Georgia Day’s Fruits Of The Spirit will be shown on 13 January at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff
BY ELLA GAUCI, IMAGE BY IRIS PRIZE
Made in partnership with Iris Outreach and funded through the National Lottery Community Fund, Georgia Day’s film Fruits Of The Spirit: A Gathering will have its premiere this Saturday (13 Jan) at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. The film tells the story of Maddy and Carys who are outed to their church band and have to fight to stay together.
The community project Iris Outreach works with organisations across Wales with the funding they receive from the National Lottery Community Fund. Through workshops in filmmaking and screenwriting, Iris can address issues faced by the LGBTQIA community through film.
Georgia Day, the director of Fruits Of The Spirit: A Gathering Film, said: “Established in 2011, The Gathering is an LGBTQIA church in Cardiff that wants nothing more than to provide a safe space for people that the Christian church has historically rejected: queer people, social misfits, gender transgressors.”
“Back in 2022, we pitched Fruits Of The Spirit to the Iris Prize’s Community Outreach Programme, which funds and produces films from various community groups across Wales. We were successful in our pitch, and began making this film.”
“While Fruits Of The Spirit is not a biographical story, it is a very personal one for many of us. Most of us have felt the sting of rejection from various churches, and, having found a loving community now, wanted to show that it was possible. This film celebrates queerness as a beautiful, tender, and holy thing – something that still needs to be said to whoever will listen.”
You can book tickets to the premiere here – there is limited capacity, and if you can’t make it to the premiere, there is a digital option you can watch.
The Iris Prize Film Festival will return next year: Tuesday 8 October – Sunday 13 October 2024.
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