Lesflicks
| File:LesFlicksLogo websitelogo.jpg | |
| Type of business | Private, Social Enterprise |
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Type of site | OTT streaming platform, editorial website and events business |
| Founded | 2019-03-01 |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Founder(s) | Naomi Bennett |
| Key people |
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| Website | lesflicks |
Lesflicks is a digital streaming platform and film events company that offers a global VOD platform, to showcase and promote an array of Sapphic content. The organisation aims to increase the knowledge of, and access to, films and television made by lesbian, bisexual, transgender and Non-binary gender female-leading filmmakers.[1] The platform offers a lesbian film database, a range of online and in-person events, and a video on demand (VOD) service which is also available as a downloadable app via services including iOS, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV and Roku.[2][3][4][5]
History
2019
Lesflicks was founded in March 2019 by Naomi Bennett,[6] aiming to create a Netflix-style platform for LGBTQ+ women’s cinema.[7] After organising three film clubs, a number of private collaborative screenings and the creation of a comprehensive film database; the video-on-demand platform launched on Saturday, July 20, 2019,[8] which Bennett announced while attending lesbian arts festival, LFest in 2019.[9] In its first nine months, Lesflicks supported 74 LBQ shorts and features, participated in 34 events and filled 830 seats in screenings across the country.[10]
Lesflicks curated and hosted a cinema at the UK’s lesbian arts festival, LFEST between 19th July and 21 July 2019.[10][11]
2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lesflicks became involved with a global virtual lesbian festival to support artists, filmmakers, musicians and comedians who may have lost work due to the virus.[12] The platform's content had grown significantly, during its first 12 months of operating, having almost 80 titles as of November 2020 - compared to only 10 titles when Britain’s first lockdown began.[13]
In July 2020, Lesflicks hosted their first online film festival, which ran from 24th July to 26th July 2020. The film festival showcased a selection of up to 40 short films, and users were able to attend Zoom watch party events and live Q&A sessions with filmmakers.[14]
In December 2020, Lesflicks announced it would be hosting its first Lesflicks Film Awards ceremony, which ran from December 2020-February 2021.[15] OutNewsGlobal partnered with Lesflicks for the ceremony.[16]
2021
Lesflicks launched an online community - the Community Amplification Network - to build a worldwide community of LBTQ+ film fans and content creators within a safe environment having experienced problems with non-sapphic users and the overactive censoring of posts by social networks - meaning the community could not, in some cases, use its own language.
For LGBT History Month 2021, Lesflicks curated a short film program with the theme ‘Mind, Body & Soul,’ which ran throughout February. The programme was made available to community groups, charities, libraries and networks in order to run watch party events to engage their communities and offer support to prevent social isolation during the pandemic.[17]
Operation
Lesflicks has a senior management team supported by volunteers working from remote locations around the globe. The team works remotely using a range of internet-based project management and productivity tools. Twice-yearly internship programmes intake around a dozen part-time interns - some of which go on to become permanent volunteers for the organisation.
Content
The availability of titles across SVOD and TVOD depends on the licence secured by Lesflicks. There are normally more titles available to rent, than on subscription, as a growing number of new releases are added to the platform.[18]
References
- ↑ "Lesflicks Releasing A Powerful Series, Every Day For Bisexual Health Awareness Month And Women's History Month". Scoop. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ↑ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.uscreen.lesflicksvod
- ↑ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lesflicksvod/id1555265907
- ↑ https://channelstore.roku.com/en-gb/details/2751c909e83cbb69b3327950a91a0cdc/lesflicksvod
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08W51HBPX
- ↑ "Lesflicks Promotes Films That Show Women Loving Women On Screen". Curve. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Russin-McFarland, Nicole. "Naomi Bennett Creates A Netflix Style Platform for LGBTQ Women's Cinema". cinematnic. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Hart, Gary. "LesFlicks launches the UK's first dedicated lesbian video on demand platform". gscene. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Hudson, David. "Lesbian Movie Streaming Service Launched in U.K." Gay Star News. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Lesflicks brings more lesbian and bisexual titles to a global audience". gscene. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "LFest Acts 2019". LFest. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ↑ Bird, Gemma. "Bringing communities together through film: community cinema responses to COVID-19". Pressenza. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Savage, Rachel. "Lesflicks, the lesbian streaming service thriving under lockdown". Openly. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Abby. "Lesflicks confirms dates for online film festival". OUT News Global. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Robson, Graham. "Lesflicks announce Film Awards to celebrate those films promoting LBTQ+ screen". gscene. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Harkavy, Mark. "OutNewsGlobal announces partnership with Lesflicks Film Awards". OUT News Global. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "Lesflicks celebrates UK LGBT history month". Queer Forty. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Time Out Film. "A new lesbian streaming channel has been launched". Time Out. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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