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![]() 10-15 OCTOBER 2024 in Cardiff, Wales
2 0 2 4 A W A R D S . . .
Iris Prize: BLOOD LIKE WATER | 2 0 2 4 F I L M S |
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S H O R T S . . .![]() 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) |
![]() 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) ![]() 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) ![]() SUNFLOWER (Carrubba, Aus) ![]() VERA AND THE PLEASURE OF OTHERS (Tamburello/Actis, Arg) ![]() | ||||||||||||
![]() 10-15 OCTOBER 2023 in Cardiff, Wales
2 0 2 3 A W A R D S . . .
Iris Prize: SCARING WOMEN AT NIGHT | 2 0 2 3 F I L M S | ||||||||||||
S H O R T S . . .![]() 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 ![]() 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 |
![]() 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 ![]() WILL YOU LOOK AT ME F E A T U R E S . . . ARTIST UNKNOWN ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
![]() 11-16 OCTOBER 2022 in Cardiff, Wales
2 0 2 2 A W A R D S . . .
Iris Prize: TARNEIT | 2 0 2 2 F I L M S | ||||||||||||
S H O R T S . . .![]() BLUE EYES (Weber, Aus) BREATHE (van der Sanden, Ned) BRUTAL (McConnell, US) CANS CAN'T STAND (Nadel/Plotka, 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) ![]() GROWN IN DARKNESS (Shears, Can) HOME BIRD (Roberts, UK) ![]() HOW NOT TO DATE WHILE TRANS (Moon, US) JELLY (O'Rourke, 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) ![]() 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) ![]() |
![]() ![]() 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) ![]() ![]() SIRENS (Baghdadi, Leb) SO VAM (Mackay, Aus) WHO WE LOVE (Cantwell, Ire) METAMORPHOSIS (Tiglao, Ph) YES OR NO (Wongsomphet, Tha) | ||||||||||||
![]() 5-10 OCTOBER 2021 in Cardiff, Wales
2 0 2 1 A W A R D S . . .
Iris Prize: BABA | 2 0 2 1 F I L M S | ||||||||||||
S H O R T S . . .![]() AND JUST TWO MORE (Mohammadi, Irn) ARE YOU STILL WATCHING? (Cardy/Polichtuk/Chrystal, Aus) ![]() BABY BOY (Hall, 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) |
![]() ![]() 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) ![]() 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) ![]() GOODBYE MOTHER (Di, Vie) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
![]() 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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