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Dive into the world of LGBTQIA+ cinema from the comfort of your home - wherever that is!
In partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, we celebrate global LGBTQIA+ stories every year, in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people across the world.
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This year, we shared work by filmmakers from Indonesia, New Zealand, the UK and USA/China
Wait, Wait, Now director Ramon Te Wake on set
Read a British Council VOICES interview with Ramon Te Wake, one of our 2025 Five Films cohort, talking about filmmaking, identity and the power of representation here
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We work in partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.
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