Iris Prize Archives - Movie Marker https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/tag/iris-prize/ 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 Iris Prize Archives - Movie Marker https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/tag/iris-prize/ 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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]]> Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival Launches 2025 Programme https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/iris-prize-lgbtq-film-festival-launches-2025-programme/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:08:28 +0000 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/?p=92822 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 (Thursday, 11 September 2025). This year’s festival is a week in length, and the full programme can be viewed here: https://irisprize.org/2025-box-office/ […]

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]]> Manchester LGBTQ+ Film/TV Festival SCENE Confirms 2025 Line-Up https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/manchester-lgbtq-film-tv-festival-scene-confirms-2025-line-up/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:59:59 +0000 https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/?p=92526 After a hugely successful first year. Ahead of Manchester Pride, SCENE Festival is ready to take over the city once more this August, with another iconic line-up highlighting the very best in queer cinema and TV. Spread across seven days (Friday 15th to Thursday 21 August) with venues such as HOME, Aviva Studios and Cultplex […]

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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 Celebrates ‘Teth’ As First Welsh Language Film At 2025 BFI Flare https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/iris-prize-celebrates-teth-as-first-welsh-language-film-at-2025-bfi-flare/ Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:25:41 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=91464 The organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation are thrilled to congratulate Leo Drayton and Peter Darney, the writer and director of the game changing short film Teth, which will screen at this year’s BFI Flare, following its world premiere in Cardiff last October. This will be the […]

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]]> MM Shorts – Sister Wives https://www.moviemarker.co.uk/mm-shorts-sister-wives/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 03:34:33 +0000 https://moviemarker.co.uk/?p=90937 Released: 2024 (Available to stream now on Channel 4) Director: Louisa Connolly-Burnham Starring: Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Michael Fox The steady opening camera tilt downwards of Kaidence’s (Louisa Connolly-Burnham) tightly braided hair. A stark visual nod to the rigid environment in which she is not thriving, but merely surviving her current twisted circumstances. This needless […]

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