novella film festival
Saturday 10th December 2022
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NOVELLA FILM FESTIVAL
2022
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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
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DOCUMENTARY:
Damage/Repair dir. Adam Waugh
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ANIMATION:
Other Half dir. Lina Kalcheva
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MUSIC VIDEO:
A Feast That Never Comes dir. Maria Juranic
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EXPERIMENTAL:
Migraine dir. Esme Wallace
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POC NARRATIVE:
Bando dir. Zahra Alipour and Mathias Gilay
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LGBTQIA+ NARRATIVE:
REQUIEM dir. Emma Gilbertson
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DISABILITY NARRATIVE:
Pawn Promotion dir. Efe Edosio
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FEMALE NARRATIVE:
ITCH dir. Susannah Farrugia
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ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVE:
A Whispered Hope dir. Samantha Locock and Katie Loughrin
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Click HERE to see the 2022 programme
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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
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our judges
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Fateme Ahmadi
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Bim Ajadi
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Deborah Espect
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NFF22 artwork by Kiera Chojecki
insta: kierachojeckiillustration