SCENE Presents: Iris Prize: Night Life Shorts

SCENE Presents:

Iris Prize: Night Life Shorts

The Iris Prize "NightLives" shorts programme takes you on a late-night journey where unexpected connections and quirky encounters steal the spotlight.

From a Cardiff burger bar where everyone’s a little bit too close for comfort in "Burger", to two strangers questioning their fears in "Scaring Women at Night", the thrills don’t stop. In "Single: Meat Cutes", an animated tale of dating disasters, three dateless friends end up in a skip-bin, while "Kasbi" explores a middle-aged woman’s search for self in a night with a sex worker. And in "Mirrors", two straight men find an unexpected connection in a gay club.

Get ready for a night of surprises hosted by Berwyn Rowlands from Iris Prize.

1\. Burger | Dir. Magnus Mork. UK. 2013. 11 mins.

Late night in a Cardiff burger bar!

Gay and straight, male and female, couples, singles and friends are beautifully observed by Norwegian filmmaker Magnus Mork in this short drama is a Sundance Award winner.

2\. Scaring Women at Night (15) | Dir. Karimah Zakia Issa. 2023. Canada. 11 mins.

Two strangers are scared on a late walk home. As they try to escape one another, their worlds collide at an intersection forcing them to question who they’re afraid of and why.

Iris Prize winner 2024.

3\. Single: Meat Cutes (15) | Dir. Tilly Robba & Steph Jowett | Australia | 12 mins.

We are first introduced to Luke, Bridie and Tilly as they rideshare to the pub for their separate dating-app dates. Disaster ensues on all counts, and the three end the night crammed in a skip-bin outside the pub—dateless and still single.

4\. Kasbi | Dir. Farah Jabir. USA. 2024. 12 mins.

A middle-aged Pakistani housewife, in search of herself, hires a young, self-assured sex

worker to keep her company for the night.

5\. Mirrors | Dir. Neil Ely. UK. 2015. 11 mins.

A short film about two straight men connecting in a gay club, by Manchester film maker

Neil Ely."

Films in this programme contain strong language, threat of violence, strong sex references and drug use.

Presented by SCENE

This is an 18+ event