Submissions are now open for the UK’s largest queer event for screen buffs BY ELLA GAUCI The BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival has announced that the 37th edition of [….]
Gateways Grind will be airing on BBC4 on 21 June
Published on :Gateways Grind, a documentary on London’s historic lesbian nightclub, is set to release to BBC4 in June BY LUCAN FAIRWEATHER, IMAGE BY GATEWAYS GRIND The iconic Sandi Toksvig unearths the [….]
MY FIRST SUMMER is out now on DVD
Published on :After its screening at the 2021 BFI Flare, London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, MY FIRST SUMMER has been released on DVD BY SIAN HOPKINS, IMAGES BY MATTHEW BRIGGS/PECCADILLO PICTURES Want to [….]
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Published on :“The Gates was often a haven for women who were in the closet for the rest of the week” BY KEAH LILY On Friday 25 March I had the pleasure [….]
BFI Flare: Maja Borg on Passion
Published on :“I hope that the film can inspire more dialogue about consent and power” BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGE BY BFI FLARE Describe your film in three words! Longing. Power. Belonging. Could [….]
BFI Flare: Director Fawzia Mirza and writer Kausar Mohammed on The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night
Published on :“We wanted to see characters like ourselves, normalised on screen, who happen to be queer” BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGE BY ZAHRA SIDDIQUI Describe your film in three words! KAUSAR: Family [….]
BFI Flare: Shelley Thompson on Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor
Published on :“Trans individuals deserve what all our children do: a chance to be their most realised and comfortable selves” BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGE BY BFI FLARE Describe your film in three [….]