The Irish Film & Television UK is bringing back their Q-IFTUK Irish Pride Film Festival London for its second year. The festival is a celebration of queer Irish storytelling across film, television and the arts, bringing together cult classic parodies, historic picks, and stunning examples of queer culture in the medium of cinema.

The Q-IFTUK Irish Pride Film Festival London will take place on Tuesday, June 23, at the Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith, and on June 26 and 27 at the Century Club Soho. The programme is presented by Q-IFTUK, the dedicated LGBTQ+ branch of IFTUK, in partnership with Screen Ireland and Culture Ireland.

The organisation has stated that the aim of events or festivals like this is to “amplify diverse voices from Ireland and the Irish diaspora, fostering cross-cultural connections within the UK.”

The Q-IFTUK programme will include screenings of two ‘Bród Bites’, which are collections of Irish queer short films. One of the projects to be featured in the Bród Bites is the Mean Girls Gaelic Parody by Hilary Bowen-Walsh, which offers a playful Irish-language take on the cult teen classic. 

Another short film to be included is Everything Looks Simple From A Distance, which is described as “An inventive political fantasy set in 1969 Northern Ireland”, created by entrant Conor Toner.

Boobs is another short film to be shown at the Q-IFTUK festival, which is described as an “intimate documentary reclaiming the narrative around women’s bodies in Ireland”.

The appropriately and chaotically titled Father Brennan Is Having A Breakdown! is described as a “chaotic queer comedy” and was created by Luke Faulkner and Denny Redmond.

A story celebrating the resilience of Jeffery Dudgeon and Northern Ireland’s queer activists is showcased in the short film Outlasting.

On top of a stellar lineup of short film entertainment, with many more to be screened than the ones mentioned here, the festival promises to feature some industry panels, networking, and a drag show from Orla Nothin’. 

The programme also includes a feature screening of Girls & Boys, Donncha Gilmore’s “tender, funny and quietly radical romantic” comedy set on the streets of night-time Dublin. The festival will culminate in the Q-IFTUK Irish Pride Awards 2026, hosted by Irish actor and chairperson of IFTUK, Derek Murphy.

If you are interested in attending the once-a-year event, tickets are available to book via email at the following address: [email protected].

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