nukhu (noo-koo) is an entertainment community curated by its creators.

nukhu movies or nuvees are films selected by the nukhu committee.

nuvees are categorized by genre, making it easier to find your favorites.

nukhufest is a film festival where the Best Nuvee winner is selected by nukhu members.

To become a member, visit nukhu.com.
To participate as a partner, submit to nukhufest.

Submissions that are "Selected" on FilmFreeway are eligible to participate and MUST upload their film to nukhu.com to compete in nukhufest 2024. "Selected" submissions will be given instructions about how to become an official selection.

Deadlines:
• Semi-Finalists are curated by the nukhu committee until August 31st.
• The Top 10 Finalists are curated by voting members until September 7th.
• The Top Voted Finalist at 9 PM ET on September 21st becomes the 2024 Best Nuvee Winner!

Film Eligibility:
• Only films completed during or after 2022 and uploaded by August 31st will be eligible for nukhufest 2024. Any prior screenings will not prevent eligibility, although films that have not premiered online will be given special consideration.
• Submissions may be any duration or genre. All submissions are reviewed by the nukhu committee based on their concept, aesthetic, and relatability.

All nuvees can be watched for free with advertisements or by purchasing them with nukhu points. Filmmakers set the price for their nuvee starting from $.10 or 1 nukhu point.

All nuvees earn a minimum of $.05 per member purchase, plus filmmakers are eligible for the $3,000 Development-to-Distribution Grant by being the most voted by September 21st, 2024.

All nuvee partners can watch Semi-Finalists for free. All filmmakers are invited to the closing award ceremony of nukhufest 2024 on September 21st, 2024, where the winner will be announced at 9 PM ET in New York City.

The 2024 Best Nuvee winner will receive:
a. Hand-signed nukhu ball
b. $3,000 development-to-distribution grant

The top voted "Nuvee of the week" is featured in our newsletter, "nukhu news."

nukhu content submission guidelines: nukhu is a curated media festival and marketplace that helps filmmakers by allowing their short films, feature films, and music videos to be available online. If you are interested in having your audio-visual content appear on nukhu.com, you may submit it to nukhu for consideration by filling out an official submission form, paying any applicable submission fee, and uploading your content. You may make multiple submissions. By following the above submissions procedure, you represent, warrant and agree that: (I) nukhu is under no obligation to accept any submission or return submitted materials to you; (II) You own the copyright in all of the content that you submit (except to the extent it incorporates public domain materials or music, clips, or other materials that are properly licensed); (III) You currently hold and own all world wide digital and other distribution rights in all content that you submit and will promptly advise nukhu if there is a change in such circumstances at partner@nukhu.com. Submission fees are non-refundable and subject to change. If nukhu notifies you that it would like to feature your content on its platforms, then you will be given an opportunity to enter into a “Content License Agreement” with nukhu, which, among other things: (i) will grant nukhu the non-exclusive right to distribute, market, promote, reproduce, perform, display and sell downloads of and stream your submission on nukhu.com and other nukhu-branded URLs; and (ii) will give you the right to share in a percentage of the net revenue derived from sales and other exploitations of your content by nukhu. If nukhu presents you with a Content License Agreement, and you wish to have your content on nukhu.com, nukhu may also require you to provide stills from your audio-visual work, related press materials, a director head shot and filmography, and/or a video trailer of your work. Please do not send any materials to nukhu (other than your initial audio-visual submission) unless asked to do so by nukhu. Unless a Content License Agreement is signed between nukhu and you, nukhu will not use content you submit by the above procedure for any purpose except as required by nukhu to internally determine, in its sole discretion, whether it is interested in featuring your content on its platforms. You are not giving up copyright ownership over your audio-visual content by submitting it to nukhu by the above procedure.