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London's LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Held annually by the British Film Institute at BFI Southbank in London

flare site 38th BFI Flare
London LGBTQIA+
Film Festival

at BFI Southbank
13-24 MARCH 2024

Opening Film: LAYLA
Closing Film: LADY LIKE
Special Presentations:
CLOSE TO YOU
CROSSING

REPORTS FROM THE FESTIVAL:
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20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (Urresola, Sp)
* ALIGNED
ALL OF US STRANGERS (Haigh, UK)
BACKSPOT (Waterson, Can)
* BALDIGA: UNLOCKED HEART
BOTTOMS (Seligman, US)
* CALLS FROM MOSCOW (Cub)
CHASING CHASING AMY (Rodgers, US)
CLOSE TO YOU (Savage, Can)
CODE OF FEAR
COMMITMENT TO LIFE
CROSSING (Geo) (Akin, Geo)
DAYS OF HAPPINESS
DEPARTING SENIORS
* DESIRE LINES
DON'T EVER STOP
HEAVY SNOW
* HIDDEN MASTER: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE
INDIAS 1ST BEST TRANS MODEL AGENCY
ISLA'S WAY
JOIN THE CLUB
* LADY LIKE (Willis, US)
LAYLA (Al-Kadhi, UK)
LESVIA
LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION, BUT I'M WINNING
LIL NAS X: LONG LIVE MONTERO
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
* MERCHANT IVORY
* ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY

OUR SON
PINE CONE
* THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS
REAS
RILEY (Howard, US)
RUSTIN (Wolfe, US)
SEX IS COMEDY
SILVER HAZE (Polak, UK)
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET
SLOW
SOLIDS BY THE SEASHORE
SPLIT
STORIES OF OUR LIVES
* STUDIO ONE FOREVER
SUMMER SOLSTICE
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN (Mavroeidis, Gr)
* TOLL
TOPS
UNICORNS (Hosaini/Floyd, UK)
UNSPOKEN
WE ARE PERFECT
* WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP (Can)
WE WERE DANGEROUS
* WHAT A FEELING
WHAT'S SAFE, WHAT'S GROSS, WHAT'S SELFISH AND WHAT'S STUPID
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN
WOMAN OF...
YOU PROMISED ME THE SEA

flare site 37th BFI Flare
London LGBTQIA+
Film Festival



at BFI Southbank
15-26 MARCH 2023

Opening Film: THE STROLL
Closing Film: DRIFTER
Centrepiece Film: WHO I AM NOT
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Rich's best of the fest 2023:
  1. THE BLUE CAFTAN
  2. UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
  3. BIG BOYS
  4. CHRISSY JUDY
  5. WHO I AM NOT
  6. DRIFTER
  7. 1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE
  8. GOLDEN DELICIOUS
  9. LIE WITH ME
  10. EGGHEAD & TWINKIE

100 WAYS TO CROSS THE BORDER (Bemak, US)
1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE (Roggio, US)
AFEMINADAS (Gondim, Br)
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (Poitras, US)
AMERICAN PARENT (Railsback, US)
LE BEAU MEC (Potts, Fr)
BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND (Anderson, Can)
BIG BOYS (Sherman, US)
BLUE JEAN (Oakley, UK)
BODIES BODIES BODIES (Reijin, US)
THE BLUE CAFTAN (Touzani, Mor)
BREAD AND SALT (Kocur, Pol)
THE CHAMBERMAID (Solcanska, Svk)
CHRISSY JUDY (Flaherty, US)
CLARA (Suarez, Col)
DRIFTER (Hirsch, Ger)
THE DREAM SONGS (Cho, Kor)
EGGHEAD & TWINKIE (Holland, US)
THE EMPRESS OF VANCOUVER (Rodden-Shortt, Can)
THE FABULOUS ONES (Torre, It)
* FIERCE: A PORN REVOLUTION (Muroni, Swi)
THE FIVE DEVILS (Mysius, Fr)
GOLDEN DELICIOUS (Karman, Can)


