Five Films For Freedom returns to remind audiences âLove is still a human rightâ
Five short films from India, Spain, Sweden, UK and the USA will be made available for free online as part of the worldâs largest LGBTIQ+ digital campaign.
3 March 2021
Bodies of Desire (2020)
Five Films For Freedom, the worldâs largest LGBTIQ+ digital campaign, returns for its seventh edition in 2021, reminding audiences that âLove is still a human rightâ. Broadcasting five brand new LGBTIQ+ films to countries around the world, this yearâs programme showcases queer storytelling from India, Spain, Sweden, USA and the UK.
In a continuing creative partnership, the British Council has selected five short films from the BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival and will make them available across the British Councilâs global digital networks, for free, from 17 to 28Â March.
New thriller White Wall goes about its business quietly â and hooks you in
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New thriller White Wall goes about its business quietly â and hooks you in
Itâs too easy to miss brilliant streaming shows, movies and documentaries. Here are the ones to hit play on or skip.
By Debi Enker
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SBS on Demand, from Thursday, January 21
Lars Ruud (Aksel Hennie) is the head of operations at the worldâs largest nuclear-waste disposal facility and as this eight-part Finnish-Swedish co-production begins on his birthday, thereâs little to celebrate. While his colleagues, led by his friend, Helen (Vera Vitali), organise some good-natured celebrations and encourage him to go down into the mine to participate in a bit of blasting for old-timeâs sake, Lars is under pressure.
The Top 10 Most-Watched TV Series on Netflix in December
On 12/30/20 at 9:45 AM EST
Big Mouth airing alongside the hotly-anticipated
Selena bio-series and teen drama
Tiny Pretty Things.
The most-watched shows on Netflix this month (per the streamer s own daily top 10 charts and streaming stars aggregator FlixPatrol), however, were two shows launched earlier in the year, both of which also appeared in the list of the most-watched Netflix shows of the year.
The top 10 most-watched TV series on Netflix in December
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Paw Patrol
Original series for adults get all the headlines, but shows for kids often remain on the streamer s charts for weeks on ends as parents rely on shows like
The critically acclaimed novel ‘Americanah’ from Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie was referenced in a scene in the new Netflix Spanish Series ‘The Mess You Leave Behind’. The series is a suspenseful tale about a literature teacher Raquel (Inna Cheats) who came to a high school to replace another teacher Viruca (Bárbara Lennie), who allegedly committed suicide only to be entangled in the mysterious events surrounding the death of her predecessor.
In the fourth episode, Raquel who’s been under pressure by unknown persons blackmailing her suspects her unyielding students. But none of them admits to being behind the mysterious threatening texts. During a class, while returning the scripts of their tests, Raquel applauded Nerea (Isabel Garrido), one of her students and a feminism activist (and a possible suspect) for her answers.
Cast: Song Kang, Lee Jin Wook, Lee Shi Young, Lee Do Hyun, Park Gyu Young
South Korea has been exporting some fantastic horror titles over the past few years, and Netflix has picked up another! Sweet Home, based on the webtoon of the same name, is the latest arrival and we suspect there’s going to a lot of love for the K-Drama this weekend.
When a mysterious virus ravages South Korea, the residents of an apartment building find danger and solitude in their high rise home. Cha Hyun Soo, a loner who lost recently lost his family, finds himself on the receiving end of the infection and fights to keep hold of his humanity.