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Cofilmic Festival prizes announced

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Cofilmic Comedy Film Festival

Cofilmic have announced the full list prizes for their Cofilmic Short Comedy Film Festival.

The festival, which runs between October 31st and 1st November, are giving away a wealth of prizes for the top two entrants across four categories; Comedy Short Film, Sit-Com Pilot, Comedy Sketch and Best New Comedy Performance.

Amongst the prizes on offer for the winners are face to face meetings with industry luminaries such as Beth Pattinson (Development Editor BBC Films), comedian Dave Spikey,  International Artistes’ Mandy Ward and many more as well as free twelve month memberships to the Shooting People independent filmmakers network, discounts on edit suites and PR workshops.

Launching this year at The Comedy Store in Deansgate, Manchester, Cofilmic aims to provide a platform, as well as a helping hand, for budding actors, comics, directors and producers trying to break onto the comedy scene.

All submissions for the Cofilmic Short Comedy Film Festival must be entered by Monday Sept 12th. Scroll down for a full list of categories prizes, or visit the Cofilmic website for more details on the festival and how to submit your film

 

 

COFILMIC PRIZES:

COMEDY SHORT FILM

First Place:

1. Face to Face meeting, organised by COFILMIC with:

Walli Ullah – The Division Films

Leslee Udwin – Producer

Beth Pattinson – Development Editor BBC Films

2. Free 12 month Shooting People membership

3. 35% discount from post production training – GMB Digital, Manchester

4. Free PR surgery and preparation of local press release – Multitude Media PR

5. Automatic inclusion in the COFILMIC ‘Best of the  Fest’ UK tour

 

Second Place:

1. 20% discount from use of edit suites and 10% discount from video/post production equipment – GBM Digital, Manchester

2. Free 30 minute PR surgery – Multitude Media PR

3. Automatic inclusion in the COFILMIC ‘Best of the Fest’ UK tour

 

SIT COM PILOT

First Place

1. Face to Face meeting, organised by COFILMIC with

Kristian Smith – Commissioning editor, BBC Comedy

Charlie Hanson – Producer

Dave Spikey – Writer

Noreen Kershaw  – Director

2. Free 12 month Shooting People membership

3. Free PR surgery and preparation of local press release – Multitude Media PR

4. 20% discount from the use of edit suites and 10% discount from video/post production equipment – GBM Digital, Manchester

5. Automatic inclusion in the COFILMIC ‘Best of the  Fest’ UK tour

 

Second Place

1. Face to Face meeting with Katherine Beacon, Head of Development, Jellylegs

2. Free 30 minute PR surgery – Multitude Media PR

3. Automatic inclusion in the COFILMIC ‘Best of the Fest’ UK tour

 

COMEDY SKETCH

First Place

1. Face to Face meeting, organised by COFILMIC with Mandy Ward, International Artistes

2. Open spot gig, The Comedy Store, Manchester

3. Free 12 month Shooting People membership

4. Free PR surgery and preparation of local press release – Multitude Media PR

5. Automatic inclusion in the COFILMIC ‘Best of the  Fest’ UK tour

 

Second Place

1. Free 30 minute PR surgery – Multitude Media PR

2. Automatic inclusion in the COFILMIC ‘Best of the Fest’ UK tour

3. 20% discount from the use of edit suites and 10% discount from video/post production equipment – GBM Digital, Manchester

 

BEST NEW COMEDY PERFORMANCE

1. Face to Face meeting with Janet Hampson, Independent Casting Director

2. Feature article on COFILMIC website with 12 months ongoing support.

by Giggle Beats