Teth
Director: Peter Darney
Producer: Beastly Media
Writer: Leo Drayton
Country: Wales
Duration: 12 minutes
Rating: 15
Synopsis: 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? (2024 Opening Night)
Director: Tom Paul Martin
Country: UK
Duration: 15 minutes
Rating: 15
Synopsis: 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 (Winner: 2024 Micro Short Award)
Director: Sophia Vi
Producer: Koupepia Films
Writer: William Shakespeare
Country: UK
Duration: 2 minutes
Rating: 12A
Synopsis: 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 (Highly Commended, 2024 Iris Prize)
Director: Pawel Thomas Larue
Country: France
Duration: 39 minutes
Rating: 15
Synopsis: 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.
