Iris Prize 2019 Shortlist...

Organisers of the Iris Prize have today (16/08/2019) announced details of the 36 short films competing for the Iris Prize at the 2019 Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival. The winning director will be presented with £30,000 to make their next short film here in the UK, supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation.

36 short films compete for the 2019 Iris Prize

19 countries represented in Cardiff final including for the first time Peru, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia

The £30,000 prize continues to be funded by The Michael Bishop Foundation

The nominees are:

BLACK HAT - DIRECTOR: SARAH SMITH

BREAK ME (KNUS MEG) - DIRECTOR: IRASJ ASANTI

BY THE END OF THE NIGHT (QUE LA NUIT S’ACHÈVE) - DIRECTOR: DENOAL ROUAUD

CARLITO LEAVES FOREVER - DIRECTOR: QUENTIN LAZZAROTTO

CRASH AND BURN, HONEY - DIRECTOR: DAWID ULLGREN

DANTE VS MOHAMMED ALI - DIRECTOR: MARC WAGENAAR

DELIVERY BOY - DIRECTOR: HUGO KENZO

DUBS - DIRECTOR: ANTHONY GREYLEY

EQUAL - DIRECTOR: GILLIAN CALLAN

FAME - DIRECTOR: LENE POTTGIESSER & CHRISTIAN HÖD

FICUS (FIKUS) - DIRECTOR: ANDREY VOLKASHIN

GIRL FRIEND - DIRECTOR: CHLOE SARBIB

GRETA - DIRECTOR: SPARKMAN CLARK

HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE CORRECTLY - DIRECTOR: XINDI LOU

IN CASE OF FIRE (EM CASO DE FOGO) - DIRECTOR: TOMÁS PAULA MARQUES

JOY BOY - DIRECTOR: STEF SMITH

LEAKING BLUE (AZUL VAZANTE) - DIRECTOR: JULIA ALQUÉRES

MARGUERITE - DIRECTOR: MARIANNE FARLEY

MINI DV - DIRECTOR: SHAULY MELAMED

MISS CHAZELLES - DIRECTOR: THOMAS VERNAY

OUTDOORING - DIRECTOR: MAXWELL ADDAE

PONYBOI - DIRECTOR: RIVER GALLO, SADÉ CLACKEN JOSEPH

RENOVATION (REFORMA) - DIRECTOR: FÁBIO LEAL

RUOK - DIRECTOR: JAY RUSSELL

SKIES ARE NOT JUST BLUE - DIRECTOR: LYSANDRE COSSE-TREMBLAY

SKIN - DIRECTOR: AUDREY ROSENBERG

STIGMA (ESTIGMA) - DIRECTOR: DAVID VELDUQUE

STRANGERS - DIRECTOR: JAMIESON PEARCE

TERMINALLY IN LOVE - DIRECTOR: EMILY JENKINS & JUSTIN BLACK

THE BOOTH - DIRECTOR: ROHIN RAVEENDRAN

THE ONE YOU NEVER FORGET - DIRECTOR: MORGAN JON FOX

THE ORPHAN (O ÓRFÃO) - DIRECTOR: CAROLINA MARKOWICZ

THOMAS BANKS’ QUEST FOR LOVE - DIRECTOR: PIP KELLY

U FOR USHA (U USHACHA) - DIRECTOR: ROHAN PARASHURAM KANAWADE

WE OUTLAWS (红裙下) - DIRECTOR: WANG KAIXUAN

WONDER - DIRECTOR: JAVIER MOLINA

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