04 December 2018
• 2019 tour starts in Llandudno Junction, before visiting Newcastle, Manchester, Brighton and Bournemouth
• Lebanese director and 2018 Iris Prize winner Lara Zeidan to return to Wales to attend Llandudno Junction film festival
• 19 short films up for the 3rd Iris Community & Education Awards Short Film Awards
• Lebanese director and 2018 Iris Prize winner Lara Zeidan to return to Wales to attend Llandudno Junction film festival
• 19 short films up for the 3rd Iris Community & Education Awards Short Film Awards
By Berwyn Rowlands 22 November 2018
• Friends of Iris talk candidly about hosting visiting filmmakers at annual Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival
• “245 filmmakers have been accommodated by the Friends of Iris since 2007”
• Cardiff residents become stars for the night as Cardiff University’s School of Journalism hosts film premiere in new Central Square home
By Berwyn Rowlands 04 October 2018
* 35 Short films compete for the 2018 Iris Prize. 20 countries represented bringing together films featuring contemporary dance, brutal violence and challenging stories about gender
* Seven feature films to receive UK Premiere in Cardiff
* Brit Award and Mercury Prize winning singer Heather Small will return to the Iris Prize Festival to be on the judging panel
* Seven feature films to receive UK Premiere in Cardiff
* Brit Award and Mercury Prize winning singer Heather Small will return to the Iris Prize Festival to be on the judging panel
By Team Iris 17 September 2018
-Organisers of the world’s only LGBTQ film finance forum to attend Cardiff’s 2018 Producers Forum from Canada
-Bad Wolf, one of the UK’s largest film and TV studio complexes – discover more during exclusive interview
-Maximise the commercial and impact potential of your film during an insightful lecture given by Sarah Mosses, Together Films
-Bad Wolf, one of the UK’s largest film and TV studio complexes – discover more during exclusive interview
-Maximise the commercial and impact potential of your film during an insightful lecture given by Sarah Mosses, Together Films
By Team Iris 21 August 2018
• “We must learn how to listen in this confusing and turbulent time for LGBT+ people”
• 13 feature films, 14 programmes of short films, talks, industry day, education day and a carnival to bring the 2018 film festival to a close
• AIDS – retelling the story for a new audience after almost 40 years since the world changed forever
• 13 feature films, 14 programmes of short films, talks, industry day, education day and a carnival to bring the 2018 film festival to a close
• AIDS – retelling the story for a new audience after almost 40 years since the world changed forever
By Berwyn Rowlands 
