novella film festival

Saturday 9th December 2023

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NOVELLA FILM FESTIVAL
2023

SUBMISSIONS OPEN

And we’re back for the second edition of Novella!

In our first year, we were blown away by the high quality of films and variety of stories we received in our submissions. We’re so excited to kick off our second edition of Novella, and do it all again. Take a look at some of our shortlisted films from last year below.

With our 10 diverse categories and high value cash prizes, we’re striving to promote diverse perspectives within film, and to help filmmakers continue to do what they love.

We’re so excited to see what the second year of the Novella Film Festival will bring.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT!

We’re over the moon to announce that this year’s Novella Film Festival will be hosted at Ealing Project!

The first cinema in Ealing in over 14 years, Ealing Project is a fantastic community-centred space that we feel completely aligns with our goals and ethos at Novella – that is to inspire people, and to give voice to creatives. Novella Film Festival’s live event will be taking place at Ealing Project in December 2023, and like last year it will be a fab day full of all things film, where we will screen the shortlisted films from this year’s festival and announce our winners!

Find out more about Ealing Project here, and make sure to sign up for the Ealing Project newsletter on their website to get updates about the festival, and to know when tickets go on sale.
We can’t wait, and hope to see you there!

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