Iris on the Move 2025 (Plus Q&A)
04 Feb 2025
19:00
Hosted by Berwyn Rowlands (Festival Director) and Q&A with Leo Drayton (writer and actor of Teth).
Programme 1 – Best of Iris 2024
Running Time: 60 mins
A showcase of the standout films from Iris 2024, featuring award-winning stories that explore love, identity, and the human experience.
Sister Wives (15) - Winner: 2024 Best BritishDir: Louisa Connolly-Burnham. UK, 2024. 28 mins.Two sister wives married to the same man start to develop feelings for each other.
JIA (12A) - Winner: 2024 Youth Jury AwardDir: Vee Shi. Australia. 2023. 15 mins.A grieving Chinese mother travels to Australia and embarks on a road trip with Eric, to remember her late son. Ming’s conservative values are tested when she learns Eric was her son’s lover.
Blood Like Water (15) - Winner: 2024 Iris PrizeDir: Dima Hamdan. Palestine. 2023. 14 mins.Shadi embarks on a secret adventure, and accidentally drags his family into a trap where they only have two choices; either collaborate with the Israeli occupation or be shamed and humiliated by their own people.
For more info about Iris Prize, visit: www.irisprize.org
Programme 2 – Heroes, Heartbeats, and Shorelines
Running Time: 70 mins
A dynamic collection of films that explores identity, transformation, and the unexpected connections that shape us, from superheroes to shorelines.
Teth (15) - 2024 Opening Night Dir: Peter Darney. Wales. 2024. 12 mins.Following surgery, Ioan and his father adapt to their new relationship as father and son, that is until the dog mistakes a nipple for a chew toy.
Where Are All the Gay Superheroes (15) - 2024 Opening NightDir: Tom Paul Martin. UK. 2023. 15 mins.An LGBTQIA+ crowd-pleaser, combining elements of sci-fi, drama and comedy. Professional superheroes Sterling and Meridian have just finished saving the day (again) when suddenly, they find themselves in a rare moment alone. The suits come off, but when old tensions and old enemies return, our “heroes” learn the dark truth about who they are underneath.
Façade (12A) - Winner: 2024 Micro Short AwardDir: Sophia Vi. UK. 2024. 2 mins.Following gender affirming facial feminisation surgery, a transgender woman contemplates what it means to be alive using the words of William Shakespeare's most famous speech - 'To be or not to be...'
Boys in the Water (15) - Highly Commended, 2024 Iris PrizeDir: Pawel Thomas Larue. France. 2023. 39 mins.End of summer on the Breton coast. Oscar invites his group of friends to spend a week’s vacation at his grandparent’s house. He hasn’t been back to his childhood home for years – not since he came out as a trans boy. On the beach, the gang meets Malo, a handsome local guy, also trans. The story is about their meeting, which will turn everything upside down.
For more info about Iris Prize, visit: www.irisprize.org
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