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40th BFI FlareLondon LGBTQIA+ Film Festival at BFI Southbank 18-29 MARCH 2026 Opening Film: HUNKY JESUS Closing Film: BLACK BURNS FAST Special Presentation: BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
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* 10S ACROSS THE BORDERS (Chan, Ph)AMANTES (Fournier, Fr) ANOTHER MAN (Moragas, Sp) 
BABY (Caetano, Br)BARBARA FOREVER (O'Connor, US) BEARCAVE (Dinopoulos/Papadakis, Gr) BEYOND THE FIRE (Matsouka, Jpn) * BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY (Schneideman, NZ) * BLACK BURNS FAST (Asanda, SA) * THE BROKEN R (Eguiguren, Ec) CAN'T GO OVER IT (Fuirst, US) CASTRATION MOVIE CHAPTER III: JUNIOR GHOSTS - PREMORPHIC DRIFT (Weard, Can) * CHERRI (Suarez, Cub) DEATH AND LIFE MADALENA (Parente, Br) THE DEEPEST SPACE IN US (Chikuma, Jpn) DON'T COME OUT (Villegas, DR) DREAMERS (Gharoro-Akpojotor, UK) * DRUNKEN NOODLES (Castro, Arg) * HUNKY JESUS (Kroot, US) * I AM GOING TO MISS YOU (Ribeiro, Br) IFE: THE SEQUEL (Adie, Ngr) * JARIPEO (Mojica/Zweig, Mex) JONE, SOMETIMES (Fantova, Sp) JULIAN (Kusters, Bel) * KEEP COMING BACK (De Leon, Uru) LADY CHAMPAGNE (Drollinger, US) * THE LAST GUEST OF THE HOLLOWAY MOTEL (Petros/Freeman, US) |
THE LITTLE SISTER (Herzi, Fr)
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS (Djukic, Svn)LOVE LETTERS (Douard, Fr) * LOW RIDER (X, SA) * LUNAR SWAY (Butler, Can) * MADFABULOUS (Jones, UK) * MASPALOMAS (Arregi/Goenaga, Sp) * MICKEY & RICHARD (White/Pickle, US) MONTREAL, MY BEAUTIFUL (He, Can) * ON THE SEA (Walsh, UK) OUT LAWS (Powner/Lewis, Nam) * PERRO PERRO (Berger, Arg)
PILLION (Lighton, UK)QUEEN OF COAL (Macri, Arg) SATISFACTION (Burunova, Gr) THE SERPENT'S SKIN (Mackay, Aus) SKIFF (Verheyden, Bel) * STRANGE RIVER (Muxart, Sp) A SWEETNESS FROM NOWHERE (Bergsmark, Swe) * TO DANCE IS TO RESIST (Lautenbacher, Ukr) TREAT ME LIKE YOUR MOTHER (Abdouni, Leb) * UCHRONIA (Ierpoulos, Gr) WARLA (Alambra, Ph) WASHED UP (Daly, UK) WE ARE PAT (Haver, US) * WHAT WILL I BECOME? (Bean/Rozos, US) WHISPERINGS OF THE MOON (Lai, Cam) * Reviews are coming! | ||
39th BFI FlareLondon LGBTQIA+ Film Festival at BFI Southbank 19-30 MARCH 2025 Opening Film: THE WEDDING BANQUET Closing Film: NIGHT STAGE Special Presentation: DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES |
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Rich's best of the fest 2025:
AFTER THE SNOWMELT (Shan) ASSEMBLY (Newsome/Symons)
THE ASTRONAUT LOVERS (Berger, Arg)BLACK FRUIT (Gibba) A BODY TO LIVE IN (Madsen) CHERUB (Shears)
DEPARTURES (Eyre-Morgan/Ely, UK)
DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES (Ford, US)DRIP LIKE COFFEE (Cisco)
DRIVE BACK HOME (Clowater, Can)ENIGMA (Drucker)
FATHERHOOD (Hanssen/Benestad, Nor)
A FEW FEET AWAY (Caro, Arg)FOR THE GIRLS
FOUR MOTHERS (Thornton, Ire)HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY (Feder)
HIGH TIDE (Calvani, US)
HOT MILK (Lenkiewicz, UK)HOW TO LIVE (Muthoni, Ken)
