And we're LIVE! For the 9th year we're excited to present #FiveFilmsForFreedom , our celebration of global #LGBTQIA + stories w
BFI Flare British Council Arts🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ available now, free, online and everywhere, until 26 March. Watch & share the love with us film.britishcouncil.org/about/work/fiv…

We are LIVE!
This is our ninth year of an online celebration of global LGBTQIA+ stories 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Live now until 26 March, you can watch online for free here: britishcouncil.org/five-films
Share the love using #FiveFilmsForFreedom
BFI Flare #BFIFlare #LGBTQIAplus

Which has been your favourite film from this year's #FiveFilmsForFreedom ? For the first time you can vote on our website! There's only one weekend left to watch the films.

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I know I’m enthusiastic about life but tonight was goose bump FAB! Our 1st ever showing of #fivefilmsforfreedom on the big screen in #Wales & in the lovely Chapter Arts Centre! Gerard McCarthy travelled to Cardiff to talk about the film he wrote. What a privilege! Loved every minute

Very proud to be involved in organising the British Council’s #FiveFilmsforFreedom reception in Westminster tonight. As a queer person I am so proud to work for an organisation which promotes LGBTQ+ rights around the world 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

Inspiring day: launch of EICF prog Imaginate UK, screening of #fivefilmsforfreedom at QE house British Council Film UK Government Scotland, catching up with British Council Scotland team & Dom Hastings, insight to Christian Noelle Charles’ summer exhibition EdinburghPrintmakers & opening of Glasgow Short Film Festival

Timely insight into the value of film for makers in countries where rights are restricted from Josh Bullin Unsilenced: The Resilience of Queer Cinema NFTS Curating #BFIFIare #FiveFilmsForFreedom

Such an honour to write this in support of an amazing project like #FiveFilmsForFreedom - thanks to British Council Film for giving me the opportunity!

Queering things up at the Palace of Westminster #FiveFilmsForFreedom

Only two days left to watch! Available online for free until midnight UK time on Sunday 26 March. #FiveFilmsForFreedom 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Today we hosted a public screening of the #FiveFilmsForFreedom to show our solidarity with the LGBT+ community in Guangzhou 🏳️‍🌈 Watch the excellent short films here - last day to do so!

What are the challenges of making queer films in countries where LGBTQIA+ rights are restricted?

In our latest #VoicesMagazine blog, film student Josh Bullin shares his learnings from creating a queer film season at NFTS.

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#FiveFilmsForFreedom #BFIFlare

Such a shame that BFI Flare was cancelled. But very happy to share the #FiveFilmsForFreedom shorts for this year, from BFI Flare and the British Council (@BritishArts) who have done a super job.

All five shorts available to watch on Into Film here:
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So good to see ‘Buffer Zone’ & ‘Just Johnny’, two of the British Council’s Five Films for Freedom Chapter Arts Centre this evening, then to hear writer Gerard McCarthy talk on the making of his wonderful ‘Just Johnny’. BritishCouncilWales Ruth Mari Cocks Rebecca Gould #FiveFilmsForFreedom

Thank you Anneliese Dodds, stevie spring, UK and international filmmakers for launching #FiveFilmsforFreedom 2022 with us!

If you believe love is a human right, watch and share these films in support of freedom and equality: britishcouncil.org/five-films #LGBTQIA + BFI Flare #BFIFlare

So proud of colleagues in UK in China 🇬🇧 and BritishCouncil China for an amazing day of conversation and fun. Many people from 🇬🇧 and 🇨🇳 effecting positive change against the odds and making life better for so many #LoveFest2022 #Loveislove #fivefilmsforfreedom British Council Arts Christina Scott

Representing my film Queer Parivaar at British Council & BFI Flare’s #FiveFilmsForFreedom event 💥

#BFIFlare British Council Film #QueerParivaar #lgbt #lgbt q #ootd @BFI #love

Just Johnny (short film I Assistant produced) is playing as part of the BFI Flare Festival & having Its London premier soon! You can watch it by clicking the link below as part of the #FiveFilmsForFreedom British Council BFI

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This past weekend, I spoke at this really cool event called #FiveFilmsForFreedom hosted by @theaimsociety_ (Founder: Brown Wonder 🤎 )

Supported by:

@britishcouncil
@friendsandfamilyagency @bizart
@Berthahouse
Photography @allistairebart

Thank you for having me mama
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Celebrating #FiveFilmsForFreedom British Council in India with a lively discussion with Svetlana Saumyaa Vohra & #LakshvirSaran . Proud to partner again with The Queer Muslim Project

A documentary about #Norway ’s first rural #Pride parade in #Volda , directed by Julia Dahr and Julie Lunde Lillesæter 🌈📽️ britishcouncil.org/voices-magazin… via British Council Arts British Council British Embassy Oslo 🇬🇧🇳🇴 #Pride Month #FiveFilmsForFreedom #film #LGBT #LGBT Q Volda kommune Oslo Pride EMI - Oslo kommune

Press Coverage

British Council in India Jonathan Kennedy
#FiveFilmsForFreedom #KalingaLitFest #LoveIsLove #BFIFlare #LGBTIQ #LGBTQ #LGBTQ Rights #LoveIsEqual #EqualRights

oneindia.com/india/kalinga-…

Check out our podcast. We talk to NB filmmaker Varsha Panikar. spoti.fi/3feXO60

#FiveFilmsForFreedom is brought to you by
@britisharts @bfiflare

In India, @inbritish partners with The Queer Muslim Project.

#FiveFilmsForFreedom #LoveIsLove #BFIFlare #LGBTIQ #LGBTQ #LGBTQ Rights