Queer Vision Film festival, brings you a diverse programme of UK & International LGBT+ films including independently-made feature, animation and award-winning short films.
2026 festival plans coming soon. In the meantime check out the Queer Vision 2025 trailer below. We will again be offering an exciting showcase of this year’s carefully curated selection of LGBTQ+ cinema. From powerful short films to compelling feature-length stories, this year’s lineup will celebrate diverse voices and bold storytelling.
Queer Vision in Bristol are a nominating partner of the Iris Prize Best British Short. As a selection partner we’re looking for LGBT+ short films to nominate that has been created by a filmmaker permanently based in the South West.
Submissions close 18 April
To be eligible to make our shortlist of films to be screened as part of Queer Vision Film Festival, during the Bristol Pride Festival, you should be permanently based in one of these South West counties: Bath & NE Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isles of Scilly, Isle of Wight, North Somerset, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Southampton, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay or Wiltshire.
You must have been completed within 2 years prior to the submission deadline, that is they must have been completed since 2024.
Chosen entries will be screened at Queer Vision Film Festival 2026.
Full format and eligibility is on our submissions page and IRIS Prize full terms to be considered can be found here
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.
2026 is our 14th year of celebrating LGBT+ cinema, we believe in the importance of seeing ourselves reflected on screen and the power of film for social change. We hold regular events and activities all year round as well as our main festival during Bristol Pride.
Our programme brings you tears of joy and heartbreak, conversations started, talks, performance and empowerment as we aim to increase the visibility of our community and accessibility of Queer media. We aim to create a community of queer film lovers with a safe space to explore themes, and discuss the representations we see.
We also support emerging and early career LGBT+ filmmakers in the Southwest Region and beyond, with our South West Queer Filmmakers Network and our South West Queer Shorts Competition. We are very proud to partner with IRIS Prize as a selection partner for their Best of British award. The winner from Bristol in 2018, ‘Beyond: There’s Always a Black Issue, Dear’ went on to win the competition.
Submissions for the South West Shorts programme are now open!
As a partner festival to Iris Prize LGBTQ+ film Festival, Queer vision film festival is invited to nominate one film for consideration in the Iris Prize Best British Short category. All films in the Best British shortlist will be broadcast on Film4 and be streamed on Channel 4 for one year. For more info, please visit the Iris Prize Website
To get involved with Queer Vision to be part of our working group or to volunteer with the film festival please get in touch by emailing volunteer@bristolpride.co.uk
Queer Vision Film Festival is also supported by BFI FAN Funds, with funds from the National Lottery.
