IRIS IS UNIQUE- WE DON’T JUST SHARE FILMS; WE INVEST IN NEW CONTENT
By offering the Iris Prize which – at £40,000 – is the world’s largest LGBTQ+ short film prize, Iris supports the development of up and coming filmmaking talent.
Each year, the winning filmmaker of the coveted Iris Prize is invited back to the UK to make a new film with the support of the Iris Prize team. Through this process, the Iris Prize has seen the creation of twelve new short films, with the thirteenth and fourteenth currently in pre-production. Each of these diverse and remarkable films showcases a wealth of filmmaking talent from around the globe, offering a significant investment from Iris to the world of LGBTQ+ filmmaking.
Iris also ran a Welsh Language film scheme, Straeon Iris, which aimed to encourage more LGBTQ+ stories for the screen from Wales, about Wales and in Welsh. Supported by S4C and Ffilm Cymru Wales via BFI NETWORK, Two short films have been completed.
Find out more about the amazing films the Iris Prize has brought into being below.
If you are interested in screening or buying the rights to any of the Iris Prize productions, or have any further enquiries, please contact grant@irisprize.org.
Director: Sara Smith
Film Length: 25 mins
Director: Lara Zeidan
Film Length: 8 Mins
Director: Amy Daniel
Film Length: 11 mins
Director: Till Kleinert
Film Length: 22 mins
Director: Tim Marshall
Film Length: 12 Mins
Director: Dee Rees
Film Length: 29 Mins
Director: Magnus Mork
Film Length: 11 mins
Director: Eldar Rapaport
Film Length: 22 mins
Director: Grant Scicluna
Film Length: 15 mins
Director: Brendon McDonall
Film Length: 22 mins
Director: Carys Lewis
Film Length: 10 mins
Director: Arkasha Stevenson
Film Length: 22 mins
Director: Susan Jacobson
Film Length: 17 mins
Director: Mikael Bundsen
Film Length: 19 mins
