£1,000 bursary returns

A £1,000 bursary to help an up-and-coming female filmmaker turn a comedy idea into reality has returned for a second year.

The fund was set up last year in honour of Phoebe Frances Brown, pictured, a writer and performer who lost her battle with brain cancer in 2022, aged just 29.

It was established  by film-makers’ collective Mister Tibbs, who say: ‘She brought immense wit and warmth to all her work on stage and screen’. That work included an acclaimed one-woman play about her condition, The Glad Game.

Last year’s award went to producer-writer Sychelle Kristina Yanda who also directed the short film Koko, about her grandmother, which the bursary helped fund.

Applicants must provide a written statement about their planned project and career goals and and an example of their work.

Apply here by May 31, and the winner will be announced at the end of July.

Published: 7 May 2024