Miracle Makers International Film Festival

RULES & TERMS

All entries will be judged on the content, creativity, imagery, story, and skill of the filmmaker. Productions produced from 2015 to September 2026 may be submitted. Works in progress will be accepted. Accepted films must be exhibited on an MPEG4 film file. Screeners must be free of ghost images/logos or other images. We do not screen from FilmFreeway uploads. Submission Fees are Non-refundable.

All Accepted Films must be submitted on MPEG4 for Exhibition.

Screeners are not returned.

We will NOT accept online Films for exhibition screening.

PAL system is NOT accepted.

Each entry must be submitted separately.

All entries must be sent to the Miracle Makers Film Fest prepaid and, for your own protection, should be insured. MPEG4s and DCPs submitted will not be returned. If Submitting DCP, please note a back-up MPEG4 is STILL REQUIRED. Screening times are dependent upon receipt of the screeners and support materials (stills, poster art, and trailer if available). Please note support materials (postcards, posters, promo items) are not returned.

Films and Screenplays SELECTED for the Miracle Makers Film Fest will be announced no later than August 2, 2026 (exceptions may be made if deemed necessary by MMIFF).

Every Entry must include an Electronic Press Kit and, if available, a downloadable trailer and trailer link. Screeners must be free of ghost images/logos or other images.

Submission of trailers, teasers, clips, stills, posters, Electronic Press Kits (EPKs), artwork, publicity photos, promotional graphics, synopses, and other promotional materials constitutes permission for Miracle Makers International Film Fest (MMIFF) to edit, resize, crop, reformat, adapt, and incorporate such materials into Festival marketing, publicity, educational, archival, broadcast, digital, print, social media, website, sponsor, partner, and promotional materials, including the addition of official Festival laurels, Official Selection designations, Nominee designations, Award Winner designations, Festival branding, sponsor acknowledgements, promotional graphics, titles, captions, and related marketing elements.

All presentation materials (posters, postcards, goody bag promos) and screening discs, MPEG4s, DCPs for the Miracle Makers Film Fest must arrive at the MMIFF Offices no later than August 2, 2026. If screening files and screening discs are not received by this date the film will be pulled and disqualified. NO EXCEPTIONS. It is the submitter's responsibility to ensure the Miracle Makers Film Fest has the REQUIRED screening materials.

ALL ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS MUST provide an MPEG4 film file (due August 2, 2026).

If sending DCP, please note that the theater may charge the filmmaker an ingestion fee. If sending a DCP we will still require an MPEG4 film file.

DCPs must be logged out, signed for, and picked up after your screening. WE DO NOT RETURN OR SHIP screening materials or promo materials (posters, postcards, goody bag items).

PAL formatted discs will not be accepted.

We will NOT accept online screeners for exhibition purposes.

Screeners must be free of ghost images/logos or other images.

Please notify us by email of any address changes.

Failure to provide screening materials will result in disqualification and the film being pulled from screening.

Please note MMIFF will NOT return or ship materials back to the submitter once the festival has commenced (this includes thumb drives, DCPs, posters, postcards, or promo materials).

All entries should be mailed to:

Miracle Makers Film Fest
2134 Chestnut Creek Rd
Diamond Bar, CA 91765

All accepted filmmakers who have submitted/mailed all necessary materials and screeners will be placed on the MMIFF Website before the event. Submitting filmmakers acknowledge they have the legal right to exhibit the film and the collateral/promotional materials at the Miracle Makers International Film Festival.

Miracle Makers International Film Fest is hereby granted the right to utilize, edit, modify, alter, adapt, resize, crop, reformat, reproduce, display, distribute, publish, and promote footage and promotional materials supplied by the submitting agent from any film submitted and accepted, video, screenplay, written work, or project accepted for exhibition, competition, nomination, award consideration, or Festival promotion.

Such promotional materials may include, but are not limited to, trailers, teasers, clips, still images, posters, Electronic Press Kits (EPKs), artwork, logos, publicity photographs, promotional graphics, synopses, descriptions, cast and crew information, and other materials provided by the submitter.

MMIFF may add official Festival laurels, Official Selection designations, Nominee designations, Award Winner designations, Festival branding, sponsor acknowledgements, titles, captions, promotional overlays, graphics, and other marketing elements to submitted promotional materials for the purpose of promoting the submitted work, the Festival, Festival screenings, Festival awards, Festival sponsors, Festival partners, media coverage, and future editions of MMIFF.

MMIFF may create promotional advertisements, social media content, websites, digital marketing materials, printed materials, broadcast promotions, press releases, sizzle reels, highlight reels, livestreams, and other promotional content incorporating submitted materials.

All accepted filmmakers agree that MMIFF may use footage, excerpts, stills, trailers, teasers, and promotional materials from their projects in order to promote the Festival, their project, Festival screenings, Festival awards, Festival sponsors, Festival partners, and future MMIFF events via print, web, social media, streaming, broadcast television, and other promotional channels.

The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations.

The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Miracle Makers Film Fest, vendors, sponsors, supporters, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, venues, partners, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney fees and court costs) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity rights, screening rights, exhibition rights, licensing rights, and loss of or damage to the screening videos or materials entered.

All copyrights and ownership rights remain with the submitter and/or copyright holder. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a transfer of ownership, copyright, distribution rights, or other intellectual property rights to MMIFF. The rights granted herein are limited solely to promotional, publicity, marketing, educational, archival, and Festival-related purposes.

WRITTEN WORD SUBMISSION RULES

We are currently accepting written word submissions for features, shorts, short shorts, scenes, poetry, and prose.

All genres are welcome.

One copy of an original feature film screenplay uploaded as a PDF file will be accepted. (Do NOT include more than one version.) We do not accept hardcopy scripts.

The screenplay should be in standard industry format (12-point Courier).

Only one copy, draft, or version of any screenplay may be submitted by an entrant or entrants per submission.

Under no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of an entry screenplay be allowed under the original submission.

Corrected or edited screenplays must be resubmitted as a NEW entry and will require a separate submission fee.

Multi-part scripts should be submitted as separate, stand-alone screenplays.

Features that are over 120 pages must be submitted as two different entries.

Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.

Submissions must have been written originally in English. Translations will not be accepted.

Submissions must be the original work of the entrant(s) and may not be based, in whole or in part, on any other fiction or nonfiction material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced.

Entries may, however, be adapted from the entrant's original work, which should be noted in the logline required on the application form.

Entries lacking a logline on the application form will be disqualified.

If the script is based on a true story, historical or contemporary, "Based on True Story/Events" should be noted in the logline.

Collaborative work by two writers who share equally in its creation is eligible.

The collaborator's name must be added during the online application process.

Writer bio and headshot recommended.

All entries must be received by or before the Extended Deadline.

Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.