The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival renamed BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival. The change is intended to reinforce the BFI’s commitment to making and archiving the best LGBT cinema to make it available to wider audiences across the UK. The BFI is also launching a BFI flare collection on its
The change is intended to reinforce the BFI’s commitment to making and archiving the best LGBT cinema to make it available to wider audiences across the UK. The BFI is also launching a BFI flare collection on its VOD platform BFI player and a monthly screening at the BFI Southbank.Clare Stewart, BFI Head of Cinemas and Festivals announced the new name saying, “After extensive consultation with our audiences in 2013, we have renamed the Festival to reflect the increasing diversity of the programme and the people who identify with and embrace it. BFI Flare is inclusive and welcoming to all audiences and it also has a conceptual richness suggesting the light of a cinema projector or a beacon and the spark of an idea, moving forward and growing outward.”.Speaking of the BFI Player’s first LGBT collection, Stewart said: “This festival has long been bursting at the seams with great films and our new platform allows us to offer access to more people in London and across the UK. We are proud to be introducing the BFI Flare identity across our Festival, BFI Southbank programme and BFI Player, bringing even greater visibility to queer cinema and expanding the access for LGBT-interested audiences.”For full programme information of this years festival, CLICK HERE:
What: BFI London Film FestivalWhere: BFI Southbank, LondonWhen: March 20 – March 30
