{"id":13231,"date":"2017-12-02T09:02:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T09:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=13231"},"modified":"2017-11-30T22:29:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T22:29:46","slug":"iris-prize-short-film-review-lily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/film-tv\/iris-prize-short-film-review-lily\/","title":{"rendered":"IRIS PRIZE SHORT FILM REVIEW: Lily"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During my time at the Iris Prize Festival, I was lucky enough to be able to see a few of the competition winners, which includes \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffBest British Short&#8217;, and \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffBest International Short&#8217;, to name a few.\u252c\u00e1<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><b>Lily<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Set against the backdrop of Ireland&#8217;s gloomy skies, and steeped in the uncertainty of teenage life, \u00d4\u00c7\u00ff<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lily<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216; is a brief, devastating look at the internal struggle, and, often, the violent, outward intolerance that comes with the realisation of one&#8217;s sexuality. 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