One of the things that makes Iris special is the people behind the films. This October, filmmakers, actors, producers and industry guests from across the UK and around the world are coming to Cardiff for Iris20.
From the filmmakers behind our Iris Prize, Best British and Student Award shortlists to the creative talent behind this year’s feature films, many will be joining us in person to introduce their work, take part in Q&As and meet audiences throughout the week.
You’ll also find guests taking part in our Community and Education programmes, Industry Day, talks and juries, making Iris20 a brilliant opportunity to hear directly from the people creating, supporting and championing LGBTQ+ film.
Take a look below to discover who’s joining us in Cardiff for Iris20.
Iris Prize
Kamila Boichenko — Black Shawl
Jan-Dirk Bouw — Breaking Walls
Said Zagha — Coyotes
Mohammad Awad — Inheritance
Matteo Giampetruzzi — La moto / The Motorcycle
Caio Amado Soares — Mishaps in Spacetime
Jacob McKee — My Dear Watson
Iniyavan Elumalai — Pakka
David Mc Donagh — Queen Lizzy
Anushay Sheikh — Same Time Next Year?
Matthew Sorgie — So Be It
Niamh Barry — Something In The Air
Ashley Panton — The Hold
Destinee Stewart — The Inheritance
Michael Borrelli + Peter McCann — The Last Day of Byron Bray
Mariana Régis Biurrum — Uniformed
Daniel Neiden — WHALE 52 – Suite For Man, Boy, And Whale
JL Perkel — XY
Best British
Nicole Pott + Thomas Sargeant — Between Breath & Silence
Maya Yoncali + Andy — Bluebird
Lyndon Henley Hanrahan + Castor Sprado — Every Time I See A Cock I Go Funny
Jojo Bossman — Hugged People, Hug People
Steven Fraser — Keith
Fox Fisher — Life of Kai
Luís Hindman — MAGID / ZAFAR
Mariana Leal — Making It Fit
Steven Kunis + Shaun McKenna — Meet Frankie
Darius Shu — Molly
Holly Eysselinck — None Of Us?
Jody Wiltshire — Notice Me
Alia Ramna — Please Mistress
Alexandra Agoshkova + Sasha Alexis — Requirements
Simon Brooke — Yellow Bucket
Student Award
Amay Mehrishi — Abracadabra
Jessie Williams — Chaser
Puzhen Zhang — Deep End
Siân A.Williams — Dirty Parrots
Wyatt Carson — Mis-Angel
Jack Patterson — The Bet
Feature Film
Rhys Marc Jones, Tom Cullen — Black Church Bay
Kieron Moore — Blue Film
Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Paul Mortlock — Chatlines
Donna Deitch — Desert Hearts
Daniel Ribeiro — I Am Going To Miss You
Cara Holmes — Lesbian Lines
Gabriel Ordóñez — Sunday Boyfriends
Roberto Proia — The Boy with Pink Pants
Andrew Haigh, Tom Cullen — Weekend
Industry Day
Lisa Baker (Madfabulous)
Stefan D’Bart (Boiling Point)
Alice Cabañas (BFI Network)
Celi Fowler (BBC Writers)
Alice Whittemore (Film4)
Emma Obank (Bad Wolf)
Tom Abell (Peccadillo Pictures)
Joe Ursell (BFI Player)
Alice Werdine (Picturehouse)
Konrad Kay
Mickey Down
Jury
Andy Shilton
Christopher Racster
Ella Gauci
Eric Ollerenshaw
Erykah Cameron
Rebecca Hardy
Ryan Rasmussen
Sara Peacock
Chris Urch
Elena Schmitz
Guto Rhun
Neil Moffatt
Tim Highsted
Katie White
Ryan Rowe
Paul Davies (Stumpy)
Opening Night
Lewis Bayley
Vicky Morton
Will Collins
Community
Rachel-Ann Osborn — Access Denied
Nathaniel Hall — Acting Up! – Forty Years of HIV Activism
