All BFI Flare articles
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NewsBFI Flare comedy ‘Departures’ sells to US, France and other key territories
EXCLUSIVE: The UK queer comedy has also sold to Canada, Germany and Austria.
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NewsBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival sees audiences increase by 6%
The festival ran from March 19-30
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NewsBFI Flare comedy ‘Departures’ picked up for sales (exclusive)
The queer comedy marks the first feature from collective Punk Spirit Films.
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NewsBFI Filmmaking Fund, Film4 and Doc Society execs join BFI Flare industry line-up
Industry sessions run from March 21-23 at BFI Southbank.
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NewsUK distributor Verve Pictures picks up trio of titles, including BFI Flare premiere ‘A Night Like This’
Sheffield Doc Fest premiere ’Where Dragons Live’ and BFI London Film Festival works-in-progress title ’Chicken Town’.
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NewsBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival unveils 2025 line-up
The queer film festival runs from March 19-30 at BFI Southbank.
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NewsBFI Flare to close with erotic thriller ‘Night Stage’
The festival also announced “Dreams In Nightmares’ as a special presentation.
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NewsBFI Flare to open with ‘The Wedding Banquet’ starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone
The film is a comedy-drama about a deal between a gay man and his lesbian friend.
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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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