Film Submissions
Submit Your Film to Sweetspire TV
Sweetspire TV is a rising Southern AVOD platform—non-exclusive, filmmaker first, and powered by Matchpoint, owned by Cineverse. We're building a permanent home for stories rooted in Southern craft—or made by Southerners, wherever they are.
We accept feature films, documentaries, shorts, animation, video podcast shows, and episodic TV series—all genres, all formats.
What We're Looking For
Southern craft. Southern creators. Any zip code.
We curate work that is rooted in Southern craft—or made by Southerners, regardless of where they live and create. All genres and formats welcome. What matters is the voice behind the work and the story it tells.
- → Rooted in Southern craft or storytelling
- → Made by a Southerner—no matter where you are now
- → Festival-finished or broadcast-ready
- → Independent and creator-owned
- → Any genre—drama, comedy, horror, romance, documentary, animation
- → Any format—features, shorts, series, podcasts, animation
Narrative features of any genre—drama, comedy, thriller, horror, romance, sci-fi. If it's rooted in Southern craft or made by a Southerner, we want to see it.
Full-length documentaries that explore Southern culture, history, community, and identity—or docs by Southern filmmakers telling any story with their unique perspective.
Narrative shorts that pack a punch—character-driven stories rooted in Southern storytelling or crafted by Southern creators working anywhere.
Compact, powerful non-fiction work—profiles, essays, and observational pieces that illuminate a corner of the South or reflect a Southern filmmaker's voice.
Animated shorts and features in any style—2D, 3D, stop-motion, mixed media. Southern stories told through the limitless possibilities of animation.
Conversation-driven and culture-forward video podcasts rooted in Southern life, community, and perspective. Bring the talk to the screen.
Serialized storytelling—limited series, ongoing shows, and episodic narratives that build worlds and characters over time. All genres welcome.
Why Sweetspire
What You Get When You Join Sweetspire
A rising Southern AVOD platform—non-exclusive, filmmaker first, and powered by Matchpoint, owned by Cineverse. Here's what that means for you.
This is huge. Your film, your rights, your future. Sweetspire does not require exclusivity—you remain free to distribute your work wherever you choose. No lock-ins, no rights grabs.
Sweetspire is ad-supported and free to viewers. As your film streams, you earn a $4 CPM filmmaker share—a transparent, fair model that rewards the work directly.
Your film gets curated placement in collections—not buried in a catalog. Plus, you're eligible for spotlight features in the Sweetspire Sampler, our quarterly digital magazine reaching the Southern film community.
Need proof of audience reach for your next grant application or funder report? We provide usage stats and viewership data you can take straight to funders, commissions, and investors.
Sweetspire is built to amplify the South—its culture, its voices, its stories, its people. We champion underrepresented perspectives and regional storytelling that the major platforms overlook.
Sweetspire is growing fast. Filmmakers who join now become founding members of the platform—first in line for featured placement, promotional support, and a voice in shaping what Sweetspire becomes.
Sweetspire TV runs on Matchpoint's distribution infrastructure, backed by Cineverse—giving your film real reach on a platform built for independent creators.
How to Submit
Submissions accepted through Film Freeway
We use Film Freeway to manage all submissions. It's simple, secure, and the standard for independent film submissions worldwide.
Click the button to go directly to our submission portal.
Upload your screener, fill in the details, and hit submit. We accept features, shorts, docs, animation, video podcasts, and episodic series.
We review every submission on a rolling basis. If it's a fit, we'll reach out with next steps.
Ready to submit?
Head to our Film Freeway page to get started. Submissions are open for feature films, documentaries, short films, short documentaries, animation, video podcast shows, and episodic TV series—all genres.
Submit on Film Freeway →Film Freeway is the industry-standard platform for film submissions. Creating an account is free.
Use our contact form and we'll be happy to help—or email us directly at [email protected]