Last October, Big Gay Picture Show had a great time at the Iris Prize Festival in Cardiff. Each year the festival offers the winner of its main LGBT short film prize a great award – funding, help and support to make another film. It’s a great idea, and a great festival, showcasing the best in LGBT shorts from around the world, as well as a selection of feature-length projects.
Now the festival is gearing up for its 2013 edition, opening a call for submissions for films for this year’s festival, which run 9th – 13th October 2013 once again in Cardiff. This year the main Iris Prize offers £25,000 towards making a new film.
“The Iris Prize is the only LGBT short film prize in the world which allows the winner to make a new film. Iris is more than just a trophy that gathers dust or a certificate that yellows on the wall. Iris is what film makers need – funding, support and guidance,” said Iris Prize founder, Berwyn Rowlands.
“I’m very proud of our track record in supporting new talent. The Iris Prize has worked with the winning Filmmakers from around the world to produce four new short films to date with a 5th due to go into production later this year. We are also looking forward to welcoming our 2012 winner Grant Scicluna from Australia to Cardiff to sit on this year’s International Jury,” added Berwyn.
To find out more about submitting a film to the Iris Prize Festival by clicking here.
Previous winners of the Iris Prize have been:
2007 – Dee Rees (USA) for her short film Pariah
2008 – Till Kleinert (Germany) for his short film Cowboy
2009 – Eldar Rapaport (US) for his short film Steam
2010 – Magnus Mork (Norway) for his short film The Samaritan
2011 – Daniel Ribeiro (Brazil) for his short film I Don’t Want To Go Back Alone
2012 – Grant Scicluna (Australia) for his short film The Wilding.
Previous winners of the Best UK Short have been:
2007 – Abbe Robinson for her short film Private Life
2008 – Connor Clements for his short film James
2009 – Aleem Khan for his short film Diana
2010 – Ana Moreno for her short film Mosa
2011 – Andrew Steggall for his short film The Red Bike
2012 – Fabio Youniss for his short film A Stable for Disabled Horses.
Previous winners of the Iris Prize Best Feature Award have been:
2008 – Dream Boy (USA) directed by James Bolton
2009 – Redwoods (USA) directed by David Lewis
2010 – My Friend from Faro (Germany) by Nana Neul
2011 – August (USA) by Eldar Rapaport
2012 – Sex of Angels (Spain) by Xavier Villaverde
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