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Cardiff's international LGBT+ short film festival
The world's biggest short film prize, which empowers the winner to make a new film

Iris Prize site 18th Iris Prize Festival
10-15 OCTOBER 2024
in Cardiff, Wales


2 0 2 4   A W A R D S . . .

Iris Prize: BLOOD LIKE WATER
Audience Award: SISTER WIVES
Feature: YOUNG HEARTS
British Short: SISTER WIVES
Micro Short: FACADE
Actress: Louisa Connolly-Burnham (SISTER WIVES)
Actor: Richard Wilson (G FLAT)
British Actress: Dennis Grindel (FAIRVIEW PARK)
British Actor: Ashley Goa
(DIVINE INTERVENTION)
Feature Actress: Luciana Grasso (VERA AND THE PLEASURE OF OTHERS)
Feature Actor: Lou Goosens
(YOUNG HEARTS)
Feature Commendations:
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN and HIDDEN MASTER
Youth Prize: JIA
Community Award: THREE LETTERS
Education Award:
FORBIDDEN REVERIE

2 0 2 4   F I L M S
S H O R T S . . .

11:01 (Drosinos, UK)
ALL THE WORDS BUT THE ONE (Mau, US)
ALOK (Hedison, US)
AMOEBA (Fallon, Ire)
BENDER DEFENDERS (Putilova, UK)
BLOOD LIKE WATER (Hamdan, Pal)
BOYS IN THE WATER (Larue, Fr)
THE BRIDGES WE CROSS (Van Dongen, UK)
BUNK (Jasinski, Cz)
BUST (Field, US)
CHILDREN OF GOD (Kusi, Gh)
COME CORRECT (Coffee, US)
DEVELOP (James, UK)
DIE BULLY DIE (Lacey/Lacey, Aus)
DILDOTECTONICA (Marques, Por)
DIOMYSUS: MORE THAN MONOGAMY (Morus-Jones, UK)
DIPPED IN BLACK (Thorne/Lynch, Aus)
DIRTY TALK (Wyse, Ire)
DIVINE INTERVENTION (Tran, UK)
DON'T FORGET ME (Wang, Can)
EVERYTHING LOOKS SIMPLE FROM A DISTANCE (Toner, UK)
FACADE (Vi, UK)
FAIRVIEW PARK (Hodgetts/Nicolet, UK)
FISITOR (Titus, UK)
FORBIDDEN REVERIE (Huang, UK)
FORMER BEST FRIEND (Feng, Chn)
G FLAT (Darney, UK)
GIGI (Calvi, Fr)
HEROINES (Desrives, Fr)
HERON (Ross, UK)
HOMOFONIA (Murphy, Ire)
HONEYMOON (Papastathopoulos, Gr)
HOT MESS (Campbell, UK)
I HOPE HE DOESN'T KILL ME (Borchgrevink/Hanrahan, UK)
I NEVER PROMISED YOU A JASMINE GARDEN (Alkamli, Can)
IYKYK (Rajpurohit, Ind)
JIA (Shi, Aus)
KASBI (Jabir, US)
KINDNESS BEGINS WITH ME (Watkins, UK)
LOVE, JAMIE (Murthy, US)
MAKING UP (Paige, UK)
MAMI (Araci, Swe)
MAR(I)CONA (Lazaro, Sp)
MISS TEMPERANCE (McClain, UK)
MNM (Garcon, US)
NEVER KILL A FEMBOY ON THE FIRST DATE (Murphy, Ire)



NILOO (Koushki, Irn)
PEARLS (Konan, UK)
THE PERFORMANCE (Zhou, Ned)
PILL NATION (Tadeu, Br)
QUEER ENOUGH (Reynolds, UK)
RAGE CONSUMES ME (Waverley-Hudson, UK)
RAT! (Mulani, US)
READY FOR RANSOM (Dickel, Ger)
REJOYCE! (Ledger, UK)
SALLY LEAPT OUT OF A WINDOW LAST NIGHT (Spottiswoode, UK)
SILENT SPRING (Kilbride, UK)
SISTER WIVES (Connolly-Burnham, UK)
SKIN (Behrens, Nor)
SOME KIND OF PARADISE (Finegan, US)
STD (Campbell, UK)
TERRATOMA (Roche, Ire)
TETH (Darney, UK)
THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON YOUR PARENTING (Byrne, Ire)
THREE LETTERS (Graham, UK)
UNCHARTERED WATERS (Graham, UK)
UNTIL TODAY (Lyons, UK)
WATER'S EDGE (Barker, UK)
WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY SUPERHEROES (Martin, UK)
WHERE WE STAY (Bouvy, Ned)
WHO'S KITTY AMOR? (Diederen, UK)
YOU KNOW THE RULES (Tooth, UK)


F E A T U R E S . . .

