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WELCOME CONTENTS FROM THE BFI FROM THE BFI FLARE PROGRAMMERS It’s always a pleasure to reflect on the vibrancy of the The subjective concept of family is a recurring theme SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 07 BFI Flare community; during the Festival, BFI Southbank throughout this year’s programme. Our Centrepiece bursts with a thrilling diversity of people, buzzing in and out world premiere of Jason Barker’s heartfelt documentary of screenings and engaging in programmes in every nook A Deal with the Universe charts an emotional journey HEARTS 11 of the building. With this year’s artwork, we tap into the to conceive. In Jules Rosskam’s Paternal Rites, familial creativity and energy of our BFI Flare family. We’ve worked secrets and lies are brought painfully to the surface, BODIES 17 with design company Studio Moross, who have called on while Belgian documentary F.A.M.I.L.Y gives voice to the you – our artists and thinkers – to contribute to a fanzine children of same sex parents. Shorts programme Trans MINDS 25 which will be freely available at the Festival. It’s that spirit Family Matters explores the families we were born into and which can be seen in our ‘zine-inspired Festival cover. those we create for ourselves. In fact, whether directly or SECOND CHANCE SUNDAY 30 In these pages, you’ll find a corresponding vivacity to the indirectly, the wide-ranging notion of family can be traced in programme – a spring in our collective filmmaking step after almost all of this year’s films. a great year for LGBTQ+ cinema, notably the UK’s own And what is the Festival itself, if not one big family? CLUB NIGHTS 31 God’s Own Country. Directed by Francis Lee, it’s wowed For a couple of glorious weeks each spring, our talented audiences (global box office is well over US$1.5million) filmmakers, loyal audiences and dedicated staff all come BFI PLAYER 32 and nabbed two well-deserved BAFTA nominations. together to create something extraordinary and powerful. 2018 is already shaping up to be a good year: Wash And like families, we challenge each other, provoke each INDEX 33 Westmoreland’s Colette had critical thumbs up and strong other and, perhaps most importantly, inspire each other. sales at Sundance Film Festival, while UK-based Parkville We feel privileged to call each and every one of you TICKETS & BOOKING INFO 34 Pictures won the Grand Jury Prize for Desiree Akhavan’s reading this family, no matter how you should choose The Miseducation of Cameron Post. to interpret that word. And as always, we show our love Colette and God’s Own Country demonstrate BFI Film Fund by bringing you the best in global contemporary queer CALENDAR 35 investment in talent, along with two British films receiving cinema. We will be showcasing works by and about queer world premieres at BFI Flare: Steve McLean’s Postcards D/deaf and disabled people. We will be exploring QTIPOC from London and Jason Barker’s A Deal with the Universe. representation on film with our very special free event Rise, After a third year of the BFI Flare Mentorship programme as well as reflecting on the rich history of AIDS on screen (run with BFI Network and BAFTA) also completed, we can in a series of special screenings and events. Also, we are confidently say that the future looks bright for LGBTQ+ thrilled to collaborate with the British Council once again filmmaking. Former BFI Flare mentee Harry Lighton screens for the worldwide initiative #fiveFilms4freedom. And that’s his new short, the BAFTA-Nominated Wren Boys, while just the beginning. fellow mentee Amrou Al-Kadhi joins us with two short films. See you in March for a good old family gathering. The vitality of the Festival is also reflected in our partnerships Jay Bernard, Michael Blyth, Zorian Clayton, and we’re thrilled to welcome Pureland Foundation as Brian Robinson, Emma Smart, Festival Programmers the Main Supporter. Tricia Tuttle, BFI Festivals, Artistic Director Amanda Nevill, BFI Chief Executive

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Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Ellen Page, Kate Mara. Kate Mara, Ellen Page. 103min UK-USA 2017. Great Point Media Great Point Joe Barton. With Tali Shalom-Ezer. Tali Prod opposing political views. between two women from vastly different backgrounds and backgrounds vastly different between two women from Starring Ellen Page and Kate Mara, this sophomore feature feature Starring Ellen Page and Kate Mara, this sophomore Shalom-Ezer is a beautiful and poignant love story Tali from Scr Lucy (Page) spends her weekends travelling around the Midwest in a Lucy (Page) spends her weekends travelling around Ben and with older sister RV alongside her younger brother battered Martha behind the wheel. Their destination: whichever federal prison inmate that night, so that they can is due to execute a death row and advocate peacefully outside the join with their fellow protestors During one such penalty. walls for the abolition of the death institution’s the opposite ‘camp’ (Mara), from eye is drawn to Mercy Lucy’s protest, (people who come and support the executions taking place). When brazenly flouts the unwritten rule of fraternisingMercy with the enemy the scene is set for a heart- the painfully shy Lucy, and approaches to shatter everything Lucy believes that threatens love affair wrenching a superb from Working in, but which could ultimately set her free. Shalom-Ezer has British writer Joe Barton, script by BAFTA-nominated of crafted a love story filled with passion and truth, against a backdrop one of the most polemical issues of our time. Whilst astutely observing focus is on the importance of the death penalty debate, Shalom-Ezer’s between Lucy and Mercy. the burgeoning, opposites-attract love affair up chemistry between Page and Mara, offering And the on-screen performances, pulls you in and swallows you whole. A film career-best the perfect opener to BFI Flare. it’s about love conquering difference, Sales MY DAYS OF MERCY MY DAYS Dir Emma Smart THU 22 MAR 15:50 NFT1 WED 21 MAR 20:50 NFT1 @BFIFlare OPENING NIGHT GALA WED 21 MAR 18:15 NFT1 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 8 20:50 NFT1 20:50 MAR 26 MON NFT1 18:50 SAT MAR 31 CENTREPIECE SCREENING CLOSING NIGHTGALA 18:40 STUDIO MAR 28 WED NFT1 21:10 SAT MAR 31 14:00 STUDIO SAT MAR 31 Dir POSTCARDS FROMLONDON Dir-Scr A DEALWITHTHEUNIVERSE (followed byBFIFlare Closing NightParty22:30-02:30,BFIFoyer). Join usforthepost-film reception 21:00-22:30benugobar. Tickets£10inc.drinksandcanapes quality thatisastransportingitbrilliant. pleasures andsharp-talking,Adonis-likeart-fanciershasahypnotic McLean hascreated apowerfulfilmwhoseunlikelyblendofvoyeuristic illuminates thepotencyofhighartinqueerhistory. Writer-director Steve script thatkeepsyouinthralltoJim’s journey, a with oneofthebeautifulsubjectsinanoldmasterpainting.With often audacious,thisisafilmforanyonewhohaseverfalleninlove finds himfaintinginthepresence ofgreat art.Frequently dazzlingand he discoverssuffers from Stendhal’s Syndrome, arare diseasethat of arthistory, Jimisawillingpupil,buthispassionimpededwhen intense knowledgeandappreciation hislove ofthegreat masters.With art connoisseurs–intelligent,post-coitalconversationbasedonan under theirwing.Thegroup existtoprovide veryspecialservicesfor guard, hediscoversagroup ofart-lovingrent-boys whotakehim to sleepinacardboard box.Butwithaword from akindlysecurity first night,heisrobbed byastranger, endsuphomelessandisforced the promised culturalexcitementsofSohoprove hard tofind.Onhis lead inBeachRats)arrivesfrom provincial boredom toseekhisfortune, teenage beautyandEssexboyJim(HarrisDickinson,thecompelling Jarman andacelebrationofthehomo-erotic inBaroque art.When manages tobebothabeautifullyshothomageinthespiritofDerek Set inavibrant,neon-lit,imaginaryvisionofSoho,thismoralitytale than anything,itisthestoryofonetrulyincredible family. emotions thatcomewithimpendingparenthood. Butperhapsmore rich insightsintothecomplexitiesofgenderidentityandfraught a tenderfilm,butitstillpacksonehellofanemotionalpunch,offering wonderful –warm,funny, sadandoftencompletely unexpected.Thisis this irrepressible couplefacedalongtheway. Andtheresults are profoundly movingdocumentarydetailsthetragediesandtriumphs candour anddisarminghonesty, Barker’s extraordinarily intimateand their plansandtakearoad farlessanticipated.Told withabsolute we witnessaseriesofsetbacksthatledthepairtoradicallyre-think days ofthecouple’s relationship andtheirstrugglestogetpregnant, toconceive.Chartingtheearly fascinating storybehindtheirjourney partner Tracey shotoverthecourseofadecade, Barkertellsthe film, assembledentirely from homevideofootagewhichheandhis bump wasamuchbiggerstorydatingbackmanyyears.Inhisdebut pregnant transmalebodywasathingoftruebeauty, beneaththe stage sportingaratherimpressive babybump.ButwhileJason’s In 2010,formerBFIFlare programmer JasonBarker took tothe Raphael Esprez. 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SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL EVENT WE LOVE MOSES SAT 24 MAR* SUN 25 MAR * FRI 23 MAR 17:55 NFT1 17:30 NFT2 BSL 12:00–17:00 NFT3 120 BPM RISE: QTIPOC REPRESENTATION 120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE AND VISIBILITY IN FILM Dir Robin Campillo. Prod Hugues Charbonneau, Marie-Ange Luciani. Scr Robin Campillo, In collaboration with The Art Machine*, BFI Flare is delighted Philippe Mangeot. With Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel. France 2017. 144min. 15. UK Distribution Curzon Artificial Eye to present RISE – an exploration of QTIPOC representation in film. Pulsating with life and pounding with urgency, this rousing, Elevating the narratives of QTIPOC (queer, transgender and intersex heartbreaking celebration of political activism is a modern queer classic. people of colour) characters, this one-day series of free events will Drawing on personal experience, Robin Campillo’s extraordinary provide a platform to examine the importance of inclusion, both on account of AIDS activist group ACT UP-Paris in the 1990s begins at and off screen, whilst inspiring a generation of directors, screenwriters, a group meeting. As members discuss action and strategy, a small filmmakers and producers to develop work which best reflects their gang of fresh recruits, including HIV-negative Nathan, are welcomed stories. Featuring a programme of intimate workshops and panel into the fold. As Nathan becomes more involved in ACT-UP’s activities discussions with established industry professionals, this symposium – from closed-off gatherings to direct action in medical labs, school seeks to affirm to the power of film as a disruptive medium that can playgrounds and political rallies – he embarks on a life-changing broaden the lens and draw attention to the nuanced experiences of romance with outspoken group member Sean. With much of the drama QTIPOC people. taking place in the meeting space, Campillo’s film thrives on the power The full schedule of activities will be available on bfi.org.uk/flare. of discourse. But far more than a cerebral account of political action, Please note, this is a free event, but tickets will need to be reserved in advance. this is a deeply emotional and bracingly sensual film, which ignites the heart and body just as much as it incites the mind. Michael Blyth *The Art Machine is a non-profit organisation aimed at engaging artists to create work that will Contains flashing images ignite positive social change, highlighting the stories of marginalised communities, whose voices may have been suppressed, disregarded or simply unheard in modern society. theartmachine.org

