Queer Vision
Friday, 27 June 2025 until Friday, 11 July 2025
Queer Vision Film festival, presented by Bristol Pride, delivers a diverse programme of UK & International LGBTQIA+ films including independently-made feature, animation and award-winning short films.
Queer Vision Film Festival screenings run during Bristol Pride Festival from 27th June- 11th July 2025.
Our focus is on widening engagement, increasing audience viewing and screening opportunities of and for LGBTQIA+ content films and filmmakers.
Queer Vision Best South West Short
Queer Vision in Bristol are a nominating partner of the Iris Prize Best British Short.
We are looking for an LGBT+ short film to nominate that has been created by a filmmaker permanently based in the South West. The full terms to be considered can be found here: https://irisprize.org/lgbtq-film-festival/submissions/submission-terms-conditions/
Iris Prize Best British Short supported by Film4
The winner will receive an exclusive screening of their film in the deluxe John Barry Theatre at Pinewood Studios complete with red carpet, and a welcome reception with drinks and canapes sponsored by Pinewood Studios Group. They will also be invited to be part of the 2025 Iris Prize Best British Jury. All films in the Best British shortlist will be broadcast on Film4 and streamed on their online streaming service, All4. A licence fee will be paid to all shortlisted Best British filmmakers.
2025 Programme
Figuring It Out
S.A.M
Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil David Ely | 2020 | UK | 16 mins
Two young men form a connection on the swings of their local park.
Blond Night [Nuit Blonde]
Gabrielle Demers | 2022 | Canada | 17 mins
Victor is fed-up in his home for autistic adults. To avoid routine, he goes for a nighttime walk where he meets Jessy.
I’m fine mum
Josema Palenzuela | 2023 | Spain | 5 min
Blanca is a young illustrator. Her frequent text exchanges hide a reality that diverges from the idealised version on her walls.
Dope Fiend
Rosanagh Griffiths | 2023 | UK | 14 mins
A woman discovers what life like for her neurodiverse partner in this surrealist comedy.
Coming Out Autistic
Steven Fraser | 2022 | UK | 4 mins
An animated documentary on the experience of coming out as both autistic and queer.
Mo <3 Kyra
Debbie Hannan | 2023 | UK | 13 mins
It’s prom night, and Mo’s final chance to let the girl of her dreams know how she really feels.
I Would Like to Live on the Moon
Emily Burke | 2023 | UK | 2 min
A young non-binary person feels overwhelmed and wants to escape – literally, to the moon.
Heart Murmurs
Dorothy Cheung | 2023 | Hong Kong | 9 min
A poetic dialogue between the filmmaker and Dean – a young Hongkonger living with a congenital disability and HIV during the first years of the Covid pandemic.
South West Shorts
Limp
Harry Faint | 2024 | 5m
The new kid at a Cornish secondary school attempts to hide who he is to fit in during P.E.
Broken Bird
Sheherazade Bodin | 2025 | 5m
A concerned and loving daughter sets her disabled mother up with a dinner date.
MAGIC
Dominique Provost-Chalkley | 2025 | 15m
Opposites attract when a social-media addicted musician meets a free spirited activist at her gig.
Gender Bender
Grace Groves | 2025 | 5m
A granddaughter tries on new identities after being mistaken for her brother’s mistress in this comic short.
Crave
Lois Norman | 2024 | 5m
Pain and passion flow through the stroke of an artist’s paintbrush late one night.
Soviet Fantasia
Penn Bálint | 2024 | 8m
A young teenager grapples with identity in departure from their post Soviet country.
Hallowed Earth
Allie Quinn | 2025 | 10m
Queer folk horror following Ness, attempting to cross private land to bring their friend James home.
A Sin De Fella Story
Sheryn Yidi | 2024 | 15m
This heartwarming observational documentary follows Christo “Sin de Fella” mistress of a caravan community and the driving, creative force behind YardArts.