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Photo from The Blue and Yellow Submarine Parade in Liverpool. The photo shows a big submarine-like parade float with glass windows. It is painted in colours of the Ukrainian flag (blue and yellow), and there are performers inside and on top of the submarine, performing. In the foreground, parade participants, visitors and revellers are dancing and celebrating in blue and yellow outfits.
Date
24 October 2023 - 07:12

United by Music: cultural mega-events and global relations

Christine Wilson, British Council's Director Research and Insight writes about the impact of mega-events like EuroFestival on cultural relations and soft power.

Tags
Arts and Culture – International Development, Arts, Festivals, Wider Europe, UK, Cultural leadership
two teenage girls looking into each others eyes in a closet
Date
18 March 2020 - 08:47

A closet of mixed emotions

Nosa Eke's short film, Something in the closet, tells the story of Maddie, a queer teenager struggling with her sexuality.

Tags
Film, Equal opportunities and diversity
Two women smiling mid dance
Date
18 March 2020 - 08:45

'Pxssy Palace is more than a club night'

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).

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Film, Equal opportunities and diversity
Irish dancer in a dress with '134' badge
Date
18 March 2020 - 08:37

'I set my film about gender identity in the world of Irish dancing'

Sarah-Jane Drummey's film 134 tells the story of an Irish couple struggling with their child, Jack's, gender identity.

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Film, Equal opportunities and diversity
Man with tear in his eye wearing rainbow hat
Date
18 March 2020 - 08:12

'Our film is about Pride in a small community'

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.

Tags
Film, Equal opportunities and diversity
Man and woman stare into the distance in nightclub
Date
18 March 2020 - 08:09

This coming out film is about trust

Caio Scot directs After that party which tells the story of Leo, who sees his father kissing a man on a dancefloor.

Tags
Film, Equal opportunities and diversity
Jonny Cotsen holding hearing aids
Date
12 August 2019 - 11:58

I am Deaf, but I was raised to be hearing

Theatre-maker Jonny Cotsen's parents raised him as though he were hearing, but when he became a teacher he realised the extent of his Deafness.

Tags
Theatre, Equal opportunities and diversity
Travis Alabanza during BURGERZ performance
Date
07 August 2019 - 14:37

'Fear masks other emotions' – Travis Alabanza, artist

Artist and performer Travis Alabanza wrote their play, BURGERZ, after they were targeted in a transphobic attack. They tell us why we should be responsible bystanders.

Tags
Theatre, Equal opportunities and diversity
Two men dancing in a still from the film Crashing Waves
Date
29 March 2019 - 08:40

'I felt like I was being watched all the time' – filmmaker Emma Gilbertson

Emma Gilbertson's short film Crashing Waves, inspired by her story of childhood bullying and understanding her identity, tells the story of two gay men.

Tags
Film, Equal opportunities and diversity
Character from the short film I (ÉG) in a bath, viewed from above
Date
28 March 2019 - 11:46

'There isn't enough fictional film with trans characters' – director Hallfríður Þóra Tryggvadóttir

The short film I (ÉG) follows a trans character through the Icelandic landscape.

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Film, Equal opportunities and diversity
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