At Iris 2025, the magic of film doesn’t end when the credits roll! Join us as filmmakers from around the globe introduce their work and stay after screenings for lively Q&As.
Every screening at #Iris25 brings Cardiff’s charm and global stories together, making your festival experience even more special.
Media enquiries: If you would like to contact any of the filmmakers listed below please e-mail Lynne@irisprize.org or Liv@irisprize.org
| Full Name | Film Name | Category |
| Chris Urch | Blackout | Best British |
| Solomon Golding | Blackout | Best British |
| Charlotte Serena Cooper | Bury Your Gays | Best British |
| Charlotte Brownlee | Bury Your Gays | Best British |
| Emmanuel Imani | Demons | Best British |
| Byron McNally | Demons | Best British |
| Heath Virgoe | Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood Sucking Freak | Best British |
| Niamh West | Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood Sucking Freak | Best British |
| Matthew Jacobs Morgan | Lisbon | Best British |
| Beru Tessema | Man Enough | Best British |
| Stuart Armstrong | Meat Raffle | Best British |
| Harry Shaw | Meat Raffle | Best British |
| Samantha Locock | Meat Raffle | Best British |
| Caleb Roberts | Purebred | Best British |
| James Ley | Sleazy Tiger | Best British |
| Sara Harrak | Solers United | Best British |
| Lewis Coates | Solers United | Best British |
| Luke Wintour | Sweetheart | Best British |
| Alastair Curtis | Sweetheart | Best British |
| Chloe Culpin | Sweetheart | Best British |
| Elliot Zelmanovits | Sweetheart | Best British |
| Sobia Bushra | Trailblazers | Best British |
| Ben Jackson | Two Black Boys in Paradise | Best British |
| Dean Atta | Two Black Boys in Paradise | Best British |
| Ava Grimshaw-Hall | While We Still Have Time | Iris Prize |
| Kajri Akhtar | Zari | Iris Prize |
| Nana Duffuor | Rainbow Girls | Iris Prize |
| Alejandro Jato | Cousin | Iris Prize |
| Etsen Chen | Damp | Iris Prize |
| Luke Faulkner | Fr. Brennan is Having a Breakdown! | Iris Prize |
| Leela Varghese | I’m The Most Racist Person I Know | Iris Prize |
| Emily Dynes | Hold Still | Iris Prize |
| Chandradeep Das | Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn | Iris Prize |
| Jayanta Datta | Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn | Iris Prize |
| Gita Datta | Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn | Iris Prize |
| Naz Tokgoz | Krizalit | Iris Prize |
| Olga Safronova | Second Spring | Iris Prize |
| Axel Wursten | The Passion Acording To Karim | Iris Prize |
| Emmanuelle Mattana | The Dysphoria | Iris Prize |
| Marin Håskjold | The Hammer of Witches | Iris Prize |
| Luke Wintour | Sweetheart | Iris Prize |
| Alastair Curtis | Sweetheart | Iris Prize |
| Chloe Culpin | Sweetheart | Iris Prize |
| Elliot Zelmanovits | Sweetheart | Iris Prize |
| Chandradeep Das | Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn | Iris Prize |
| Alexander Farah | One Day This Kid | Iris Prize |
| Rachel Dax | 3000 Lesbians Go To York | Feature |
| Rajdeep Choudhury | A Teachers Gift | Feature |
| Eric Ollerenshaw | A Teachers Gift | Feature |
| Rohan Kanawade | Cactus Pears | Feature |
| Neil Ely | Departures | Feature |
| Lloyd Eyre-Morgan | Departures | Feature |
| Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor | Dreamers | Feature |
| Nessa Chileshe | Dreamers | Feature |
| Leela Varghese | Lesbian Space Princess | Feature |
| Pillion | Feature | |
| Cory Grant | Screams From The Tower | Feature |
| Susie Yankou | Sisters | Feature |
| April Kelley | Tomorrow’s Too Late | Feature |
