News
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26 Jun 2008
£1,000 ($2,000) cash award for best feature!Organisers of the Iris Prize Festival have today (26 June 2008) announced that they will be awarding a new cash award of £1,000 to the best feature film screened during the three day festival.
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8 May 2008
Brazil, Germany and Israel join the global Iris Family.Brazil, Germany and Irael join the global network of Iris Partner Festivals.
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14 Apr 2008
Submissions are Go!Submissions are now open for the 2008 Iris Prize - Cardiff's International gay and lesbian short film prize.
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14 Apr 2008
New Patrons join the Iris FamilyAndrew Pierce the Assistant Editor of The Daily Telegraph (London) and LA based producer Christopher Racster were today confirmed as patrons for the Iris Prize Festival joining popular actor Matthew Rhys (Brothers and Sisters) and film maker Sara Sugarman (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen).
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15 Jan 2008
Iris visits Sundance 2008Organisers of the Iris Prize will be attending the Sundance Film Festival from 17 – 22 January 2008.
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5 Jan 2008
Iris Prize 2008 - dates confirmedThe Iris Prize will return in 2008.
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10 Oct 2007
Pariah is named as the winner of the inaugural Iris PrizeAmerican director Dee Rees has been named the winner of the inaugural Iris Prize competition at a glittering award evening in Cardiff, Wales (UK).
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29 Sep 2007
Interview with Iris Prize Patron Matthew RhysRead an interview with the Welsh star of 'Brothers and Sisters' by Jason Jones from the Rainbow Network.
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28 Sep 2007
Iris Welcomes an International CastWith only a week to go to the inaugural Iris Prize Festival in Cardiff (4th - 6th October), the organisers are delighted to announce that nearly half of the nominated filmmakers will be present in the Welsh capital for the three day event.
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31 Aug 2007
Iris Festival Programme Goes Live!The full programme for the inaugural Iris Prize Festival has been announced today.
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17 Aug 2007
Iris Prize Shortlist AnnouncedThe shortlist of 30 short films competing for the Iris Prize, the International Gay and Lesbian Short Film Prize, has been announed today.
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7 Aug 2007
Iris to sponsor official opening of Queer Cymru 2007A preview screening of the US comedy Itty Bitty Titty Committee, sponsored by the Iris Prize, will officially launch this year’s Queer Cymru event in Cardiff, Wales (UK). The screening will take place in Cinema One, Chapter on Friday 31st August, 2007 at 8.00pm.
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9 Jul 2007
IRIS to embark on USA promotional tourWith just over three months to go before the winner of the inaugural Iris Prize is announced in Cardiff Wales (UK), the team behind the world’s largest lesbian and gay short film prize have announced details of their summer promotional tour.
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11 Jun 2007
Making Friends with IrisIris stepped out of her virtual world for her first public outing as The Festivals Company hosted the first ever Friends of Iris event on Thursday evening (7th June 2007) in Cardiff Bay
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4 Jun 2007
Hong Kong joins the Iris familyThe Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival – the first festival of its kind in Asia – has joined the list of international partner festivals for the inaugural Iris Prize.
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30 May 2007
Iris secures further support from the UK Production SectorThe Iris Prize has continued to develop and expand its relationship with the production sector in the UK by confirming Goleudy – the prestigious Welsh TV and lighting company – as the latest sponsor of the inaugural international prize.
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21 May 2007
You don't have to be a friend of Dorothy to be a friend of IrisThe Iris Prize is hosting a Friends of Iris evening on Thursday, June 7th from 7 – 9pm at the Spice Merchant in Cardiff Bay (UK).
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18 May 2007
Sydney, London and Miami select their films for IrisThe first three entries to be shortlisted for the inaugural Iris Prize have been selected by the Prize’s partner festivals in Sydney, London and Miami.
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31 Jan 2007
Iris is open for submissionsIris is officially open for business as submissions for the Iris Prize – the world’s largest prize for a gay and lesbian short film opened today (31st January 2007).
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24 Oct 2006
The Birth of IrisWhen the two members of The Festivals Company Limited – Berwyn Rowlands and James Nee – decided to devise an international gay and lesbian short film prize they knew it would need a strong and unique identity in order to assert its place within the global filmmaking community.