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BFI announces 40th Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival line-up dates
The 2026 edition will feature the 12th year of #FiveFilmsForFreedom, presented in partnership with the British Council
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Night Stage review: Erotic gay thriller from Brazil in which straight men steal the show
"Gabriel Faryas and Cirillo Luna take the prize for the most animated snogging this reviewer has ever seen in a film," writes Attitude's Jamie Tabberer
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Enigma review: a fascinating look into the overlapping lives of Amanda Lear and April Ashley
This documentary from Transparent producer Zackary Drucker explores the peaks of troughs of the scandalous lives of two trailblazing survivors
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Hot Milk review: Fiona Shaw steals the show in meandering, quiet film about repressed emotion
Shaw stuns as a misanthropic mother who, along with her beleaguered adult daughter (Emma Mackey), is seeking a cure for a mysterious illness
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Jordan Stephens on new gay short film, playing queer characters and what JADE reminds him about allyship (EXCLUSIVE)
Ahead of its premiere, Jordan told us all about the new short film - and teaching his straight pals about hun culture
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Meet the queer creatives selected to join the 2025 BFI Network & BAFTA Mentoring programme
The programme has previously included mentorship from creatives like Lena Dunham and Russell T Davies
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SNL and Wicked star Bowen Yang to give career talk in London at BFI Flare
Yang will appear on 20 March at BFI Southbank to speak about his varied career, including his work on Fire Island and podcast Las Culturistas
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DEPARTURES: Stars of new British gay film on sex, love and c*ck socks (EXCLUSIVE)
Starring David Tag and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, DEPARTURES has its London premiere this month at BFI Flare - check out our exclusive sneak peek
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BFI Flare announce interview series with filmmakers behind Fire Island, Brokeback Mountain and more
As part of BFI Flare, filmmakers including Andrew Ahn, James Schamus and Onir will be grilled about their careers in front of a live audience
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James McArdle and Four Mothers director and writer talk mothers, gay sons and Andrew Scott’s accent coaching (EXCLUSIVE)
"We had the idea of it being about middle-aged gay men because we hadn’t seen that before,” says the film's director Darren Thornton
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Ponyboi’s River Gallo: Meet the filmmaking talent bringing intersex representation to BFI Flare (EXCLUSIVE)
Their new film is an explosive tale of an intersex sex worker escaping their pimp. Ahead of screenings at BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, writer-actor River talks working with Indya Moore and Dylan O'Brien, plus their thoughts on the Oscar-nominated Conclave
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BFI Flare 2025 drops full programme boasting films with Bowen Yang, Alan Cumming, and more
This year's festival, now in its 39th edition, also includes appearances from Lily Gladstone, Alexander Lincoln and stars of 'Paris Is Burning'
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BFI Flare announces UK premieres of roadtrip drama Dreams In Nightmares and gay erotic thriller Night Stage
The full programme for BFI Flare will be announced on 18 February
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BFI Flare Festival to open with The Wedding Banquet remake starring Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone
The remake will feature a number of changes including the addition of a lesbian couple at the centre of the plot
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BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces 2025 dates
And here's how to submit for the festival's Five Films for Freedom initiative!
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BFI Flare celebrates audience growth during 2024 LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
BFI recorded an 87% occupancy at BFI Southbank, up from 85% in 2023
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20,000 Species of Bees review: Soul-soothing Spanish drama to change hearts and minds
Thank goodness for immersive, human, and heartfelt movies like this one, that make the heaviness of the news agenda melt away, writes Attitude's Jamie Tabberer
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Lady Like review: The story of an underdog who has risen to the top
"A pleasant film that offers a behind-the-scenes glance at a person who's achieved their dreams and looking ahead to new ones"
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Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero review: A refreshingly candid peak behind the curtains
"What is most charming about the film is the person at its centre"
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Commitment to Life review: ‘A story we should never tire of hearing of’
Commitment to Life follows on from Schwarz's previous BFI Flare films such as Boulevard! A Hollywood Story and Tab Hunter Confidential