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Anatol Schuster, Britta Schwem. Schwem. Britta Schuster, Anatol Anatol Schuster. Prod A lyrical love story, between dreamer Manja and between dreamer A lyrical love story, the notion of memory Louk, Air explores rebellious and how far we must go to find ourselves. THU 22 MAR 20:50 NFT1 AIR Scr Lara Feith, Matthias Neukirch. Germany 91min. 2017. Prod GmbH Co wirFILM Dir Manja’s love for the fiercely independent Louk hits love for the fiercely Manja’s Their first and fast – literally and figuratively. her hard apartment encounter in the woods behind Manja’s block is a collision, with Louk knocking a surprised But she then exchanges Manja to the ground. a soft kiss of thanks for Manja not giving her position away to her pursuers. It develops into a devotion girl that will see the studious Manja to the rebellious to be normally do in order do things she wouldn’t of the achingly lost Louk, close to and take care and father might whose mother is no longer around as well not be. Air is a delicate film with nuanced its two leads and a surprising performances from depth at its heart. Contains flashing images LUFT HEARTS Dir MALILA: THEFAREWELL FLOWER THE HAPPYPRINCE 12 make itarare andspecialexperience. and reality, alongsideitsrichemotionalcomplexity, occasionally shockingfilm.Butitselision offantasy each other. Forallitslanguorous beauty, thisisan search ofsomethingandfind comfortonceagainin of acure forhiscancer. Ultimately, bothmenare in seems tooffer solacetoPitch, aswellthepromise upon whichdelicateblossomsare threaded, it banana leavesare foldedto create elegantstructures that requires enormouspatienceandskill,where practice theartofBaiSri.Aformflowersculpture Pitch, meanwhile,isclearlyunwell.Histherapyto child andheplanstobecomeaBuddhistmonk. Shane’s marriagefellapartafterthedeathofa lovers PitchandShane.We that graduallylearn This hauntinglybeautifulfilmfocusesonformer all else,dignity. hero tothescreen withgrace,depthand,above Everett astoundsasthefallenstar, bringinghis continued toshine.Inaroleplay, thathewasborn and wealthdiminished,yethiswitcreativity under aseriesofassumednames,bothhishealth which thedisgracedwritertravelledaround Europe after hisrelease from prison.Duringthistime,in He detailsthetragicfinalfewyearsofWilde’s life Rupert Everett offers somethingquitedifferent. . Butwithhisheartfeltandimpressive Wilde biopic, Hughes’ for thescreen infilmssuchasKen dramatised for indecencyisafamiliaronetomany, previously The truestoryofOscarWilde’s trialandimprisonment 105min. UK Distribution 105min. 2018. Germany-Belgium-Italy Watson. Emily Firth, Colin Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze. With Dir-Scr With Scr UK Distribution 2017. 96min. Thailand Muengput. Sumret 20:50 NFT2 20:50 MAR* 27 TUE NFT1 20:45 MAR 28 WED prospect ofdeath. becomes ameditationonlove,lifeandthe A dream-like encounterbetweentwoex-lovers writer OscarWilde. Everett depictsthefinalyearsinlifeofrenowned This passionproject from writer-director-star Rupert Anucha Boonyawatana. Prod Anucha Boonyawatana, Waasuthep Ketpetch. Ketpetch. Waasuthep Boonyawatana, Anucha Sukollawat Kanarot, Anuchyd Sapanphong, Rupert Everett. Prod Everett. Rupert The Trials andStephenFry’s ofOscarWilde TLA Releasing TLA Michael Blyth 15:30 NFT3 15:30 MAR 30 FRI NFT1 11:00 SAT MAR* 31 Lionsgate Sébastien Delloye, Donsaron Kovitvanitcha. Kovitvanitcha. Donsaron Everett, Rupert Brian Robinson

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Viewer discretion isadvised. This filmcontainsscenesofsexualviolence. Sales 2018. 80min. Argentina-Chile Silva. de Germán With Pescio. Mara Scr RodríguezMartín Redondo, Nasi. Giancarlo Dir MARILYN family’s attempts tocontrol him. attitudes andmakeshimfight back against his his ownsexualdesires forces achangeinMarcos’ attracted toandutterlyrepelled byhim.Discovering confronted byyoungmen who seembothviolently But there are seriousconsequenceswhenheis opportunity todanceandflirtwithseemingimpunity. dresses asayoungwoman andevenenjoysthe Marcos the celebrationofnightcarnival, as weakness.Followinghisfather’s deathandon other localssensehisdifference andperceive it on herwardrobe anddoingherhair. Hisfamilyand threat, butMarcos seemshappieradvisinghismother family’s rented cattleranch.Rustlersare aconstant Marcos isagentle,shyboy whohelpsaround his sexual andpersonalchange. hopeful andresilient inthefaceofmoral,social, as hestrugglestokeepthingsundercontrol, ever family andrelationships are thrown intoquestion Pedro toconfront hisexistence.Love,commerce, need formoneyhideadeeperanxietythatforce His reluctance toleavethehouseandhisdesperate radical changetoPedro’s performanceandlife. act underthepseudonymBoy25,itprompts a another maleperformer, Leon,hascopiedhis attract adevotedfollowing.Whenhediscovers displays ofhisnakedbodysmeared withneonpaint a livingaswebcamperformerNeonBoyanderotic harbour townofPortoAlegre. Hescrapestogether Moody, disturbedlonerPedro livesinthedepressed Brazil 2018. 119min. Sales Brazil With Prod Dir-Scr TINTA BRUTA HARD PAINT show doesn’t delivereverythingheneeds. College drop-out Pedro findshiserotic webcam 20:30 NFT1 20:30 MAR 30 FRI 20:50 NFT1 20:50 MAR 29 THU in ruralChile. fight angainsteverydayhomophobiaandoppression A powerfulandunflinchingstoryofayoungman’s Martín Rodríguez Martín Redondo. Martín Rodríguez Martín Redondo, Mariana Docampo, Shico Menegat, Bruno Fernandes, Guega Peixoto. Peixoto. Guega Fernandes, Bruno Menegat, Shico Filipe Matzembacher, Luz, Jessica Marcio Reolon. Film Entertainment Factory Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon. Walter Rodríguez, Catalina Saavedra, 11:30 NFT2 11:30 SAT MAR 31 20:30 NFT2 20:30 SAT MAR 31

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MARIO in the21stcentury. professional footballersare stillseenasoutofstep offers adynamicandrealistic picture ofhowgay rollercoaster ofafilm,setonandoff thepitch, satisfaction for professional gain? This heart-warming possibility, willMarioforsakethehopeofemotional the prospect ofaprofessional career astrong of blackmail,unbalancestheteam’s morale.With fool everyone.Andgossip,alongwiththethreat of whatishappening.Butpretend girlfriendsdon’t unwilling orunabletoacknowledgetheimplications love inthismachoworldisnotaneasyone.Mario for anunexpectedloveaffair, butthepathofgay Sharing aflatwithkeenrivalMariosetsthescene when Leon,anewstriker, joinsthefootballteam. There’s arippleofdisquietinthelocker-room Peccadillo Pictures Peccadillo Distribution UK 2018. 119min. Switzerland Moravec. Jessy With Hess. Thomas Dir Supported by 2017.USA UK Distribution 110min. 12A. With Dir LOVE, SIMON Shahbazian, Isaac Klausner. age taleisimpossiblenottofallfor. of knowingsentimentality, thiseffortless coming-of- Witty, insightfulandwithaperfectlypitchedtouch identity mightberevealed totheentire school. emails fallintothewrong hands,itlookslikeSimon’s Perhaps eventhepossibilityoflove.Butwhenhis have foundtheconfidanthesodesperatelyneeds. student inthesamesituation,Simonthinkshemight a secret. Whenhestartschattingonlinetoafellow family, great friendsandgoodgrades.Buthehides Simon appearstohavetheperfectlife–aloving Berlanti showsusexactlyhowtodoit.17-year-old thissweet-natured teengem,directorWith Greg coming outmovie.Whenit’s doneright,ofcourse. Sometimes there isnothingbetterthanahighschool for two young football players. for twoyoungfootballplayers. A storyofloveandheartbreak, onandoff thepitch, might berevealed inthiswarmandwittycharmer. A closetedhigh-schoolerfearshisbest-keptsecret 20:30 NFT1 20:30 MAR 25 SUN 18:20 NFT1 MAR 27 TUE Marcel Gisler. Prod Gisler. Marcel Greg Berlanti. Prod Berlanti. Greg Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp. Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Altaras, Aaron Hubacher, Max 13:50 NFT1 MAR 26 MON 13:50 NFT3 13:50 MAR 28 WED Brian Robinson Rudolf Santschi. Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Pouya Pouya Bowen, Marty Godfrey, Wyck Scr Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker. Twentieth Century Fox Century Twentieth Michael Blyth Scr Marcel Gisler, Gisler, Marcel

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David Rysdahl, Sophie Finkelstein. Finkelstein. Sophie Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw. MON 26 MAR STUDIO 20:30 FRI 23 MAR 15:50 NFT1 Prod Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Mantsai, Bongile Touré, Nakhane Prod Peccadillo Pictures John Trengove, Thando Mgqolozana, Mgqolozana, Thando Trengove, John Samuel Brett Williams. With John Trengove. Trengove. John Jennifer Gerber. Gerber. Jennifer Kwanda, an edgy city boy, has been taken back to Kwanda, an edgy city boy, he is to undergo the rural village where his father’s painful initiation ritual that will ‘turn’ him into a man. SUN 25 MAR NFT318:30 THU 22 MAR NFT118:30 A married preacher has an affair with a passing has an affair A married preacher drifter in this bold and intense emotional drama. Somewhere in the South African countryside, Somewhere defends himself in a hostile Kwanda fiercely masculinity equals aggressive where environment he is not competition and casual homophobia. Yet a circumcision from His recovery the only outsider. Xolani, whose ritual is aided by gentle caregiver by to the village is motivated more yearly return the complex and for another caregiver, his desire irascible Vija, than any concern with tradition. All occupy unstable positions within this process, three which is constantly disrupted by intense masculine will posturing, and it is uncertain whether the group is an unsettling look The Wound make it through. explored at the interplay of tradition and modernity, men caught in a situation that no ritual – via three them for. modern or ancient – can prepare THE WOUND Dir Scr Malusi Bengu. With Bengu. Malusi Niza Jay Ncoyini. South Africa 88min. 2016. DistributionUK Scr Dir Zachary Booth, Lucy 84min. Faust. USA 2017. Prod Films State Co Natural THE REVIVAL backdrop of evangelical small-town life. of evangelical small-town backdrop devotion and hidden desire against the claustrophobic devotion and hidden desire a success, Jennifer Gerber’s intimate direction intimate direction a success, Jennifer Gerber’s the dichotomy between religious explores rigorously Adapted from the award-winning play by Samuel the award-winning Adapted from Williams,Brett tells the story of Eli, a The Revival southern in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Baptist preacher With in steady decline, Eli faces his congregation dwindling interest his flock to reignite from pressure are revival As plans for a high-profile in the church. and set in motion, Eli is filled with a sense of dread inner conflict – feelings made worse by the arrival whom of a handsome drifter named Daniel, from he fails to mask his attraction. Losing none of the intimacy and power that made the stage play such

Emma Smart Chilik Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi, Pirchi, Avraham Michaeli, Chilik Jan Miller Corran, LeeAnne Co UCM united – channels movies MON 26 MAR 16:00 NFT3 FRI 30 MAR NFT216:20 Noa Biron, Avi Malka, Netta Shpigelman. Jan Miller Corran, Katherine Cortez. Emma Smart Limor Shmila. Prod Snapshots is a film about hidden truths and the Piper Laurie, Brooke Adams, Emily Baldoni. Melanie Mayron. Prod Mayron. Melanie Piper Laurie heads a superb cast in this elegant of the past collide with the secrets love story where in unexpected ways. the present A compelling debut feature about a fearless young A compelling debut feature old traumas and hidden truths woman confronting in her childhood home. 18:10 NFT1 SUN 25 MAR WED 28 MAR 18:15 NFT2 MONTANA joy that can be found when you finally shine a light on them. Dir-Scr Rose spends her days fishing near the beautiful called home for 50 years. She’s lake house she’s not getting any younger and her daughter Patti worries about Rose being all alone, but the stubborn that memories here are will not sell. There matriarch want to leave. These come flooding she doesn’t Patti and back one weekend during a visit from of granddaughter Allison, when a long-forgotten roll Rose of the summer she met and fell in film reminds love with the bold and beautiful Louise. Seamlessly past with her present weaving together Rose’s the love flashbacks that exquisitely explore through affair, Tami Leon.Tami With Israel 76min. 2016. Prod Efi has returned home, following a 15-year absence, funeral. Finding the family for her grandfather’s dynamics unchanged after all this time, she wanders for anything new. her old neighbourhood searching She eventually finds it in the shape of unhappily who soon a local school teacher married Keren, seduction and a passionate blatant gives in to Efi’s town where begins. But this is a close-knit affair to keep. In her pursuit to figure hard are secrets the devastating out her own past, Efi must reveal handles adroitly Limor Shmila truths of the present. a weighty narrative, aided in no small part by the captivating central performance of Noa Biron. from debut feature is a remarkable The result a filmmaker to watch out for. a filmmaker to watch out for. SNAPSHOTS USA 2017. 95min.USA Prod 2017. Co Three Women in a Box Films LLC Dir Scr Matusek. With

