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Top Picks of Movies NOT To Be Missed : London’s BFI Flare

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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 incredible diverse eclectic selection of some of the very best queer films from around the globe.  It includes two World Premieres and some exceptional documentaries that celebrate our community’s history.

As usual, the Queerguru team have been through the entire program in great detail, and here are our TOP PICKS of MOVIES NOT TO BE MISSED  and as usual in alphabetical order:



AIDS DIVA, THE LEGEND OF CONNIE NEWMAN

BOYS MEETS BOY

COWBOYS

FIREBIRD

I AM SAMUEL

NO ORDINARY MAN

POPPY FIELD

PS BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE

REBEL DYKES

SUBLET

 

Further info on the whole Program https://www.bfi.org.uk/flare

Full reviews of these movies  
www.queerguru.com

 





Five Films for Freedom (all FREE)

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  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 … Continue reading



Glorious Cloris Leachman in her final starring role

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  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 … Continue reading



Daniel Monks : a new queer filmmaker so worth watching

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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 gender identity and presents its own very different sci-fi take on this issue that is both innovative and intriguing.  You can read our full review of the film  http://c3f.ab6.myftpupload.com/pulse/.

Now at last  the movie itself can be viewed in the US on VOD at http://darkstarpics.com/ or  via the HERE TV channel on Amazon Prime 

The interview was filmed by DEBBIESEARS at BFI SOUTHBANK for WWW.QUEERGURU.COM



The Lawyer: a queer romance with a powerful message

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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 … Continue reading



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