The Maverick Movie Awards annually honors films and screenplays. They were founded as the New Haven Underground Film Festival in 2004, and became known as "Maverick Movie Awards" in 2008.[1] The awards are given out by a panel of judges working in the film industry.[2] Its winners include both big-budget studio films as well as low budgetindependent films.[3]
One thing is clear, the festival circuit has to be taken back for those it was originally meant to serve: filmmakers and audiences. MMA is a group whose mission is so in line with what needs to be done in this ever-changing landscape.