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Erlingur Thoroddsen. Thoroddsen. Erlingur Cohen Film Collection Film Cohen Blue Fox Entertainment Fox Blue Ismail Merchant. With Merchant. Ismail Björn Stefánsson, Sigurður Þór Óskarsson, James Ivory. Scr FROM THE ARCHIVES subtle Nordic chiller about two men haunted subtle Nordic by an unseen presence. Shades of Don’t Look Now permeate this FRI 23 MAR NFT1 18:20 MON 26 MAR 18:00 NFT1 A sumptuous restoration of the 1987 adaptation A sumptuous restoration novel. gay of E M Forster’s MAURICE RIFT Late one night, Gunnar receives an unexpected Late one night, Gunnar receives about his Worried his ex-boyfriend Einar. call from Gunnar visits Einar at his family former partner, part of Iceland. Thrust together home, in a remote painful memories in the isolated surroundings, But as the two men attempt to lay the resurface. they sense a very to rest, ghosts of their relationship lurking in the shadows. As much a presence real breakdown devastating examination of relationship as it is a chillingly insidious supernatural nail-biter, mystery delves multi-layered Erlingur Thoroddsen’s deep under the skin of its characters and, in turn, upon themes of depression, its viewers. Touching homophobia and abuse with nuance and subtlety, this is a story of the ghosts that haunt us – both literal and metaphorical. Dir Prod Rupert Graves. 140min. 15. UK 1987. Sales RÖKKUR Dir-Scr Búi Baldvinsson, Erlingur Thoroddsen. Thoroddsen. Erlingur Baldvinsson, Búi With Aðalbjörg Árnadóttir. Iceland 111min. 2017. Sales Restored to celebrate its 30th anniversary, to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Restored James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s drama stars James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s Hugh Grant. Rupert Graves and James Wilby, the Oscar from society was still reeling Edwardian Wilde of the aware trial, and E M Forster was acutely and sanctions that the revelation social pressures Unfolding in could entail. of a gay relationship Cambridge, London and the English countryside, excursion into period was a rare the production drama. Wilbysetting for an overt gay relationship and bourgeois Maurice is brilliant as the repressed Hall, who is surprised by his own passions, while two generations of gay men have fallen in love with Oscar- Rupert Graves’ gamekeeper Scudder. nominated for its costume design, this is a landmark film as important as any in the history of gay cinema enriching a positive and and one that presents portrait of gay love. HEARTS 14 13:40 NFT1 MAR 25 SUN 13:30 NFT1 MAR SAT 24 MISSED CONCEPTIONS DES!RE BURN BRIDGE SET MEASASEALUPONTHINEHEART LIONS INWAITING GOLDFISH 18:40 STUDIO MAR 27 TUE 20:45 STUDIO MAR 25 SUN Total runningtime101min A beautifulshortdocumentaryaboutahelplineforgayfarmers. Dir LANDLINE Jo Clifford’s poeticmeditationonherbody. Dir THESE AREMYHANDS horror tale. A youngwoman’s secret rocks anisolatedchurch communityinthisdisturbingfolk Dir THE SERMON Sir IanMcKellennarratesthistaleofadown-and-outfarmerandhisveryspecialpig. Dir EDMUND THEMAGNIFICENT In theearly1990s,twowomenattempttostartafamilytogether. Dir MISSED CONCEPTIONS A blackandwhitetributetotheallure ofbutch/transmasculinity. Dir DES!RE A teenagegirlforgesanunexpectedfriendshipwithherfather’s hired escort. Dir OUTLINES friends. When Harry’s bestmateJamiegetsanewgirlfriend,tensionsrisebetweenthetwo Dir BURN BRIDGE PROGRAMME UK SHORTS ALTERED STATES This programme containssomesexualcontentandviolence.Viewerdiscretion isadvised Total runningtime84min older guest. At agaysauna,youngmanhasanunexpectedencounterwithmuch Dir SET MEASASEALUPONTHINEHEART SIMANIKE’HOTAM ALLIBHA of whoheis. The newmemberofahighschoolhockeyteamstrugglestomakesense Dir LIONS INWAITING wants. After arandomhook-up,youngmanquestionsjustwhatitisthathereally Dir THIRST for bothmen. A studenttentativelyshares asecret withhisRabbi, profound results Dir THE RABBIHA’RAV A Catholicpriestandhisnephewpayavisittoprisoninmate. Dir WREN BOYS conservative father. A youngboythinkshisnewgoldfishisgay, muchtothehorror ofhis Dir GOLDFISH BEING BRAVE to documentaryandafewthingsinbetween. A stunningcollectionofhome-grown queershorts,rangingfrom narrativefiction in whichtheirinhabitantshavemuchtomakesenseof. to acrowded bathhouse,eachofthesestunningshortfilmsdepictworlds From aprisonwaitingroom toahighschoolgym,orthestreets ofLondon Matt Houghton. UK 2017. UK 12min Houghton. Matt 2018. 8min UK Tsiligaridou. Evi 2017. UK 11min Puckett. Dean 2017. UK 13min Ockrent. Ben 2017. UK 16min Parker-Harbord. Ruby 2017. UK X. 9min Campbell 2017. UK 16min Rogers. Ellie 2017. UK 16min Jones. Rhys Omer Tobi. Israel 2017. Israel Tobi. 13min Omer 2017. Canada 17min Karman. Jason 2017. UK Maher. Eoin 9min 2017. Israel 20min Hertz. Uriya 2017. UK 11min Lighton. Harry Yorgos 2017. Greece Angelopoulos. 14min

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Olivier Perrier. Canada 2016. 10min 2016. Canada Perrier. Olivier Kyle Krieger. 6min USA 2017. 17min 2017. Belgium Verelst. Guido Jordan Firstman. USA 19min 2016. Joris van den Berg. Netherlands 48min 2016. Whilst travelling down that rocky road toward true love, a disparate group of true love, a disparate group toward road Whilst travelling down that rocky collection of short films. in this heart-rending decisions men face some difficult Michael Blyth Whether you’re hooking up online or in a long-term relationship, things don’t things don’t relationship, up online or in a long-term hooking Whether you’re comedy here. tragedy and high There’s the way we would like. always develop warned! been You’ve an unconventional date. friends the truth? of his boyfriend. a gay generation gap. NEEDING, WAITING WANTING, ÖVER SLEEPOVER SOVA Dir Jimi Vall Peterson. 9min Sweden 2017. house. After a trip to the cinema, Emil spends the night at his best friend Adam’s THE THINGS YOU THINK I’M THINKING Dir Sherren Lee. 14min Canada 2017. A burn survivor goes on a date for the first time since his life-changing accident. BLOOD OUT OF A STONE Dir Ben 14min Allen.UK 2017. on out of his comfort zone when he goes A young man is forced TAPETTE FAGGOT Dir Alex brave enough to face his fears and tell his homophobic Is 16-year-old UNINVITED Dir Seung Lee. Yeob South 20min Korea2017. When his mother pays an unexpected visit, Jungho must hide all traces LINES VERTICAL Dir Kyle Reaume. Canada 14min 2018. the painful truths behind their scars. men share Two running time 81min Total Dir just and he seems wonderful. There’s met the perfect guy You’ve It all seems too easy. one small problem… SKAI BLUE Dir on Tom a meets abuse in Cameroon, homophobic fleeing from Simon, a gay refugee a start. solve everything, but it’s in Belgium. Love can’t dating website in a small town CALL YOUR FATHER Dir with 20-something an over-articulate nightmares: The online date of your worst and actor- twink-fancier, (Swoon), a 50-year-old a Daddy fixation. Craig Chester deliver up a hysterical dissection of Firstman as the poet Josh, Jordan director CAS Dir find the addition of a third A charming, handsome couple in a long-term relationship and disturbing. man both sexually interesting running time 90min Total RELATIONSHIP LESSONS RELATIONSHIP BOYFRIEND SUN 25 MAR STUDIO18:20 @BFIFlare VERTICAL LINES VERTICAL THE THINGS YOU THINK I’M THINKING BLOOD OUT OF A STONE CAS CALL YOUR FATHER SKAI BLUE SAT 31 MARSAT NFT113:20 11:15 NFT1 SAT 24SAT MAR HEARTS 16 13:40 NFT1 MAR 30 FRI NFT1 16:00 MAR 25 SUN MINE ISYOURS Y MARGUERITE BICULTURAL MAI ELENA 12:00 STUDIO SAT MAR 31 18:20 STUDIO MAR 30 FRI Total runningtime71min Sibling rivalryigniteswhenMia’s lesbianbestfriendRobinshowsupfortheweekend. Dir MINE ISYOURS Charlie istheone. Blurred linesoffriendshipandaneasyintimacymakeSashathinkbestfriend Dir CHARLIE Laura findsmore thanshebargainedforwhenstealsfrom thewrong woman. Dir Y Can friendshipsurviveManal’s confession? Dir THREE CENTIMETRES A lifetimeofregrets comerushingbackforthefrailbut independentMarguerite. Dir MARGUERITE YOU CAN’TALWAYS GETWHAT YOUWANT Total runningtime75min What ifyoucouldrepeat thatfirstdateuntilitwasabsolutelyperfect? Dir OUR SECONDFIRSTDATE unrequited love. Forever thebridesmaidbutneverbride,Kateisfinally ready tomoveonfrom her Dir WISHIN’ ANDHOPIN’ Two’s company, three’s adream cometrue. Dir THREE TRES Grace hasliedtoherstrict,conservativefamilyfortoolongaboutwhoshereally is. Dir BICULTURAL Gossip inthevillagesquare andalong-heldsecret betweenfriends. Dir MAI Even thedisapproving eye ofhergrandmothercan’t prevent Elenafrom findingherself. Dir ELENA thehelpofhersuperhero alter-ego,With finallyget thegirl? willViolet Dir VIOLET ANDJUNE SOMETIMES YOUGETWHAT YOUNEED short films. Life andallitscomplexitiesare laidbare intheseemotionally-charged collection ofshortfilms. Love shinesthrough inallitsmessy, funnyandawkward gloryinthissparkling Sam Coyle. Canada 2017. Canada 13min Coyle. Sam Lesley Johnson. Canada 2018. 7min 2017. 23min Germany Wenzel. Gina 2017. 9min UK-Lebanon Zeidan. Lara Marianne Farley. Canada 2017. 19min Emi Schaufeld. USA 2016. 12min USA Schaufeld. Emi 2017. UK Pepall. 9min Jacqueline 2017. Spain 3min Castro. Fabia 2016. 15min USA Leyco. Rachel 2017. Spain 7min González. Marta Ayerim Villanueva. Costa Rica-Dominican Republic-Portugal-Spain 2017. 23min Linnea Ritland. Canada 2017. 6min Emma Smart Emma Smart Emma Smart

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Zorian Clayton Moïra Chappedelaine Moïra ALPHA VIOLET ALPHA Prod TUE 27 MAR 13:50 NFT3 Christian Sonderegger. Sonderegger. Christian Milena Salazar, Joella Cabalu. Canada 2017. 7min 2017. Canada Cabalu. Joella Salazar, Milena Frank and forthright, this documentary grapples and partners adapt to a transition with how parents in the family. MON 26 MAR NFT218:30 thrashing ideas around, resulting in frank and forthright resulting thrashing ideas around, interviews. In an age of concern about online privacy, striking how comfortable this family is in laying bare it’s spectrum of sex, hormones,their feelings on the broad surgery and an array of identity politics that have and challenged them all. reshaped In the Ohio village of Chagrin Falls, 20-something paramedic Coby changes under the lens of his camera. Whilst it is becoming a well- half-brother’s this account of trans field for documentary, trodden life in small-town America has a certain edge due to the completeness and overall positivity of the it boasts moving contributions from Moreover, story. who enjoy girlfriend and atypical parents, Coby’s + DO I HAVE BOOBS NOW? + DO I HAVE Dir A bold visibility campaign against sexist social media censorship policies. COBY Dir-Scr Vautier. 78min. France Sales 2017. AD

