Cardiff Archives - Movie Marker https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/tag/cardiff/ Award Winning Movie Reviews & News Mon, 20 Oct 2025 01:00:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-11825547_871819026233149_6161467757169643488_n-11-80x80.jpg Cardiff Archives - Movie Marker https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/tag/cardiff/ 32 32 Alexander Farah’s ‘One Day This Kid’ Named 2025 Iris Prize Winner https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/alexander-farahs-one-day-this-kid-named-2025-iris-prize-winner/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 01:00:43 +0000 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/?p=93181 The organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival – celebrating global stories and Cardiff charm have proudly announced that Alexander Farah has won the prestigious Iris Prize supported by The Michael Bishop Foundation for his film One Day This Kid.  The announcement was made on 19 October at the BBC Wales studios in Cardiff.  Alexander Farah is a queer Afghan-Canadian filmmaker whose work has screened globally at TIFF, […]

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]]> Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival Reveals Best British Winners For 2025 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/iris-prize-lgbtq-film-festival-reveals-best-british-winners-for-2025/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:27:48 +0000 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/?p=93144 The organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival – celebrating global stories and Cardiff charm are thrilled to announce that the winner of the Iris Prize Best British Short Film Award is Chris Urch, for his film Blackout.  This is Chris Urch’s first outing as a director and was named winner during the Best British Day Gala on Friday, 17 October, at Vue Cinema, Stadium Plaza, Cardiff.  This is the first year that all […]

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]]> 2025 Iris Prize Confirms Industry Day Return As Passes Go On Sale https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/2025-iris-prize-confirms-industry-day-return-as-passes-go-on-sale/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:35:13 +0000 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/?p=92394 The organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival are excited to announce that the Iris Industry Day will take place on Wednesday 15 October 2025. The Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival – celebrating global stories and Cardiff charm, supported by The Michael Bishop Foundation, will return for its 19th edition on Monday 13 October […]

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]]> Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2025 Submissions Now Open https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/iris-prize-lgbtq-film-festival-2025-submissions-now-open/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:35:58 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=90924 The organisers of the prestigious LGBTQ+ film festival based in Cardiff are thrilled to announce today (13 January 2025) that submissions are open for the 19th edition of Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival – celebrating global stories and Cardiff charm, to be held Monday 13 October – Sunday 19 October 2025. The Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film […]

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]]> Blood Like Water/Sister Wives Triumph At 2024 Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/blood-like-water-sister-wives-triumph-at-2024-iris-prize-lgbtq-film-festival/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:42:24 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=90044 Two women filmmakers named 2024 winners at Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival The organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival are proud to announce that Dima Hamdan has won the prestigious Iris Prize supported by The Michael Bishop Foundation for her film Blood Like Water. Louisa Connolly-Burnham has taken the Best British Short award […]

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]]> Iris Prize Announce 2024 Community/Education/Micro Short Award Winners https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/iris-prize-announce-2024-community-education-micro-short-award-winners/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:31:34 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=90009 The organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival – celebrating global stories and Cardiff charm are pleased to announce the winners of the Community, Education and Micro Short Awards, sponsored by Mark Williams in memory of Rose Taylor. The awards were presented on Wednesday 9 October 2024. And the winners are: Community AwardThree Letters […]

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]]> Cardiff’s Iris Prize Launches Full 2024 Programme https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/cardiffs-iris-prize-launches-full-2024-programme/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:01:42 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=89685 A film festival we are now extremely proud to be an official media partner for. The organisers of the Cardiff-based Iris Prize who offer the largest LGBTQ+ short film prize in the world, were thrilled to launch their full programme in London’s The Ministry – Borough on Monday 9 September 2024. The 2024 programme can […]

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