More than just a Facebook Friend!

James Burns

James Burns

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to widen your social circle?  That is by getting out of your onsie and interacting with real, live people who exist beyond a virtual social media dimension?

Or perhaps you were planning on making comedy a bigger part of your life and meeting like-minded people who enjoy funny women (and Funny Women)! Our new Funny Friends BFF (Best Friends Forever) package invites you to buy our friendship and reap the rewards of a lifetime for just one payment.

We will be more than a Facebook friend because we will actually interact with you. No idle 'likes' or 'RTs' in this relationship, oh no! We want you to come and see us in person at our BFF exclusive launch party with some very special guests this Spring.

You are also invited to join us at selected events, such as our regular London and Brighton showcase nights, at discounted rates and for free. And both our BFFs and Funny Friends can register free of charge for the 2014 Funny Women Awards for the live performance and writing categories. If you aren’t the competitive sort but still want to be involved you will be invited to vote on our brand new Awards category for Best Funny Video.

We even want you to spend the weekend with us this February. With only two days to go to snap up the 10% Earlybird discount on a Workshop Weekend place you might be interested to know that we our BFFs get a very special discount of £100. This means that before you even get started on our friendship, you are recouping your money.  There can't be too many New Year deals to better this!

You can find out more about our Workshop Weekend, where we will be holding sessions on script writing, character and sketch comedy, improving personal confidence and producing a show, HERE.

And because one of our resolutions is to continue supporting our favourite charities, we will donate £5 of every £100 we receive for a BFF to Refuge, a charity that helps women and children suffering from domestic violence.

To find out more about becoming our BFF click HERE.

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Comedy Shorts Award Entry Requirements

The deadline for registration for the Comedy Shorts Award has passed.

Funny Women NextUp…Comedy Shorts Award

Are you a budding Director? Producer? Screenwriter? Are you collaborating with friends to make a funny video? Then we are looking for YOU!

If you have a short film or sketch that you think is hilarious, then enter your work for our Comedy Shorts Award to be in with a chance of winning some life-changing support and mentoring from comedy professionals.

WHAT KIND OF FILM ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

A 1- 6 minute film that can take the form of anything comical. It’s a great opportunity to show us your creative flair and have fun!

WHO CAN ENTER?

This award is open to all women filmmakers and content developers. The film must be an original narrative created, produced and devised by a woman, or women, although male cast and crew members are allowed.

ARE THERE ANY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MY FILM?

Yes – we require all films to be 6 minutes or under, to be entirely original dialogue, to not feature brand logos and most importantly, to only use music with the written consent of the performer and/or publisher either personally or via the PRS system https://www.prsformusic.com/ .

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH MY FILM?

We will broadcast selected entries on our Funny Women YouTube channel and social media (so keep an eye out) and the top 10 finalists’ films will also hosted on a dedicated Funny Women Comedy Shorts Awards page on our website. We will also broadcast the final 3 entries as part of the grand final night.

HOW IS IT JUDGED?

Films are judged for production, concept, delivery/performance, creativity, writing and overall funniness. The top 10 films are then viewed by an independent judging panel of top television and film industry professionals who will choose one overall winner and two runners up. The final three will be invited to attend the grand final in London on the 23rd September.

WHAT CAN I WIN?

2021 Funny Women Awards Prizes

The deadline for registration for the Comedy Shorts Award has passed.

If you need further information please contact us here