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is guaranteed to make you smile. The Feelsisguaranteedtomakeyousmile. sharply observedsituationsandhilariousscript. stand-up comicEverMainard –accentuatesthe from performers –includingascene-stealingturn to saveit.Aneasy-goingchemistryamongstthe from rejoicing attheirengagementtoamission interventions bytheirfriendsastheweekendturns entire relationship andpavesthewayforhilarious an orgasminherlife.ItmakesAndidoubttheir a littledrunk,casuallyadmitstoneverhavinghad soon derailedwhenLu,alittlehighandmore than celebratory spirit.Butthepartyatmosphere is emotionally demandingsister, can’t dampenthe are flowingandeventhelatearrivalofNikki,Lu’s shaping upnicely. Everyone’s up,thedrinks turned As bachelorette weekendsgo,AndiandLu’s is Dir is advised This filmcontainscenesofagraphicnature. Viewerdiscretion Michael Blyth AS BOASMANEIRAS Emma Smart See itnowbefore everyonestartstalkingaboutit. new ones.There is,quitesimply, nothingelselikeit. filmmaking –unafraidofbreaking rulesandcreating truth emerges.Thisistrulyinnovative,bracinglybold deep, darksecret. Then,one night,theshocking but Ana’s increasingly strangebehaviourhintsata The twowomenimmediatelydevelopastrong bond, childofawealthysinglewomannamedAna. unborn accepts thepositionoflive-innannytoas-yet a care workerlivingonthe outskirtsofSãoPaulo, to keepgoing,Ipromise to tread carefully. Clara, compromised, stopreading now. Shouldyouchoose for thisyear’s great cinematicsurprisetobe know inadvance.So,forthosewhodon’t wish The more unexpectedafilm, thelessoneshould Sales 135min. 2017. Brazil-France Lobo. Miguel Estiano, Marjorie Zuaa, With Corvez. Frédéric Duboin, Clément Silveira, Sara Dir-Scr THE FEELS Wu, Angela Trimbur, Josh Fadem. USA 2017. 90min. Sales 2017.90min. USA Fadem. Josh Trimbur, Angela Wu, With Parks. Lauren LaMarque, Scr Jenée GOOD MANNERS plans injeopardy inthisexcellentensemblecomedy. A surpriseconfessionputsAndiandLu’s wedding 20:15 NFT3 20:15 MAR 30 FRI NFT1 20:45 MAR 27 TUE is about as unclassifiable as it gets. is aboutasunclassifiableitgets. This mind-bendinglysubversive,grown-up fairytale If youlikesurprises,thenlooknofurther. Jenée LaMarque. Prod LaMarque. Jenée The Film Collaborative Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra. Prod Dutra. Marco Rojas, Juliana Urban Distribution International 20:15 NFT3 20:15 SAT MAR 31 NFT1 15:50 MAR 28 WED Steven Berger. Berger. Steven Maria Ionescu, Constance

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Dir Deloitte, EY, IG,Macquarie,ThomsonReuters Members: BankofAmericaMerrillLynch, BNPParibas, Special Screening sponsored bytheInterbankLGBTForum dared tobedifferent. good story, thisisarousing fableforanyonewhohas a brilliantsoundtrack,jaw-dropping outfitsandafeel- entering theHomecomingQueencontest.Boasting along withtheheartsandmindsofhispeers,by team, hedecidestochallengetheentire system, attackedbybulliesfrompeers. Viciously thefootball meets BoyGeorgeshocksandalienatesmostofhis community where hisstylishblendofOscarWilde Connecticut tolivewithhisfatherinaconservative Muv (BetteMidler)entersrehab, Billymovesfrom club-kid stylecosplay. Whenhisadoringmother of BillyBloom,acampyteenwithanaddictionto this highschoolstorycentres onLawther’s portrayal Based onapopularnovelbyJamesStJames, strength andresilience. heartbreaking andinspiringtestamenttooneman’s and mentally. Theresulting documentaryisatender, impact oftheattackonScott’s life,bothphysically filmmaker LauraMarieWayne gracefullychartsthe following thislife-changingordeal, closefriendand with hisattacker. Taking placeacross theyear was reported, whilstalsostrugglingtomakepeace he isforced tomakesense ofthewayincident the courtsorbymedia.AsScottrebuilds hislife, hate crime,theassaultwasnottreated assuchin overwhelming evidencethatthiswasahomophobic left himparalysedandinawheelchair. Despitethe subjected toaviciousandtargetedattackwhich town ofNovaScotia,musicianScottJoneswas One fatefulnight,afterleavingabarinhishome Dir-Scr FREAK SHOW LOVE, SCOTT 95min. Sales 95min. J Lawther, Abigail Breslin, AnnaSophia Robb. USA 2016. Scr Miller. Chris Styler, Celine Rattray, Charlotte Ubben, Ember Truesdell, of Canada National Film Co Board Prod 2018. 76min. Canada in thistaleofanunrepentant highschooloutsider. Alex Lawtherisoutstandingasateenagerebel man leftparalysedafterahomophobicattack. A sensitiveandrichlymovingportraitofayoung 18:30 NFT1 MAR 28 WED 15:50 NFT1 15:50 MAR SAT 24 Trudie Styler. Prod Styler. Trudie Laura Marie Wayne. Prod Wayne. Marie Laura The Works International Sales Ltd Patrick J Clifton, Beth Rigazio. With Rigazio. Beth JClifton, Patrick 16:00 NFT1 16:00 MAR 29 THU 16:15 STUDIO MAR 25 SUN Jeffrey Coulter, Bryan Rabin, Trudie Trudie Rabin, Bryan Coulter, Jeffrey Brian Robinson Michael Blyth Annette Clarke.

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13th Gen SAT 24SAT MAR 15:55 STUDIO 15:55 Zorian Clayton Marc Smolowitz, Robin Berghaus, Bryan W Davies, Jay Bernard FRI 30 MAR* NFT3 13:35 FRI 23 MAR 20:30 STUDIO 20:30 Jules Rosskam, Skip Rosskam, Jules Rosskam. Prod Robin Berghaus. Prod Berghaus. Robin Reina Gossett, Sasha Wortzel. USA 13min 2018. A filmmaker retraces the 1974 road trip undertaken the 1974 road A filmmaker retraces deep-seated to confront in order by his parents family secrets. WED 28 MAR* NFT318:20 THU 22 MAR 18:20 NFT218:20 with humour and revolutionary medicine. with humour and revolutionary A comedian prevails over the loss of his limbs A comedian prevails Sam Kauffmann, Kevin McCarthy. 72min. USA 2017. Prod Co LLC Productions Berghaus *Both screening will have English subtitles (not closed captions) *Both screening STUMPED Dir Will whose Lautzenheiser is a young film professor world was suddenly turned upside down when life-threatening he was diagnosed with a rare, infection that rapidly led to the loss of his arms and and legs. Mustering phenomenal strength determination, and with the caring support of his Will Tom, boyfriend Angel and identical twin brother Within months, he to recovery. set out on the road and faced down any made considerable progress which led him into the challenges with humour, on taboos, disability with routines world of comedy, Exploring and coming to terms with his new body. by hand an emerging world of possibilities offered documentary feature transplants, this extraordinary debut finds Will encountering others who have undergone similar operations as he contemplates a pioneering new procedure. The question of how to approach an abusive past is an The question of how to approach tackled head-on in this contemplative mix of home movies, collage and interviews. After years of family and denial about his abusive grandfather, cover-ups and brother Rosskam decides to interview his parents, road to conduct a psychoanalytic therapist in order the vast Americantrip of his own. Visualsranging from west to 16mm ink drawings show the journey with his reticent trying to reconcile Rosskam takes, from another, confront that he must father to the realisation abuse. With of the deeper fact about the nature the support of his partner Alex, Rosskam unfolds a family and with complicated understandings history creased of love. expressions PATERNAL RITES PATERNAL MARSHA! + HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dir footage is used to imagine the night archive Rare Marsha P Johnson instigated the Stonewall riots. Dir-Scr Jules Rosskam. With Marilyn Rosskam. USA 82min. 2018. Sales

Daniel Queiroz Daniel SUN 25 MAR 15:20 NFT2 15:20 Amanda Pontes, Awuor Onyango, Zorian Clayton SAT 24SAT MAR SUN 25 MAR NFT213:20 20:20 STUDIO20:20 Yuri Yamamoto, Demick Lopes, Guto Parente, Pedro Diógenes,

Jay Bernard Scr Dir Amrou Al-Kadhi. 8min UK 2017. Tristan Aitchison. With Aitchison. Tristan Guto Parente, Pedro Diógenes. Prod Tamara Shogalu. Egypt-Netherlands-USA 2017. 13min 2017. Egypt-Netherlands-USA Shogalu. Tamara THU 22 MAR SAT 24SAT MAR 20:40 NFT3 18:15 STUDIO 18:15 Candidly poignant accounts of intersex and trans life in Kenya. The dark and strange story of a sailor, a landlady, a landlady, of a sailor, The dark and strange story two gangsters and a rabbit. Charles Ouda, Michael Daviot. UK-Kenya 2017. 75min. 75min. 2017. UK-Kenya Daviot. Michael Ouda, Charles Prod Co ScreenHI SIDNEY & FRIENDS Dir-Prod Rafael Martins. With Samya De Lavor. Brazil 82min. 2018. Sales Caroline Louise. Louise. Caroline + HALF A LIFE + Short documentary animates a startling episode in the life of a gay rights activist in Egypt CLASH + in UK A critique on the lack of BAME representation television and film, highlighting inequality and the absence of media engagement with Britain’s colonial past. of media engagement with Britain’s INFERNINHO MY OWN PRIVATE HELL MY OWN PRIVATE a targeted minority. a targeted minority. Scottish filmmaker Tristan Aitchison visited Kenya Scottish filmmaker Tristan in 2013. A chance meeting with an activist revealed network of intersex and trans an underground Kenya has people that wanted their voices heard. LGBTQ+ various discriminatory laws affecting people, although the situation has gradually into over the last five years. Welcomed improved six young Aitchison recorded their community, their candid stories over people who bravely shared of life as the realities a long period, revealing The Little Hell club is run by the steely and and feeling Ageing Deusimar. uncompromising a warm and she nevertheless provides unlovely, Basic manners and payment for labour vanished with any profits this place some time ago, along from or talent. So, who should walk in one day if not a handsome sailor? Both he and Deusimar fall in love complicated are of a better life, but things and dream by government contractors determined to buy the club and shut it down. On top of that, the sailor fails to pay his debts, landing himself and the club a decision – Deusimar faces in deeper trouble. to give up her familiar slice of hell and leap into the unknown. A truly queer lo-fi adventure, My Own Private Hell blends the heart-breaking dark space for individuals society has cast out. with the absurd. Dir Dir