GREER RALSTON: GIVING IT ALL TO ART (Dax, UK)
HIDDEN MASTER: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES (Shahid, US)
IN THE ROOM WHERE HE WAITS (Marshall, Aus)
INDIA'S 1ST BEST TRANS MODEL AGENCY (Mehrotra, UK)
LAST EXMAS (Rotella, Can)
LIFE OF RILEY (Lawrence, UK)
PERFECT ENDINGS (Ribeiro, Br)
ROOKIE (Lee, Ph)
SOLO (Dupuis, Can)
SUNFLOWER (Carrubba, Aus)
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN (Mavproeidis, Gr)
VERA AND THE PLEASURE OF OTHERS (Tamburello/Actis, Arg)
YOUNG HEARTS (Schatteman, Bel)

Iris Prize site 17th Iris Prize Festival
10-15 OCTOBER 2023
in Cardiff, Wales




2 0 2 3   A W A R D S . . .

Iris Prize: SCARING WOMEN AT NIGHT
Audience Award: TED AND NOEL
Feature: FEMME
UK Short: F**KED
Micro Short:
TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS
Actress: Meg Salter & Rosalind Eleazar (F**KED)
Actor: Emma D'Arcy (THE TALENT)
Beyond the Binary: Son of a Tutu (LEMON)
Feature Actress: Amrit Kaur
(THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS)
Feature Actor: Hubert Mikowski (NORWEGIAN DREAM)
Feature Beyond the Binary:
Bishop Black (CAPTAIN FAGGOTRON SAVES THE UNIVERSE)
Youth Prize:
REALNESS WITH A TWIST
Community Award: WHERE'S DANNY
Education Award:
THE FIGHT IN THE DOG

2 0 2 3   F I L M S
S H O R T S . . .

100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU
17 MINUTOS CON NORA
A HISTORY OF SITTING IN WAITING ROOMS
AIKANE
THE ALEXANDER BALL
AN AVOCADO PIT
BEYOND THE SEA
BETTY AND JEAN
BLEACH
BOYFRIEND
BUBBLING
A CARDIFF GHOST STORY
COEURS BRISES HOTEL
DILATING FOR MAXIMUM RESULTS
DIOMYSUS
DOGFRIEND
DYKES ON BIKES: AN ORIGIN STORY
HAPPY BIRTHGAY
FORTUNE FAVOURS THE FANTABULOUS
F**KED
GOODBYE PYTHON
HIDEOUS
THE IMMEASURABLE
JELLY BEAN
JUST PASSING
LEMON
LONGING
MALCOLM
MALWA KHUSHAN
MONSIEUR LE BUTCH
MUD QUEEN
MY OLD GALS
MY SUMMER IN THE HUMAN RESISTANCE
NEM O MAR TEM TANTA AGUA



OUR MALES AND FEMALES
PENGUIN
REALNESS WITH A TWIST
REQUIEM
REQUIRED READING
REVIVED
SCARING WOMEN AT NIGHT
SINGLE: MEAT CUTES
SKADJA
SNUFF
SOME GIRLS HATE DRESSES
STONE
THE TALENT
TICKER
TED AND NOEL
TUI NA
TICKER
WARSHA
WILL YOU LOOK AT ME


F E A T U R E S . . .

ARTIST UNKNOWN
BIG BOYS
CAPTAIN FAGGOTRON SAVES THE UNIVERSE
CHUCK CHUCK BABY
EISMAYER
FEMME
IN BED
NORWEGIAN DREAM
OUR SON
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS
THE LOST BOYS
MUTT

Iris Prize site 16th Iris Prize Festival
11-16 OCTOBER 2022
in Cardiff, Wales




2 0 2 2   A W A R D S . . .

Iris Prize: TARNEIT
Feature: METAMORPHOSIS
UK Short: QUEER PARIVAAR
Micro Short:
HOLD ME CLOSE PLEASE
Actress: Claudia Jolly (TOMMIES)
Actor: Gary Fannin (JIM)
Feature Actress: Lacey Oake
(BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND)
Feature Actor:
Giancarlo Commare (MASCARPONE)
Feature Beyond Binary:
Gold Azeron (METAMORPHOSIS)
Youth Prize: BREATHE
Community Award: WANT/NEED
Education Award: THE BED

2 0 2 2   F I L M S
S H O R T S . . .

