novella film festival
Saturday 7th December 2024
NOVELLA FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Submissions Open
March 25
Earlybird Deadline
April 22
Regular Deadline
August 19
Late Deadline
September 23
Submissions Closed
October 14
Notification Date
November 4
Event Date
December 7
Thank you to everyone for attending Novella Film Festival 2024!
It was such a wonderful day full of joy and positivity, and we couldn’t be more grateful and proud. It was an honour to screen our 30 shortlisted films, and such a pleasure to meet so many of the people behind them.
Scroll down to discover our ten winners, huge congratulations to them!
OUR WINNERS
FICTION:
The Farm dir. Leo Villares
DOCUMENTARY:
Burning World dir. Benji Human
ANIMATION:
Liminal Roots dir. Aliyah Harfoot
EXPERIMENTAL:
Tape 39: The Archive of Simon Waters dir. Luke Russell
MUSIC VIDEO:
Fate’s A B!tch – Tragic Sasha dir. Gareth Rowntree
POC NARRATIVE:
Scraps dir. Mohamed-Zain Dada
LGBTQIA+ NARRATIVE:
Belly Belly dir. Gabriel Carnick
DISABILITY NARRATIVE:
Short Vacations dir. Jean-Baptiste Drouet
FEMALE NARRATIVE:
Francie dir. Zoë Ellender
ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVE:
The Birdwatchers dir. Thomas Winward
Novella Film Festival 2024 trailer
Take a look at our programme below to learn all about this year’s shortlisted films, as well as our fabulous 2024 jury.
Novella is an international short film festival that drives creativity and inclusivity, with a strong focus on the power of storytelling. Our main goal is to empower filmmakers whose stories and communities are underrepresented on screen, as well as behind the camera. We have ten diverse categories that aim to bring together filmmakers from different mediums and different walks of life.
categories & prizes
A film can only be submitted to one category from each column.
form categories
FICTION
- £1,500 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
We are proud to offer high-value cash prizes for all ten of our categories, as our goal is always to allow our winners to continue doing what they love, and go on to make more films. You can read about how some of our previous winners have used their winnings here:
More details to come – make sure to follow us on instagram at @novellafilmfestival to stay up to date!
Our Jury
Caragh Davison
Bertie Gilbert
Simona Pranulytė
Mohammed Almughanni
Ana Duarte
Carolina Oliveira