I SAW THE TV GLOW (Schoenbrun, US)I'M YOUR VENUS IF I DIE, IT'LL BE OF JOY (Taillant) LAKEVIEW (Thorne) |
LUCKY, APARTMENT (Garam)MANOK (Lee)
MEA CULPA (Tass, Bel)
MEMORABILIA (Verow/Lum, US)A MOTHER APART (Townshend)
A NIGHT LIKE THIS (Calvert, UK)THE MULEETER (Fregoso)
NIGHT STAGE (Matzembacher/Reolon, Br)ONDA NOVA OUTERLANDS (Oxman) PEACHES GOES BANANAS (Losier)
THE PLEASURE IS MINE (Amaral, Arg)
PONYBOI (Arango, US)POWER ALLEY (Halla) QUEENS OF DRAMA (Langlois)
QUEER (Guadanigno, It)
REALLY HAPPY SOMEDAY (Stevens, Can)
RENT FREE (Andres, US)
SAD JOKES (Stumm, Ger)SALLY (Craig)
SANDBAG DAM (Cernic, Cro)
SOME NIGHTS I FEEL LIKE WALKING (Vargas, Ph)SPORTY SPICE SUMMER'S CAMERA (Sung) THE SILENCE OF MY HANDS TO OUR FRIENDS TRANS MEMORIA (Verseau) TRUTH OR DARE
VIET AND NAM (Truong, Vie)
WE ARE FAHEEM & KARUN (Onir, Ind)WHERE YOU FIND ME (Andrick/Bermudez/etc)
THE WEDDING BANQUET (Ahn, US)
WILL & HARPER (Greenbaum, US)
WINTER KEPT US WARM (Secter, Can)THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS (Spraic)
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38th BFI FlareLondon LGBTQIA+ Film Festival at BFI Southbank 13-24 MARCH 2024 Opening Film: LAYLA Closing Film: LADY LIKE Special Presentations: CLOSE TO YOU CROSSING |
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Rich's best of the fest 2024:
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (Urresola, Sp)
ALIGNED (Bakopoulos, Gr)
ALL OF US STRANGERS (Haigh, UK)
BACKSPOT (Waterson, Can)
BALDIGA: UNLOCKED HEART (Stein, Ger)
BOTTOMS (Seligman, US)
CALLS FROM MOSCOW (Yero, Cub)
CHASING CHASING AMY (Rodgers, US)
CLOSE TO YOU (Savage, Can)CODE OF FEAR
COMMITMENT TO LIFE (Schwarz, US)
CROSSING (Akin, Geo)DAYS OF HAPPINESS DEPARTING SENIORS
DESIRE LINES (Rosskam, US)
DON'T EVER STOP (Pollitt, UK)HEAVY SNOW
HIDDEN MASTER: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES (Shahid, US)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 (Estrada/Manuel, US)
LOVE LIES BLEEDING (Glass, US)
MERCHANT IVORY (Soucy, US)
ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY (Preciado, Fr)
OUR SON (Oliver, US)
PINE CONE (Onir, Ind)
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (Mirza, Can)REAS
RILEY (Howard, US)
RUSTIN (Wolfe, US)SEX IS COMEDY
SILVER HAZE (Polak, UK)
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET (Correa, Arg)SLOW SOLIDS BY THE SEASHORE SPLIT STORIES OF OUR LIVES
STUDIO ONE FOREVER (Saltarelli, US)
SUMMER SOLSTICE (Schamus, US)
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN (Mavroeidis, Gr)
TOLL (Markowicz, Br)TOPS
UNICORNS (Hosaini/Floyd, UK)
UNSPOKEN (Borison, US)WE ARE PERFECT
WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP (Knox, Can)WE WERE DANGEROUS
WHAT A FEELING (Rohrer, Aut)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
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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 | 2 0 2 3 F I L M S | ||
Rich's best of the fest 2023:
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)
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