Chorts! Results 2019
The winner of the 3rd Annual Comedy Crowd Chorts! competition is Madam Horace, a dark comic sketch by Winston Gregory in which a young boy discovers his special powers. Gregory and the team receive £500 and expert support towards developing the show into a series.
The competition was judged by Saskia Schuster (Head of Comedy for ITV and founder of Comedy 50:50) and Michael Orton-Toliver (co-creator, writer and Executive Producer of Borderline on Netflix). Michael said of the winner:
‘This is so, so, great. I love the art direction, the animation is phenomenal and I love the premise.’
There were 357 entries to this year’s Chorts! Competition and you can watch all the shortlisted videos here.
‘The idea behind Chorts! is to shine a light on some of the brilliant independent creators that don’t get the attention they deserve. The incredibly high standard this year demonstrates that there’s so much untapped potential. It’s our mission to support and showcase these creators.’
Peter Wright, Co-Founder
The Chortlist was screened at a sold out event at Angel Comedy in London. The audience voted on the show they most wanted to see more of and the winner was ‘The Amateurs’, created by Jamie Higgins.
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