novella film festival
Saturday 10th December 2022

NOVELLA FILM FESTIVAL
2022

Thank you to everyone who attended our first live event on Saturday 10th December!
It was so exciting to screen our brilliant 2022 programme and to meet so many filmmakers. A massive thank you to everyone who turned up and helped bring our event to life.
We’re over the moon to have been able to bring together a selection of unique, important films from filmmakers all over the world, and hope to continue to do so next year.
And of course, a huge congratulations to our ten winning films!
OUR WINNERS
FICTION:
For Better Or Worse dir. Anna Boronea

DOCUMENTARY:
Damage/Repair dir. Adam Waugh

ANIMATION:
Other Half dir. Lina Kalcheva

MUSIC VIDEO:
A Feast That Never Comes dir. Maria Juranic

EXPERIMENTAL:
Migraine dir. Esme Wallace

POC NARRATIVE:
Bando dir. Zahra Alipour and Mathias Gilay

LGBTQIA+ NARRATIVE:
REQUIEM dir. Emma Gilbertson

DISABILITY NARRATIVE:
Pawn Promotion dir. Efe Edosio

FEMALE NARRATIVE:
ITCH dir. Susannah Farrugia

ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVE:
A Whispered Hope dir. Samantha Locock and Katie Loughrin

Click HERE to see the 2022 programme

categories & prizes
A film can only be submitted to one category from each column.
Along with the cash prize, winners will also get the chance to choose from a list of in-kind prizes including free studio hire and software subscriptions.
form categories
FICTION
- £2,000 cash prize
DOCUMENTARY
- £1,500 cash prize
ANIMATION
- £1,500 cash prize
MUSIC VIDEO
- £1,000 cash prize
EXPERIMENTAL
- £1,000 cash prize
perspective categories
POC NARRATIVE
- £1,000 cash prize
LGBTQIA+ NARRATIVE
- £1,000 cash prize
DISABILITY NARRATIVE
- £1,000 cash prize
FEMALE NARRATIVE
- £1,000 cash prize
ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVE
- £1,000 cash prize

our judges

Fateme Ahmadi

Bim Ajadi

Deborah Espect

NFF22 artwork by Kiera Chojecki
insta: kierachojeckiillustration