BFI Flare has unveiled its full 2026 programme as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. “Host venue BFI Southbank will be buzzing with packed screenings, special events, talks panels and DJ nights throughout the festival,” a press release said. BFI Flare is divided into four thematic programme strands: HEARTS, BODIES and MINDS, alongside a new strand … Read more
The BFI has announced the dates for the 2026 edition of the UK’s largest queer film event, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, with submissions now open. The festival, which screens the best in contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema from around the globe, in addition to a rich selection of events and archive titles, is celebrating its … Read more
The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (19-30 March), the UK’s leading LGBTQIA+ film event, closed on 30th March seeing a continued growth in audiences attending in person events at the Festival’s home, BFI Southbank. Overall BFI Flare saw 29,831 audience attendances across BFI Southbank screenings, events and on BFI Player*. BFI Flare was delighted to … Read more
The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival is thrilled to announce a Screen Talk with the award-winning actor, comedian and writer Bowen Yang. BFI Flare will welcome Bowen onstage at BFI Southbank on Thursday 20th March to talk about his career and his latest film The Wedding Banquet, which opens BFI Flare with its International Premiere … Read more
The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, one of the world’s most significant and long-standing queer film events in the LGBTQIA+ calendar, today reveals its full programme. BFI Flare will take place at BFI Southbank which, alongside packed screenings, will be buzzing with special events and DJ nights during the festival. Now in its 11th year, in … Read more
BAFTA and BFI announce the cohort of the 2024 BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development programme, run in partnership with BFI NETWORK, six emerging LGBTQIA+ creatives working towards their debuts in film and television have been selected for the prestigious talent initiative, now in its 10th year. BFI FLARE x BAFTA, made possible thanks to … Read more
The 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, one of the world’s most significant and long-standing queer film events in the LGBTQIA+ calendar, has revealed its full programme. BFI Flare will take place at BFI Southbank, which alongside packed screenings, will be buzzing with special events and DJ nights during the festival. A … Read more
The 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (13th – 24th March at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player) announces its Opening Night Gala is the European Premiere of Layla, Amrou Al-Kadhi’s confident debut feature and its Closing Night Gala is the World Premiere of docu-fiction Lady Like by director/producer Luke Willis. Filmmakers are expected to be in attendance. The European premiere … Read more
For the first time, the 37th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival presents BFI Flare Expanded, a free programme of cutting-edge immersive projects from four boundary-pushing LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and artists. Utilising emerging technologies to tell their stories, the projects presented span multiple mediums including virtual reality, screen-based installations, volumetric video, 3-D scanning and interactive games. BFI … Read more
The BFI has announced the dates for the 2023 edition of the UK’s largest queer film event, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. The Festival, which screens the best in contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema from around the globe, in addition to a rich selection of events and archive titles, will run from 15-26 March 2023 at … Read more
BFI Flare and BAFTA have revealed six emerging LGBTQIA+Â filmmakers and the industry figures who have been supporting them for the BFI Flare x BAFTA Crew mentoring programme. The scheme, now in its seventh year, is a partnership between BAFTA, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ and BFI NETWORK (thanks to National Lottery funding), which discovers, develops and … Read more