All BFI Flare articles
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NewsBFI Flare, Bafta reveal 2024 talent development cohort
Six LGBTQIA+ filmmakers will be supported with their television or film debut.
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NewsBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival unveils full line-up
The line-up features four world premieres.
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NewsAmrou Al-Kadhi’s ‘Layla’ to open BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (exclusive)
‘Layla’ heads to Flare from its Sundance world premiere.
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NewsUK sales outfit Rapt Films International launches with ‘Big Boys’ pickup (exclusive)
The company is run by former SC Films and Blue Finch executive Russell Webber.
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NewsBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival sees audiences increase by 16% (exclusive)
The festival ran from March 15-26.
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Reviews‘Drifter’: BFI Flare Review
A young gay man embarks on a journey of discovery through Berlin’s progressive LGBTQ+ community
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NewsMichael Blyth to step down as senior programmer for BFI London Film Festival, Flare
Programmer has been involved with the festivals for 17 years.
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NewsHannes Hirsch’s Berlinale Panorama feature ‘Drifter’ sells to UK and US (exclusive)
Salzgeber has also sold ‘Bones And Names’ and ’Captain Faggatron Saves The Universe’ to various territories
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Reviews‘Big Boys’: BFI Flare Review
A 14-year-old boy struggles with his sexuality in this sensitive coming-of-age drama
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Reviews‘The Stroll’: BFI Flare Review
Shunned by society, the Black and Latina trans sex workers of 14th Steet in Manhattan led dangerous lives in Kristen Lovell’s personal testament
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NewsQueer filmmaking in Nigeria and ‘The Stroll’ filmmakers feature in BFI Flare industry programme (exclusive)
The queer festival runs from March 15-26.
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NewsStephen Fry-led doc ‘Willem & Frieda’ to world premiere at BFI Flare; full festival line-up unveiled
The LGBTQIA+ festival takes place March 15-26.
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NewsSundance winner ‘The Stroll’ to open BFI Flare festival, ‘Drifter’ to close
The LGBTQIA+ festival runs March 15-25.
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NewsGay rugby drama ‘In From The Side’ scores UK theatrical deal (exclusive)
The film has also sold to France, Germany, Benelux.
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Reviews‘Tramps!’: Flare Review
Kevin Hegge’s feature length documentary debut about Britain’s New Romantics captures the spirit of the moment for a new generation
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Reviews’In From The Side’: Flare Review
Matt Carter’s ambitious debut feature explores the collateral damage of a passionate affair at a gay rugby club
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Reviews‘Gateways Grind’: Flare Review
Sandi Toksvig narrates Jacquie Lawrence’s debut documentary on the history of the iconic lesbian Gateways Club in London
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Reviews‘Boulevard! A Hollywood Story’: Flare Review
Jeffrey Schwarz uncovers other hidden gay lives in Hollywood via Gloria Swanson’s desire to turn ’Sunset Blvd’ into a musical
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Reviews‘Jimmy In Saigon’: Flare Review
Searching for the truth about his brother’s mysterious death, Peter McDowell creates a compassionate picture of a hidden gay life
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Reviews‘Long Live My Happy Head’: Thessaloniki Review
A moving portrait of graphic novelist Gordon Shaw drawing his journey through cerebral cancer when the global pandemic hits