27 APR 2023

VA Media licenses Lesflick's LGBTQIA+ content for its YouTube channel

The fifty films newly licensed by VA Media are never-before seen outside of the Lesflicks platform and will be released on We Are Pride in the coming weeks.

27 APR 2023
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"Rain Beau’s End"

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Global AVOD Service VA Media has signed an agreement with Lesflicks to monetize its LGBTQIA+ content on VA’s recently rebranded YouTube channel We Are Pride. The fifty films newly licensed by VA Media are never-before seen outside of the Lesflicks platform and will be released on We Are Pride in the coming weeks.

Films included in the new agreement include "Rain Beau’s End" (from Tracy Wren), "Kittens in a Cage" (from Jillian Armenante), and "AESOP" (from Catherine Mersereau, Johnny Severin)which, along with the other titles, will be featured in upcoming Lesflicks-branded film nights on the We Are Pride channel.

Mark Ashbridge, Managing Director of VA Media stated, “With the recent rebrand of the VA Media channel We Are Pride (formerly known as Pride Central), we are doubling down on our efforts to provide a vehicle for the authentic and diverse voices of independent filmmakers to be shared with both mainstream and LGBTQIA+ audiences around the world. Our new partnership with Lesflicks comes at an exciting time in global AVOD popularity and expansion and we’re very pleased to be working with Naomi and the Lesflicks team.”

Naomi Bennett, CEO of Lesflicks said: “I am delighted to be partnering with VA Media to bring a number of Lesflicks’ curated authentic lesbian and bisexual titles to an audience via YouTube. We share a lot of core values and beliefs around independent film and audiences, so I believe this is a great fit for Lesflicks. This is great news for our clients who will benefit from enhanced data and visibility of their films, and for audiences who will have even more ways to find and watch authentic sapphic stories around the world.”

VA Media continues to grow its position as a global AVOD service with over 15 Million subscribers, 300 Million monthly views, and over 100 owned/managed channels including Movie Central, True Crime Central, Horror Central, and the recently-launched Movie Central en Español.