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A chance to check out the best new LGBTQIA+ cinema from around the world.
The festival runs from 18 to 29 March.
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Flare Latest Reviews
An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.
A man is taken on as a motorbike club's leader's submissive but begins to question that role.
After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving.
A young woman leaves her transphobic small-town, and develops a romance with tattoo artist Gen with whom she shares a paranormal connection. But their deep-rooted insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their ex-lovers and begins feeding on their friends by sucking out their lifeforce.
A love story about a married mussel farmer who falls in love with a handsome newcomer.
Céline is expecting her firstborn. But she’s not the one who’s pregnant. In three months, her wife Nadia will give birth to their daughter. Under the gaze of her friends, her mother, and the law, Céline looks for her place and sense of legitimacy.
During a weekend of rehearsals with the school choir at a convent, an introverted teenager begins to view the world from a new perspective.
A young black lesbian in Philadelphia tries to track down a once legendary actress.
Flare Features
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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