Moondancers are part of an amazing worldwide community; a unique collaboration of multi-talented writers, film score composers and filmmakers. The Moondance mission is to entertain, inform, inspire, encourage and educate.We honor those artists who, through their creative work, actively increase awareness, provide multiple viewpoints, address complex social issues, and strengthen ties between international audiences At Moondance, you can come together with other writers, directors and producers to create new opportunities, develop tools for success and forge new alliances within the international film and entertainment industry.

* Being fearless & bold, Moondance is a unique film festival where monotonous conformity is considered mediocrity, and extravagant individualism, innovation, and experimentation is encouraged, awarded and applauded!

• SPIRIT OF MOONDANCE AWARD
: This award category is for women writers filmmakers & composers. Men may be co-writers or co-filmmakers, but the entry must be submitted by a woman.

• MOONDANCE SEAHORSE AWARD: 
This award category is for men writers, filmmakers & composers. Women may be co-writers or co-filmmakers, but the entry must be submitted by a man.

• MOONDANCE SANDCASTLE AWARD: 
This award is for male and female writing, filmmaking or composing teams where both a man and woman work as a directing, writing or composing team on the project.

• MOONDANCE COLUMBINE AWARD: 
Films and writings may be submitted by either a man, a woman, a male/female team or a young person 18 and under. The work must reflect non-violent conflict resolution, alternatives to violence, or show why violent resolution to conflict is counter-productive. The submitted material should not contain gratuitous violence.

• MOONDANCE DOLPHIN AWARD: 
This award is for young people 18 years of age or younger, male or female. Moondance accepts submissions for this award in the genres of short narrative, documentary, multi-media, music videos, film scores or animation video film, as well as short screenplays, short stories or short stageplays.

• MOONDANCE CALYPSO AWARD: 
This award is to encourage a spirit of enterprise in saving the environment, habitats and wildlife by creative individuals from around the world. The award is presented to the person who expands knowledge of our world, seeks to improve our quality of all life on the planet, and contributes to the betterment of humankind.

• MOONDANCE GAIA AWARD: 
This award is to encourage and inspire contemplative, meditative, spiritual and inspirational films and scripts. The award is presented to the person who seeks to elucidate and improve the spiritual quality of all life on the planet, and contributes to the betterment of the world spirit.



• MOONDANCE ATLANTIS AWARD: 
This award is for writers, filmmakers & composers who have submitted projects from a foreign country outside the US.

• MOONDANCE STARFISH AWARD: 
This is an award for comedy projects submitted by writers and filmmakers.

• MOONDANCE SEAGULL AWARD: This award is to honor and celebrate the art of drone cinematography in short films, and offers international recognition for talented & innovative drone filmmakers from around the world.

• THE MOONDANCE ABYSS AWARD: This new Moondance award was created in 2009 for very well-made and meaningful thriller, horror or supernatural films, written works & film scores. An abyss, usually in the ocean, is a chasm that is so deep and vast that its extent is not readily visible, without further exploration. The winning works in this awards category also have a deeper, and often hidden, message, lesson, moral, or important idea that bears further thought.

• MOONDANCE NEPTUNE AWARD: 
This unique award is presented to a male or female writer, filmmaker or composer, over the age of 75, who has created either a single work of the highest quality or a body of quality work, and who continues to strive for excellence in his or her career in the entertainment industry, and who inspires and encourages others by his or her example.