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BFI Flare Review: Kiss Me Before It Blows Up

Families can be complex, confusing, confounding and confrontational, but more often than not blood is thicker than water. All families have a tangled web of inter-relationships, shared histories and those…

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BFI Flare Review: Cured

Today, being gay in a progressive society generally means being a second-class citizen in one way or another. Seen, accepted but usually not afforded the same legal protections as someone…

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BFI Flare Review: Rebel Dykes

There once was a time when youthful rebellion and protest were a mainstay of British life. Indeed, activism and campaigning were often regular pastimes during the 1970s and early 1980s.…

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BFI Flare Review: No Ordinary Man

Born in Oklahoma City, Billy Tipton was a talented pianist and jazz musician who both played with the greats and became a renowned bandleader. He was also a dedicated family…

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BFI Flare: Sweetheart

Being a teenager is never easy. Stuck somewhere between childhood and adulthood, with your body undergoing a number of unseen and seen changes. It can all be extremely confusing. Especially,…

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BFI Flare Review: Firebird

Until relatively recently, being openly gay in the military was a criminal offence, and that was in the more progressive nations. Even then, there’s often a reluctance to ‘come out’…

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BFI Flare Review: The Greenhouse

The loss of a loved one can be paralysing. The death of someone who has played a huge part in your daily life can leave a gap which can never…

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BFI Flare Review: Mama Gloria

Whilst Western societies have come a long way when it comes to equal rights for all, that doesn’t mean that everyone is being afforded the same treatment. Or that there’s…

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BFI Flare Review: Dramarama

It’s not so long ago that being a nerd largely meant a childhood of bullying and constant abuse. To be different at school was almost asking to become a target.…

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BFI Flare 2021 Preview

The 35th edition of BFI Flare, London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, will take place online between 17 and 28 March. One of the oldest and most prestigious queer film festivals in…

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