Iris Prize

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The Iris Prize ( Iris Prize ) is an international film prize that has been awarded annually in October since 2007. Films are awarded that were produced for, by or in the interest of gay , lesbian , bisexual , inter- and transgender people. The Iris Prize is run by BAFTA as an A festival.

Award

The award is given to filmmakers from all over the world. 30,000 be awarded to the winner of the grand prize pounds distributed, which makes it the most lucrative prize for LGBTQ -Kurzfilme. The prize money is earmarked for the production of another film. The award ceremony takes place as part of a 6-day festival in Cardiff. The films are judged by an international jury made up of people from film and television as well as business. American film director Cheryl Dunye , Swedish filmmaker Mikael Bundsen and British director Jake Graf were among the judges.

The Iris Prize is closely linked to 25 other film festivals around the world, and each partner festival selects a film that is nominated for the Iris Prize. Partner festivals include the Outfest Los Angeles , the Sydney Film Festival , the Hamburg International Queer Film Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival .

Categories

The Iris Prize is now awarded in six categories. Since its inception, the main prize and the prize in the Best British Short Film category have been awarded. The winners of the main prize ( Iris Prize ) are called upon to produce another film and the prize money will be made available to them. These films are produced by Iris. The previous year's winner is also part of the international jury.

In addition to the main prize, the best British short film will be awarded in the category Best British Short ( Iris Prize Best British Short ), the award-winning film will be broadcast in the Film4 program, and next year the winner will be on the jury for the category Best British Short Film.

In addition, the prize in the categories of Best Feature Film ( Iris Prize Best Feature Award ) has been awarded since 2008 , and since 2011 the prize in the categories of Best Male Actor ( Iris Prize Best Performance in a Male Role ) and Best Female Actress ( Iris Prize Best Performance in a Female Role ) and since 2013 an award for young talent ( Iris Prize Youth Jury Award for Best Short ).

Award winners

Iris Prize

  • 2007 - Pariah by Dee Rees (USA)
  • 2008 - Cowboy by Till Kleinert (Germany)
  • 2009 - Steam by Eldar Rapaport (USA)
  • 2010 - The Samaritan by Magnus Mork (Norway)
  • 2011 - I don't want to go back alone by Daniel Ribeiro (Brazil)
  • 2012 - The Wilding by Grant Scicluna (Australia)
  • 2013 - Gorilla by Tim Marshall (Australia)
  • 2014 - All God's Creatures by Brendan McDonall (Australia)
  • 2015 - Vessels by Arkasha Stevenson (USA)
  • 2016 - Balcony by Tovon Fell-Holden (United Kingdom)
  • 2017 - Mother Knows Best by Mikael Bundsen (Sweden)
  • 2018 - Three Centimeters by Lara Zeidan (Lebanon / United Kingdom)
  • 2019 - Black Hat by Sarah Smith (Wales)

Best British Short Film

  • 2007 - Private Life by Abbe Robinson
  • 2008 - James by Connor Clements
  • 2009 - Diana by Aleem Khan
  • 2010 - Mosa by Ana Moreno
  • 2011 - The Red Bike by Andrew Steggall
  • 2012 - A Stable for Disabled Horses by Fabio Youniss
  • 2013 - My Mother by Jay Bedwani
  • 2014 - Middle Man by Charlie Francis
  • 2015 - Closets by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan
  • 2016 - Balcony by Tovon Fell-Holden
  • 2017 - We Love Moses by Dionne Edwards
  • 2018 - BEYOND (There's Always a Black Issue, Dear) by Claire Lawrie
  • 2019 - My Brother is a Mermaid by Alfie Dale

Best feature film

Best Male Actor

Best Female Actress

Young Talent Award

  • 2013 - Straight With You by Daan Bol (Netherlands)
  • 2014 - Bombshell by Erin Sanger (USA)
  • 2015 - Closets by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan (United Kingdom)
  • 2016 - Sign by Andrew Keenan-Bolger (USA)
  • 2017 - Lily by Graham Cantwell (Ireland)
  • 2018 - Mrs McCutcheon by John Sheedy (Australia)
  • 2019 - My Brother is a Mermaid by Alfie Dale

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Iris Prize: Cardiff's International LGBT film festival. British Council, accessed August 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Iris Prize LGBTQ + shorts. In: Phoenix.com. August 21, 2018, accessed August 19, 2020 .
  3. ^ Iris Prize LGBT + Film Festival. In: BAFTA. October 17, 2016, accessed on August 20, 2020 .
  4. ↑ 2016 Jury Archive. In: Iris Prize. Retrieved August 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ 2018 Jury Archive. In: Iris Prize. Retrieved August 20, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ 5 new partners for Iris' 10th anniversary. In: Iris Prize. June 30, 2016, accessed August 20, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Festival Awards. In: Iris Prize. Retrieved August 20, 2020 .