British Council, in partnership with The Queer Muslim Project, presents the Digital Pride festival, #prideathome, to mark global Pride Month through film, discussions and performances. The festival will be held from June 15 to 28.
Events will include a Bollywood style
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Under #MoreFilmsForFreedom, which has been commissioned by the British Council, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival and BFI NETWORK, audiences can watch three distinctive queer-themed short films by Syrian, Palestinian and South African filmmakers. Each film explores diverse themes including sexuality and conflict, intergenerational gay culture, migration and family ties. The films are
In addition, the British Council’s social media channels will also feature queer art initiatives. This includes Almarji, an archive of south Asian queer closet narrative; the Aravani Art Project, a collective movement working to enable the transgender community through visual arts, socially inclusive experiments and magic; the Dalit Queer Project, a collaborative space for Dalit and queer people, and Veer Misra, a queer artiste from Delhi.
The Digital Pride Festival
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