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The deadline for registration for the Comedy Shorts Award has passed.
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
Why I wrote Sex Bomb?
Sadia Azmat
Sex is funny, sex is exciting, sex is a ride.
Sex is also a place where we are most vulnerable – there are not many other places or people we find ourselves naked with.
As a hijabi, I’m often always thought about with my clothes on. It’s been very rare to feel like sex can be a thing for me to celebrate. Despite this, I know it’s silly to think of myself removed from this – so I discovered – when I first wrote an article on the subject entitled “Horny Muslim women like me aren’t supposed to exist during Ramadan” for the Metro.
It proved a very popular article going viral and being republished all over the world. It’s the same with stand up comedy, relationships and matters of the heart really hit home.
It felt like a natural step to pen my memoir Sex Bomb – the life and loves of an Asian Babe quoted by Frank Skinner as “Honest, much needed” to talk about my life.
Muslim women have been spoken on behalf of for so long, and the unending stereotypes are dated and usually hugely uninformed.
I wanted people who felt like me, to have a story that helped them feel like they weren’t the only one experiencing the complications in exploring their place in the world.
It was a dream to write Sex Bomb and I wouldn’t have been able to do it without thanks to my fabulous editor Katie Packer. We worked relentlessly ensuring that we were able to capture something raw, honest and insightful.
It charts my journey in understanding all sorts of love from romantic, in friendships and self-love.
The book is a fun, tell all about celebrating every aspect of your identity: the good, bad and the ugly.
The paperback version is coming out on Thursday 1st June and you can order a copy from all bookstores. More information about this here.
Feel free to tell me what you think about it on Twitter and Instagram.
Sadia Azmat
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Why I wrote Sex Bomb?
Sex is funny, sex is exciting, sex is a ride. Sex is also a place where we are most vulnerable – there are not many other places or people we find ourselves naked with.