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Five Films For Freedom: a global LGBTQIA+ short-film celebration
This week Five Films For Freedom launches the ninth edition of the world’s largest, and widest-reaching, queer digital film showcase. Produced in a partnership between the British Council and the BFI Flare Film Festival, this year’s excellent five short films include gems from Nigeria, Guyana, Cyprus, Northern Ireland and South Korea. The films…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden gets blown away with BFI Flare’s Opening Night Film ‘THE STROLL’
The Stroll, the opening documentary of the British Film Institute Flare Festival just blew the bloody doors off. Some things in LGBTQ+ film festivals are good, some things are important. They don’t always coincide. With this authentic yet deeply authoritative work by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker they have achieved both. A threading of black…
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton : a lesbian period romance/drama you will not want to miss
With perfect timing in the middle of Women’s History Month which in the US follows Black History Month. comes a powerfully emotional period TV series The Confessions of Frannie Langton. Someone described it as a lesbian Bridgerton but apart from the fact that it is set in the Georgian Period and has more…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews CYBIL SERVICE’s dirty, chair-soaking humour. at The Vault Festival
Cybil Service at the Vaults Festival ★★★ The Vaults Festival is coming to an end. And it’s likely to be permanent. So go now or go never. Whether it’s your first time at the Vaults or your hundredth, Cybil Service by Salmaan Mohammed is a prime example of the zesty, quirky and downright queer fare that…
