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4 Welcome Contents From the BFI From the BFI Flare programmers A hug. This year we challenged design company Activism, resistance and rebellion are key themes Special Presentations 07 Studio Moross to find its graphic representation for running throughout this year’s programme, with a our BFI Flare 2020 cover art… ’cos who in the UK number of inspiring and timely films telling stories of 11 doesn’t need a hug after the last few years, eh? brave individuals and communities that will not give Hearts By turns tender and playful, when consensual a hug up in the ongoing fight for change. reassures, restores and renews; it’s an act of intimacy, Our Centrepiece Screening, Disclosure: Trans Lives Bodies 17 community, family. And that’s what BFI Flare represents on Screen, is both an enlightening history lesson and to so many of us – a special kind of queer family and a call to arms for better, more positive representation. Minds 25 cultural community. That’s also a quality which makes Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca, about an undocumented the Pureland Foundation such a perfect Main Supporter Filipina transwoman living in New York, is a deeply 30 for the Festival, with their commitment to empowerment personal study of structural disempowerment in Best of Year and social wellbeing. We’re so hugely grateful for their contemporary America. Steelers: The World’s First Gay continued support. Rugby Club is a heartfelt celebration of sportspeople Club Nights 31 On top of the moving, intelligent and sharply relevant determined to squash stereotypes and break barriers. programme of films and events, we’re excited about The joyous and inspirational We Are the Radical BFI Player 32 More Films For Freedom, an evolution of our international Monarchs follows several young women of colour in short film series FiveFilms, delivered with British Council. Oakland fighting for social justice. While Pride & Protest Index 33 This year, together with BFI NETWORK – the BFI’s offers a fascinating look at Britain’s LGBTIQ+ Black National Lottery-funded talent programme – we’ve paired and POC community. That’s just to name a few… 34 UK filmmakers with counterparts in the Middle East Screening the films is just the first step. It’s the Tickets & Booking Info and Africa, and funded their collaborations to bring new conversations that take place after the lights come up global queer stories to the screen. that truly make the difference – be those in the form Calendar 35 Flare is also a time to celebrate the development of of the many Q&As we host with visiting filmmakers, UK queer-identified filmmakers and we’re proud to our various panel discussions and special events, see our BAFTA/BFI Flare Mentorship alumni thriving. or simply the casual conversations that take place Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Amrou Al-Kadhi and Lindsey in the bar between you, our audiences. Dryden have all had successes with new film and TV As programmers we are honoured to give a platform to projects this year, while Dionne Edwards and Aleem Khan a vast range of work that will educate, excite, provoke have debut features coming soon. and motivate. The rest is up to you. We may well live You give them much confidence that they have a community in troubled times, but if you want to be inspired you’ve behind them. So, see you on the Southbank for BFI Flare’s come to the right place. warm embrace in March – great cinema, safe spaces Jay Bernard, Michael Blyth, Tara Brown, for discovery and debate, and a rollicking good time Zorian Clayton, Brian Robinson, Emma Smart, in one of the most inclusive queer environments around. Festival Programmers Tricia Tuttle, BFI Festivals Director and Ben Roberts, BFI Chief Executive

07 Special Presentations 11 Strands Our Opening and Closing Night Galas and Let your hearts, bodies and minds guide you Centrepiece Screening. through our carefully curated strands.

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Prod The Film Collaborative Film The Sheldon D Brown, Matthew Fifer, Cobie Smulders. Cobie Fifer, Matthew Brown, D Sheldon Matthew Fifer. With Fifer. Matthew Matthew Fifer, Kieran Mulcare. Kieran Mulcare. Fifer, Matthew A young man is forced to face past traumas when he embarks A young man is forced debut. feature in this remarkable on a new relationship, USA 2020. 93min. Sales Scr New York City, 2013. Introspective bisexual Ben drifts from one bisexual Ben drifts from 2013. Introspective City, New York last encounters barely casual hook-up to the next. While recent when he strikes beyond the following morning, differently he feels up a conversation with Sam, a handsome stranger he meets while stall. Forming an immediate discount books at a street browsing slowly letting time together, and more connection, the two spend more intimate details about their lives, down. But as they reveal their guards past traumas if they are the need to confront both begin to recognise to truly let the other person in. Based on true events, writer/director/ have crafted a richly Kieran Mulcare star Matthew Fifer and co-director and complex drama, which tackles challenging subjects with textured sympathetic Fifer’s honesty. grace, delicacy and uncompromising nuanced central performance is ably matched by Sheldon D Brown’s on-screen turn as Sam, with the pair establishing an effortless connection. Sensitively balancing moments of natural humour amongst the pathos, Cicada is guaranteed to be one of the year’s most acclaimed queer films. Please note, this film contains themes of sexual abuse Cicada Dir

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Sensational live vocals, toe-tapping choreography and the big band sound of the London Concert Orchestra. OVER THE RAINBOW GET HAPPY PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ THE TROLLEY SONG AND MANY MORE With West End Leading Lady and host, Good Morning Britain’s RACHEL TUCKER RICHARD ARNOLD