Carol Daniel Monks, Diala Kachmar. With Kachmar. Diala Oration Films Oration Jari Osborne. 33min Canada 2017. Dir SAT 31 MARSAT NFT1 15:20 SAT 24SAT MAR NFT218:30 Slingshot Films Jay Bernard Michael Blyth @BFIFlare Mazen Khaled. Prod Daniel Monks, Caroline Brazier, Scott Lee. Stevie Cruz-Martin. Prod man looking for love decides to transition – but not in the manner you’d expect. After a series of humiliations, a young disabled The sudden death of a young man has a profound man has a profound The sudden death of a young him in this experiential impact on those around contemplation of grief and loss. FRI 30 MAR 17:40 NFT3 THU 22 MAR 13:50 NFT3 PULSE MARTYR Abboud, Hamza Mekdad, Rabih el Zaher. Lebanon-Italy 84min. Sales 2017. Dir-Scr Olly’s health problems mean he struggles to keep up mean he struggles to keep health problems Olly’s nice, but sometimes they with his friends. They’re invite him to things and that hurts. After an don’t embarrassing episode that lands him in hospital, the pain finally becomes too much. With the support of Olly decides to transition, loving mother, his fiercely quite go to plan. Pulse is an unusual but things don’t experiment that challenges our understanding of Set in an alternative sexuality and gender. disability, drastically are in which medical procedures present the question of what it means to change different, gender is complicated by the question of what it means to find love when you have a disabled body in an ableist world. Hassane is a young man disenchanted with life. lack of for his apparent Criticised by his parents his place in he struggles to work out direction, the world, instead choosing to spend his days with his equally disenfranchised friends. However, in a freak when Hassane unexpectedly drowns of Beirut, his friends shores accident on the rocky his lifeless body back home to return forced are as and embark on a series of rites and ceremones they face the magnitude of what has happened. Pushing the boundaries of what is conventionally filmunderstood as LGBTQ+ cinema, this is not a gay in the traditional sense. Instead, this hypnotic and beautifully filmed study of homosocial behaviours and societal ritual is a bold and quietly erotic shot with a distinctly meditation on the male body, queer gaze. + PICTURE THIS A beautiful and funny portrait of a disabled activist about to put on a sex party. Dir Stevie Cruz-Martin, Gemma Hall. Scr Daniel Monks. With Sales 85min. 2017. Australia BODIES Dir-Scr fantasy worldstheycreate. filmmakerwithmuchregardborn forchildren andthe exploration ofcurrent genderissuesfrom anIranian- believe overtheanguishofadults.It’s asensitive non-binary child,prioritisingplay, curiosityandmake- a decisionismade.Theyanunusuallookatthe yet delicatemeditationonthatprecious timebefore life bringculturalrelations tothefore inadeliberate, observations ofbothAmericanandIranianfamily shifts betweenthedreamy andthenostalgic.Quiet themselves –allviewedthrough asunlithazethat parents, soon-to-beweddedoldersisterandto but ultimatelylovingrelationship withtheirabsent course ofaweekend,weseeJ’s complex,nervy as theymoveintotheirlaterteenageyears.Overthe J isaskedtothinkdeeplyaboutwhichpathtake are causingosteoporosis. Afteraworryingcheck-up, J is14,genderqueer andonhormoneblockersthat THEY 20 Nicole Coffineau. USA-Qatar 2017. Sales 80min. USA-Qatar Coffineau. Nicole With Ling. Simone 14-year-old Jmustdecide uponapathtotake. Complications withhormoneblockersmeans 15:45 NFT1 15:45 MAR 30 FRI 18:30 NFT2 MAR 23 FRI URSINHO BETWEEN HEREANDNOW NEPTUNE Anahita Ghazvinizadeh. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh. Rhys Fehrenbacher, Koohyar Hosseini, Hosseini, Koohyar Fehrenbacher, Rhys 11:40 NFT3 11:40 MAR SAT 24 16:15 STUDIO SAT MAR 31 Jay Bernard Prod Zoa Sua Cho, Cho, Sua Zoa Luxbox This filmcontainsscenesofdeath.Viewerdiscretion isadvised of ourownmortality. encourages andrewards thehonestexamination non-linear andthought-provoking piecethat find theculturalcouragetoaddress. Thisisaquiet, disease increases, theseare questionswemust and thenumberofdiagnosesthislittleunderstood your decisiontotransition?Asourpopulationages happens whenthediagnosiscomessoonafter How doweprepare foreachstage?Andwhat Is itthesenility, thelastbreath ortheburial? we really meanwhenwesaysomeonehasgone. depiction, insteadraisingthequestionofwhat moves awayfrom anyominous,tabooorfrightening experiencing theendofherlife.Thisdocumentary decision: shewillundertakeaconsciousdeath,fully early-onset Alzheimer’s, makeabraveanddifficult Shar andCynthiawho,uponShar’s diagnosiswith The uncomfortablereality ofdeathisfacedby Cynthia Vitale. USA 2018. 93min. Sales 2018. 93min. USA Vitale. Cynthia Dir TOMORROW NEVERKNOWS 20:30 NFT3 20:30 MAR 22 THU a consciousdeath. a transgenderpersondecidestoundertake After beingdiagnosedwithAlzheimer’s, Adam Sekuler. Prod Sekuler. Adam 18:20 NFT3 MAR SAT 24 Darci Meyers. With Meyers. Darci Jay Bernard Contains flashingimages Total runningtime111min a Copacabanarent boy. changes whenhegetsajobwithricholdermanandbecomesobsessed A manknownasLittleBearliveswithhisfatherinarun-downRioslum,buteverything Dir URSINHO one-night standbecomesmore complicated. Tony, avisitingItalian,meetsOscarinCopenhagenbar. Whatseemslikeasimple Dir BETWEEN HERE&NOW But thecityhasmanyopportunitiesforsex. A chanceencounterwithanotherswimmeratalocalpooldevelopsintoanobsession. Dir NEPTUNE NETUNO desert rock formation,the scene issetforablissfulweekendspentroaming innature. When anoldermarriedmantakesayoungonsecret visittoaspectacular Dir OUR WAY BACK DANGEROUS ATMOSPHERES don’t outasanyoneexpected. turn with thepowerofmini-features explore different situationswhere things Sometimes relationships happeninspiteofthedangers.Fourlongershorts Stéphane Olijnyk. France 2017. 45min 2018. 22min Denmark Splidsboel. Jannik 2017. Brazil 18min Nolasco. Daniel 2018. 26min Israel Rosenthal. 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Feathered Serpent Films Serpent Feathered Co 2017.UK Prod 84min. Archie Redford, Matthew McCabe, Lucy McCormick. Matthew McCabe, Lucy McCormick. Dir-Prod and asqueeritisunsettling. faint ofheart,thisisboldandadventurous filmmaking Certainlynotforthe consequences forallconcerned. Drawn intoUncleDavid’s web,theirpresence has curious andneedyaround thisnewarrival. A pairofemotionallydisturbedsiblingsare especially interest intheandrogynous Michael/Michelle. murder. Someofthepark’s inhabitantstakeakeen imagination andloveofhorror mighthaveledto a newadditiontohiscommunity, whosewarped Sheppey andfindsUncleDavidhasintroduced a bleakcaravanparksomewhere ontheIsleof to David Hoylestarsinthisdarkanddisturbingsequel UNCLE DAVID 2 as UncleDavid. A distinctivethrill-ridein the companyofDavidHoyle 21:00 NFT1 21:00 MAR SAT 24 Uncle David(BFIFlare 2010).Itreturnsusto Gary Reich. Scr Reich. Gary Brian Robinson 15:50 NFT1 15:50 MAR 27 TUE David Hoyle, Archie Redford, Redford, Archie Hoyle, David Brian Robinson With David Hoyle, Hoyle, David

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Reina Gossett. 7min. English USA 2017. Dir Dickie Hearts. 7min. ASL English & USA 2017. Dir Shira Avni. Canada 2005. English 11min. Sandra Alland, Ania Urbanowska. 5min. BSL UK 2017. Dir Dir Claire Cunningham. 3min. UK 2014. No dialogue Matthew Hellett. UK 4min. 2010. No dialogue Ronit Meranda. UK10min. 2016. BSL & English Dir Michael McNeely. Canada 2016. 10min. English 10min. 2016. Canada McNeely. Michael Shelley Barry. South Africa 2004. 6min. English Dir Dir Dir Dir Michael Achtman. UK 22min. 2015. English Dir Sean Horlor, Steve Adams. Canada 15min 2016. Clara Stern. 30min Austria 2017. Zohar Melinek Ezra, Afek Testa Launer. 15min Israel 2017. Jesse Lewis-Reece. UK 25min 2016. Holly Lucas, Alice Johnstone. 3min UK 2017. Jeff Lee Petry, Nathan Drillot. Canada 12min 2016. An unconventional and often fantastical examination of LGBTQ+ disabled, examination of LGBTQ+ and often fantastical An unconventional with experimental docs, D/deaf lives. Packed ill and/or chronically neurodiverse, Plus zombies. and comedy. drama poetry, dance, animation, Riding the gamut of maleness, comprising drag kings, trans teens, and macho Some shorts contain violence and bad language. environments. A moving documentary about a trans boy overcoming discrimination at high school. discrimination A moving documentary about a trans boy overcoming running time 100min Total an intimate and profoundly loving relationship. an intimate and profoundly welcome. Guide dogs for Q&A, semi-relaxed. Level access, hearing loop, BSL interpreting Wheelchair spaces limited;All films captioned. Audio description available via headset. please book in advance. for additional language information and content notes. Please visit bfi.org.uk/flare MASCULINITIES MATERIALISING OF ME A SMALL PART Dir A transitioning teenage actor makes his stage debut in small town British Columbia. MATHIAS Dir A young man navigates male bonding and living stealthily alongside post-transition changes. relationship SPECTRUMS AL HARETSEF Dir Resilience in the face of estrangement, non-binary narratives and trans pride. BLEACH Dir at world of male hierarchies and fitting in to the ferocious Family hardship a boxing gym. I’M A MAN Dir Drag kings lampooning the worst of misogynist and chauvinist tropes. HANDSOME & MAJESTIC Dir RESEMBLANCE of women in war: makers of objects A choreography A ritual with an object of support. of the aftermath. of bodily destruction, menders VOICE/OVER experimental documentary examining the An ‘Scars should also be crowned.’ relationship with her body and voice after a shooting. filmmaker’s HONEYMOON turns two into a hurtful argument for A seemingly insignificant disagreement deaf women on their honeymoon. JOHN AND MICHAEL who shared to two men with Down syndrome This animated short pays tribute HOLD MUSIC a number of deaf-blind man faces In this semi-silent experimental short, a gay, tickets for a musical. challenges when purchasing THE DEAF VS THE DEAD out in Los Angeles, an out deaf man must find When the zombie apocalypse breaks a way to survive. AWAKE who invites herself in. proselytiser a door-to-door ill Anna is visited by Doreen, Chronically comedy. blind actors. An existential Two LONG LOST LOVER performs a poem in British Sign Language about her Bisexual deaf poet Bea Webster to Thailand. return MRS SPARKLE inside. to the shops one night, Matthew passes a doorway and is beckoned Walking or a dream? But is it real OF BONES IS A SEA ATLANTIC legacies of performer Egyptt LaBeija confronts everyday acts of refusal, Through queer and trans bodiesviolence, intimately shaped by HIV/AIDS, against Black FIGHTERS OF DEMONS, MAKERS OF CAKES OF DEMONS, FIGHTERS SHORTS QUEER AND TRANS DEAF AND DISABLED in this otherworldy film. running time 85min Total SUN 25 MAR STUDIO 13:50 @BFIFlare A SMALL PART OF ME A SMALL PART THE DEAF VS THE DEAD VOICE/OVER RESEMBLANCE SPECTRUMS SAT 24SAT MAR 15:40 NFT3 SUN 25 MAR 13:30 NFT3 BODIES 22 20:40 NFT2 20:40 MAR 25 SUN NFT2 20:40 MAR 29 THU SUNUNÚ: THEREVOLUTIONOFLOVE CALAMITY RUN(AWAY) ARAB ISLANDS A DROPOFSUNUNDERTHEEARTH BIRDS OFAFEATHER 20:40 STUDIO MAR 27 TUE 16:10 STUDIO MAR 30 FRI Contains flashingimages Total runningtime80min An exquisiteandunsettlingstoryofperformance,cruisingdesire. 2017. France 23min Yann Gonzalez. Dir ISLANDS LESÎLES with themselves. After questionablebehaviourinasurreal clubscapetwopeoplemustcometoterms Dir IN OURFLESH This filmbeginswithanunsettlingshadeof red –whoistheartistandwhatart? Dir INSTINCT afterlife. Preoccupation withthebodyisbrieflysuspendedinthisqueermeditationon Dir Juliet Jacques. UK 2017. 10min YOU WILLBEFREE A youngboystrugglingwithhisattractionisplaguedbyintenseandbizarre visions. Dir A DROPOFSUNUNDERTHEEARTH The intensestoryofalesbianwhotransformsovernight. Dir VÊNUS -FILÁAFADINHA LÉSBICA VENUS –FILLY THELESBIANLITTLEFAIRY How doyouexplainyourbody’s strangetransformationstoyourlover? Dir BIRDS OFAFEATHER REVELATE Total runningtime108min in EastLondon. Trans andqueerperformersexpandingtheLGBTQ+acronym attheLIPSYNC1000 Dir NIGHTS OFGLORY campaigning forequality. Latin America’s firsttransgenderparents onhavingababytogetherand Dir SUNUNÚ: THEREVOLUTIONOFLOVE and acceptance. A talentedtransdirector and leadactress explore adelicatestudyofageing Dir FOR NONNAANNA bridges withherfamily. Trans activistandperformer, Sthefany, returnshomeaftermanyyearstorebuild Dir THE SWAN ELCISNE home todinner. Transphobic assumptionsare challengedafterasonisforced tobringhisnewpartner Dir CALAMITY transgressions. memoriesandearlygender A dragperformerhasflashbacksofmaternal Dir RUN(A)WAY ARAB TRANS FAMILY MATTERS in thedark,dream-like andthebizarre. You mustdecidewhatsideofreality youstandoninthesestoriesthatrevel personal breakthroughs. A broad spectrum ofstoriesencompassingchallenges,triumphsand Kit Patrick Dafoe. UK 2017. UK Dafoe. 10min Patrick Kit 2017. USA 18min Arida. Alice Maria 2017. USA Cathey. 9min Shikeith 2017. Brazil 6min Leite. Sávio 2017. UK Parry. 4min Dann Isabel Freeman. UK 2017. UK 15min Freeman. Isabel 2017. UK 24min Crellin. Olivia 2017. Canada 13min Filippis. De Luis Daniel Chávez Ontiveros. 2016. Mexico-USA 22min 2017. Belgium 22min Feyers. Maxime Streyker, De Séverine 2017. UK 12min Al-Kadhi. Amrou