HORSEPLAY (Berger, Arg)
HOW TO TELL A SECRET (Rodgers/Dunne, Ire)
THE INSPECTION (Bratton, US)
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL (Bombach, US)
JESS PLUS NONE (Fabian, US)
JEWELLE: A JUST VISION (Lim, US)
KENYATTA: DO NOT WAIT YOUR TURN (Harris, US)
KOKOMO CITY (Smith, US)
LIE WITH ME (Peyon, Fr)
LIFE UNREHEARSED (Banpark, Kor)
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING (Cortes, US)
LOTUS SPORTS CLUB (Hem/Colognese, Ned)
LOVING HIGHSMITH (Vitija, Swi)
MAYBE SOMEDAY (Ehlen, US)
* MEL (Sahakyan/Cohen, Arm)
MONICA (Pallaoro, US)
MY NAME IS ANDREA (Parmar, US)
* NARCISSISM: THE AUTO-EROTIC IMAGES (Karat, Ger)
PEAFOWL (Byun, Kor)
A PLACE OF OUR OWN (Ektara, Ind)
POLARIZED (Sarif, Can)
PREJUDICE & PRIDE: SWEDISH FILM QUEER (Beling, Swe)
RULE 34 (Murat, Br)
SILENT LOVE (Kozakiewicz, Pol)
SOMETHING YOU SAID LAST NIGHT (De Filippis, Can)
STRIP JACK NAKED: NIGHTHAWKS II (Peck, UK)
THE STROLL (Lovell/Drucker, US)
SWALLOWED (Smith, US)
THREE NIGHTS A WEEK (Gouelou, Fr)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS (Zuleta, US)
WHO I AM NOT (Skovran, SA)
WILLEM & FRIEDA (Hay, UK)
WINTER BOY (Honore, Fr)
WOLF AND DOG (Varejao, Por)
XX+XY (Lee, Kor)

See also:
FIVE FILMS FOR FREEDOM 2023


flare site 36th BFI Flare
London LGBTQIA+
Film Festival



at BFI Southbank
16-27 MARCH 2022

Opening Film: GIRL PICTURE
Closing Film: TRAMPS!
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Rich's best of the 2022 fest...
  1. PRIVATE DESERT
  2. A DISTANT PLACE
  3. MONEYBOYS
  4. THE PERFECT DAVID
  5. WILDHOOD
  6. BRUNO REIDAL: CONFESSION OF A MURDERER
  7. GIRL PICTURE
  8. SUBLIME
  9. MANSCAPING
  10. THE DIVIDE

