Fest Schedule for 2026!
Please see the link below for our full schedule for this year’s fest.
Please see the link below for our full schedule for this year’s fest.
DestinationDirectors: Nae Rodrigues, Lucile Gervais, Timoté Hely, Melanie Mo, Guillaume Evrard (France)Adam, a thirty years old man exhausted by his work, wakes up in the dining car of a moving train, without knowing neither when nor how he ended up there. He will have to roam through each car in the pursuite of answers :…
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…
From Combat To ClassroomDirector: Jackson Matthew Milligan (USA)“Combat To Classroom” shares the story of our teacher Mr. Brandt, and his journey from serving in the military to teaching at a small rural school in Northern California.Documentary – StudentDOCUMENTARY SHORTS (1:00pm – 3:00pm) What drew you to create this film? – We wanted to learn more…
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE SCREENING (11:30 am – 1:00pm)For Gaza We RiseDirector: Nicholas Stange (USA)The film follows Rockford For Palestine’s struggle to get the City of Rockford to pass a ceasefire resolution.(55 minutes) What drew you to create this film? It is important for us to face and acknowledge the genocide occuring in Gaza and ask what…
Our Glass HeartDirector: Anny Jimenez Abreu (USA)Periodically sighted at a riverside park, a wistful young woman writes to no-one, shallowly soothing an ache she dreads to face. Yet in time, her own words drift back towards her, allowing deeper reflection, reminders of the place she’s truly missing, and a call to return to things she…
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…