Adjoa Andoh in Conversation - Tue, 14 Oct at 10am
Join British screen icon Adjoa Andoh, known for Bridgerton, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Casualty, and Doctor Who, in this exclusive in-conversation event. Celebrated not only for her powerful performances but also as a passionate champion for inclusivity, Adjoa shares insights from her remarkable career and discusses the importance of diverse voices in today’s screen industry.
Tales of This City - Wed, 15 Oct at 6:30pm
The much-loved regular session produced by The Queer Emporium gets an Iris makeover! This edition to coincide with the Iris Prize will feature a panel of filmmakers who are returning to the film festival and will be quizzed about this city.
The confirmed guests are: Harvey Rabbit a transgender artist living in Berlin, Dima Hamdan a Palestinian filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin who won the 2024 Iris Prize for her powerful short film Blood Like Water .
TikTok: Yr Alwad - Thu, 16 Oct at 12:30pm
Talk delivered in Welsh, with translation facilities available.
This session focuses on the TikTok short short drama phenomena. Unlike traditional TikTok clips, which often revolve around goofy challenges or lip-syncing dances, mini dramas are professionally produced series for the web, with clear storylines and big cliffhangers. Clips run just 60 to 90 seconds and a series can span more than 50 episodes.
Yr Alwad is a new Welsh language episodic drama by Alexander Williams, made to this formula. Is this part of the answer to engage with audiences who are consuming content when they want, at at time that suits them when a trip to the cinema or an evening in front of the TV is not always an option.
Teth talk - Thu, 16 Oct at 4pm
Talk delivered in Welsh, with translation facilities available
A Welsh language Trans comedy called Teth (Nipple) has become a global success story. Presented to the world for the first time as part of last year’s Iris Opening Night, the film joined Iris on the Move, visiting 40 venues across the UK, before embarking on an international tour including the word famous Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco.
But how did it happen? Was it pure luck? This talk brings together the key people involved in the making of Teth. Guto, the commissioning guy from S4C; Geraint Evans, S4C – the money man at S4C who said yes; Leo Drayton the writer and eventually the actor; Peter Darney the film director; and the business creatives from Beastly Media Sarah Breese and Dan Thomas.
Nest Jenkins will be guiding us through events.
Iris Prize Winner 2024: Dima Hamdan
The 2024 Iris Prize went to Blood Like Water directed by Dima Hamdan – join her as she returns to the festival for a screening of the winning film and a chat about her filmmaking process with Jad Salfiti a British-Palestinian journalist who specialises in the intersection of culture and politics, with a focus on Queer cinema and the Middle East.