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Zorian Clayton Dogwoof James Crump, Ronnie Sassoon. Ronnie Crump, James SAT 31 MARSAT 11:40 NFT3 James Crump. Prod Crump. James 20:45 NFT2 FRI 30 MAR A compelling and colourful portrait of the bisexual changed the fashion world. illustrator who forever ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: ANTONIO SEX, & DISCOFASHION Fri 30 March post-screening Club Night – The Prince Farah Show post-screening Fri 30 March (see page 31) Dir-Scr 90min.USA Distribution UK 2017. Antonio Lopez revolutionised the rather staid New Antonio Lopez revolutionised fashion world in the mid-1960s. A key mover York and shaker in the transmogrification of the city into stylish a liberated, cutting edge and ultimately more visibility of in the long overdue place, he ushered As well as being closely people of colour in couture. and life, he discovered connected with queer street many legendary muses and models, most nurtured notably a young Grace Jones and Jessica Lange. Juan Ramos, his With his business partner and lover, Factory quasi-rivals with Andy Warhol’s were group lavish universe in Paris. and orbited Lagerfeld’s group and photographs of archival rich trove This film’s independent atelier’s interviews showcase the fiercely magic and a life lived on its own terms. Jay Bernard REFLECTIONS ON ART, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY AND POLITICS ART, ON REFLECTIONS SAT 24SAT MAR 11:50 NFT2 Meaghan Palmer. Australia 15min 2017. Dir @BFIFlare Linda Cullen, Vanessa Gildea. Ireland 78min. 2017. FRI 23 MAR 20:40 NFT3 An emotional look at the struggle for marriage equality in Ireland. THE 34TH Dir-Prod Prod Co Television COCO + TASTY told story of an Australian bar that was illegally Tenderly raided in the 90s. The battle to extend marriage equality to same- in this moving is recounted sex couples in Ireland which follows some of the key players documentary, in the movement. With a keen focus on the women in particular Katharine Zappone and of the story, the first challenge Ann Louise Gilligan who brought to court, this is a zesty portrait of what happens easy to determination. It’s when love meets tireless the political landscape was even forget how different footage showing the ecstatic (archive very recently that put same- following the referendum atmosphere sex marriage into the Irish constitution feels incredibly Linda Cullen and Vanessa distant), but directors this history with intelligence and Gildea approach highlighting the political and ideological tact, carefully the movement, as well as the rifts that threatened solidarity behind the fight. tremendous MINDS was theearlyHollywoodcostumedepartment. gay enoughtobreak intothequeerShangri-Lathat rumours around herownsexuality tobeconsidered legendary designerEdithHead,whoperhapsfuelled Marlene Dietrich.Specialmentionalsogoesto era suchasLilyanTashman andthedazzling of lesbianandbisexualactresses ofthepre-code Travis Bantonlaybehindthetrail-blazingelegance dominated Hollywoodforthree decades,while and JoanCrawford’s shoulderpads;Orry-Kelly the silenteraandAdrian,whocreated Garbo’s style There’s Erté,theflamboyantArtDecodesignerof Dirty Thirties,FlyingFortiesandNiftyFifties. screen, whosetthetrends intheRoaringTwenties, of somethepioneeringdesignerssilver Zorian Claytonpresents aclip lecture incelebration Fashion &DiscoandSusanneBartsch:OnTop ), in thisyear’s programme (AntonioLopez1970:Sex, Inspired bytwofashion-forward documentaries GAY GARB continues toexertitsmagicupthepresent day. AIDS epidemicearlyon,thespiritofCherryGrove gay community. Thoughitsuffered theeffects ofthe This sexuallyliberatedparadiseshapedthemodern young menandwomenoutforagoodtime. night outdoorcruising,andhordes ofbeautiful serve homosexuals,there were wildparties,late At atimewhenitwasillegalintheUSAforbarsto amateur theatricalsandahostofdragqueens. footage showsswishyyoungmenindemi-drag, of gaymen,lesbiansanddragqueens.Rare archive houses onFire Islandwere ahavenforgenerations Even before Stonewall,CherryGrove anditsbeach Brian Robinson Sales Dir 26 CHERRY GROVESTORIES designers ofHollywood’s GoldenAge. A cliplecture thatpayshomagetothegay the gayest places on earth. the gayestplacesonearth. Discover theinsidestoryofwhatwasonceone 18:10 NFT3 18:10 MAR 29 THU 20:40 NFT2 20:40 MAR 22 THU Michael Fisher. Prod The Film Collaborative TALK 13:40 NFT3 13:40 MAR SAT 24 Gary Sacks. USA 2017. USA 74min. Sacks. Gary

Clemantina Co Prod Dir-Scr for thebettermentofothers. figure whodiedfighting an extraordinary storyandacelebrationofheroic archive footageandwitnesstestimonyDearFredyis care centre for600children. Usingrare photographs, when hewasmovedtoAuschwitzsetupaday- negotiated withtheSSatTheresienstadt ghetto, sporting facilities.Aspokespersonwhofearlessly even whentheNazistriedtoexcludeJewsfrom any and gymnasticsinparticular, heremained active an openlygayman.Atireless promoter ofsport, Second World War andrare forthattime,hewas inGermany,Born helivedinPrague priortothe This powerfulfilmdocumentsthelifeofFredy Hirsch. Second World War, locatedonaremote island. little-known Italianprisoncampforgaymenduringthe A fascinatingexperimentaldocumentaryabouta Dir + THEREDTREEL’ALBERO ROSSO DEAR FREDY her life. provoking filmaboutonewoman’s tolive journey Church are laidbare inthisengagingandthought- in ourworkinglives.ThecomplexitiesoftheCatholic made, onethatmostofuswillneverhavetomake can handlebefore aheartbreaking choicehastobe many yearsofhidingMarikaandhergirlfriendAnke so shecanhaveherdream job.Butthere’s onlyso and soMarikahideswhoshereally isatworkjust Those moralethicsdon’t encompassLGBTQ+lives, live according tothemoral ethicsofthechurch. itself –anauthorisationgrantedonlytothosewho be grantedtheMissioCanonicafrom thechurch Studies inschool.Inorder to dothisyouhave Marika grew upwantingto teachCatholicReligious Dir-Scr MARIKAS MISSIO MAN ON MARS Filmproduktion MARS ON MAN Co Prod 2017. 74min. Germany Schmitt. Michael sportsman whoendedupinAuschwitz. An inspiringdocumentaryaboutaheroic gayJewish 20:40 NFT2 20:40 MON 26 MAR 26 MON 20:45 STUDIO THU 22 MAR 22 THU against discrimination. against discrimination. Catholic Church andonewoman’s defiantstance A deeplypersonaldocumentaryaboutfaith,the Paul Rowley. 2018. Ireland-USA-Italy 22min Rubi Gat. Prod Gat. Rubi Michael Prod Schmitt. Emma Smart 20:50 STUDIO WED 28 MAR 28 WED 14:00 NFT2 14:00 FRI 23 MAR 23 FRI Shahar Ben Hor. Israel 2017. Israel Hor. 74min. Ben Shahar

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Kazu doexactlytheopposite. love, humourandseriouslegalchops,Fumi tacit conservatismthatforbidssexualdiversity. With film, thatonemust‘read the air’–conformtothe legal identity. Asayingisrepeated throughout the who, asthechildofan‘immoralwoman’,hasno kitschy vaginasculptures, to atroubled outsider from adelightfuleccentric being prosecuted forher a colourfulcastofmisfits,dissidentsandartists– the whilefoster-parenting ateenager. We meetwith legal status,theyworkpro-bono forlonghours,all support. Despitetheirownrelationship havingno into thelivesofpeoplesearching forprotection and the firstLGBTQ+lawfirminJapan,theyare drawn When theydecidetosticktheirnecksoutandcreate Fumi andKazuhavealottoteachusaboutlove. Production Co Dir OF LOVE&LAW deserved short film. deserved shortfilm. Lesbian HerstoryArchives is explored inthisrichly The storybehindthecreation oftheNewYork-based Dir + LOVELETTERRESCUESQUAD Emma Smart F.A.M.I.L.L.E F.A.M.I.L.Y. CBA – Centre de l’Audiovisuel àBruxelles l’Audiovisuel de –Centre CBA Co Prod Belgium 2017.Hélène Pigeard-Benazera. 62min. Dir-Scr ultimately, acelebrationoffamilyinallitsvariations. on animportantissueforthequeercommunityand, pioneers. Champeaux’s filmisafresh perspective from thenow-adultchildren ofthoseearlylesbian parenting withheartfeltandoftenjoyoustestimony that helpedcreate thelawssafeguarding samesex footage oftheearlystruggles,debatesandprotests with afemalepartner. Thefilminterweavesarchive understand whethersheherselfcouldhaveafamily Belgium, director Champeauxisonaquestto Charting thehistoryoflesbianparenting inhernative LGBTQ+ lawfirminJapan. Two gaylawyerslivinginOsakapioneerthefirst 18:10 STUDIO FRI 23 MAR 23 FRI 20:45 NFT3 20:45 MAR* 26 MON investigating theconceptoffamily. voice inthisengagingandcharmingdocumentary The children ofsamesexparents are givena Hikaru Toda. Prod Toda. Hikaru Megan Rossman. USA 2016. 7min USA Rossman. Megan Jessica Champeaux. Prod Champeaux. Jessica Hakawati/Little Stranger Films

16:30 NFT2 16:30 SAT 24 MAR SAT 24 18:10 NFT3 18:10 MAR 27 TUE Elhum Shakerifar. UK 2017. UK 95min. Shakerifar. Elhum Jeanne Humbert, Jeanne Humbert, Jay Bernard 18:15 STUDIO MON 26 MAR 26 MON

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SND Films SND Bobbi Jo Hart, Robbie Hart. Hart, Robbie Jo Bobbi FRI 30 MAR 20:20 STUDIO20:20 Zorian Clayton Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Carlo. Monte de Trockadero Ballets Les Bobbi Jo Hart. Prod Jo Bobbi Subject to availability FUTURE FILM BFI FLARE AT is Film Future BFI This year, offering special accreditation who 18-25-year-olds for about queer passionate are explorefilmmaking, to want industry andcareers the in most the make to like would Accreditation Flare. BFI of includes: ACCESS TO PRESS SCREENINGS & INDUSTRY ONLINE ACCESS TO THE FESTIVAL VIEWING LIBRARY DIGITAL EVENTS, ACCESS TO INDUSTRY MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ACCESS TO SELECTED INDUSTRY NETWORKING EVENTS EXCLUSIVE FUTURE FILM EVENTS £20 THU 29 MAR 18:20 STUDIO18:20 part in the world’s premier gay dance company. premier part in the world’s Athletic artistry and gender rebellion play a significant rebellion Athletic artistry and gender REBELS ON POINTE With 90min.Canada Sales 2017. Dir Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an all- Les Ballets Trockadero which has dancers male company of professional been ripping up the ballet rulebook since 1974. This hugely entertaining documentary plumbs the follows the of their unique history and archives an insight into their giving on tour today, Trocks gruelling yet exuberant activities. Many of the ballet, dancers had felt dissatisfied in mainstream finding the male parts drab and solemn. Having learned dance on pointe when young to secretly (a technique generally practised only by girls) and donning tutus, they found their queer family with pastiche or a simple drag Transcending the Trocks. designed to appeal their work is richly layered, show, to ballet aficionados and newbies alike. Lampooning and rigidity roles the stringent gender its way through of serious dance conventions, this film is a jubilant delight!

