Milano Indie Movie Awards was created to give space and exposure to independent short films from all over the world.
Freedom of Art against Hegemony of Bureaucracies, a blend of extemporaneousness, dances and eschatological emotions to be enjoyed in a collective ritual, called "Ceremony"; a series of screenings in which the chat between a short film and another triggers initiative for those of the aforementioned Art he is an Art-ificer (precisely) and here he is rewarded for this.
This is the Home of the Independents, ladies and gentlemen! Come in! It is possible to talk about good and bad things, fragrant and smelly, deliberate or improvised, poop or pee. In the House of Independents, the important thing is that you don't care about the rules and show us what dreams, nightmares or (if you really can't) bad digestions are made of. But also the good ones, eh!
"Le Cinema est mort! Vive le Cinema!", which means that Cinema is You who do it on your own, Cinema is Us who talk about it on our own.
Sign up with discretion, anger and braggadocio. If you come to the ceremony poorly dressed, you will be more likely to be rewarded.
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MIMA 2026 edition will be held on OCTOBER.
Screenings and related awards will be hosted in Milan.
We have reached the fourth edition!
That will be divided into 3 periods:
1st period: August 2025 - December 2025
2nd period: January 2026 - May 2026
3rd period: June 2026 – October 2026
IMPORTANT: The short films that win each single selection period, winning a prize in the Main Categories and/or in the best Lombardy and/or in the best Italian, and will directly access the official selection of the Festival as Semi-Finalists. The technical and genre prizes listed below will also be awarded in each period. All winners of such awards may subsequently be reviewed and presented at the final screening, but this will be at the discretion of judging committee.
ONLY FILMS UNDER 30 MINUTES AND $10K BUDGET ARE ACCEPTED.
EXCEPTIONALLY (BUT VERY RARE) : the jury reserves the right to direct a film entered in a specific genre towards a prize of equal cost deemed more appropriate.
Jury reserves the right to include works that don't respect the duration limits only if deemed artistically relevant.
Festivals partner:
https://filmfreeway.com/Assurdo
https://filmfreeway.com/RealeFilmFestival
https://filmfreeway.com/MonzaFilmFest
https://filmfreeway.com/Nightofshorts
Awards of each period:
Awards of each period:
MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Film
Best European Film
Best Extra-European Film
Best Italian Film
Best Lombard Film
Best Low Budget Film
Best Original Idea
Best Braggadocio (special jury prize)
GENRE FILM AWARDS
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Tragicomic
Best Horror
Best Thriller & Crime
Best Music & Romance
Best Sci-fi
Best Documentary
Best Animation
Best War
Best Web/TV Pilot/Tv Series
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Best Young Author (under 30)
Best Soundtrack
Best Editing
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Vfx
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Arthouse
Best Movie Poster
Other awards will be also decided by the jury.