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Plymouth Arts Cinema and Plymouth College of Art Host Iris On The Move LGBT+ Film Festival
18th February 2021
Iris On The Move 2021 is an upcoming major joint initiative between Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth Arts Cinema and Iris Prize, celebrating LGBT+ film across the world with a week-long programme of events, screenings, presentations and lectures.
Now in its 15th year, the Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival is home to the Iris Prize £30,000 film award, the world’s largest short film prize. This year, Iris On The Move will take place online from Monday 22 February to Sunday 28 February 2021.
Plymouth Arts Cinema will be streaming films online throughout the week, in three programmes of short films. These are: Joy, a selection of comedy, from dark and surreal to laugh out loud; Audience Favourites, and The Best of Iris 2020. Tickets are £5 per programme, or £3 for Members of Plymouth Arts Cinema.
Plymouth College of Art will be hosting online Q&As, lectures and presentations. This year gives students, staff and members of the public access to three complete programmes of short films for free, including a 72 minute compilation of last year’s entrants, Best of Iris 2020.
Head of Academic Research at Plymouth College of Art, Judith Noble said, "We are delighted that Iris On The Move is returning to Plymouth in 2021. The Iris Prize and Festival are world leaders in LGBTQ+ film exhibition and we are very lucky that they will again be able to bring the pick of their new short film programmes to Plymouth in an online accessible format. Hosting Iris On The Move is part of Plymouth College of Art's contribution to LGBTQ+ History Month and we are very pleased to be working with our partners at Plymouth Arts Cinema to bring these films to the public as well as to our students."
The travelling celebration of film last visited Plymouth College of Art and Plymouth Arts Cinema in February 2020, and included one of only seven UK pre-release previews of the major international feature film and 2019 Iris Prize winner, ‘And Then We Danced’.
Tickets are available here: https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/iris-on-the-move-lgbt-film-festival/