Iris on the Move is the annual touring showcase from the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, bringing award-winning short films to venues across the UK. 

The programme comes to Pontardawe Arts Centre on 3 February 2026. 

Following the first programme, there will be a Q&A session with Aidan Biddiscombe, Costume Designer on Never Never Never. The event will be introduced and hosted by Berwyn Rowlands, Director of the Iris Prize Festival.

Programme details are listed below.

Programme 1: Iris 2025: Best Bits (15) – 65 mins

Y Tolldy (15). Dir. Dan Thomas. Wales, UK. 10 mins. 

(Welsh with English Subtitles)

When Emyr visits his hometown with his partner, a decade  after vowing not to return, a chance meeting with his old school bully turns  into a terrifying battle against forces they cannot explain.

Blackout (15). Dir. Chris Urch. UK. 15 mins.

When a young man living in a high-rise is disturbed by  domestic violence in the flat next door, he comes to realise that violence  isn’t always on the outside – sometimes it’s with us all along.

One Day This Kid (15). Dir. Alexander Farah. Canada. 18mins. 

(English & Farsi with English Subtitles)

As told by filmmaker Alexander Farah through a deftly  composed array of small yet pivotal moments, a first-generation Afghan Canadian man takes steps toward  establishing an identity of his own while always conscious of his father's  shadow.

Never Never Never (15). Dir. John Sheedy. UK/ Australia. 18mins.

(English & Welsh with English Subtitles)

A poignant and heartwarming story set in a Welsh fishing  village. Henrick (Ché) and Arwyn (Iwan) share a bond that transcends  friendship, filled with unspoken longing and love. Henrick's love for Shirley  Bassey's music is his way to overcome the conservative views of their  community. The film  explores the struggles of Henrick and Arwyn as they navigate their feelings foreach  other in a society that may not fully accept them.  This is the thirteenth film made by a winner of  the Iris Prize

Programme 2: When Love Broke the Law (12A) – 60 mins

From forbidden kisses to real-life revolution, this doublebill shows that love has always been our greatest act of defiance.

Two people Exchanging Saliva (12A). Dir. Natalie Musteata  & Alexandre Singh, France/USA, 36mins. 

(French with English Subtitles)

In a farcical world where kissing is punishable by death, a  personal shopper threatens the status quo.

Jackie (12A). Dir. Emily Sargent. Scotland, UK, 2025.  20minutes. 

A short documentary about the life of Jackie Forster; a  groundbreaking, outrageous — and largely unknown — LGBT+ rights campaigner whose underground donorsperm operation helped the first queer women to have children. This is the third film to bemade with the Iris Prize Documentary Film

Finance Fund sponsored by OUTFlix.

Presented in partnership with DIVA Film Festival

Find Out More: https://irisprize.org/iris-on-the-move/