NOVELLA FILM FESTIVAL 2025

And we’re back for the fourth year of Novella!

Novella is an international short film festival that drives creativity and inclusivity, with a strong focus on the power of storytelling. We want to empower filmmakers whose stories and communities are underrepresented on screen, as well as behind the camera. ⁠
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We have ten diverse categories that aim to bring together filmmakers from different mediums and different walks of life, and we award high value cash prizes to all ten winners, as our main goal is always to allow filmmakers to continue doing what they love. ⁠
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Over the past three years we have started to build a wonderful community of filmmakers, film lovers and creatives. It has been a privilege to platform so many brilliant short films and to meet the people behind them – we can’t wait to do it all again in 2025!⁠
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If you have a short film, music video, visual project or anything that you think fits our festival, we want to see it! ⁠Head to our filmfreeway page to read more about our submission rules. ⁠

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!

Each year we partner with a different illustrator to create the season’s artwork, and this year we’re super excited and proud to be working with Norwich based artist Hagstone! Check out their work on their website or on instagram at hagstoneart.