BFI Flare
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “Some Nights I Feel Like Walking” , a queer indie road movie by Filipino director Petersen Vargas
The Philippines are in the news at the moment with the arrest by the International Criminal Court of former leader Rodrigo Duterte, for alleged ‘crimes against humanity’ committed during his leadership from 2016 – 2022. During this time, at least 6,000 (up to 30,000 by some estimates) people considered to be drug dealers and other…
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Queerguru’s TOP PICKS OF MUST SEE FILMS @ BFI Flare LGBTQA+ Film Festival in London
London’s BFI Flare is one of the early queer film Festivals that kick off the new year, following on from Queer Screen in Sydney and The Berlinale. Now in its 39th year, it is still one of the oldest ones across the globe (we wonder like so many gay men, if it will publicly…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews NIGHT STAGE an erotic queer Brazilian thriller that’s the Closing Gala at London’s BFI Flare Film Fest
Matias (Gabriel Faryas) and Fabio (Henrique Barreira) are handsome, buff 23-year-old actors rehearsing a sold-out play with a prestigious theatre company in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The two friends live together and are equally ambitious and energetic. A casting agent is in town, scouting talent for a high-profile new TV series, and both men are keen…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews SANDBAG DAM a superb coming-of-age drama that was nominated for the Teddy at the Berlinale
Marko, a popular, sporty teenager, lives with his family in a village in Croatia which is prone to flooding. He is in his last year at high school but has decided not to go to college in order to help his father start up a car repair business. He has a girlfriend Petra, and a…
