LOVE IS A BASIC RIGHT!
In partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, the British Council makes five LGBTIQ+ themed short films available for the world to watch online for free, over an 12-day period each year.
Through our global network in more than 100 countries, we encourage people to watch the films in solidarity with LGBTIQ+ communities particularly in places where freedom and equal rights are limited. We ask audiences to share the films using the hashtag #FiveFilmsForFreedom in recognition of the fact that Love is a Basic Right.
Running since 2015, the programme has seen more than 15 million people viewing one of the films in over 200 countries and principalities, including many parts of the world where homosexuality is criminalised, and in some cases, punishable by the death penalty.
The programme, which features work by emerging filmmakers from across the world, is selected from and coincides with BFI Flare.
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