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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
A young man has to come to terms with his sexuality.
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.
Flare Features
Filming sensations Mathieu Amalric on Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar and the sounds and colours of Barbara
Character arc Seth A Smith on filming with a two-year-old and bringing marbling to life in The Crescent
Keeping up appearances Marcello Martinessi on cultural conservatism and filmmaking honesty in The Heiresses
A different space Kelly Macdonald on working with Marc Turtletaub on Puzzle
Out of the past Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
The iconic man Jonathan Baker on Becoming Iconic and Inconceivable
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