News

31 Jan 2010
Iris 2010 is open for submissions!

Submissions are now open for the 2010 Iris Prize Festival.

11 Oct 2009
2009 Winners Announced

And the winners are: ·       STEAM - Iris Prize ·       DIANA – Screen Academy Wales Best UK Short ·       REDWOODS - Iris Prize Best Feature Award An accomplished short film in which the two characters are stuck in steam room was announced as winner of the Iris Prize – Cardiff’s International Gay and Lesbian Short Film Prize, valued at £25,000.

23 Sep 2009
Competing filmmakers attending confirmed

·         Highest number of short-listed filmmakers to attend the festival ·         8 countries represented including Australia, Israel and Sweden ·         Strong contingency from the USA and UK With only two weeks to go to the Iris Prize Festival in Cardiff (7 – 10 October), the organisers are delighted to announce that over half of the nominated filmmakers will be present in the Welsh capital for the three day festival.

7 Sep 2009
Pre-selection Jury member looks forward to Iris 09.

October brings with it the third Iris Prize Festival, a feast of LGBT films, both short and feature-length.

2 Sep 2009
View trailers on IrisTV

Trailers for the feature films screening as part of the 2009 Iris Prize Festival are now available on IrisTV.

24 Aug 2009
Matthew Rhys confirmes Iris Prize Festival line-up for 2009!

Strong US focus with 3 features to receive theire European Premiere at the Iris Prize Festival 2009. Brent Corrigan, Matthew Montgomery and Daniel Robinson to attend festival. Director Jason Bushman returns to Iris with his first festure film.

17 Aug 2009
2009 Iris Prize Jury Announced

Actors, directors, designers and journalists to decide Iris Prize winner 2009.

10 Aug 2009
30 films selected for the world's largest gay and lesbian short film prize!

New Zealand makes the final for the first time joining USA, Canada, Germany, UK, Germany, Brazil, South Korea, Sweden, Israel, Australia and Portugal.

19 Mar 2009
Chicago and Melbourne - welcome!

Brothers and Sisters star Matthew Rhys today (19 March 2009) confirmed that Melbourne Queer Film Festival and REELING - The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival have become partner festivals for the Iris Prize.

5 Oct 2008
Cowboy wins Iris Prize 2008.

A haunting film about a city dweller and country lad who pay a terrible price for love has been named as the 2008 winner of the Iris Prize with its £25,000 award.

24 Sep 2008
Visiting guests confirmed.....

With only a week to go to the Iris Prize Festival in Cardiff (2nd – 4th 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.

21 Aug 2008
Matthew Rhys announces 2008 festival programme.

The full programme for the Iris Prize Festival has been announced today by Iris Prize Patron Matthew Rhys (21/08/08).

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.

8 May 2008
Brazil, Germany and Israel join the global Iris Family.

Brazil, Germany and Irael join the global network of Iris Partner Festivals.

14 Apr 2008
New Patrons join the Iris Family

Andrew 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).

10 Oct 2007
Pariah is named as the winner of the inaugural Iris Prize

American director Dee Rees has been named the winner of the inaugural Iris Prize competition at a glittering award evening in Cardiff, Wales (UK).

29 Sep 2007
Interview with Iris Prize Patron Matthew Rhys

Read an interview with the Welsh star of 'Brothers and Sisters' by Jason Jones from the Rainbow Network.

28 Sep 2007
Iris Welcomes an International Cast

With 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.

17 Aug 2007
Iris Prize Shortlist Announced

The shortlist of 30 short films competing for the Iris Prize, the International Gay and Lesbian Short Film Prize, has been announed today.

9 Jul 2007
IRIS to embark on USA promotional tour

With 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.