My short film Keith is nominated for the Best of British Award at the Iris Prize 2026. The event will take place in Cardiff in October 2026, with a screening as part of a short film programme on Friday 16 October. Keith is the Scottish nomination, after winning the FIlmhouse Queer Film Prize 2026. This will be the second time I have been nominated for the Iris Prize, after Dix Pix in 2019.
Keith will now go on to screen on Film 4 and be available to watch online at Channel 4 until October 2027.
My short film Keith has won the Filmhouse Queer Film Prize 2026. The award was presented in June after a screening of queer short films made in Scotland. This means the Keith will be the Scottish nomination for the Iris Prize 2026. I am delighted to have won this award and was not expecting it. This is the fourth award that Keith has picked up.
My latest short film Keith was screened and won an award at the Marvels of Media Festival in New York. This is the 5th edition of the festival and I was delighted to go back for the third time to visit the Museum of Moving Image to collect the award.
In April 2025 my short film Prosopagnosia was chosen to screen in the V&A Museum in Dundee. The screening was for Autism Awareness month and the short screened on a loop in the Jupiter Auditorium. I lived in Dundee for many years and left just before the museum was built. It was a very special experience to go back and see the film in a city that means a lot to me. Some photos from the exhibition are below –
Two of my short films are streaming on the ReelAbilities channel for UK Disability History month. ReelAbilities is a New York based disability focussed film festival. The festival has screened several of my films, but is streaming What It Feels Like and Coming Out Autistic specifically for UK Disability History Month. I am delighted that both those films were chosen and honoured that they are being highlighted during an important month.
My latest short film Keith was released in early 2025. Throughout the year the film screened in many film festivals and also won Best Animation Award at the Dublin Smartphone Film Festival and Best Film at the Lived Perspectives Film Festivals. Other screenings took place at the Edinburgh Short Film Festival (where it was nominated for Best Scottish Film), Cinephone – International Smartphone Film Festival (where it was nominated for Best Animation), Gaze Film Festival and London Queer Fringe Festival.
The award for the Lived Perspectives Film Festival was particularly nice, as it was woven by hand.
My short film What it Feels Like won the Short Film Award at the Voices With Impact Film Festival. The festival showcases films about serious Mental Illness. As someone who lives with a serious mental illness and endevours to create art, it means a lot to win an award like this. What it Feels Like can also be streamed online with the Voices with Impact Festival. Info at the festival website.
Prosopagnosia won the Experimental Award at Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. This was the first award that I have won in Scotland and the third award that Prosopagnosia has won! The award ceremony took place at the CCA in Glasgow on 12/05/2022. It was nice to attend an award ceremony that was walking distance from my flat.
My short Prosopagnosia is now available to watch online on the New York Times Op-Docs site.
Prosopagnosia has been chosen to be part of their new series of short documentaries that they host online. The series looks to present independent and nonfiction filmmaking from around the world.
Steven Fraser 