Luke Evans and Billy Porter among nominees for Iris Prize performance awards
The winners will be announced during the Iris Awards Show on Saturday 14 October
The Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival has announced the nominees for three performance awards, with the list including Luke Evans and Billy Porter.
The Cardiff-based LGBTQ film festival returns on 10 October and runs until Sunday 15.
Today (Tuesday 3 October) organisers announced 12 actors shortlisted for their performances in feature films. As well as the short films, the features will also be screened at the festival.
The awards are Best Performance in a Male Role in a Feature Film, sponsored by Attitude Magazine; Best Performance in a Female Role in a Feature Film, sponsored by Diva Magazine; and finally, Best Performance Beyond the Binary in a Feature Film sponsored by Peccadillo Pictures.
The nominees are:
Bishop Black (Queen Bitch in Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe)
Louise Brealey (Helen in Chuck Chuck Baby)
Nimra Bucha (Mariam in The Queen of My Dreams)
Luke Evans (Nicky in Our Son)
Amrit Kaur (Azra in The Queen of My Dreams)
Kerry Lacy (Juniper in Artist Unknown)
George Mackay (Preston in Femme)
Lío Mehiel (Feña in Mutt)
Hubert Miłkowski (Robert in Norwegian Dream)
Billy Porter (Gabriel in Our Son)
Annabel Scholey (Joanne in Chuck Chuck Baby)
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Jules in Femme)
The winners will be announced during the Iris Awards Show on Saturday 14 October. The final decision rests with the Feature Film Jury which is made up of students from the University of South Wales.
Known for presenting the largest short film prize in the world, Iris’ Festival Director, Berwyn Rowlands, celebrated this year’s crop of features as well as nominees as “our best programme ever!”
“It’s extremely traumatic and painful”
Speaking previosuly about Our Son, Luke Evans said “It’s Kramer vs. Kramer for the gay community.” He and Porter play divorcing husbands with an eight-year-old son. He also added: “It’s extremely traumatic and painful.”
All the Iris features will be screened at Vue Cinema in Cardiff. There will also be an extra day of screenings in Chapter Arts Centre on Sunday 15 October.
Tickets are available here as well as in person from 10 -15 October 2023 at the Festival Box Office at Vue Cardiff. Full details about Iris Prize can also be found here.