Iris 2025 programme is live!
Get your October plans locked in — which film are you seeing first?

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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

🥹 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 🫶

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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

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!

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...

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

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-...

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

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...

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

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!

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 🥳

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