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Xiang Zi, José Val Bal. WED 25 MAR 15:50 NFT3 Brian Robinson Xiang Zi. Prod Naren Hua, Nan Ji, Zhang Xinyue. 107min. 2019. This impressive dissection of one Chinese This impressive imperfect life gradually reveals family’s discomforting secrets. MON 23 MAR 20:40 NFT2 in a bizarre Buddhist cult, while her father has taken in a bizarre to accept; a situation his wife refuses a male lover, him. can cure prophet she hopes that her cult’s into retreat Not only alarmed by her mother’s Xiaoyu is surprised by how much pseudo-religion, has changed her own perception living in the West Returning to Beijing from New York with her Returning New York to Beijing from to face American husband, Huang Xiaoyu is forced life, in which her of her family’s up to the realities exist in a loveless and toxic marriage. parents her mother has found refuge Angry and insecure, and her outlook on the world. of her parents develop a potent view of how relationships Offering and change, and based largely on writer-director Xiang Zi’s personal experiences, this Berlinale Xiang Zi’s prize-winner is a stylish, rich and Teddy compelling film. A Dog Barking at the Moon Barking A Dog zhong jian nan ping wan Zai Dir-Scr With Prod Co Studio Acorn

Aimee Lynn Barneburg, Barneburg, Lynn Aimee FRI 20 MAR STUDIO 17:50 Emma Smart Lara Jean Gallagher. Prod Otmara Marrero, Sydney Sweeney. USA 93min. 2019. Taking refuge in an idyllic lake house following refuge Taking meets the mysterious Karen break-up, her recent Lana in this moody and atmospheric debut. THU MAR 19 NFT1 18:20 Davis Priestley, Isabel Marden, Kim Bailey, Karina Ripper. With Prod Co High Pony Pictures Dir-Scr But then she meets Lana, a vibrant young woman who might not be all that she seems. Gradually, obvious feels herself giving in to Lana’s Karen too of a new love affair flirtation, but is the prospect much too soon? How many hearts will be left broken this time? Drawing out intimate performances from backdrop, her two leads and utilising the lush forest Gallagher has crafted a taut coming-of-age story, and establishes herself as an exciting new Reeling from the end of her long-term love affair with the end of her long-term love affair Reeling from an older woman and unable to completely let go of the lake house into breaks lost, Karen the love she’s until her determined to stay there of her ex-lover, heart is mended and her ex has at least given her few custody of the dog. Neighbours on the lake are the solitude. relishes and far between and Karen cinematic voice. Clementine

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@BFIFlare Hanna van Vliet, Eline van Gils, Kirsten Mulder. Valerie Bisscheroux. Valerie a new apartment makes Anne reflect on her past, a new apartment makes Anne reflect in this smart and sexy webseries. Bumping into an ex the day she moves into FRI 27 MAR NFT218:30 The last person Anne is expecting to run into when moving into her new apartment is ex-girlfriend Lily. over coffee With of catching up properly a promise soon, Anne tries to put the chance encounter to the about help reminiscing back of her mind, but can’t had since. As she Lily and all the ex-girlfriends she’s is out who she really looks back, Anne starts to figure over the course might hold. Told and what the future latest of six episodes, each a glimpse into Anne’s the shy closeted girl to the seductive (from love affair that some of the best new older lady), Anne+ proves in the digital realm. queer work is being created With strong performances, particularly from Hanna With performances, particularly from strong van Vliet as the eponymous lead, this is an honest glimpse of lesbian dating life, in all its and realistic glory. heartbreaking funny, sexy, Episodes 1-6 Episodes Dir Anne+ Netherlands 67min. 2018. Sales Suzan de Swaan. Scr With HEARTS Refinitiv andStateStreet GlobalAdvisors Bank ofAmerica,Deloitte,IG,LBTQWomen, Macquarie, Supported bytheInterbankLGBTForumMembers: offered bylifeincontemporaryEurope. it meanstobeanimmigrantandthe possibilities The Lawyerquestionsassumptionsaboutwhat Written anddirected byRomasZabarauskas, the physicalborders thatstand betweenthem? do theydealwiththeprecarious obstaclesof gulf thatseparatestheirverydifferent lives?Andhow but canthetwonavigatetheirwaythrough the from LithuaniatoSerbiais a relatively shortone, that somethingismissingfrom it.Thejourney vibrant socialandculturallife.Nevertheless,hefeels run outofBelgrade.Mariusisrichandenjoysa refugee hefirstencounters inanonlinechatroom He becomesobsessedwithAli,ahandsomeSyrian Marius isahighlysuccessfullawyerbasedinVilnius. The Lawyer 12 Dir-Prod-Scr Advokatas Dir-Scr a fairygodmotherlikeTara. emotional punchthatwillmakeyouwishweallhad leads, Zanetti’s filmisfunandjoyous,packingan teen rom-com, andheartfeltperformancesfrom its itsuniqueandwittytakeonthe her dreams? With the 80s.HowisshegoingtohelpElliegetgirlof never heard ofFacebookandhasn’t datedsince advice from herdeadlesbianauntTara, whohas dating way. OnlyElliedoesn’t wanttolistenthe her veryownfairygodmothertohelpon Luckily forher, theuniverseintervenesandElliegets end-of-school prom, Elliejustcan’t getittogether. perfect waytoaskhermega-crushAbbiethe has thrown ather, yetwhenitcomestofindingthe Star studentElliecanhandlemostthingshighschool Lithuania 2020. 97min. EST. 97min. Sales 2020. Lithuania With Ellie &Abbie (&Ellie’s Dead Aunt) Cobbstar Productions Co Prod 80min. 2020. Australia Hawkshaw. Sophie With James. Patrick intensity asitprobes itsprotagonists’ complexlives. This gentleromantic drama graduallyincreases in 20:45 NFT1 20:45 MAR 27 FRI 18:30 NFT1 MAR 24 TUE dating adviceforher. Butwillshelistentoit? Monica Zanetti,Ellie’s deadaunthastheperfect In thisdelightfulrom-com from debutdirector Eimutis Kvošcˇ iauskas, Dogˇ aç Yildiz, Darya Ekamasova. Ekamasova. Kvošcˇ Dogˇ Darya Eimutis Yildiz, iauskas, aç Monica Zanetti. Prod Zanetti. Monica Romas Zabarauskas. BSL Marta Dusseldorp, Marta Zoe Terakes,

