Film
The Best of IRIS 2023 (15)
A curated collection of extraordinary short films that have been honoured and celebrated at the 2023 Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival. www.irisprize.org
The screening will be introduced by Seth Edmonds, Assistant to the Director at Iris Prize.
A Q&A with Sara Harrak, director of the film “F**ked", will also follow the screening.
Programme running time: 54 mins
Tickets £5 / £4 concessions
Realness With A Twist (Winner: 2023 Youth Jury Award) - Rated 12A
Director: Cass Virdee UK, 12 mins
A talented footballer is forced to battle between his secret passion for voguing and the fear of his team-mate's disapproval.
Ted And Noel (Winner: 2023 Co-op Audience Award) - Rated PG
Director: Julia Alcamo, UK, 25 mins
Ted and Noel deals with a grieving LGBTQ+ activist who tries to find the strength for one last campaign.
F**ked (Winner: 2023 Best British) - Rated 15
Director: Sara Harrak, UK, 6 mins
What exactly are the rules in an open relationship? With no rulebook, it’s down to the couple to draw their lines... F**KED raises the question many of us secretly ask ourselves - have I really explored and enjoyed my own sexuality?
Scaring Women At Night (Winner: 2023 Iris Prize) - Rated 15
Director. Karimah Zakia Issa, Canada, 11 mins
Two strangers are scared on a late walk home. As they try to escape one another, their worlds collide at an intersection forcing them to question who they’re afraid of and why.
The screening will be introduced by Seth Edmonds, Assistant to the Director at Iris Prize.
A Q&A with Sara Harrak, director of the film “F**ked", will also follow the screening.
Programme running time: 54 mins
Tickets £5 / £4 concessions
Realness With A Twist (Winner: 2023 Youth Jury Award) - Rated 12A
Director: Cass Virdee UK, 12 mins
A talented footballer is forced to battle between his secret passion for voguing and the fear of his team-mate's disapproval.
Ted And Noel (Winner: 2023 Co-op Audience Award) - Rated PG
Director: Julia Alcamo, UK, 25 mins
Ted and Noel deals with a grieving LGBTQ+ activist who tries to find the strength for one last campaign.
F**ked (Winner: 2023 Best British) - Rated 15
Director: Sara Harrak, UK, 6 mins
What exactly are the rules in an open relationship? With no rulebook, it’s down to the couple to draw their lines... F**KED raises the question many of us secretly ask ourselves - have I really explored and enjoyed my own sexuality?
Scaring Women At Night (Winner: 2023 Iris Prize) - Rated 15
Director. Karimah Zakia Issa, Canada, 11 mins
Two strangers are scared on a late walk home. As they try to escape one another, their worlds collide at an intersection forcing them to question who they’re afraid of and why.
