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# The 39th BFI Flare queer film festival to open at London’s Southbank on March 19
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/the-39th-bfi-flare-queer-film-festival-to-open-at-londons-southbank-on-march-19/
- Published: 2025-03-12T12:44:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-12T12:44:35.000Z
- Description: 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
- Author: Brian Butler
- Tags: BFI, BFI Flare, LGBT, LGBTQ

**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 available online. Flare films often appear later in the year on streaming platforms – so look out for them.

Anyway here are my hot tips if you are able to get to London.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-body-to-live-in_still_2-e1741783415957.jpg)

A Body To Live In

***A Body To Live In*** is a no-holds barred look at the agonies and ecstasies of **Fakir Musafar**, the infamous icon of BDSM performance art. **Cherub** is a poignant dialogue-free study of a lonely overweight man whose internalised belief is that he is both invisible and unlovable.

***A Few Feet Away*** centres on the pull of hook up apps and their double edged sword for a young man in Buenos Aires looking for connections.

In ***Memorabilia*** we find a lifetime of sexual encounters celebrated in this art of porn *Odyssey*, inspired by the late **Charles Lum**’s cruising diaries.

***Onda Nora*** is an exploration of colour and eroticism. This comedy looks at the women’s football team opposing the prejudice of a dictatorship-led Brazil.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ponyboi_still_2-e1741783024480.jpg)

Ponyboi

***Ponyboi*** details an intersex sex worker’s life which spins out of control over one night in this queer crime thriller.

***Some Nights I Feel Like Walking*** is the story of queer belonging and found families that follows a group of young street hustlers trying to fulfil the dying wish of a close friend.

In ***Trans Memoria*** artist Victoria Verseau mines her memories of travelling to Thailand for gender affirming surgery.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/where-you-find-me_still_3.png)

Where You Find Me

In **Where You Find Me** a gynaecologist’s drug fuelled escape and a trans club manager’s legal battles merge into an unlikely alliance.

There is also a short film programme which includes: ***Brief Encounters*** – fleeting moments of intimacy between men. ***For The Girls*** sees trans femmes front and centre in this collection of films including everything from dating to sex work and becoming a supreme witch.

**Queer and Now** explores gay life including tales of homelessness, obsession and the journey of coming out, domestic violence, illicit affairs, and love amongst thieves.

***Sporty Spice!*** is 90 minutes of athletic action from lesbian horse whisperers to fantasy footballers and trans inclusive teams.

The marvellous queer film distribution company **Peccadillo Pictures** tell me they have acquired a couple of films from Flare, with more to follow so check out their website for more information.

[**Tickets and screening information for Flare HERE**](http://whatsonbfi.org.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)