Chapter Queer Short Film Prize 2026

On Thursday 11th June 2026 we were proud to present the finalists for this year's Chapter Queer Short Film Prize:

Over the Rainbow - Andrew Creak and Lights, Camera, Cymru!

Feeling Pretty - Amy Williams, Elias Bridgeman and Talu Studios

Bampi's Soup - Ben Rees, Tom O’Shea and Bulldozer Films

No Scrumping - Tracy Harris, Nelly Weston and Dylan Guard.

Black Bag - Joan Jones (Truly Kaput)

Island Of Strangers - Claire Donnelly, Ros Wynne Jones, John Domokos and Maryam Qaiser

Please Mistress - Alia Ramna and Sophie Francis

And the winner is ... Please Mistress! Plus special commendations went to Over the Rainbow and Island of Strangers. Congrats all!

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2026

It's bananas!

Foxgloves - Dylan Mears
Feeling Pretty - Amy Williams and Talu Studios
2 Lifes - Silas Andrzejczak
Different Faces - Greg Randolph Jr
Enough Is Enough - Red Mountain Films
Lotto Cops - Zak Harney and Andrew David Fisher

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: May 2026

That's an odd way to shoot.

Bullets & Budgets - Austin Charlesworth and Diminished Responsibility
Inhuman. We. Hope. - Silas Andrzejczak
Freedom of Art - Silas Andrzejczak
Eclisse - Saul Sulway and Talu Studios
Over the Rainbow - Andrew Creak and Lights, Camera, Cymru!
Blondi - Jack Salvadori
The Golden Squacco Heron - Edward Smyth

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2026

Reality Bites?

Mari And The Mermaid - Anastazia Eden Bea
Limerence - Anastazia Eden Bea
As The World Caves In - Dan Smith and Reuben Stowe-Masters
Tickets, Please - Dann Weber
Go To Sleep - Tirion Liddell
String Theory - Tirion Liddell
Pinch of Fantasy - Saul Sulway and Talu Studios
Another Night To Remember - Harry Baker, Beverly Williams and Owain Hopkins
Streets Of Ely - Thomas and Muse
You Can’t Put That There Mate! - Neil Harris

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2026

A river runs through it.

Something Pointless - Asa Bailey and David Cormican

Pokedbots: Delta City - Jonathan Ball and Jonathan James
Salvaging Hope - Stephen Hanks
Esblygiad - Hedydd Ioan
Abounding With Fish? A youth-led mapping of the River Usk - Ben F. Roberts and Rhys Jones
The Buff Club clip - Michael Gilhooly and Tom Gordon
How They Threw Rocks - Rhys Thomas and Alex Buono

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2026

It was right before your eyes.

La Vie En Gris - Carson Kelley and Erin Richards

Scarlett Noire and the Peculiar Case of the Forgotten - Declan Young
Final Round: The Spirit of Competitive Gaming - Dan Read
Pip And The Philosophers - Neil Harris
The Five O’Clock Bird - Neil Harris
Two Fingers - Anastazia Eden Bea
Change For Change - The Rising Filmmakers of Newport
Alive - The Rising Filmmakers of Newport
Panto - Lucas Lewis-Smith

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: January 2026

You animals!

Y Mari Lwyd - Charlie Grayson
Love In The Rear View - Duke Pearce
My Cat Is A Pony - Neil Harris
The Red Path - Neil Harris
RULE OF SIX - Dylan Mears
The Rabbit - Andrew Vidgen and Tree Top Films
Apocalypse Admin - Paul Mackay