A little help from our Funny Friends

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Lynne Parker

Funny Friends | Funny Women

A good friendship involves laughter and lots of it in our experience.  Friends are also there to support you when the chips are down.

With Brexit ongoing and the General Election looming the task of getting new sponsors to support our Funny Women Awards is proving a lot harder than we expected.  So we need your help to keep all the important comedy balls in the air over the next few months and we can guarantee the laughs in return for your investment.

It’s a win win – for £100 we give you life-long friendship as one of a limited number of our Funny Friends. If you run an organisation or own a company you can become a Corporate Funny Friend for an annual payment of £1,000 plus VAT.

In both cases the income we derive from our all important Funny Friends will seed fund the vital ‘woman power’ required to run this year’s Funny Women Awards and our other comedy events, such as our popular Time of the Month meetings, curating new website content and responding promptly to your messages and social media comments.

As well as free access to Time of the Month, all of our Funny Friends, individual and corporate, get discounts and special deals on selected events, VIP passes to the gala final of the Funny Women Awards and the occasional exclusive treat – which in the past have included an audience with Jo Brand and an improvisation masterclass with Josie Lawrence. 

Our annual corporate friendship package includes two lunchtime or early evening taster Stand Up to Stand Out workshops in your workplace per year, associate deals for your business networks, access to Time of the Month for an agreed number of your staff and 10 VIP passes to the Funny Women Awards final. 

So, what are you waiting for?!  If you sign up yourself or your company up now then you can attend our next Stand Up to Stand Out Comedy Workshop on Saturday 3rd June and all of our Time of the Month events (next one is Tuesday 23rd May) completely free of charge.  These take place on board the RS Hispaniola, our London venue.

If you need more information about individual or Corporate Funny Friendship please email info@funnywomen.com or call the office on 0020 8948 4444.

See you soon!

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Comedy Shorts Award Entry Requirements

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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