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BFS Joins International Film Festival Jury

9/23/2020

 

Bournemouth Film School joins jury of International Film Festival Iris Prize

The film school's partnership with renowned International LGBT+ film festival 'Iris Prize' has brought incredible queer cinema from around the world to our students for two consecutive years with 'Iris on the Move'. Our relationship continues as we join the jury for this year's festival to preside over the  Feature Film Category.
The Feature Film Category includes awards for Best International Feature Film, Best Performance in a Male Role and Best Performance in a Female Role. BFS Industry Liaison Lewis Bayley, who will be chairing the jury, sat on the panel for the awards at last years festival in Cardiff.
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IRIS PRIZE WEBSITE
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International Features Jury 2019 From right: Russel T Davies (Doctor Who, Queer as Folk, Years and Year), Fedor Tot (Buzz Magazine), Lewis Bayley (BFS Industry Liaison), Roisin Geraghty (GAZE Film Festival)
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​"Iris Prize showcases the best LGBTQ+ cinema from around the world every year and it's exciting to be invited back to return for a second year. Last year my experience on the jury opened me up to stories and places I'd never seen on screen and even led me to discover some of my favourite films of all time. I can't wait to see what the last year has provided us in queer cinematic storytelling."
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BFS Industry Liaison, Lewis Bayley

​Iris Prize 2020 will available completely free and online this year, for the first time ever, with the festival programme of short films available across the UK. The Iris Prize award is the largest short film prize in the world, with a cash award of £30,000 towards creating a new film. In 2017 the festival was recognised as an A-List BAFTA accredited film festival, alongside Cannes and Sundance, making officially selected films qualified for BAFTA award submission.

A number of Bournemouth Film School graduates are nominated in the Best of British category at this year's festival, which is supported by Film4. Film4's Senior Editor of Acquired feature Films, Tim Highsted, will be chairing the jury that also includes Team GB hockey player Sarah Jones, Aactress Rakie Ayola and directors Sally El Hosaini and Charlie Francis.

The Award for Best International Feature Film, that our jury will preside over, is sponsored by Bad Wolf. The Cardiff based company was established in 2015 by Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, and has recently finished production on the second series of His Dark Materials for HBO and the BBC. Attitude magazine sponsors the award for Performance in a Male Role and DIVA for Performance in a Female Role. 
"Bournemouth Film School at AUB is thrilled to jury this year’s International Feature Film category at Iris Prize. 

Three final-year students and two exceptional alumni for our panel will form the panel, chaired by returning jury member and BFS Industry Liaison Lewis Bayley. Accessibility and diversity in storytelling is at the heart of our ethos, which is what makes our relationship with the Iris Prize so important and special to us. 

In February 2021, we will welcome’ Iris on the Move Bournemouth’ to campus for our third year in a row, bringing inclusive films to our students and local community and it is our privilege to do so."

​Mary Oliver, Dean of School

MEET THE FEATURES JURY
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Lewis Bayley
(Chair)
INDUSTRY LIAISON
Lewis is the Industry Liaison for Bournemouth Film School, and returns to the International Feature Film jury this year as Chair. Lewis is a Writer and Producer, whose short film ‘Missed Conceptions’ enjoyed great success around the UK and internationally. He is currently developing a queer television series with Working Title.
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Anna McCallum
ALUMNA
Anna Karenina is an anglo-brazilian short film producer whose projects have screened at BAFTA and BIFA qualifying festivals. Her most recent short film ‘We Met Before’ is currently enjoying its festival circuit, screening at a number of festivals around the globe. Anna Karenina is also the founder of Mud Street Productions.
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Daisy-Leigh Phippard
ALUMNA
Alumna Daisy is a British screenwriter and director with a background in theatre and creative writing. Her award-winning short film, Sealskin, is currently on its festival circuit. She also freelances as a film journalist for various online and print publications including Screen Queens, an online film magazine written by female and LGBT+ critics.
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Amy Curtis
STUDENT
Amy is an art department trainee from Manchester. She is currently in her final year studying Film Production, specialising in Production Design.
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Kieran Wall
STUDENT
Kieran is a final year Film Production student, specialising in Directing and Producing.
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Olivia Morrison
STUDENT
Olivia is currently a final year Cinematography student. She has developed her skills as a DoP while in education, and for 2 years has been a Camera Trainee in industry features and shorts.

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