BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2023 revealed its full program of 58 features and 90 shorts from 41 countries.
BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival
SINCE: 1986
WHERE: London, U.K.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival is the UK’s longest running LGBT film event. It began in 1986 as Gay’s Own Pictures. By its 3rd edition it was tagged the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and since then has grown to become the largest LGBT film event in the UK, and its most anticipated. The Festival changed its name to BFI Flare in 2014 to reflect the increasing diversity of its films, filmmakers and audience.
THE STROLL to Open and DRIFTER to Close BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker’s Sundance award-winning documentary The Stroll will open the 37th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.
BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup
The 2022 BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival unveiled its full program including Besties directed by Marion Desseigne Ravel.
GIRL PICTURE to Open and TRAMPS! to Close 2022 BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Girl Picture, Alli Haapasalo’s spirited coming-of-age drama will open the 2022 BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
35th BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival Announces Lineup
The 35th BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival unveiled the full virtual program of 26 features and 38 free shorts LGBTIQ+ films.
REBEL DYKES and FIREBIRD World Premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival
Two new gay and lesbian films, Rebel Dykes and Firebird, will world premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival.
Cloris Leachman’s Final Starring Role JUMP, DARLING, to Premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival
In honor of the late actress Cloris Leachman, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival will screen Leachman’s final film JUMP, DARLING.
BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival 2021 Moves Entirely Online
BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival will hold the 35th edition of the Festival online from March 17th- 28th 2021.
Coronavirus Forces Film Festivals Cancellations and Postponements (LIST)
The coronavirus is having a devastating impact on film festivals. San Francisco and RiverRun International Film Festivals have canceled.
BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival Unveils 2019 Lineup, Closes with JEREMIAH TERMINATOR LEROY Starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart
The 33rd edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival will showcase the best in contemporary global LGBTQ+ films, screening over 50 features, and more than 80 shorts.
Virginia Woolf Love Story VITA & VIRGINIA to Open BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival
The BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival will open with VITA & VIRGINIA, the true story of the relationship between literary trailblazer Virginia Woolf, and the aristocrat Vita Sackville-West.
MY DAYS OF MERCY to Open, POSTCARDS FROM LONDON to Close 2018 BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival
The 32nd edition of BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival which takes place from March 21st to April 1st, 2018, announced the Opening and Closing Night Galas films. MY DAYS OF MERCY opens the Festival on Wednesday March 21, with POSTCARDS FROM LONDON closing the Festival on Saturday March 31.