebrity host for our Social Justice panel!!!
We need your help covering the extra expenses involved, with providing free passes for filmmakers and with increasing our cash awards to:
$200 - MicroMania Film Festival 2020 Best Micro
$100 - each per MicroMania Film Festival 2020: Best Micro-Comedy, Best Micro-Drama, Best Micro-Freestyle, Best Micro-Animation, Best Micro-Documentary, Best Micro Experimental, and Best Mini-Micro Award (for films 1:40 and under)
How we'll use your generous contirbution
MicroMania Film Fest is a project of The New Hotness Media Institute 501c3. Your contribution is tax deductible!
MicroMania Film Festival 2020 onboarding costs ($1270), and one complimentary pass per each of the 130 jury-selected films ( $1270) + cash awards ($900) = $3,440
Additional funds raised:
Funds raised above our goal will be applied to the cost of tools and assistance necessary to grow our community and fulfill our mission.
Those tools include:
- Vimeo Pro (1 year) - covering the overhead cost of our most popular streaming presence
- Mail Chimp (1 year) - developing growth of our mailing list & newsletter
- Surprise for musical artist Alicia Watts for the generous use of her beats on our streaming channels channels
- Adobe Creative Cloud suite - 2 licenses
- $200 Cute DCP software - to prepare for a drive-in theater encore and future theatrical festival screenings
- Part time assistance - enabling Lukia to focus on partnership building, marketing strategy & sponsor development
We CAN change the world together - one micro-short story at a time!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Onboarding costs
Costs $1,270
$10/film - Includes paid help with onboarding
Passes for our filmmakers
Costs $1,270
Free festival passes for MMFF 2020 filmmakers.
Festival Cash Awards
Costs $900
Higher $ awards for winners
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
While I may be the one wearing the most hats, none of this would be possible whitouth the filmmakers who have taken a chance on us and the judges and community supporters who have graciously offered their skills and time.
Special thanks to:
Alycia Ripley (PR services)
Caramax Studio (video production & coloring)
Tweed at Native Spirtit Foundation
and Teresa Castillo (assistant)
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Micro-short films - entertainment & inclusivity!
I fell in love with micro-short films in 2006 via Paris, Je T'aime, a collection of 5 minute films by acclaimed directors, each named after a different Paris metro stop.
I was moved to tears by Oliver Schmitz's tragic "Place Des Fêtes".
My mind was blown by Tom Tykwer's "Faubourg Saint-Denis", a lightspeed portrayal of a romantic relationship, in all its complexity.
I've been moved just as dramatically by many MicroMania Film Fest films and I believe you will be too.
Lukia Costello - Festival Director/Founder & etc. :)
"The vehicle to change has always been and will always be art so the question becomes not why art is important in these trying times but of whose art" - Toni Cade Bambara
MicroMania Film Festival is a non-profit venture created to attract and support diverse and independent voices. Films 5 minutes and under cost less to produce, allowing more people to communicate their own stories through film.
It's our goal to make micro-storytelling profitable for creators, nourishing and enjoyable for audiences and a springboard to careers in filmmaking.
MicroMania Film Festival 2020's 2020 program includes 126 films from: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Iran, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Spain, UK, Ukraine, USA and Vietnam.
Our 7 short film blocks include:
- In Quarantine - 15 micro-shorta created under Covid-19 quarrantine
- The Now - 19 micro-shorts personal and universal
- Impressions - 18 Experimental, Freestyle and music video micros
- The Wheel of Life - 21 micro-shorts about relationships, life and death
- The horror and drama of it all! - 18 horror, mystery and fantasy microshorts
- Community, Identity and Social Justice - 18 micro-shorts examining themes of Identity, cocial justice and community.
- Comedy & Whimsy - 18 shorts to make you laugh and smile
Access is everything
As we work to attract sponsors to make submssion free, we keep our fee low, never exceeding $15. We collaborate with partner organizations to offer discounts, fee waivers and other opportunities for filmmakers.
We present free and donation-based encore screenings and stream films across multiple platforms in order to reachin out to inspire people wherever they are.
We're thrilled to co-present our first ever microINDIGENOUS panel iwith Native Spirit foundation as we work with them to develop a streaming showcase dedicated to Indigenous filmmakers.
"Those who write and direct films are our cultural narrators. The stories they tell shape our worldviews." - Robin DiAngelo
Jury panels must 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.
Panel hosts must have intimate knowledge and experience related to genres or themes covered. We select participants very mindfully.
We hope you'll enjoy and extend the discussions cultivated during this year's streaming panels:
- MicroIndigenous
- Queer Voices in Micro
- Social Justice in Micro
- Womxn in Micro
- Comedy in Micro
Collaborative Amplification & Community
We're building a community that actively amplifies the work of our filmmakers, helping them attract the attention they need to advance. Even our award incentives (see 'Adopt a Micro') engages donors in audience building.
MicroMania Film Fest 2020 filmmakers took a chance with us in March, opting into our streaming channels and their bet paid off. We've surpassed 155,000 views of their films in just over 3 months.
We're clearly onto something.
Why Seed&Spark and why now?
While MicroMania Film Fest 2020 already included a streaming component when Covid-19 hit, taking our fest online with Seed&Spark will expand our reach far beyond what we could accomplish on our own.
They'll share our festival with their indie film-loving followers AND help secure a celebrity host for our Social Justice panel!!!
We need your help covering the extra expenses involved, with providing free passes for filmmakers and with increasing our cash awards to:
$200 - MicroMania Film Festival 2020 Best Micro
$100 - each per MicroMania Film Festival 2020: Best Micro-Comedy, Best Micro-Drama, Best Micro-Freestyle, Best Micro-Animation, Best Micro-Documentary, Best Micro Experimental, and Best Mini-Micro Award (for films 1:40 and under)
How we'll use your generous contirbution
MicroMania Film Fest is a project of The New Hotness Media Institute 501c3. Your contribution is tax deductible!
MicroMania Film Festival 2020 onboarding costs ($1270), and one complimentary pass per each of the 130 jury-selected films ( $1270) + cash awards ($900) = $3,440
Additional funds raised:
Funds raised above our goal will be applied to the cost of tools and assistance necessary to grow our community and fulfill our mission.
Those tools include:
- Vimeo Pro (1 year) - covering the overhead cost of our most popular streaming presence
- Mail Chimp (1 year) - developing growth of our mailing list & newsletter
- Surprise for musical artist Alicia Watts for the generous use of her beats on our streaming channels channels
- Adobe Creative Cloud suite - 2 licenses
- $200 Cute DCP software - to prepare for a drive-in theater encore and future theatrical festival screenings
- Part time assistance - enabling Lukia to focus on partnership building, marketing strategy & sponsor development
We CAN change the world together - one micro-short story at a time!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Onboarding costs
Costs $1,270
$10/film - Includes paid help with onboarding
Passes for our filmmakers
Costs $1,270
Free festival passes for MMFF 2020 filmmakers.
Festival Cash Awards
Costs $900
Higher $ awards for winners
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
While I may be the one wearing the most hats, none of this would be possible whitouth the filmmakers who have taken a chance on us and the judges and community supporters who have graciously offered their skills and time.
Special thanks to:
Alycia Ripley (PR services)
Caramax Studio (video production & coloring)
Tweed at Native Spirtit Foundation
and Teresa Castillo (assistant)