| Terry Loane | Tomorrow’s Too Late | Feature |
| Dylan Holloway | Tomorrow’s Too Late | Feature |
| April Kelley | Plainclothes | Feature |
| Russell Webber | Departures & Sisters | Feature |
| Adam Silver | Screams From The Tower & Only Good Things | Feature |
| Kahloon Loke | Lesbian Space Princess | Feature |
| Tom Paul Martin | Chair – Iris Prize Jury | |
| Tim Highsted | Chair – Best British Jury | |
| Dima Hamdan | Blood Like Water | 2024 Iris Prize Winner |
| Louisa Connolly-Burnham | Sister Wives | 2024 Best British Winner |
| Tejinder Jouhal | Industry Day | |
| Daisy Leigh-Phippard | Industry Day | |
| Alice Cabanas | Industry Day | |
| Tom Abell | Industry Day | |
| Katie Bignell | Industry Day | |
| Rohan Kanawade | Cactus Pears | Industry Day |
| Rajdeep Choudhury | A Teachers Gift | Industry Day |
| Neil Ely | Departures | Industry Day |
| Lloyd Eyre-Morgan | Departures | Industry Day |
| Russell Webber | Departures & Sisters | Industry Day |
| Adam Silver | Screams From The Tower & Only Good Things | Industry Day |
| April Kelley | Tomorrow’s Too Late & Plainclothes | Industry Day |
| Rachel Dax | 3000 Lesbians Go To York | Industry Day |
| Dylan Holloway | Tomorrow’s Too Late | Industry Day |
| Dima Hamdan | Blood Like Water | Industry Day |
| Matthew Jacobs Morgan | Lisbon | Industry Day |
| Luke Oliveira-Davies | Industry Day | |
| Jacquie Lawrence | Industry Day | |
| Kimberley Warner | Industry Day | |
| Rebecca Meredith | Industry Day | |
| Tracy Spottiswoode | Industry Day | |
| Dawn Airey | Industry Day | |
| Lynne Harwood | Reel Queer’s Real Queers, The Palace At The End of The World, Inside Voices, That Other Me, Falling Stars, Sappho Girls, Petit Pierrot | Community & Micro |
| Alixir | Reel Queer’s Real Queers, The Palace At The End of The World, Inside Voices, That Other Me, Falling Stars, Sappho Girls, Petit Pierrot | Community & Micro |
| Stephen Pilling | Turing | Community |
| Laurel Beckford | Speak Little One (The Wold is Listening) | Community |
| Callum Bruce-Phillips | QUEERTAWE – The Documentary | Community |
| Anna Arrieta | Dysgu Hedfan | Community |
| Sam Trow | After Everything | Education |
| Baysalt Gui | The Ravishing Astonishing Great Magician | Education |
| Arina Vyazenkina | Virtia | Education |
| Alex Monaghan | Astronaut | Education |
| Lucy Bateman | In Search of Colour | Education |
| Bean Sawyer | Queering The Tide | Micro |
| Alicia Brown | Poltergeists | Micro |
| Georgia Day | Searching For Sunday | Micro |
| Jane Campbell | The Gardener | Micro |
| Never, Never Never | Opening Night | |
| Snapped Strings | Opening Night | |
| Jackie | Opening Night | |
| Y Tolldy | Opening Night | |
| BTS: Pink Portraits | Opening Night | |
| Owain Wyn Evans | Iris Presenter | |
| Stifyn Parri | Iris Presenter | |
| Leila Navabi | Iris Presenter | |
| Angharad Mair | Iris Presenter | |
| Adjoa Andoh | Talk | |
| Harvey Rabbit | Talk | |
| Leo Drayton | Teth | Talk |
| Peter Darney | Teth | Talk |
| Nest Jenkins | Teth | Talk |
| Sarah Breese | Teth | Talk |
| Dan Thomas | Teth / Beastly Media | Talk |
| Geraint Evans | Teth / S4C | Talk |
| Alexander Williams | TikTok: Yr Alwad | Talk |
| Llyr Morus | TikTok: Yr Alwad | Talk |
| Mei Williams | TikTok: Yr Alwad | Talk |
| Ffred Hayes | TikTok: Yr Alwad | Talk |
| Guto Rhun | Best British Jury | |
| Sara Peacock | Best British Jury | |
| Ali Afzal | Best British Jury | |
| Nic Crosara | Iris Prize Jury | |
| Laith Jaafar | Iris Prize Jury | |
| Francis Brown | Iris Prize Jury | |
| Jad Salfiti | Iris Prize Jury | |
| Ivy Kelly | Iris Prize Jury |
