FESTIVAL STATEMENT

Here at MAGMA, we're creating another landmark in the field, a new modern but prestigious film festival of the world, not limited by geography. Our mission is straightforward, it's delivering a high-value and unforgettable hybrid film festival experience in the neglected online space; because amongst hundreds and hundreds of mediocre online contests and film festivals, the coast is clear for a compelling, fun and proper awards event and film festival that breathes PASSION and delivers valuable recognition in trimestral instalments instead of yearly. With our brand at the core of Hawaii and tropical archipelagos, we're a tight-knit team of smart, super passionate people based all over the world who care about independent filmmakers and creators and their deeply personal works, our priority as an institution is to fuse prestige and speed; more and more independent filmmakers and creators can't wait an entire year to lock distribution deals with streamers such as Netflix, FILMIN and MUBI knocking on the door. That's why we're here.

A strict verification process got us here, to serve you QUALITY and recognition you can be proud of, MAGMA is IMDB accredited and the competition is very challenging, each competition round will see around 420 film projects, so to make it all the way is a big honour for an independent filmmaker.

MAGMA is the perfect first stop as well as final destination; on top of serving recognition, our film festival platform fights for independent filmmakers and creators' exposure through a 7-10 day streaming window. Overall, as well as displaying a festival experience that's sophisticated and hard-worked, we want it to be infectiously motivating, MAGMA inspires loyalty and a film festival you'll also want to return to.

Sebastian Llinares, Festival Director