BEAUTIFUL THEY (Rhodes, Aus)
BLUE EYES (Weber, Aus)
BREATHE (van der Sanden, Ned)
BRUTAL (McConnell, US)
CANS CAN'T STAND (Nadel/Plotka, US)
CHAPERONE (Max, US)
DOROTHY'S DEMONS (Langlois, Fr)
ENLIGHTENED (Bouchaud-Cheva, Fr)
FERVOR (Velez, US)
FIRST DATE (Planalles, Ire)
FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT (Sharp, UK)
FORGIVENESS DAY (Ho, US)
A FOX IN THE NIGHT (Blessie, UK)
GROWN IN DARKNESS (Shears, Can)
HOME BIRD (Roberts, UK)
HORNBEAM (Pluck, UK)
HOW NOT TO DATE WHILE TRANS (Moon, US)
JELLY (O'Rourke, UK)
JIM (Young, UK)
KAPEMAHU (Wong-Kalu/Hamer/Wilson, US)
KEEP OFF THE GRASS (Rudd, UK)
LAMBING (McNeice, Ire)
LANA KAISER (Gufler, Ger)
LOOKING FOR BARBARA (Kilbride, UK)
MUHAFIZ: THE PROTECTOR (Ray, Ind)
NANT (Barton, UK)
NIGHT RIDE (Tveiten, Nor)
NOWHERE (Ribeiro, Por)
OISIN (Fernandez, Ire)
PEACH PARADISE (Raichandani, UK)
PERENNIAL (Cubero, US)
THE PISS WITCH (Barker, UK)
QUEER PARIVAAR (Raichandani, UK)



THE REV (Martin, UK)
RIPPLES (Nudelman, Isr)
ST JUDE (Quinonero, It)
SCIENCE AROUND US (Abdillah, Ned)
SILENCE (Peyton, UK)
SKINNY FAT (David, UK)
STATIC SPACE (Spence/Klein, US)
SUCCESSFUL THAWING OF MR MORO (Carlsson, Swe)
TANK FAIRY (Rettstadt, Tai)
TARNEIT (Sheedy, Aus)
THIS IS KATHERINE (Eldoen, Nor)
THOT OR NOT (Glynn, Can)
TOMMIES (Fairbairn/Eccleston, UK)
WHAT IS A WOMAN? (Haskjold, Nor)
A WILD PATIENCE HAS TAKEN ME HERE (Sarmet, Br)
WRITE HERE (Consing, Ph)


F E A T U R E S . . .

BARRIO BOY (Shinners, US)
BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND (Anderson, Can)
ELEPHANT (Krawczycki, Pol)
FIRE ISLAND (Clohessy, US)
HELLO WORLD (Elvebaak, Nor)
LONESOME (Boreham, Aus)
MASCARPONE (Guida, It)
SIRENS (Baghdadi, Leb)
SO VAM (Mackay, Aus)
WHO WE LOVE (Cantwell, Ire)
METAMORPHOSIS (Tiglao, Ph)
YES OR NO (Wongsomphet, Tha)

Iris Prize site 15th Iris Prize Festival
5-10 OCTOBER 2021
in Cardiff, Wales




2 0 2 1   A W A R D S . . .

Iris Prize: BABA
Feature: REBEL DYKES
UK Short: BABA
Micro Short: AMEN
Actor: Udo Kier (SWAN SONG)
Actress: Senan Kara (NOT KNOWING)
Youth Prize: S.A.M.
Community Award: LONELY COWGIRL

2 0 2 1   F I L M S
S H O R T S . . .

