MISSION STATEMENT

The Maverick Movie Awards was founded by moviemakers who have been through the glorious highs and crushing lows of the international film festival circuit; from these shared experiences came the calling to create a real alternative to the nepotism, politics, and commercialism that defines far too many festivals and competitions. Our goal is to help talented moviemakers achieve the recognition they deserve by awarding movies with unique style, exceptional craft, and the power to communicate. By championing great movies, regardless of origin, genre, or budget, our hope is to re-ignite the spirit of the major film festivals and distribution pioneers by celebrating what they once valued above glitz and glamour...simply put: GREAT CINEMA.

MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS SUMMARY

The Maverick Movie Awards exists to honor all facets of moviemaking form, function, style, and craft. A level playing-field where a movie’s lack or excess of a budget is immaterial, its absence or abundance of star power is inconsequential, and its humble or lofty origins are irrelevant, any and all independent, underground, student, and studio films are eligible to receive a Maverick Award. Celebrating narratives, documentaries, experimental films, and the vast diversity of moving pictures expression, the MMA’s selection committee has recognized everything from big-budget movies to low-budget indies, global issue documentaries, screwball comedies, computer-animated features, action-horror flicks, video art, microcinema, music videos, webisodes, and everything in-between. Each movie’s successful execution of intent as a whole, on its own terms, is considered first; then, the quality of its parts. So, in addition to standard award categories like Best Picture and Best Director, the MMA prides itself on saluting oft overlooked disciplines, including stunts, special effects makeup, original music, and many more. Except for advertising and industrial work, all motion picture creators are encouraged to submit. As an awards foundation of moviemakers honoring moviemakers with NO theater or online screening events, the MMA will not jeopardize premiere status for any other competition or festival submission.

MORE ABOUT US

The Maverick Movie Awards’ founders and selection committee are working Hollywood insiders and outsiders (not mere academics, critics, fans, or dabblers) with ages ranging from twenties to fifties. In fact, everyone involved in our jury process has been a principal collaborator on a theatrically-released movie, a TV or video release, and/or a top-ten film festival Official Selection. Yes, all of us. We’ve even got a bona fide movie star on our team. But we’re not telling you who we are. No siree! We must maintain our secret identities in order to preserve the integrity of our judging process. The self-interest we will cop to is the need to protect the careers we’ve built in the ‘small, small world’ known as the entertainment industry. Since we have no way of knowing who we may offend with our mission statement or by our very existence, it is not in our best interest to reveal our true identities. And then there are those whose work we don’t award hell-bent on revenge; we refuse to invite the misguided retaliation of this angry minority to add to the punishment we must already endure on the World Wide Web due to our “luck” and “suck” as creative artists. And if those reasons aren’t good enough for you, please consider that (unlike far too many film festivals and competitions) we are NOT doing this for our greater glory. We do what we do at the Maverick Movie Awards for all the talented moviemakers who deserve recognition. These talented folks are the ones with the names to know.

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