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The annual BFI Flare Film Festival arrives at the Southbank on the 23rd of March, bringing with it a wealth of groundbreaking queer cinema. Now in its 38th year, the BFI Flare has become Europe’s biggest LGBTQ+ film festival, and this year’s programme features a diverse and exciting mix of films, talks, discussions and parties. BFI Flare senior programmer, Michael Blyth, described its legacy as “the best, most innovative and most boundary-pushing LGBTQIA+ stories from across the globe”. There is a particular focus on trans stories this year, from a look at trans sex workers in America in Kokomo City, which won the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival, to The Fabulous Ones, a moving ode to queer trans elders. Flare will open with another Sundance success story, The Stroll, a deeply moving documentary about trans women of colour in New York. The centrepiece presentation will feature Who Am I Not, an intimate portrait of two intersex South Africans, while the festival closes with Drifter, a story about a young man’s journey of self-discovery, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. best friend Dom. With Benjamin set to head to LA, they spend . For those not able to attend the festival in person, selected short films will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
The annual BFI Flare Film Festival arrives at the Southbank on ...