2026 MWFF Winners

Congrats to all of the category winners for the 2026 fest!












Congrats all!

Congrats to all of the category winners for the 2026 fest!












Congrats all!
UnfoldingDirectors: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney & Christian Metaxas (Canada)Unfolding is a short experimental film about relationships, loss, and struggles with mental health, visually explored through the folding, unfolding, idealization and devaluation of origami cranes.ExperimentalEXPERIMENTAL FILMS (1:15pm – 3:00pm) What drew you to create this film? At a difficult time in his life, one of our collaborators folded…
MamieDirector: Pedro Tamames (Spain)Carla receives a disturbing call from her mother, Anne. Her grandmother, Mamie, wants to die. With this news they decide to travel to be together, for the last time, the three of them and say goodbye to Mamie. The meeting, initially affectionate, turns muddy as old grudges buried under a history of…
2026 Spotlight Award Winner!The Green Mill: A Real Chicago JointDirector: Paul L Carr (USA)The Green Mill is known as an old hangout for Al Capone and where Billie Holiday sang, and as a swinging jazz joint for generations of Chicagoans. For more than a century, this legendary nightclub was a melting pot of humanity and…
Draft PaperDirector: Olivia Moon (USA)Modeled after the real-life practice of US sailors being forced to censor their pin-up tattoos during World War II, Draft Paper tells the story of an unfulfilled fashion designer who has to face the moral and personal implications of creating his art during a tumultuous time in history.AnimationREGIONAL FILMMAKERS SCREENING (7:00pm…
Our thanks to all who attended this year’s fest! All of the photos are now posted. They can be found on our facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=MosaicWorldFilmFestival&set=a.1514846000681171 Our next fest will be our 20th annual! We’ll see you at The RPL Nordlof Center on September 17, 18, and 19 2027. Submissions open for the next fest on 10/1/2026…
Long Long TimeDirector: Perry Kroll (USA)A stranded traveller, ensnared out of space and time, glimpses a fractured path to salvation.Music VideoMUSIC VIDEO AND ANIMATION SHORTS (11:00 am – 12:30pm) > What drew you to create this film? The super weird vibe of this song by Noah Kellman just made these images pop into my head….