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Shadows @ Iris Cardiff's international LGBT+ short film festival The world's biggest short film prize, which empowers the winner to make a new film
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: FKED Actress: Meg Salter & Rosalind Eleazar (FKED) 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 Micro Award: TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS	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

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 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 Micro Award: HOLD ME CLOSE PLEASE	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)

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 Actor: Udo Kier (SWAN SONG) Actress: Senan Kara (NOT KNOWING) Youth Prize: S.A.M. Community Award: LONELY COWGIRL Micro Award: AMEN	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)

14th Iris Prize Festival 6-11 OCTOBER 2020 virtually from Cardiff 2 0 2 0 A W A R D S . . . Iris Prize: SHORT CALF MUSCLE Feature: COCOON UK Short: BETTER Audience Award: WINGS Actor: Leandro Faria Lelo (DRY WIND) Actress: Lena Urzendowsy (COCOON) Youth Prize: WINGS	2 0 2 0 F I L M S
	S H O R T S . . . 1-1 (Sager, Swe) ALL GOOD THINGS (Croker, Aus) BABY (Levandov, US) BATHROOM TROLL (Immediato, US) BETTER (Ferns, UK) BLACK LIPS (Chiarella, Aus) BLACKN3SS (Paulino, Br) BOYS (Soroka, Isr) BREAK IN (Lerner, US) CICADA (Xie, Cz) CINDY (Griffiths, UK) THE CYPHER (Solomon, US) DIRTY (Puccini, US) DOWN DOG (Xu, US) DRIFTING (Bo, Chn) DUNGAREES (Rubinstein, UK) GO HOME POLISH (Smith, UK) HIS NAME (Thor, Ice) JUST ME (Tyler, UK) MANDEM (Ogunmuyiwa, UK) MY GOD, I'M QUEER (Mahmood-Ogston, UK) OCTOBER (Mann, US) ON MY WAY (Larcin, Bel) ON THE RED HILL (Winstone, UK) ORVILLE + BOB (Griswold, US) PAINT THE DRAGONS' EYES (Lucas, UK) THE PASSING (Wong, UK) PEACH (Devereux/Saville, Aus) POMPEII (Lighton/Alessi/Morgan, UK) PRETTY GIRL (Fox, Ire)	QUEENS (Bechman, UK) QUEERING DI TEKNOLOJIK (Smith, UK) SAVING CHINTU (Tyagi, Ind) THE SCENE (Corley, UK) SELMA AFTER THE RAIN Menezes(, Br) THE SHAWL (Kiener, US) SHEAR AVORY: TO BE CONTINUED (Cerda, US) SHHH! (Kjeldner, Nor) SHORT CALF MUSCLE (Warmerdam, Ned) SNAKE (Volkashin, Mac) THRIVE (Di Spirito, UK) UNTITLED SEQUENCE OF GAPS (Kirchenbauer, Ger) VICTORIA (Saura, Sp) THE WAY WE ARE (Wong, Can) WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE RING (Chen, Tai) WHEN IN ROME (Padrini, It) WINGS (Weston, UK) F E A T U R E S . . . GOSSAMER FOLDS (Donato, US) ARE WE LOST FOREVER (Fardmar, Swe) COCOON (Krippendorf, Ger) THE TEACHER (Ming-Lang, Tai) BETWEEN THE SEASONS (Kim, Kor) DRY WIND (Nolasco, Br) THE PRINCE (Munoz, Chl)

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)	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)
Rich Cline was on the Iris Prize Jury in 2010. 2010 IRIS SHORTS • 2011 IRIS SHORTS
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