Murphy is leading the new Queer Irish Film & Television UK (Q-IFTUK) initiative, bringing together creative Irish LGBTQI+ people working in the industry in the UK. It’s a division of non-profit Irish Film & Television UK, which last summer organised the Irish Pride Film Festival in London. For certain generations of LGBTQI+ Irish people, growing up in Ireland was “a trauma almost”, he says. They “grew up queer” and “ran away from Ireland”. We often posit on reasons for this creative Irish gene: traditions of storytelling, music and our language intertwined across generations of oppression, trauma and suffering.

Source: The Irish Times March 15, 2026 09:00 UTC