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# Shortlist of 15 short films competing for LGBTQ+ Iris Prize Best British award revealed
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/shortlist-of-15-short-films-competing-for-lgbtq-iris-prize-best-british-award-revealed/
- Published: 2022-09-13T11:00:48.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-13T10:06:54.000Z
- Description: Organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival have announce the shortlist of 15 films competing for the Iris Prize Best British Supported by Film4 award. Also revealed are the two juries for the main prizes…
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, cinema, LGBTQ, queer

**Lead pic: A Fox in the Night**

Organisers of the **Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival** have announce the shortlist of 15 films competing for the **Iris Prize Best British Supported by Film4** award. Also revealed are the two juries for the main prizes, with **Bard Ydén**, senior programmer at the **Norwegian Short Film Festival**, chairing the international jury, and **Tim Highsted**, Senior Film Editor of acquired feature films for **Channel4**, chairing the Best British jury.

The 15 films shortlisted for the Iris Prize Best British Supported by Film4 award include three films made in Wales: **Skinny Fat** (**Mathew David**); **Nant** (**Tom Chetwode Barton**); and **Jelly** (**Samantha O’Rourke**). The films are presented in three separate programmes, with stories ranging from a teenage footballer coming to terms with his sexuality to a group of Regency-era women gossiping on the street about a notorious gay scandal, and a gay priest’s life-changing encounter with a rent boy, based on a true story.

**Iris Prize 2022 – Best British:**

**Home Bird** | Dir. **Caleb Roberts**

**The Piss Witch** | Dir. **Jason Barker**

**Keep off the Grass** | Dir. **Francis Rudd**

**Nant** | Dir. **Tom Chetwode Barton**

**Silence** | Dir. **TJ O Grady Peyton**

**Fluorescent Adolescent** | Dir. **Charlie Sharp**

**Tommies** | Dir. **Brian Fairbairn** and **Karl Eccleston**

**Hornbeam** | Dir. **Mark Pluck**

**A Fox in the Night** | Dir. **Keeran Anwar Blessie**

**Jim** | Dir. **Tom Young**

**Jelly** | Dir. **Samantha O’Rourke**

**Skinny Fat** | Dir. **Mathew David**

**The Rev** | Dir. **Fabia Martin**

**Queer Parivaar** | Dir. **Shiva Raichandani**

**Looking for Barbara** | Dir. **Helen Kilbride**

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Hornbeam

**Berwyn Rowlands**, Iris Prize Film Festival Director, said: “We are thrilled to be able to present to our audiences 15 short films made in Britain and supported by one of the most LGBTQ+ friendly broadcasters and champion of the Iris Prize.”

This year’s Best British award marks the continuation of a three-year sponsorship agreement with British producer/broadcaster **Film4**. The agreement will see Film4 acquire broadcast and streaming rights to each of the 15 British LGBTQ+ short films shortlisted for the Iris Prize Best British Short Supported by Film4.

The winner will receive a package of services sponsored by **Pinewood Studios Group**.

All of the nominated films are eligible for consideration for **BAFTA** and can automatically be entered by the filmmakers.   **For more info,[ CLICK HERE](https://irisprize.org/2022-best-british-shortlist/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**