Mind Mosaic Festival Family
Exploring the full emotional spectrum through art, film, and storytelling
Mosaic of Laughter Short Film Festival
Comedy as resistance, resilience, and revolution
World Laughter Day (May 3, 2026)
The Mosaic of Laughter Short Film Festival is a hybrid celebration of comedy as a tool for healing, equity, and social change. Dedicated to highlighting stories that make us laugh while making us think, this festival recognizes that humor has always been a form of resistance, resilience, and revolution.
Launched in recognition of World Laughter Day (May 3, 2026), the Mosaic of Laughter Short Film Festival shines light through the darkness of today’s world. By amplifying comedic voices that tackle health, social justice, equity, mental health, and cultural critique, we provide a platform for stories that matter, stories that spark joy while driving awareness and fostering dialogue.
Comedy is not just entertainment. It is survival. It is activism. It is a reminder that even in heavy times, laughter can be the spark that keeps us moving forward.
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Eligibility
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Open worldwide to filmmakers of all backgrounds.
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Films must be comedic in form and engage with at least one theme: health, social justice, equity, mental health, or cultural critique.
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Maximum length: 15 minutes (including credits)
The Mosaic of Horror Film Festival
Fear as reflection, absurdity as truth
October 31, 2026
The Mosaic of Horror Film Festival celebrates the strange, the visceral, and the shadowed corners of the mind.
This one-day hybrid festival (in-person and virtual) showcases short films that transform fear into reflection, exploring mental health, absurdity, and psychological transformation through horror, suspense, and the surreal.
As the darker sibling of Mind Mosaic and Mosaic of Laughter, MOHF completes the emotional spectrum, reminding us that horror and humor are two sides of the same survival instinct. In facing what terrifies us, we uncover what we need to heal.
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Eligibility
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Open to horror, suspense, psychological thriller, and surreal films
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Must explore mental health, psychological transformation, or human condition
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Maximum length: 15 minutes (including credits)
Festival Family Overview
The Mind Mosaic Festival Family explores the full emotional spectrum through art, film, and storytelling.
Mind Mosaic Arts Festival (MMAF)
The flagship event celebrating creative expression as a path to healing, featuring multidisciplinary works at the intersection of art and mental health each year on World Mental Health Day
Mosaic of Laughter Film Festival (MLFF)
Launched on World Laughter Day- May 3, 2026, uplifting comedy and joy as tools of resilience, connection, and mental wellness.
Mosaic of Horror Film Festival (MOHF)
Premiering on October 31, 2026, this one-day hybrid festival dives into fear, absurdity, and psychological tension as reflections of the human condition.
Together, these festivals embody The Change Theatre’s mission: to use storytelling as healing, where laughter, reflection, and even fear become mosaics in the art of being whole.
All accepted filmmakers receive a free submission to MMAF 2026, where the conversation between art, psyche, and restoration continues.