The Magpie Film Festival is seeking alternative voices. As a company, we have always been interested in story and performance over special effects and big budgets.

The event will take place June 16th through 18, with awards, Filmmaker interviews, and selected films playing live on our MAGPIE Roku Channel.

Awards & Prizes

Best Feature Film
Best Short
Best Film made for less than $10,000
Best Actor (Male)
Best Actor (Female)
Best Director

All winners will receive a certificate from the festival.

Selected films may be offered a non exclusive streaming contract.

Rules & Terms

Films must be original work.

We believe that AI generation steals work from artists. Any use of generative AI will disqualify the submission.

Films must state budget in submission.

Short films must be under 15 minutes in length.

Features must be 58 minutes or longer.