Wear I Am will be showcasing at the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Festival 2026
BY ELLA GAUCI, IMAGE PROVIDED
Vicky Morton has received the Iris Prize Documentary Film Finance Fund for the film Wear I Am. This will be the fourth film commissioned by the fund to support emerging documentary and factual film talent from Wales.
Wear I Am follows a single gender-affirming care package on its journey from sender to recipient. The film follows Leith, the founder of the grassroots charity The TIN Wardrobe, as he sends a parcel of affirmation to a trans stranger.
“Through this simple but powerful act – a donated box of clothes travelling from one life to another – the film explores identity, resilience, and the quiet beauty of gender euphoria. It celebrates how clothing can be both armour and expression, a language through which trans, non-binary and intersex people affirm who they are and find solidarity in one another,” Vicky said.
The Fund awards a single documentary film a production grant of up to £20,000 for a 20-minute film. Vicky’s film will premiere at the 20th edition of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival in October 2026. The Fund has previously supported documentaries like Some Girls Hate Dresses and Bender Defenders.
Vicky continued: “I’m genuinely honoured that Wear I Am has been selected for the Iris Prize Documentary Film Fund. I feel like I’ve grown up alongside the festival, and I’ve always been inspired by its commitment to championing queer stories with heart, honesty, and courage. As a queer Welsh filmmaker, I’ve long felt proud that one of the world’s most respected LGBTQ+ film festivals was born right here in Wales. It’s been a personal goal of mine to one day have a film screen at Iris – so to know that Wear I Am will be part of the 20th edition feels both surreal and deeply special.”
Full details about Iris can be found here: www.irisprize.org
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