novella film festival
Saturday 7th December 2024
NOVELLA FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Submissions Open
March 25
Next deadline
Earlybird Deadline
April 22
Regular Deadline
August 19
Late Deadline
September 23
Extended Deadline
October 14
Notification Date
November 4
Event Date
December 7
And we’re back for the third year of Novella!
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.
The past two years have been an incredible whirlwind, and it’s been a privilege getting to watch so many brilliant short films and meet so many talented filmmakers. We’re so excited to do it all over again in 2024!
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:
Our submissions for 2024 are open! If you have a short film, music video, visual project or anything that you think fits our festival, we want to see it! Click here to head to our filmfreeway page where you can read more about our terms, and submit your film.
More details to come – make sure to follow us on instagram at @novellafilmfestival to stay up to date!