Cinetic MONA’S CANDLE LIGHT MONA’S Jay Bernard Michael Beach Nichols, Nichols, Beach Michael SAT 31 MARSAT 14:15 NFT2 TALK Anthony&Alex. Prod 18:30 NFT218:30 FRI 30 MAR MON 26 MAR NFT318:20 A fantastic look at the fashionista and socialite who party scene in the 1980s. the New York re-imagined A clip show and talk examining how rifts in theA clip show and talk examining been shown on screen. feminist movement have Dir Christopher 86min. K. Walker. USA Sales 2017. SUSANNE BARTSCH: ON TOP SUSANNE BARTSCH: the AIDS crisis, the heyday of the Chelsea Hotel, the perspective – from the early days of Voguing of the ultimate scene queen. In 1987, Susanne Bartsch threw her first party at a In 1987, Susanne Bartsch threw humble Swiss bar called Savage. From New York Chelsea Market beginnings to a stall at London’s fashion world, that party and then on to New York’s decades which would span three launched a career and usher in a new – and notorious – era of nightlife. parties became infamous haunts for the Bartsch’s – beautiful, the talented, the excluded and the weird a queer and heady mix of artists, fashion designers follow her as she launches We and music royalty. showcasing the myriad costumes a retrospective, and see her career and characters embroidering nurtured the compassionate family dynamic she’s a window into another time – alongside it. It’s RADFEM/TRANS: A LOVE STORY RADFEM/TRANS: Debates within the feminist movement around race, movement around Debates within the feminist sex work, porn and trans inclusion have both torn intersectional people apart and enabled a more understanding of feminist struggle. Imminent act, allowing for changes to the gender recognition for trans a less invasive, de-medicalised process people is the latest battle line to emerge and has been characterised as another essential difference between trans exclusionary radical feminists and the trans movement. But how useful is this division? and invited guests will Jay Bernard Programmer examine how schisms have been shown on screen conflicts in and the imaginative ways deep-rooted and the feminist movement have been represented about in the past. Expect big questions resolved we hope to be. where and we are where

Malcolm Ingram, The Film Sales Company Sales Film The SAT 31 MARSAT NFT216:20 SAT 31 MARSAT 18:40 NFT2 Quiet Heroes shows such individuals Jay Bernard @BFIFlare Jenny Mackenzie, Jared Ruga, Amanda Stoddard. Malcolm Ingram. Prod A portrait of the brave lesbian couple who,A portrait of the brave lesbian the only doctors in Utah in the 1980s, were AIDS patients. treating in Mississippi organising Pride events in America. Trump’s A timely documentary about two towns FRI 30 MAR 18:15 NFT1 THU 29 MAR 20:45 NFT3 Quiet Heroes documents the beautiful and humane work of Dr Kristen Reis and her partner Maggie only who at the height of the crisis ran the Snyder, for dying practice in the state of Utah willing to care right- opposition from patients. In the face of fierce risk to personal wing conservatives and at great the two women took their practices and reputations, medicine, putting the early days of inspiration from of their work. and concernat the forefront care and often the charged The film movingly renders of lesbians during the crisis role underappreciated – who in this instance formed an unlikely allegiance of medical of nuns. In its exploration with a group practice, along with the conventions of marriage and masculinity, were among the less visible forces that helped battle among the less visible forces were the crisis. QUIET HEROES Dir-Prod USA 2017. 68min.USA Sales 2017. Malcolm Ingram’s spiritual companion piece to Malcolm Ingram’s Gay Bar his acclaimed documentary Small Town a fascinating 2007), Southern Pride offers (BFI Flare landscape. insight into LGTBQ+ rights in a post-Trump Koval, alongside a team bar owner Lynn Headstrong of friends (and her own Republican-voting sister), endeavour against all odds to organise a Pride in her local town. Meanwhile, in another part march of the state, organisers of a Black Pride celebration simultaneously striving to make a difference, are setbacks that stand in their despite the numerous and politically prescient, Emotionally textured way. this inspiring tale of triumph over adversity addresses themes of leadership, struggle, division, community a sense of hope ultimately offering and race relations, in a world that can too often appear so hopeless. Michael Blyth SOUTHERN PRIDE Dir Monte Zajicek, Kevin Smith. 88min. Canada 2017. Prod Co TCB Productions MINDS 28 20:30 NFT3 20:30 MAR 27 TUE NFT3 18:15 MAR 23 FRI FLUIDS EXHUMATION KALEIDOSCOPE BROWN QUEERS MORE LOVE,LESSPRE-PACKED BULLSHIT CHUDALA 13:50 STUDIO MAR SAT 24 Total runningtime82min Three awesomeportraitsofbrown queerswhotake noshit. Dir BROWN QUEERS It iseasytooverlookthesimpleextensionofloveotherpeople. Dir MORE LOVE.LESSPRE-PACKED BULLSHIT. Fawzia Mirza’s tributetoaPakistaniactivistwhocreated aspaceforqueerpeople. Dir THE STREETSAREOURS:TWOLIVESCROSSINKARACHI risks more? A youngwomanandhermaidtransgress classandgenderboundaries–butwho Dir GODDESS DEVI An anxiousyoungmancookshisfather’s favouritedishtoprepare himforsomenews. Dir THE FISHCURRY MAACHERJHOL A youngmanreturnstohisfamilyhome,hauntedbymemoriesoflifeasawoman. Dir CHUDALA BROWN ISTHEWARMEST COLOUR Total runningtime73min An abstractdocumentary. From thefuture. Dir FLUIDS From theperspectiveofawheelchair, wegoonatour. Dir MINO-BIMAASIZIWIN As historyisremembered, thebodyisreimagined. Dir SOMETHING SAID Flowers andslime.Sexualitysubordination. Dir PLETHORA The body, unearthed.Themind,unbalanced. Dir EXHUMATION Meditations onlight,anditspowertoreflect. Dir EXPERIMENTS INLIGHT A conceptualfilmportraitofgayJapaneseAmericanactorSabShimono. Dir SEMIOTICS OFSAB Memories reimagined through twodisparatelandscapes. Dir A QUEERINGOFMEMORY: PARTS 1&2 Take through ajourney darkinteriorsandvacantspace. Dir EMPTY NIGHTCLUB An explorationofdepression through 16mmhand-processed film. Dir KALEIDOSCOPE REWIND THEFILM of love,relationships andsolidarity. Insightful shortschartingthequeerAsianexperience,andimportance film andvideo. experimental shortfilms,showcasingthebestincontemporaryartists’ Queer historiesandqueerfutures are reconfigured inthiscollectionof Michelle Williams Gamaker. UK 2017. UK Gamaker. 25min Williams Michelle 2017. Canada 1min Bhuman. Neelu 2016. 16min USA Fiordaliso. Michelle 2017. 13min India-USA Dube. Dev Karishma 2017. India 12min Verma. Abhishek 2016. 14min India Sayed. Maaria Rob Fatal. USA 2017. USA Fatal. 15min Rob Jaene Castrillon. Canada 2017. 5min 2017. UK 8min Bernard. Jay 2016. Delphine. Annique Germany 3min Canada 2018. McIntyre. Daniel 8min Jaene Castrillon. Canada 2016. 3min 2016. 6min USA Takemoto. Tina 2017. UK Smith. 14min Timothy Ben Edelberg. Canada 2017. 8min Jaene Castrillon. Canada 2017. 3min Michael Blyth Jay Bernard

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Geoff Edholm, Arthur J Bressan With Jr. Michael Blyth is remarkable for its honesty, candour honesty, its for remarkable is Buddies EVENT FROM THE ARCHIVES FRI 30 MAR LIBRARY REUBEN BFI 12:00-17:00 SUN 25 MAR 20:50 NFT3 The first feature film to deal with the AIDS crisis The first feature times. is a fascinating sign of the A free access, all-day event reflecting on the access, all-day event reflecting A free of HIV/AIDS on screen. representation BUDDIES MEDIATIONS IN AN EMERGENCY: IN AN EMERGENCY: MEDIATIONS HIV/AIDS IN FILM, TV AND THE MEDIA Dir-Scr-Prod David Schachter. USA 1985. 79min. 18 A young man named David becomes a voluntary ‘buddy’ for an AIDS patient named Robert. As the a profound time together, two men spend more to friendship develops and the pair soon grow they would ever than depend on each other more by former gay have anticipated. Sensitively directed who died of an Jr, pornographer Arthur J Bressan the film was illness two years after AIDS-related made, its authenticity. than anything, and, perhaps more Cinema has travelled a long way in the last three of decades when it comes to the representation two-hander but this low-budget AIDS on screen, films and effective one of the most enduring remains we have. (space permitting). Full details of the programme will be online before the event. will be online before Full details of the programme in any time and you can drop This event is free, Join us for an afternoon of insightful talks, illustrated presentations and show-and-tells, and rich discussionpresentations between HIV/AIDS in the exploring the relationship films and TV dramas to news feature media – from little coverage, music videos and beyond. Watch see the BFI National Archive, seen material from stories the V&A, share posters from awareness look at instant and memories, take a long hard How have queer classic 120 BPM and much more. generated stigma and fear? representations How has the media served as a vital tool of education and made experiences visible? How have LGBTQ+ communities used media as a means and activism? What histories do these of protest tell? Join us to explore media representations these questions.

Colin Farrell, WE WERE HERE With Tom Hulce, Christine Vachon, Vachon, Christine Hulce, Tom Michael Cunningham. Cunningham. Michael Park Circus Park Brian Robinson TALK (1985), Arthur Bressan’s Buddies An Early Frost (1985), Arthur Bressan’s Michael Mayer. Prod FROM THE ARCHIVES SAT 31 MARSAT 18:10 NFT3 THU 22 MAR 18:10 NFT3 A powerful drama of young lives caught up in sex, drugs and emotional relationships. Brian Robinson gives an illustrated lecture featuring illustrated lecture Brian Robinson gives an 30 years of the virus on screen. CINEMA OF AIDS Katie Roumel, Pamela Koffler, John Wells, John N Hart Jr, Jeffrey Sharp. Scr A HOME AT THE END A HOME AT OF THE WORLD Dir Robin Wright, Dallas Roberts. USA-Canada 2004. 97min. Roberts. 97min. Dallas 2004. USA-Canada Wright, Robin DistributionUK Colin Farrell stars as the strangely alluring Bobby, stars as the strangely alluring Bobby, Colin Farrell up He grew a shy ingénue of uncertain sexuality. in suburban Cleveland with his childhood friend Jonathan who It’s Jonathan, who is definitely gay. first takes a leap as a young adult, seeing in New a city rich in possibilities. Bobby follows later. York older woman, arty, a kooky, (Robin Wright), Clare wants a child with Jonathan. For a while, they all but tensions soon surface. Based live together, novel, this is a perfect on Michael Cunningham’s evocation of 1980s bohemian life in the Big Apple, in the drama. with AIDS playing a significant role for any rare performances, it’s Featuring some great film to deal so frankly and honestly with the complex nuances of sexual attraction and identity beyond gay or straight. (1985) and Bill Sherwood’s Parting Glances (1986), (1985) and Bill Sherwood’s theme. TV movies prevalent AIDS became a more the 1990s, followed throughout came on board by an onslaught of Hollywood heavy-hitters like Philadelphia (1993) and Jeffrey (1995). As the epidemic changed, so the movies transformed from musicals, animation out-and-out tragedy to comedy, is a rich screen The history of AIDS on and more. lesson in how a generation lived. The real-life drama of AIDS that overwhelmed drama of AIDS The real-life make it to the didn’t many lives in the early 1980s survey will until the mid-1980s. This big screen of cinema (and some of the major works explore understanding of television) that helped to promote the disease. At first only independent filmmakers the pioneering work to tackle the crisis. From dared of

