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Maverick Movie Awards The MMA is the Original Not-a-Festival Competition Cooperative.

Celebrating narratives, documentaries, experimental films, and the vast diversity of moving pictures expression, the MMA has recognized everything from big-budget pictures to low-budget indies, global issue documentaries, screwball comedies, computer-animated movies, action-horror flicks, video art, microcinema, music videos, webisodes, and everything in-between. Each movie’s successful ex*****on

of intent as a whole, on its own terms, is considered first and then the quality of its parts. So in addition to standard award categories like Best Picture and Best Director, the MMA prides itself on saluting oft overlooked disciplines, including stunts, special effects makeup, original music, and more. Except for advertising and industrial work, all motion picture creators are encouraged to submit. As a cooperative of moviemakers honoring moviemakers with NO theater or online screening events, the MMA will not jeopardize premiere status for any other competition or festival submission.

Maverick Movie Awards has started to announce its 20th-anniversary nominations and winners. There's more to come. https:...
31/01/2024

Maverick Movie Awards has started to announce its 20th-anniversary nominations and winners. There's more to come.
https://www.maverickmovieawards.com/2023-2/
THANK YOU EVERYONE! As our awards body grows and changes, it is amazing to continue to see such amazing films. We feel spoiled by you all.

Maverick Movie Awards is looking forward to reviewing your projects over the festive season. This is our 20th year in op...
12/12/2023

Maverick Movie Awards is looking forward to reviewing your projects over the festive season. This is our 20th year in operation, and we are so delighted. Thank you - and from all of us, please have a lovely festive time of the year 😀

Happy Halloween everyone! - with the code 'SpookyTreat' you will be able to grab 40% off entries until the end of Octobe...
29/10/2023

Happy Halloween everyone! - with the code 'SpookyTreat' you will be able to grab 40% off entries until the end of October. Please note: this is a limited offer, restricted to a total of 25 entries.

The Maverick Movie Awards exists to honor the art and craftsmanship of groundbreaking cinema. We offer an increasingly unique and truly competitive opportuni...

The first deadline of our 20th year in operation is closing today! (though we are still open for submissions throughout ...
28/02/2023

The first deadline of our 20th year in operation is closing today! (though we are still open for submissions throughout most of 2023 obviously) - https://www.maverickmovieawards.com/submit-to-maverick-movie-awards-2024/

Also, some fun free content: the Film Juxtaposed podcast, which is hosted by one of our festival team members, is now on Spotify. In this first episode, The Age of Innocence is compared with Glass Onion - https://open.spotify.com/show/6mTgZYMToXdllxlpigeY0i

Submit to Maverick Movie Awards Submissions for 2023 are currently open until December 27th, 2023. Feature Film Submission Short Film Submission

Update 2023Maverick Movie Awards has reopened for submissions, but it's a bit different than before.Most recently we enj...
07/02/2023

Update 2023

Maverick Movie Awards has reopened for submissions, but it's a bit different than before.

Most recently we enjoyed being listed on FilmFreeway, where we managed our submissions. However, FilmFreeway recently was purchased by Backstage, who have changed their policy not to include film awards like ours which do not have a live screening. Though Maverick was not directly impacted by this (FilmFreeway even invited Maverick to stay), our sister awards body Horrors4You was delisted... and FilmFreeway was not willing to accept that both bodies were identical in terms of their reviews and how they are run. So, in solidarity, Maverick is no longer exclusively accepting entries via FilmFreeway.

So, please do submit via FilmFreeway or our site. Please do talk about Maverick (if you want to help) and please reach out to us at any stage via Facebook, pigeon post, or email [email protected]

Though this is the beginning of our 20th year of operation, and we are very proud of our legacy... we are also entirely reliant on our fans and submitters to survive these 'platform free' times 🙏 thanks and love - Team Maverick ❤️

Maverick Movie Awards Maverick Movie Awards has history. 19 years so far… and our journey is only getting stronger. We would love for you to be a part of it today! Established in 2004, Maverick Movie Awards has only gotten bigger and bigger over the last few decades. It’s had many humble moments...

Maverick Movie Awards - 19th year - done. Please note: due to a change in Filmfreeway's policy, Maverick is moving subm...
19/01/2023

Maverick Movie Awards - 19th year - done.
Please note: due to a change in Filmfreeway's policy, Maverick is moving submission platforms (as our type of event is no longer welcome at Filmfreeway). We will announce our re-opening for submissions ASAP. Thank you for all of your support, and we can't wait to begin our 20th year of operation!😲

2022 FEATURES BEST FEATURE FILMPurgatoryNOMINEESCall of the UnseenEagle KnightSunspotHarperThe Text ​BEST DOCUMENTARYIndivisiblesNOMINEESPatou: In Black and WhiteThe Artist – A Documentary BEST DIRECTOREagle KnightNOMINEESCall of the UnseenEllidaSunspotA Normal Cloudy DayJose Feliciano – Behin...

