The Funny Women Team has worked day and night watching 100’s of Comedy Shorts over the last few months to bring the list of videos down to 23. Here is our longlist including an exceptionally high standard of videos.
The longlist represents a variety of eclectic comedy genres. Faced with the ongoing challenge of creating, producing, and directing video shorts for the majority of the last two years, it was truly heartening to see how many of our entrants had overcome those difficulties and produced such brilliantly original content.
| A. D. Cooper | Odds | London |
| Ada Player | Johnny and Tommy | Bristol |
| Alex Beighton | Tiddles | London |
| Amber Doig-Thorne | David Attenborough Narrates A First Date | London |
| Amy Spinks | Park Police | London |
| Annemarie Cullen | OG Brooklyn | USA |
| Coral Bevan | Lockdown City | London |
| Eryn Tett | Mattress Ad | Manchester |
| Holly Hall | When Podcasts Go Wrong | London |
| Jasmin Gleeson | Nun Line | London |
| Jo Wiggins | Dog Haus | London |
| Kluane Saunders | Flatmates | London |
| Laura Edwards | Sexist Commercials | London |
| Laura McMahon | The Work of Art and Navigating The Space Between | London |
| Lisa Ronaghan/Lauren McLaughlin | Gotcha! | London |
| Lorelei Mathias /Melon Comedy | THE PRENUP LAWYERS – ‘Food FOMO’ | Brighton |
| Lucy Trodd & Susan Harrison | One Size Fits All “Shopping” & “Mermaid” | Folkestone |
| Marcia Davies | Margret Buchanan for 6 NEWS 1986 | London |
| Nina Crane | Michael | London |
| Sarah Grant/Katrina Allen | Coming of Age | Glasgow |
| Thick ‘n’ Fast (Cassie Symes and Georgina Thomas) | Succulents | Hertfordshire |
| Victoria Dyson | Main Character Syndrome and Me, Me, Me | Bristol |
| Zara Janjua | Match Of The Yesterday Euro 1314 | London |
Congratulations to everyone involved!
Prizes for the 2021 NextUp Comedy Shorts Award include
Exclusive Produced Content Deal with NextUp…
A cash prize of £1000
Mentorship and Support from Funny Women, our Industry Partners and our Community.
A custom made Tatty Devine necklace trophy
“Equality is one of our core values at NextUp and we’re passionate about giving a platform to as many great women identifying comics as possible in a bid to level the playing field and increase representation. Funny Women have been flying this flag for many years, and we’re delighted to continue this partnership, supporting their efforts and streaming incredible talent to comedy fans at home.” SARAH HENLEY, CO-FOUNDER OF NEXTUP COMEDY
Judging continues until we reach our Shortlist of 10 films. The shortlist will be announced via the website, social media and emails to the successful entrants on the 31st August 2021.
The winner will be announced at the Funny Women Stage Award final on the 23rd September at Bloomsbury Theatre, London.
Semi-Finalists for the Stage Award sponsored by Sky Studios HERE
Longlist for Comedy Writing Awardsponsored by Sky Studios HERE
