Birmingham Birmingham’s Flatpack Festival to showcase Dorothy Towers Playlist The Flatpack Festival, Birmingham – which runs from Tuesday, May 16 to Sunday, May 21 – will include a series of events entitled the Dorothy Towers Playlist which celebrates film and TV from the ’80s and ’90s that profiled mavericks, artists, musicians, and writers who dared to live outside pervadin By Catherine Muxworthy • 3 min read
Exhibitions Out Takes, a celebration of queer cinema by Barnaby Edwards, at Exeter Picturehouse Barnaby’s new exhibition features portraits saluting LGBTQ+ artists on both sides of the camera. It is a celebration of the vibrant and vital contributions made to the world of cinema by LGBTQ+ artists, a fellowship of which he is proud to be part of. 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 Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ film club to return in December Journey Film Club in Birmingham is “a local non-profit community pop-up cinema film club that prides itself on delivering the very best in different, varied themed films; from award-winning, early classic titles to cult-following and independent releases.” By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Arts Queer Short Film events in Brighton and Lewes A double helping of queer short films coming to Brighton and Lewes next week! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts UK Jewish Film Festival to return in November with LGBTQ+ strand LGBTQ+ cinema is well represented with three films from Israel that tackle a diversity of issues By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Queer East to team up with Lewes Depot and Fabrica Gallery in October Queer East is a LGBTQ+ film festival that showcases rarely-seen queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Student jury to choose winning film from 12 new features chosen for Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2022 Twelve new feature films will be shown during the 16th annual Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival in October, including three films directed by previous Iris Prize alumni. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Shortlist of 15 short films competing for LGBTQ+ Iris Prize Best British award revealed Organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival have announce the shortlist of 15 films competing for the Iris Prize Best British Supported by Film4 award. Also revealed are the two juries for the main prizes… By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Iris LGBTQ+ Film Festival unveils the 36 international shorts competing for £30,000 Iris Prize ‘The uniting factor in all 36 films is an exhilarating celebration of lives of LGBTQ+ people across the world’ By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Arts Queer films and narratives at Genesis Cinema’s inclusive Fragments Festival Fragments Festival, an inclusive film festival created by London’s Genesis Cinema, is to run September 29 – October 2. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts New film, KINDRED, based on true story of UK’s first openly non-binary parent to adopt a child to feature at Venice International Film Festival The remarkable true story of the first openly non-binary parent to successfully adopt a child in the UK has inspired a stunning new immersive film, KINDRED, starring Hollyoaks’ Ki Griffin, which will feature at Venice International Film Festival. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
