FiveFilms4freedom
fiveFilms4freedom is a free, online, 10-day LGBT film festival from the British Council and the British Film Institute supported by the UN Free & Equal campaign. It launched in 2015 and was the first global, online LGBT film festival.[1] The festival runs a 24-hour campaign to ask people to watch a movie and show that love is a human right. fiveFilms4freedom was founded by Alan Gemmell and its co-Directors are Alan Gemmell, Briony Hanson, British Council Director of Film and Tricia Tuttle, Deputy Head of Festivals at the BFI.[2][3][4]
fiveFilms4freedom 2015
fiveFilms4freedom launched in 2015 and ran from 19 - 27 March. The festival screened five short films by American, British, Canadian and Danish Directors in 135 countries.[5] A 24-hour social media campaign on Wednesday 25 March asked people to watch one of the festival films and show that love is a human right.[2][6]The festival achieved a total social media reach of 75m. [7][8]
2015 Films
An Afternoon (En Eftermiddag) by Danish director Søren Green.
Chance by British director Jake Graf.
Code Academy by Canadian writer and director Nisha Ganatra .
Morning Is Broken by British director Simon Anderson.
True Wheel by American director Nora Mandray.
fiveFilms4freedom 2016
fiveFilms4freedom 2016 ran from 16 - 27 March with a 24-hour social media campaign day on Thursday 17 March. The festival screened five short films by Directors from Brazil, Spain, the Philippines, and the UK.[9] fiveFilms4freedom 2016 achieved a total digital reach of 140.5 million people with more than 1.5 million film views.[10][1]
2016 Films
SWIRL by Philippines director Petersen Vargas.
XAVIER by Brazilian director Ricky Mastro.
BREATHE by British director James Doherty.
TAKE YOUR PARTNERS by Scottish director Siri Rødnes.
THE ORCHID by Spanish director Ferran Navarro-Beltrán.
fivefilms4freedom 2016 Global List
On 17 March 2016 the British Council released a Global List of people promoting LGBT rights.[11][12][13][14]
References
- 1 2 "BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival Announces fiveFilms4freedom - FMS".
- 1 2 Mark Brown. "Love is ... five gay films going global in the name of human rights". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Irvine diplomat joins Brad Pitt and David Beckham on star-studded GQ Magazine Most Connected Men list". Irvine Times.
- ↑ "FiveFilms4freedom, Stories About Love". The Huffington Post UK. 27 November 2015.
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/518658/FCO755_Human_Rights_Report_2015_-_WEB.pdf
- ↑ "fiveFilms4freedom: Love Is a Basic Human Right". The Huffington Post UK. 19 March 2015.
- ↑ Tim Isaac. "Gay Short Film Showcase: Chance, True Wheel & An Afternoon - Check out the #FiveFilms4Freedom shorts - Big Gay Picture Show". Big Gay Picture Show.
- ↑ "British Council announce first ever global LGBT film festival".
- ↑ "Five LGBT films unveiled for worldwide celebration of love and diversity". Gscene Gay Magazine - What's on in Gay / LGBT Brighton.
- ↑ http://www.casarotto.co.uk/news/2016-bfi-flare-fests-fivefilms4freedom-reaches-140-million-viewers-22862
- ↑ Alanna Jane Higginson. "Paul Burston featured in British Council's fiveFilms4freedom 2016 Global List". Out News Global.
- ↑ "Sridhar Rangayan and Manish Gandhi Selected in Global List of LGBT Influencers!". gayrightsindia.
- ↑ "- lifestyle - Hindustan Times". Hindustan Times.
- ↑ "FiveFilms4Freedom - 33 People Who Should Inspire All of Us". The Huffington Post UK. 16 March 2016.