Tag: BFI Flare
Top Picks of Movies NOT To Be Missed : London’s BFI Flare
This week the 35th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival kicks off. Adapting to these current tough times, the Festival will be available digitally from 17 to 28 March 2021 for the whole of the UK. The program may be smaller this year but it’s just as powerful as ever with an…
Five Films for Freedom (all FREE)
One of the great annual traditions of BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival is that each year they partner up with The British Council for the #FiveFilmsforFreedom project. They make five LGBTIQ+ themed short films available for the world to watch online for FREE over an 11-day period. Through their global network in more…
Glorious Cloris Leachman in her final starring role
Great news from London this morning. Or more specifically BFI Flare Queer Film Festival that kicks off next month. We have still yet to see their full program but we now know of one International Premiere we simply cannot miss. JUMP DARLING features the final starring role of the late great Cloris Leachman (a…
Daniel Monks : a new queer filmmaker so worth watching
Queerguru talked with DANIEL MONKS the delightful queer Australian writer and star of PULSE his rather wonderful movie, directed by STEVIE CRUZ-MARTIN that was loosely based on Daniel’s life and was about to have its European Premiere at BFI FLARE London’s #LGBTQ Film Festival in 2018. This debut feature film is one of the most provocative stories that tackles…
The Lawyer: a queer romance with a powerful message
Lithuanian queer filmmaker Romas Zabarauskas has skillfully woven together an unusual queer romance that also packs a powerful message about the plight of LGBTQ Syrian refugees stranded in Europe, and at the same gives such a positivity to the film’s queerness. It’s not only all very impressive, but throughly entertaining too. Its the story of…