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32 Key: Faggot 15 Neptune 20 Uncle David 2 20 Feature Title XX F.A.M.I.L.Y 26 Nights of Glory 22 Uninvited 15 Short Film Title XX Fantastic Woman, A 30 Ursinho 20 Feels, The 18 Of Love & Law 26 Fish Curry, The 28 Our Second First Date 16 Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy 22 Fluids 28 Our Way Back 20 Vertical Lines 15 34th, The 25 For Nonna Anna 22 Outlines 14 Violet and June 16 120 BPM 9 Freak Show 18 voice/over 21 Paternal Rites 19 Air 11 God’s Own Country 30 Picture This 19 Wishin’ and Hopin’ 16 Alaska is a Drag 17 Goddess 28 Plethora 28 Wood 17 Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion Going West 18 Postcards from London 8 Wound, The 13 & Disco 25 Goldfish14 Pulse 19 Wren Boys 14 Atlantic is a Sea of Bones 21 Good Manners 18 Awake 21 Queering of Memory: Parts 1 & 2, A 28 Y 16 Half a Life 19 Quiet Heroes 27 You Will be Free 22 Battle of the Sexes 30 Handsome & Majestic 21 Becks 11 Happy Birthday, Marsha! 19 Rabbi, The 14 Between Here & Now 20 Happy Prince, The 12 Rebels on Pointe 27 Bicultural 16 Hard Paint 12 Red Tree, The 26 EVENT INDEX Birds of a Feather 22 Hold Music 21 Resemblance 21 BBZ 31 Bleach 21 Home at the End of the World, A 29 Revival, The 13 BFI Flare Closing Night Party: Unskinny Bop 31 Blood Out of a Stone 15 Honeymoon 21 Rift 13 Big Gay Film Quiz 25 Boyfriend 15 Run(a)way Arab 22 Cinema of AIDS 29 Brown Queers 28 I’m a Man 21 Club Kali 31 Buddies 29 In Our Flesh 22 Semiotics of Sab 28 Debbie Does BFI Flare 31 Burn Bridge 14 Instinct 22 Sermon, The 14 Gay Garb 26 Islands 22 Set Me as a Seal Upon Thine Heart 14 Mediations in an Emergency: HIV/AIDS in Film, TV Calamity 22 Sidney & Friends 19 and the Media 29 Call Me by Your Name 30 John and Michael 21 Silverlake Life: The View from Here 29 Prince Farrah Show, The 31 Call Your Father 15 Skai Blue 15 Radfem/Trans: A Love Story 27 Carmilla Movie, The 17 Kaleidoscope 28 Sleepover 15 Rise: QTIPOC Representation and Visibility in Film 9 Cas 15 Small Part of Me, A 21 Charlie 16 Landline 14 Snapshots 13 Cherry Grove Stories 26 Lions in Waiting 14 Something Said 28 Chudala 28 Long Lost Lover 21 Southern Pride 27 SHORTS PROGRAMMES Clash 19 Love Letter Rescue Squad 26 Spectrums 21 Altered States 14 Close-Knit 11 Love, Scott 18 Streets are Ours: Two Lives Cross Being Brave 14 Coby 17 Love, Simon 12 in Karachi, The 28 Brown is the Warmest Colour 28 Conversations with Gay Elders 18 Stumped 19 Dangerous Atmospheres 20 Mai 16 Sununú: The Revolution of Love 22 Fighters of Demons, Makers of Cakes 21 Deaf vs the Dead, The 21 Malila: The Farewell Flower 12 Susanne Bartsch: On Top 27 Materialising Masculinities 21 Deal with the Universe, A 8 Marguerite 16 Swan, The 22 Relationship Lessons 15 Dear Fredy 26 Marikas Missio 26 Revelate 22 Des!re 14 Marilyn 12 Tasty 25 Rewind the Film 28 Do I Have Boobs Now? 17 Mario 12 These are My Hands 14 Sometimes You Get What You Need 16 Drop of Sun Under the Earth, A 22 Martyr 19 They 20 Trans Family Matters 22 Mathias 21 Things You Think I’m Thinking, The 15 Wanting, Needing, Waiting 15 Edmund the Magnificent 14 Maurice 13 Thirst 14 You Can’t Always Get What You Want 16 Elena 16 Mine is Yours 16 Three 16 Empty Nightclub 28 Mino-Bimaasiziwin 28 Three Centimetres 16 Exhumation 28 Missed Conceptions 14 Tomorrow Never Knows 20 Experiments in Light 28 Montana 13 More Love. Less Pre-packaged Bullshit. 28 Mrs Sparkle 21 My Days of Mercy 7 My Own Private Hell 19

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Other events individually priced. Concession prices are available to: senior citizens, unwaged and disabled visitors on proof of valid ID. There are no exchanges or refunds of any kind for all customers. Maximum of 2 tickets per film per customer until 27 Feb. BFI Members are exempt from booking fees. Find full ticket terms at bfi.org.uk/terms. *In person at the venue with valid ID only, subject to availability, first come, first served and excluding Opening and Closing Night Galas. One ticket per customer. Full infobfi.org.uk/flare All screenings marked 12+ are suitable for children aged 12+. Children under 15 are not permitted to attend any Festival screenings unless the film has received a lower BBFC certificate.

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The Festival provides a number of HOW TO BOOK accessible screenings and live Q&As. Email [email protected] A limited number of priority access Call the Box Office +44 (0)20 7928 3232 tickets are available on a first come, Quote ‘ACCESS’ first served basis. Please call the Box Office with any The screenings are marked in the questions about wheelchair access. calendar and throughout the brochure Access information for all our venues

according to the following key: can be found at bfi.org.uk/venues.

English language films with If you have further questions about English subtitles, including accessibility, please contact the descriptions of non-dialogue Festival team. audio, for customers who are BFI SOUTHBANK BFI Shop Email [email protected] Mon – Sat 11:00-20:30 deaf or hard-of-hearing. London SE1 8XT Tel +44 (0)20 7815 1388 Sun 12:00-20:00 Screenings where the intro/Q&A Daily 9:45-23:00 BFI Reuben Library Tue – Sat 10:30-19:00 will be BSL interpreted Box Office (daily) BFI FLARE: LONDON LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL – Phone 11:30-20:30 Mediatheque Films with an audio-description ANTI-PIRACY POLICY In person 11:00-20:30 Tues – Sun 10:30-21:00 Cameras are not permitted in Festival screenings. soundtrack for customers who Recording sound, taking pictures or filming during the are blind or partially sighted. screening is illegal and any person caught in the act of Headphones available on request. filming will be immediately expelled and pirated material seized. They may also be subject to legal action.

34 CALENDAR

NFT1 NFT2 NFT3 STUDIO OTHER VENUES

18:15 Opening Night Gala: My Days of Mercy p7 20:50 Opening Night Gala: WED 21 My Days of Mercy p7 13:50 Martyr p19

15:50 My Days of Mercy p7

18:30 The Revival p13 18:20 Paternal Rites p19 18:10 Cinema of AIDS p29 18:15 Sidney & Friends p19 THU 22 20:50 Air p11 20:40 Cherry Grove Stories p26 20:30 Tomorrow Never Knows 20:45 Marikas Missio p26 p20 12:00 Rise: QTIPOC Representation and 15:50 The Revival p13 14:00 Marikas Missio p26 Visibility in Film p9

18:20 Rift p13 18:30 They p20 18:15 Brown is the Warmest 18:10 F.A.M.I.L.Y 12+ p26 FRI 23 Colour p28 benugo bar 20:50 The Carmilla Movie p17 20:45 Alaska is a Drag p17 20:40 The 34th p25 20:30 Paternal Rites p19 21:00 Club Night: BBZ p31

11:15 Relationship Lessons p15 11:50 The 34th p25 11:40 They p20 11:45 Air p11

13:30 Altered States p14 14:00 Rift p13 13:40 Cherry Grove Stories p26 13:50 Brown is the Warmest Colour p28 15:50 Love, Scott p18 16:30 F.A.M.I.L.Y 12+ p26 15:40 Materialising Masculinities 15:55 Paternal Rites p19 p21

SAT 24 SAT 17:55 120 BPM BSL p9 18:30 Martyr p19 18:20 Tomorrow Never Knows 18:15 Marikas Missio p26 p20 BFI Foyer 21:00 Uncle David 2 p20 20:30 The Carmilla Movie p17 20:40 My Own Private Hell p19 20:20 Sidney & Friends p19 22:30 Club Night: Debbie Does BFI Flare p31 13:40 Being Brave p14 13:20 My Own Private Hell p19 13:30 Fighters of Demons, Makers 13:50 Materialising Masculinities of Cakes BSL p21 p21 16:00 You Can’t Always Get What 15:20 Sidney & Friends p19 16:10 Alaska is a Drag p17 16:15 Love, Scott p18 You Want p16 18:10 Snapshots p13 17:30 120 BPM p9 18:30 The Wound p13 18:20 Relationship Lessons p15 SUN 25 20:30 Love, Simon 12+ p12 20:40 Trans Family Matters p22 20:50 Buddies p29 20:45 Altered States p14

13:50 Love, Simon 12+ p12

16:00 Snapshots p13

18:00 Maurice p13 18:30 Coby p17 18:20 Radfem/Trans: 18:15 F.A.M.I.L.Y 12+ p26

MON 26 A Love Story p27 20:50 A Deal With the Universe 20:40 Dear Fredy p26 20:45 Of Love & Law BSL p26 20:30 The Wound p13 p8 13:50 Coby p17

15:50 Uncle David 2 p20

18:20 Mario p12 18:30 Going West p18 18:10 Of Love & Law p26 18:40 Being Brave p14 TUE 27 20:45 The Feels p18 20:50 Malila: The Farewell Flower 20:30 Rewind the Film p28 20:40 Trans Family Matters BSL p12 p22 13:50 Mario p12

15:50 The Feels p18

18:30 Freak Show p18 18:15 Montana p13 18:20 Stumped p19 18:40 A Deal With the Universe

WED 28 p8 20:45 The Happy Prince p12 20:20 Close-Knit p11 20:30 Silverlake Life: 20:50 Dear Fredy p26 The View from Here p29 13:50 Going West p18

16:00 Freak Show p18 Blue Room 19:00 Big Gay Film Quiz p25 18:30 Becks p11 18:15 Conversations with 18:10 Gay Garb p26 18:20 Rebels on Pointe p27

THU 29 Gay Elders p18 benugo bar 20:50 Marilyn p12 20:40 Revelate p22 20:45 Quiet Heroes p27 20:30 Dear Fredy p26 21:00 Club Night: Club Kali p31

13:40 Sometimes You Get What 13:30 Close-Knit p11 13:35 Stumped p19 14:00 Conversations with BFI Reuben Library You Need p16 Gay Elders p18 12:00 Mediations in 15:45 Dangerous Atmospheres 16:20 Montana p13 15:30 Malila: The Farewell Flower 16:10 Revelate p22 an Emergency p29 p20 p12 18:15 Southern Pride p27 18:30 Susanne Bartsch: On Top 17:40 Pulse p19 18:20 You Can't Always Get What

FRI 30 p27 You Want p16 benugo bar 20:30 Hard Paint p12 20:45 Antonio Lopez 1970: 20:15 Good Manners p18 20:20 Rebels on Pointe p27 21:00 Club Night: Fashion, Sex & Disco p25 The Prince Farah Show p31 11:00 The Happy Prince p12 11:30 Hard Paint p12 11:40 Antonio Lopez 1970: 12:00 Sometimes You Get What Fashion, Sex & Disco p25 You Need p16 13:20 Wanting, Needing, Waiting 14:15 Susanne Bartsch: On Top 13:50 Rebels on Pointe p27 14:00 A Deal With the Universe p15 p27 p8 15:20 Pulse p19 16:20 Southern Pride p27 16:00 Becks p11 16:15 Dangerous Atmospheres p20

SAT 31 SAT 18:50 Closing Night Gala: 18:40 Quiet Heroes p18 18:10 A Home at the End 18:30 Alaska is a Drag p17 Postcards from London p8 of the World p21 benugo bar 21:10 Closing Night Gala: 20:30 Marilyn p12 20:15 Good Manners p18 21:00 BFI Flare Closing Night Postcards from London p8 Party Unskinny Bop p31 13:00 Battle of the Sexes SECOND CHANCE 12+ p30 SUNDAY 15:30 God’s Own Country p30 Tickets £8 p Additional screenings 17:45 A Fantastic Woman p30 to be announced. See p30 for details. 20:00 Call Me by Your Name SUN 1 APRIL p30

Foreign Language films with English subtitles Audio Description available Hearing Impaired Subtitles BSL Intro/Q&A will be BSL interpreted BFI MEMBERS ENOY PRIORITY FESTIVAL BOOKING

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