BEING BEBE (Branham, US)
BENEDICTION (Davies, UK)
BESTIES (Ravel, Fr)
BOULEVARD! A HOLLYWOOD STORY (Schwarz, US)
BOY CULTURE: THE SERIES (Brocka, US)
BRUNO REIDAL: CONFESSION OF A MURDERER (Le Port. Fr)
CAMILA COMES OUT TONIGHT (Barrionuevo)
CHARLI XCX: ALONE TOGETHER (Bradley/Pablo, US)
COP SECRET (Halldorsson, Ice)
DAKAN (Camara, Gui)
DAWN, HER DAD & THE TRACTOR (Thompson)
DEATH AND BOWLING (Kash)
A DISTANT PLACE (Park, Kor)
THE DIVIDE (Corsini, Fr)
THE END OF WONDERLAND (Turcotte-Fraser)
ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY (Carlomusto, US)
EVERYTHING AT ONCE: KINK (Fuguet)
FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK (Hart, Can)
THE FIRST FALLEN (de Oliveira)
FLEE (Rasmussen, Den)
FRAGRANCE OF THE FIRST FLOWER (Teng)
FRAMING AGNES (Joynt, Can)
GATEWAYS GRIND (Lawrence, UK)
GIRL PICTURE (Haapasalo, Fin)
GREAT FREEDOM (Meise, Aut)
I AM THE TIGRESS (Fussenegger/Osmanovic)
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DURAS (Simon, Fr)
IN FROM THE SIDE (Carter, UK)
INVISIBLE: GAY WOMEN IN SOUTHERN MUSIC (Parsell, US)
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY (Linares, DR)
JIMMY IN SAIGON (McDowell, US)
THE LAW OF LOVE (Chalupova)
LONG LIVE MY HAPPY HEAD (McCowan/Hewitt)
MADAME SATA (Ainouz, 02/Br)
MANSCAPING (Fox, US)
MONEYBOYS (Yi, Tai)
NICO (Gehring)
NORTH BY CURRENT (Minax)
THE NOVICE (Hadaway, US)
THE OUTLAWS (Dahlsbakken)
PARALLEL MOTHERS (Almodovar, Sp)
PASSION (Borg)
THE PERFECT DAVID (Aparicio, Arg)
PRIVATE DESERT (Muritiba, Br)
SEDIMENTS (Silvestre)
SIRENS (Baghdadi, Leb)
THE SOUND OF SCARS (Brooks, US)
SUBLIME (Biasin, Arg)
THE SWIMMER (Kalderon, Isr)
THIS IS NOT ME (Gholipour, Irn)
TRAMPS! (Hegge, Can)
ULTRAVIOLETTE AND THE BLOOD-SPITTERS GANG (Hunzinger, Fr)
WALK WITH ME (del Rosal)
WET SAND (Naveriani)
WILDHOOD (Hannam, Can)
THE WORLD TO COME (Fastvold, US)

See also:
FLARE 2022 SHORTS
FIVE FILMS FOR FREEDOM 2022


flare site 35th
BFI Flare

London LGBTIQ+
Film Festival



Held virtually
17-28 MARCH 2021


NOTE: With a reduced programme of films and events, BFI Flare was held online for the second year due to the pandemic.

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Rich's best of the 2021 fest...

F E A T U R E S
  1. POPPY FIELD
  2. SWEETHEART
  3. JUMP, DARLING
  4. I AM SAMUEL
  5. RURANGI
  6. SUBLET
  7. BOY MEETS BOY
  8. THE DOSE
  9. VALENTINA
  10. FIREBIRD
S H O R T S
  1. LAND OF THE FREE
  2. BEING SASCHA
  3. ESCAPING THE FRAGILE PLANET
  4. VICTORIA
  5. COSMOPOLITAN
  6. POOL BOY
  7. THE NIGHT TRAIN
  8. BABY LIES TRUTHFULLY
  9. SON OF SODOM
  10. EDEN
BOY MEETS BOY (Lopez, Ger)
COLORS OF TOBI (Bakony, Hun)
COWBOYS (Kerrigan, US)
CURED (Singer/Sammon, US)
THE DOSE (Kraut, Arg)
DRAMARAMA (Wysocki, US)
ENFANT TERRIBLE (Roehler, Ger)
FIREBIRD (Rebane, Est)
THE GREENHOUSE (Wilson-White, Aus)
I AM SAMUEL (Murimi, Ken)
KISS ME BEFORE IT BLOWS UP (Peleg, Isr)
JUMP, DARLING (Connell, Can)
NO ORDINARY MAN (Chin-Yee/Joynt, Can)
THE OBITUARY OF TUNDE JOHNSON (LeRoi, US)
POPPY FIELD (Jebeleanu, Rom)
P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE (Seligman/Tiexiera/Olsen, US)
REBEL DYKES (Shanahan/Williams, UK)
RURANGI (Currie, NZ)
SUBLET (Fox, Isr)
SWEETHEART (Morrison, UK)
TOVE (Bergroth, Fin)
VALENTINA (dos Santos, Br)

See also:
FLARE 2021 SHORTS
FIVE FILMS FOR FREEDOM 2021



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