Novella Showcase--TV Program/Web-series

SUBMITTING TO THIS POSTING IS SUBMITTING TO THE TV SHOW NOVELLA SHOWCASE and Novella Showcase Online.

We ARE NOT a film festival. Repeat we ARE NOT A FILM FESTIVAL.

Also, acceptance does not imply that we are scheduling your film. It is like a passing of a baton. IF your film meets our criterion, and we feel it is strong enough, we put it in a pool of other short films from which we draw and schedule your film. Scheduling may take months, if we schedule your film at all.

DO NOT email and inquire about the status of your film. Again, DO NOT email us and ask about your film. If you do YOUR FILM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

Also, please do not ask us to alter the appearance of our laurel wreath. We have one laurel wreath that we will mail you providing your film has been accepted. Another if it is chosen as Editor's Choice.

Although we are largely short narrative related, thus our name Novella Showcase, we accept films of any subject including animated shorts, music videos, or experimental films.

Please submit ONLY films that are easily DOWNLOADED . .

Submissions must conform to normal broadcast standards, so no language, graphic violence, nudity, or copyrighted materials.

Since the program itself is one hour in length, in all fairness to other filmmakers we'd prefer shorts of approximately twenty five minutes or less. We do make exceptions. But your film must be exceptional for us to grant these exceptions

Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis without deadline. Opening today, May 20, 2017, we will continue to accept submissions continuously. AGAIN, DO NOT email us to ask about your film.

Age of your film is not important. If produced within the last twenty years and available on youtube or vimeo, we would like to see it.

The very best will air in the order in which we receive them. All filmmakers whose films are selected to air, will be notified in advance as to when they appear.

HERE IS ONE RULE ON WHICH WE WILL NOT BEND. DO NOT send us anything via dropbox.com or other file transfer services. Do not send films as attachments.

Also, please limit the number of films you submit to two (2). Because we do not charge a fee, do not take advantage of our generous nature. If you do submit more than two films, we will only accept the first two films you submit and disqualify the others.

Also, Please do not submit actors reels, or advertisement of any kind. These will not be accepted. We are held responsible by the television stations as to what we program. As these television stations refuse advertising, any submitted advertising, whatever nature, will be rejected.

NO FEES. There is never a fee to the filmmaker for submission to any of our properties.

As it is appearing on our public access television station, this would be non-commercial television. We are not talking about money. But make no mistake: Many people associate public-access with lacking quality. We are working to create a new high watermark of quality in creating our series. For this reason, we are looking for the very best short films available. .

Please understand: Even though this is not commercial programming we are talking, airing it on our television station at all may disqualify your film from other film fests. Before you make this decision to publicly air it on TV, consider it from this perspective. We cannot be responsible if you chose to submit it for television and later find out that your film cannot be accepted by film festivals.

Filmmaker retains full ownership of his films by all means. We are simply requesting permission to exhibit films as part of this short film showcase on which we are working. We do not alter the films in any way; they remain intact exactly as they would appear on youtube.com, vimeo, or elsewhere, so much so that the opening and closing credits will run in full and RT is complete to the second. What we are doing will not imply any ownership or control on our part in any way.

ALSO, unless your film is MICHIGAN MADE, DO NOT mark it as MICHIGAN MADE. If it is, this will result in immediate disqualification.

Novella Showcase is an independently produced and owned television show. It is not an employee of, nor an affiliate of Access Vision, Battle Creek, nor any other station on which it appears.