ACRIMONIOUS (Emden, UK)
AND JUST TWO MORE (Mohammadi, Irn)
ARE YOU STILL WATCHING? (Cardy/Polichtuk/Chrystal, Aus)
BABA (Arbor/Ali, UK)
BABY BOY (Hall, UK)
A BEAUTIFUL FORM TO SEE (Zeidan, UK)
BEFORE THE ERUPTION (Toledo, Sp)
BETWEEN US (Scott-Grimes, Can)
THE BINDING OF ITZIK (Benkov, US)
A BIG LIFE (Brownfield, Aus)
BIRTHDAY BOY (Lebeau, UK)
BONDE (Luccas, Br)
BONHOMME (Raoul, Fr)
BUFFALO (Paull, US)
BUTTERFLIES (Koifman, Ned)
DO I KNOW YOU? (Ghrioghair, Ire)
DRAGGED UP (Tunbridge, UK)
DUET (Xu, Chn)
EGGSHELLS (Doytcheva, Bul)
EN CE MOMENT (Vittorini, It)
FACTORY TALK (Rachel/Hyde, UK)
FROM A TO Q (El fadli, UK)
GOD'S DAUGHTER DANCES (Byun, South Kor)
THE GURGLE OF WATER (Buckland, UK)
HOW TO DIE YOUNG IN MANILA (Vargas, Phl)
THE HUNTER (McConell, US)
INERTIA (Johns, UK)
IRIS GUIDE TO STORYTELLING: ON SCREEN (Williams, UK)
JACKFRUIT (Nguyen, Ger)
JOHNITA (Reter, Isr, 14mins) THE LEAF (Zang, US)
LEAF BOAT (Blosse-Mason, UK)
LESBIAN (Baker, UK)



MUST BE PAINFUL (Semler, Cz)
THE NIGHT TRAIN (Carlsson, Swe)
NOOR & LAYLA (Mirza, US)
NOT IN TANZANIA (Rosenlund-Hauglid, Nor)
PITOC E ICINAKOSIAN (Gerry-Ottawa/Ottawa-Dube, Can)
POP (Roe, UK)
A PRESENT LIGHT (Amarante, Por)
PRIVATE PHOTOS (Grabowsky, Br)
S.A.M. (Eyre-Morgan, UK)
SILVER AND GOLD (Pulford, UK)
SKINNY FAT (David, UK)
THE SONG WE SANG (Neharsh, Ind)
SPLIT SOLE (Boulton, UK)
A SUMMER PLACE (Matheou, Fr)
TERROR, MY SISTERS (Langlois, Fr)
THREE LETTERS (Smith, UK)
WE WILL BECOME BETTER: SANSARA (Gavriss, Rus)
WHY DID SHE HAVE TO TELL THE WORLD? (Pobjoy, Aus)
YOU WILL STILL BE HERE TOMORROW (Hanley, US)


F E A T U R E S . . .

GOODBYE MOTHER (Di, Vie)
FIREBIRD (Rebane, UK)
LOVE, SPELLS AND ALL THAT (Unal, Tur)
NOT KNOWING (Yilmaz, Tur)
REBEL DYKES (Shanahan/Williams, UK)
RURANGI (Currie, NZ)
SAINT-NARCISSE (La Bruce, Can)
SWAN SONG (Stephens, US)

iris Iris
Prize

Iris is the god of the rainbow — the universal symbol of sexual diversity. She is also a messenger.
P R I Z E   W I N N E R S   &   C A R D I F F   P R O D U C T I O N S
Iris Prize winners...
2007: PARIAH (Dee Rees, US)
2008: COWBOY (Till Kleinert, Ger)
2009: STEAM (Eldar Rapaport, US)
2010: THE SAMARITAN (Magnus Mork, Nor)
2011: I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ALONE (Daniel Ribeiro, Br)
2012: THE WILDING (Grant Scicluna, Aus)
2013: GORILLA (Tim Marshall, Aus)
2014: ALL GOD'S CREATURES (Brendon McDonall, Aus)
2015: VESSELS (Arkasha Stevenson, US)
2016: BALCONY (Toby Fell-Holden, UK)
2017: MOTHER KNOWS BEST (Mikael Bundsen, Swe)
2018: THREE CENTIMETRES (Lara Zeidan, Leb)
2019: BLACK HAT (Sarah Smith, US)
2020: SHORT CALF MUSCLE (Victoria Warmerdam, Ned)
2021: BABA (Arbor/Ali, UK)
2022: TARNEIT (Sheedy, Aus)
2023: SCARING WOMEN AT NIGHT (Issa, Can)
2024: BLOOD LIKE WATER (Hamdan, Pal)

Iris Prize productions...
2010: COLONIAL GODS (Rees)
2011: BOYS VILLAGE (Kleinert)
2012: LITTLE MAN (Rapaport)
2013: BURGER (Mork)

2014: HURT'S RESCUE (Scicluna)
2015: FOLLOWERS (Marshall)
2016: SPOILERS (McDonall)
2016: D & DAISY (Stevenson)

2019: INVOLUNTARY ACTIVIST (Blundsen)
2020: A BEAUTIFUL FORM TO SEE (Zeidan)
2022: CARDIFF (Smith)
Rich Cline was on the 2010 Iris Prize Jury: 2010 IRIS SHORTS

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