Iris Prize

  • THE IRIS PRIZE for Short Queer Films :  comparative to an Academy Award for mainstream movies :  announces its list of Nominees. 

    THE IRIS PRIZE for Short Queer Films : comparative to an Academy Award for mainstream movies : announces its list of Nominees. 

          To put it context , the IRIS PRIZE for Short Queer Films is comparative to an Academy Award for mainstream movies.  Supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation, the coveted £30,000 prize allows the winner to make their next LGBTQ+ short film in Wales. Short films have always been an essential part of queer filmmaking…

  • Iris Prize Film Festival is HERE

    Iris Prize Film Festival is HERE

      Now in its 14th year, Iris Prize celebrates LGBT+ film all year round, including an international queer film festival in Cardiff, Wales each October. Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival is home of the prestigious Iris Prize £30,000 film award, the world’s largest short queer  film prize.   Some winners use this money to fund their…

  • Becoming Cherrie : a journey so worth taking

    Becoming Cherrie : a journey so worth taking

      The Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival based in Cardiff, Wales awards the largest short film prize in the world – the prestigious £30,000 Iris Prize.  It’s enough money for filmmakers to convert their shorts into full-length features like past winners like Daniel Ribeiro ‘The Way He Looks’ and Dee Rees ‘ Pariah’. This last…

  • Mother Knows Best wins the £30,000 Iris Prize

    Mother Knows Best wins the £30,000 Iris Prize

      Swedish filmmaker Mikael Bundsen has just won the 2017 Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International LGBT Short Film Prize. This prestigious Award now referred the being part of the ‘Gay Oscars’, comes with  a massive £30,000,  thanks to the generosity of The Michael Bishop Foundation. The prize money will allow Bundsen to make a new short…