13 October 2025

Welsh films will once again be celebrated at the Iris Prize Festival this year, as the partnership between the LGBTQ+ film festival and S4C continues to go from strength to strength. 

As part of the programme, there will be a talk about Yr Alwad, S4C’s first vertical drama which was recently broadcast on TikTok. 

Y Tolldy, a horror comedy commissioned by S4C, will have its first screening as part of the festival’s opening night. 

Dysgu Hedfan, a short film commissioned by S4C as part of its partnership with It’s My Shout, has reached the shortlist of the Iris community award. 

On Sunday, 19 October, the winners of the Iris Prize will be announced in Central Square, Cardiff, which is home to BBC Wales and S4C offices. 

The Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival is now in its 19th year of celebrating international LGBTQ+ stories. 

It takes place both in-person in Cardiff and online across the UK. 

The short film Teth, produced by Beastly Media for S4C, went on tour following its premiere at last year’s Iris Festival as part of the Iris on the Move initiative, and was selected for this year’s BFI Flare festival. 

Teth is also the first Welsh language film to be shown in India and China and the winner of the Best LGBT Film at Cali Film Fest in California, USA, and it continues to generate a buzz in international festivals around the world. 

Geraint Evans, S4C’s Chief Executive, said: 

“S4C’s support for the Iris Prize once again this year demonstrates our ongoing commitment to supporting Welsh films and ensuring that S4C is truly for everyone. 

“The success of some of these films shows the wider impact of S4C and proves what’s possible when we collaborate with our partners to make Wales thrive. 

“We at S4C are very proud of the partnership between us and the Iris Prize Festival and I’m very much looking forward to watching more LGBTQ+ stories through the medium of film, by some of Wales’s most talented content creators.” 

Berwyn Rowlands, Iris Prize Festival Director, said:  

"Iris has had a strong relationship with S4C from the beginning. We closed the first festival in 2007 with the premier screening of Fel Arall by Nia Dryhurst.  

“The relationship has evolved and grown and this year we have a programme that reflects how active S4C are in promoting diversity at all levels.”