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This year's BFI Flare will open with Amrou Al-Kadhi’s tale of a lonely Arab drag queen, Layla. It will close with the world première of Lady Like, which follows San Francisco-based drag queen Lady Camden on her journey to fame through RuPaul's Drag Race. There will also be a special screen talk with Elliot Page about his career and his latest film, Close To You, made with Dominic Savage.
The festival runs from 13 to 24 March.
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Flare Latest Reviews
Two dancers find a connection that goes beyond their art.
The history of the lesbian community that sprang up on Lesbos in the 1970s.
A documentary about the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy for LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.
A gay musician spends his weekend trying to find the money for HIV-preventive treatment after being sexually assaulted by a stranger.
A group of prison inmates re-enact their lives and sentences, balancing memories with fantasy.
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
Alice lives at her parents' place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it's time to move out.
A man's plans go awry thanks to his mum.
Against the backdrop of a shared obsession with Bollywood fantasy, Mariam, a Pakistani Muslim woman, and her Canadian-born daughter Azra come of age in two different eras.
Consideration of the historic bias against female Black and queer athletes.
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