- Ticket price:
- From: £5.50
- Running time:
- 1h (plus short films)
- Age range:
- 15
Part of our Poole Pride celebration 2025 - bringing Queer culture to Lighthouse cinema.
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 Iris Prize Best British & Co-op audience award Dir: 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 Award Dir: 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. (Mandarin language with English subtitles)
Blood Like Water (15) – Winner: 2024 Iris Prize Dir: 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. (Arabic language with English subtitles)
For more info about Iris Prize, visit: www.irisprize.org
Supported by Film Hub Wales as part of the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN), made possible by the National Lottery