In ten days time Maverick Movie Awards will be closed for submissions. With a total of 144 submissions so far, 2022 is s...
15/12/2022

In ten days time Maverick Movie Awards will be closed for submissions. With a total of 144 submissions so far, 2022 is set to be the largest number of entries since 2018.
That doesn't mean that we are satisfied just yet though - the bulk of entries are short films, and we'd love to see more features submitted. We also have a disproportionally low number of script entries (new category), film poster entries (new category) and a ridiculously low number of Web Series submitted. To find out more, visit MMAs website or find Maverick Movie Awards on FilmFreeway

Maverick Movie Awards Maverick Movie Awards has history. 18 years so far… and our journey is only getting stronger. We would love for you to be a part of it today! Established in 2004, Maverick Movie Awards has only gotten bigger and bigger over the last few decades. It’s had many humble moments...

2021 results are live on our site a day early. Deal with it. 🥳https://www.maverickmovieawards.com/2021-2/
22/01/2022

2021 results are live on our site a day early. Deal with it. 🥳
https://www.maverickmovieawards.com/2021-2/

2021 FEATURES BEST FEATURE FILMBest Years GoneNOMINEESMy Dearest EnemyClose to the EdgeMadeaPublic EyeBitter Taste of Ginger ​BEST DOCUMENTARYThe Cost of DenialNOMINEESAutism Across the WorldThe New AbolitionistsThe Game Is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their StoriesAbsolute Power: Nasdaq Ex...

2021 Season is still being processed (we are nearly finished). It's exciting - we LOVE your films... and YES - before an...
17/01/2022

2021 Season is still being processed (we are nearly finished). It's exciting - we LOVE your films... and YES - before anyone asks us via email, tweet or pigeon post... our website is still going through updates and yes more merch choices are coming very soon! 🥳

31/12/2021

29/12/2021

We're still processing entries for 2021. So exciting. So much film talent out there!

Got a horror film or script? 💀 We've got a discount for your entry to ! Use the code 'ScreamQueen' when you checkout on...
14/11/2021

Got a horror film or script? 💀 We've got a discount for your entry to ! Use the code 'ScreamQueen' when you checkout on Filmfreeway 🔥 🗡 🦇

Horrors4You is an IMDb approved film, TV and script competition dedicated to the horror genre. With competitions running four times a year, a changing judge ...

08/11/2021

🔔 Notice 🔔 Our website going through updates. We're still open. We are exclusively welcoming entries via Filmfreeway as ever. Love, Maverick team

2020 was a tough year for all. Covid took the world by storm... And 2021 is definitely the sequel no one was expecting.....
12/10/2021

2020 was a tough year for all. Covid took the world by storm... And 2021 is definitely the sequel no one was expecting... But there's always indie spirit in the air. And at Maverick, stuff has been heating up! 🔥

First off - we've expanded - and our team has changed a bit. Joining US based Michael Kenneth (Founder) and Charlie Rolprent (Senior Awards Advisor) are UK based Nigel Ying (Junior Awards Advisor) and newly appointed Festival Director Ben Rider (known as an indie filmmaker, geneal champion of indie film production and the festival director of The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards).

The expansion of the team means we have some changes ahead... including the synergy of several platforms to form a new indie film resource. The first of these resources will see free webinars being offered... So, save the date - Sunday 24th of October (16:30 in United Kingdom, 11:30 Eastern Time (ET)) is our first free presentation! -- to reserve your spot and find out more, please email [email protected]

For now though, beyond the simple announcement of welcoming people from across the pond to our wild 18 year old party... we'd love to invite you all to submit. We've reopened for a short season wrapping up in December. Get entering - 2021 is going to be a rather fast season... and we'd love to see what you've been up to during the last year! 😎

Love, MMA team 🎉
https://filmfreeway.com/MaverickMovieAwards

12/10/2021

Later today we're announcing some exiting news everyone. Simply put - MMA is back and is about to start an indie fire! 🔥 Get your sunglasses ready because we're about to shine some strong light! 😎

01/05/2021

2020 nominees! We're so proud of and grateful for all of you. It's a gift to us to honor your work. Thank you for all of your messages and tagged posts. 👀 we see them. ❤

We will be announcing the Winners later today and will get your corrections updated on the website ASAP.

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Celebrating narratives, documentaries, experimental films, and the vast diversity of moving pictures expression, the MMA has recognized everything from big-budget pictures to low-budget indies, global issue documentaries, screwball comedies, computer-animated movies, action-horror flicks, video art, microcinema, music videos, webisodes, and everything in-between. Each movie’s successful ex*****on of intent as a whole, on its own terms, is considered first and then the quality of its parts. So in addition to standard award categories like Best Picture and Best Director, the MMA prides itself on saluting oft overlooked disciplines, including stunts, special effects makeup, original music, and more. Except for advertising and industrial work, all motion picture creators are encouraged to submit. As a cooperative of moviemakers honoring moviemakers with NO theater or online screening events, the MMA will not jeopardize premiere status for any other competition or festival submission.