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Five Films for Freedom showcases LGBTQIA+ short films free to access around the world

Five Films for Freedom, the world’s widest-reaching LGBTQIA+ digital campaign, returns with five new LGBTQIA+ films from Cyprus, Guyana, Nigeria, Northern Ireland and South Korea to audiences across the world.

The film programme continues the British Council’s partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, with the short films promoted across the British Council’s global digital networks and BFI Player for free from 15-26 March 2023 to coincide with the festival at BFI Southbank and online at bfi.org.uk/Flare.

The selection of films, chosen by the British Council from BFI Flare’s programme, explores subjects such as violence and security, love across borders and shifting identities.

The films in 2023 are:

  • All I Know by Obinna Robert Onyeri (Nigeria/USA)
  • Butch Up! by Yu-jin Lee (South Korea)
  • Eating Papaw on the Seashore by Rae Wiltshire and Nickose Layne (Guyana)
  • Just Johnny by Terry Loane (UK – Northern Ireland)
  • Buffer Zone by Savvas Stavrou (UK/Cyprus)
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