2019 Programme

Reel Lives – Iris Prize Shorts 6

These documentaries offer a moving and often uplifting portrait of the present and recent past, from the personal to the political, and everything in between

Real lives are the focus of this programme of three shorts from the USA, Israel and Northern Ireland, demonstrating the variety of subject matter and style within the world of LGBT+ documentaries. Tackling issues of human rights, disability and dating, and the nature of documentary itself, these films are a moving and often uplifting portrait of the present and recent past.

EQUAL | Gillian Callan | Northern Ireland | 23 mins
Mini DV | Shauly Melamed | Israel | 9 mins
Thomas Banks’ Quest for Love | Pip Kelly | Australia | 30 mins