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London's premier LGBTQ+ Film Festival, BFI Flare, returns for another edition with some of the most important and entertaining films about sexual and gender minorities from around the world.
The festival runs from 21 March to 1 April.
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Flare Latest Reviews
Documentary about the fashion illustrator.
A young teenager worries that his family will discover he's gay before he's ready, and finds himself falling in love with a similarly closeted classmate he talks to online, without either of them knowing who the other is.
A transgender woman fights for the right to grieve after the death of her partner.
The last days of Oscar Wilde.
First love blooms over a long, hot summer for a teenager in Italy.
True story of the tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
An unexpected event during a day at the beach, forces a group of friends to grapple with loss.
A teenager who moves to a small town decides to tackle bullying attitudes by running for homecoming queen.
Young sheep farmer Johnny numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker offers the promise of something else.
Portrait of the ACT UP activist group, a direct action collective aiming to impact the lives of people with AIDS.
Flare Features
Portrait of a lady and a city Fabien Constant on Sarah Jessica Parker and the team behind Blue Night
Style and grace Kate Novack and Andrew Rossi on The Gospel According To André
On the road again Kent Jones on Tribeca award winner Diane
Putting island in doc Gabrielle Brady on the challenges of shooting Island Of The Hungry Ghosts
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