Voices
Michael Blyth spoke to filmmaker Ramon Te Wake, whose film Wait, Wait, Now! is part of Five Films for Freedom 2025, about celebrating her trans and Māori identities on screen.
The Marshes of Iraq is an important documentary about how climate change is destroying a way of life. Budoor Al Abid tells us how she used film to highlight the plight of the Marsh Arabs.
Gabriela Gergova, a young Bulgarian journalist and grantee of the British Council’s Stronger Together programme looks at how a group of young people used film to tackle important issues.
Tendai John Mutambu is a film programmer and writer from New Zealand based in Bristol, UK. He tells us what is important for moving image curators and how he built his career.
Director and producer Hajar Alnaim tells us about her work in Saudi Arabian film, and what is changing in the industry.
Nosa Eke's short film, Something in the closet, tells the story of Maddie, a queer teenager struggling with her sexuality.
Laura Kirwan-Ashman's documentary goes behind the scenes of London club night Pxssy Palace – a night for London's QTIPOC (queer, trans, intersex people of colour).
Sarah-Jane Drummey's film 134 tells the story of an Irish couple struggling with their child, Jack's, gender identity.
When Pride comes to town is a documentary about Norway’s first rural Pride parade. It is directed by Julia Dahr and Julie Lunde Lillesæter.
Caio Scot directs After that party which tells the story of Leo, who sees his father kissing a man on a dancefloor.