MIRAAA Media Festival, an experimental multimedia festival, will take place February 2024, concurrently in Harlingen and Laredo, Texas. Our mission is to empower artists from the south Texas-Mexico borderlands to explore non-traditional storytelling through collaboration and experimentation with the intention of illuminating under-represented border narratives.

This year, we are opening the festival to artists / creatives / filmmakers / media-makers / experimenters from all international borderlands, world-wide. Festival will take place in two venues on the southern Texas-Mexico border in RGV and Laredo.

Awards & Prizes

Best of Fest
People’s Choice Award in RGV
People’s Choice Award in Laredo

Rules & Terms

MIRAAA is free to submit. Only non-commercial, digital format short fiction and non-fiction films up to 10 minutes (categories: experimental, documentary, video art, and animation).
Open to border-based artists, creatives, filmmakers, media-makers, and experimenters from all international borders, world wide (at least 1 crew member must live and work from a border). Original work only (may not infringe the rights or copyright of a third party). Submissions with music: must be original or royalty free music only. Maximum 2 channels of audio. Up to 3 submissions per crew. No higher than 4K. Captioning is required. English subtitles are required.
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  • Wayak Tzabcan

    Amazing and Fun, Can't wait for the next one!

    April 2024
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  • Mazdey .

    It was wonderful to be selected on this festival, always attentive and communicative. Although I couldn't attend in person, it felt like a warm and close festival.

    March 2024
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  • Dylan Hensley

    Hands down best community film fest in the RGV and Laredo!

    March 2024
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  • Pamela Oliver Munoz

    MIRAAA Media Festival was a wonderful, intimate experience. I was so honored to be included and as I watched the films, I was even more honored. The atmosphere was warm and inclusive, with time to chat, make screen prints, and have dinner as well as take in all the films. Great communication.

    February 2024
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