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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 01/02/2026

As part of our 20th anniversary, we’re celebrating 11 Iris Productions films, including Involuntary Activist, available to watch across the UK only. Pay £1 per film or get full access for just £5. Watch Here: watch.eventive.org/irisonthemove

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 16/01/2026

Never Never Never has been selected to screen at Flicker Fest in Australia at the end of January! As one of the Australian winners of the Iris Prize, John Sheedy's film is the 13th short film produced by the Iris Prize supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation. irisprize.org/news/never-n...

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 13/01/2026

Why submit to Iris? Well here's what one of our 15 Best British shortlist directors of 2025 had to say - James Ley from Sleazy Tiger Read the full interview about James' Iris Experience on our website, and submissions for 2026 are open now! irisprize.org/blog/why-sub...

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 12/01/2026

Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival is please to announce that submissions for 2026 - our 20th anniversary year - are now open. If you have a short film by or for LGBTQ+ people we'd like to consider it for this year's Iris Prize. Check out irisprize.org/submissions for full details.

A man with blonde hair holds a jar of kimchi, looking invitingly towards the viewer. Behind him a screen displays the caption "Iris Prize Submissions Open 12 January 2026".

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 12/09/2025

Iris 2025 programme is live! Get your October plans locked in — which film are you seeing first? irisprize.org/2025-box-off...

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Seán Carlsen @seancarlsen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I’m delighted to say a beautiful little #film I did last year #NeverNeverNever directed by the brilliant John Sheedy, gets its world premiere at the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival at Vue Cinema Cardiff on 19th October. #IndieFilm @irisprize.org

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Darryl Griffiths 🌈📽 @darrylgriffiths.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🥹 Still have to pinch myself that @moviemarker.bsky.social is a media partner for this festival. Warms my little gay heart. 🏳️‍🌈 Full programme for this year's @irisprize.org announced today. An absolute beaut. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 See you in October Cardiff 🫶 www.moviemarker.co.uk/iris-prize-l...

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival Launches 2025 Programme

With a week to go before the public Box Office opens, organisers of the Cardiff-based festival offering the largest LGBTQ+ short film prize in the world are proud to launch its full programme today (T...

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 17/06/2025

Iris is back at Pride Cymru 2025 this weekend! This year we are running workshops in the Youth Area - so come and say hello and throw yourself into the world of LGBTQ+ film. Saturday 21 June: 3.30-4.15 Sunday 22 June: 1.45-2.30 @pridecymru.bsky.social

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 04/06/2025

We're delighted to announce the Pink Portraits photographer for 2025, Siria Ferrer! Siria will be photographing LGBTQ+ Bad Wolf crew as part of their 10th anniversary celebrations - thank you to all of the crew that engaged in the call out, we can't wait to get you all in front of a camera!

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 03/06/2025

We are so excited to announce the return of the Iris Industry day at our 2025 festival, as well as our first key note speaker Dawn Airey! Taking place on Wednesday 15 October, the Industry Pass and Full Festival Pass are on sale now. Read more here: irisprize.org/news/iris-in...

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 02/06/2025

We are looking forward to sharing the news tomorrow at 11am..

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 14/04/2025

The 2025 Iris Prize Documentary Film Finance Fund is open for submissions! This new iteration of the fund is open to new talent based in Wales and is sponsored by LGBTQ+ streaming service OUTflix and University of South Wales. See more info on our website: irisprize.org/documentary-...

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 08/04/2025

Celebrating Excellence: Meet Magnus Mork From winning the Iris Prize for The Samaritan to making waves with Burger at Sundance, Magnus Mork’s journey has been nothing short of extraordinary! 🎬✨ Head over to our website for our interview with him irisprize.org/blog/celebra...

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 20/03/2025

Something exciting is coming… The 4th Iris Prize Documentary Film Finance Fund opens for submissions on Monday 14 April, look out for more info!

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 11/03/2025

Celebrating Excellence: Meet Lara Zeidan From winning the Iris Prize with Three Centimetres to creating A Beautiful Form to See, Zeidan continues to captivate audiences. We recently caught up with her to dive into her creative journey and latest projects. Interview: irisprize.org/blog/celebra...

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 03/12/2024

We’re thrilled to announce £137,500 support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for our Adleisiau Iris project which will preserve and celebrate the heritage of Iris Prize by recording oral histories to contextualise our archive. A huge thanks to #NationalLottery players! #HeritageFund

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 28/11/2024

All 15 of the Best British Short films from Iris 2024 are available to stream on Channel 4, perfect for watching as you keep warm through this chilly weather!

A screen shot of the Channel 4 website, showing some of the Best British films available to stream - featured is the 2024 Winner Sister Wives, Until Today, Making Up, Rejoyce!, and Diomysus: More Than Monogamy. Each film has a tile with a still from the film.

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 21/11/2024

The 18th edition of Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival took place in October 2024, as we returned to Vue Cinema Cardiff for a week of screenings and celebrations 🎬🕺 While you wait for Iris 2025, enjoy this 2024 festival recap showing some of our highlights 🥳

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Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival @irisprize.org · 20/11/2024

Shwmae! 👋 We are Iris Prize, a LGBTQ+ Film Festival with the largest short film prize in the world! Based in Cardiff, we work throughout the year on a number of projects as well as the festival which takes place annually in October

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