Best Web Series Award

Mariana Feijó

Mariana Feijó

With lockdown and isolation, pubs and venues closed, we’ve all been watching more TV. Maybe you’ve had enough time to watch the whole of what network TV, Netflix and other streaming platforms have to offer. It’s time to start watching all that you can find online!

This year, much more emphasis is being placed on the video awards, with the Comedy Shorts and Best Web Series Awards taking a more prominent spot. In the absence of live events, the Best Show Award is being put on hiatus for 2020 and the Best Web Series Award will be moving up to take its place as the public voted award of the year.

In the US, Broad City started as a web series, catching the eye of Comedy Central who went on to produce the internationally acclaimed hit series, giving a bigger platform for Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson to share their work and activism.

Before Insecure, Issa Rae garnered attention for her work with the web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. She keeps using YouTube as a platform for her work and the work of other creatives of colour, in her channel with over 470K subscribers.

Drunk History is a long running web series that teaches you about history…in a fun way. The History of the Birth Control Pill with Alison Rich and how the Suffragettes learnt Jiu Jitsu with Kirby Howell-Baptiste are two that never left my brain.

These web series helped amplify voices and tell stories that might otherwise have been overlooked by networks.

Last year’s Best Web Series Award winner was Laura Seixas for Dreaming Whilst Black, with Big Deal Films. Currently in commissioning talks with the BBC.

The independent online production allows for more freedom in telling the stories you want to tell, not having to worry about reservations from network sponsors and regulators, with crowdfunding successes showing the audience for these productions exists.

Following the American trend, we want to be in the forefront in helping shine a light on the people producing great work on the web and build a bridge between the online realm and the broadcast industry.

From today, nominate your favourite comedy web series for the Funny Women Awards Best Web Series Award 2020. Find rules and regulations, and fill in the form 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?

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

If you need further information please contact us here