THE PHOEBE FRANCES BROWN FILM FUND

Thank you for your interest in The Phoebe Frances Brown Film Fund.

Unfortunately THE DEADLINE for 2025 submissions has now passed.

We’ll be arranging conversations with shortlisted applicants through July and The Winner will be announced on Friday July 25th .

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Phoebe Frances Brown was a hugely talented writer and performer who lost her battle with brain cancer in April 2022 aged just 29. She brought immense wit and warmth to all her work on stage and screen and was a founder member of the all-female comedy collective Major Labia.

The Phoebe Francs Brown Film Fund is a £1000 award specifically for a female filmmaker to make a piece of comedy. We hope to deliver the fund again in 2026 so watch this space for updates.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR CLAIRE PINEGAR AND WRITER/ACTOR HARRIE HAYES WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED OUR PHOEBE FRANCES FILM FUND FOR 2025.

Claire and Harrie will use their £1000 to make “Contemplating Motherhood” a surreal, blackly comic short that merges animated and live action worlds.

Claire is a live-action, 2D animation and mixed-media director whose work includes commercials and documentary shorts. She also regularly works with design and illustration. Claire will use this project to add scripted narrative work to her portfolio.

Harrie is an actor, writer and stand up comedian from Wiltshire. She has a growing list of TV credits and is a cast member of CBBC’s BAFTA winning show Horrible Histories. Harrie is currently working on her one woman play, I’ll Wait: A Romcom Thriller and she is member of award-winning surreal comedy group, Zazu.