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
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
Arts FILM REVIEW: BFI Flare Festival- Golden Delicious Brian Butler explores a Canadian/Chinese coming of age love story By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts Review – BFI Flare Film Festival: Big Boys Brian Butler finds Corey Sherman’s coming out comedy endearing By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts BFI Flare Film Review: Egghead and Twinkie Brian Butler watches a coming-of-age road trip film with a twist By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: 37th BFI Flare Film Festival Brian Butler looks at what’s on offer at the latest LGBTQ+ film festival By Brian Butler • 3 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 SPOTLIGHT ON: BFI Flare LGBTQ+ film festival Brian Butler samples some of the best new Queer films at Flare By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: Dawn, Her Dad And The Tractor Brian Butler finds his first BFI Flare offering a compelling Trans tale By Brian Butler • 2 min read
