Five Films for Freedom is back. The biggest online film festival in favour of LGBTQI+ rights, is celebrating its tenth anniversary taking on all screens worldwide during 10 days with a new selection of short films that reclaim the collective's rights.
Since the project began in 2015, more than 23 million people have watched the films in over 200 countries and principalities, including places where homosexuality is punished with the death penalty.
Join the celebration during this year's BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival and show your support for lvoe as a universal right. You can join online through our YouTube page where the films will be screened from 13 to 24 March.
And, if you are in Palma de Mallorca, you are invited on 22 March at 19:00 to join us at Centre Flassaders for an evening dedicated to diversity in partnership with Mostra OUT! to view the shorts live. Access will be free with previous registration. The films will be screened in V.O. with Spanish subtitles.
SHORTS
Little One
Directed by Clister Santos (Philippines – 9 mins)
A pregnant mother, unsure of how to raise a child, wants to chat with her two gay dads, but fate intervenes when one suffers a heart attack. Memories captured on an old camcorder help her reflect on their family’s history.
Halfway
Directed by Kumar Chheda (India – 14 mins)
A turbulent couple ends up at different entrances of Mumbai’s Juhu Beach, forcing them to walk towards each other and meet halfway.
Cursive
Directed by Isabel Steubel Johnson (UK – 9 mins)
When a woman on the verge of a breakup gets help to improve her handwriting from a mysterious stranger, she finds the inner voice she has always longed for.
The First Kiss
Directed by Miguel Lafuente (Spain – 9 mins)
Today is a special day for Andi, heading to Madrid to have his first date with a boy he’s met online, but things don’t turn out quite as he expected.
Compton’s 22
Directed by Drew de Pinto (USA – 18 mins)
Three years prior to Stonewall, trans sex workers and drag queens revolted against police violence at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Compton’s 22 imagines what happened.
Five Films for Freedom is a partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI) and, specifically, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival. The five films featured in the Five Films for Freedom programme have been selected by the British Council from the main BFI Flare programme.