Watch LGBTQIA+ short films during Five Films for Freedom screenings
Five Films for Freedom, the world’s widest-reaching LGBTQIA+ digital campaign, returns this March. For this year's run, the British Council in the Philippines
is partnering with Film Development Council in the Philippines (FDCP) to bring free screenings at Cinematheque Centres in the country from 21-22 March 2023.
Public screening schedules
FDCP Cinematheque Centre Manila
855 TM Kalaw St., Brgy. 660-A, Ermita, Manila
22 March 2023, 6.30 p.m.
FDCP Cinematheque Centre Iloilo
B&C Square Bldg. Cor. Iznart and Solis St. 5000, Iloilo City
21 March 2023, 4.00 p.m.
22 March 2023, 6.30 p.m.
FDCP Cinematheque Centre Davao
Teodoro Palma Gil St., Poblacion District, Davao City
21 March 2023, 4.00 p.m.
22 March 2023, 6.30 p.m.
FDCP Cinematheque Centre Nabunturan
Nabunturan, Compostella Valley
21 March 2023, 4.00 p.m.
22 March 2023, 6.30 p.m.
FDCP Cinematheque Centre Negros
Negros Museum, Gatuslao St., Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
21 March 2023, 4.00 p.m.
22 March 2023, 6.30 p.m.
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)
Outside of the in-person screenings, audiences can also catch the films online from
15-26 March via the British Council Arts YouTube channel .
