Film The 39th BFI Flare queer film festival to open at London’s Southbank on March 19 Lead Pic: Onda Nora The 39th BFI Flare queer film festival opens March 19 on London’s Southbank. There is a whopping total of 34 world premieres and films will represent 41 countries in the 12 days of screenings. Unfortunately you have to be present in London as only a handful of short films will be By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts Queer East Festival to shine light on queer East and South East Asian film Lead Pic: Lovebound Founded in response to the systemic lack of East and South East Asian representation on stage, screen and behind the scenes, the Queer East Festival was formed in 2020 and has earned its place as a premier LGBTQ+ film festival. Its events this year are across London from 17 – 28 By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Film BFI FLARE x BAFTA champion LGBTQ+ creatives in film and TV with professional development programme BAFTA and BFI have announced the cohort of the 2024 BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development programme, run in partnership with BFI NETWORK. Six emerging LGBTQ+ creatives working towards their debuts in film and television have been selected for the prestigious talent initiative, now in its 10th y By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: Riley Brian Butler finds a Gay footballer’s journey of angst doesn’t make touchdown By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Unit Still from Layla by Rob Baker Ashton Film BFI Flare announces films to open and close this year’s London LGBTQ+ Film Festival Lead Pic: LAYLA by Rob Baker Ashton The 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, which runs March 13 – 24 at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player, has announced its Opening Night Gala is the European premiere of Amrou Al-Kadhi‘s confident debut feature LAYLA, and its Closing Night Gala i By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Film Queer Canadian coming-of-age story, The Queen of My Dreams, to show at BFI London Film Festival Mirza’s full-length directorial debut, the film stars Amrit Kaur as Azra, a Pakistani Canadian woman who has had a strained relationship with her parents since coming out as lesbian, who undergoes an emotional journey after the sudden unexpected death of her father Hassan (Hamza Haq). By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Be Gay, Do Crime: BFI Southbank launches series of films exploring queerness and crime Brian Butler finds it can be fun to be queer and criminal By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts “Powerful and timely” LGBTQ+ film ‘The Perpetrators’ to show at BFI Flare this month The Perpetrators collages moody analogue film, original animation and archival materials in a dreamy autofiction of queer darkness that ponders the correlations between 1980s Stranger Danger, the construction of homosexual identity and the institution of the family. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival to return in March 2023 The BFI has announced the dates for the 2023 edition of the UK’s largest queer film event, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, which screens the best in contemporary LGBTQ+ cinema from around the globe, in addition to a rich selection of events and archive titles. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts AT HOME WITH HOOTMAN: From ‘Get Carter’ to ‘Vampyr’ What’s hot on the box? Film reviews from Michael Hootman By Michael Hootman • 4 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: Sweetheart Brian Butler finds a heart-warming first Lesbian love at a holiday caravan park By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: ‘After Love’ Brian Butler is gripped by every twist and turn of this compelling film about secrets and lies By Brian Butler • 1 min read