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USA 2019. 95min. Sales 2019. 95min. USA With Jhett Tolentino, Carlo Velayo, Darlene Malimas. Dir-Scr Sales 2019. 83min. USA Dir-Scr Lingua Franca with unexpectedresults. Thinking they’vewonthelottery, theoffice getstrashed Non-binary queerartistSydloathestheirdreary dayjob. Dir + Zorian Clayton Jack &Yaya in 21st-centuryUSA. discrimination andhumanrightsabuses personal andpoliticallychargedinsight intoracial love interest inOlivia’s life,LinguaFrancaisa actor EamonFarren, whoemergesasagenuine and withasturdy performancefrom Australian undocumented peopleare atriskofexploitation and deport.Indealingwiththevarious ways officers prowl thecityinsearch ofpeopletodetain always lookingoverhershoulderasimmigration a fakemarriagetosecure aGreen Card, Oliviais tobuyinginto dementia. Findingfewalternatives They includeOlga,aRussianwomanslidinginto Brooklyn asanattentivecarer tovariouspatients. third feature. PlayingOlivia,sheworksin writer andstarofheremotiveauthentic Isabel Sandovalistriplytalentedasthedirector, Jack &Yaya issure toputasmileonyourface. football-loving family. thistrulyaffable pair, With interviews withYaya’s gaybrother andJack’s lively infused with1980shomemoviegold.Italsofeatures as transinearlyadulthood,thistaleoftwobestiesis Forging afirmfriendshipforlife,withbothcomingout separating theirblue-collarSouthJerseyhouses. instant connectionastoddlersthrough thefence as kids,thetomboyJackandgirlyYaya madean Jack andYaya gobackalongway. Kindred spirits 20:30 NFT2 20:30 MAR 25 WED NFT2 16:05 MAR SAT 21 in NewYork. a Filipinatranswomanlivingundertheradar A deftlywoventaleofloveandinequalityfor to transitioningintheirtwenties. go from swappinggendered Christmasgiftsaskids A yearinthelivesofchildhoodbestfriendswho

2 Dollars Robin Cloud. USA 2020. 15min Isabel Sandoval, Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen. Cohen. Lynn Farren, Eamon Sandoval, Isabel Isabel Sandoval. Prod Hewey. Mary Bagley, Jen 20:50 NFT3 20:50 MAR 26 THU 13:20 NFT3 MAR 22 SUN Luxbox Hewes Pictures Zorian Clayton Prod Isabel Sandoval, Jorgy Cruz. Cruz. Jorgy

Canada 2019. 119min. Sales Canada With Dir-Scr truly are. vulnerability whichcomeswithaccepting whoyou sense ofintimacy, alongwith thatachingsenseof within. Butwhatismoststrikinghere istheprofound that givevoicetotheemotionshischaracters hold visual craftsman,orchestrating ravishingsetpieces each other. Asever, Dolanproves himselfamaster forcing themtoquestionwhat theyreally wantfrom encounter causesadramaticriftbetweenthepair, Matthias andMaximeforthejob.Butbrief to kissforherstudentfilm,promptly roping in their hostreveals sheneeds apairofperformers As theboisterous ganglaugh, drinkandbicker, the weekendwithhisfriendsatalakesideretreat. months before movingtoAustralia,Maximespends (Dolan) havebeenfriendssincechildhood.Afew Matthias (GabrielD’AlmeidaFreitas) andMaxime Matthias &Maxime See p34formore informationonfestivalaccess. See p28forourrelaxed shortfilmsscreening. Tickets £3fortherelaxed screening onMon23Mar14:00NFT3. Justine how thepastcanshapepresent. This Brighton-setdramaisapowerfulruminationon But cananewloveliketheirsrepair alifetimeofhurt? she shouldn’t. Perhapslifeisn’t sobadafterall. who wantstoloveJustinedespiteallthereasons who canseepastherarrogant swagger–someone Rachel andsuddenlyJustineisfacedwithsomeone she deservestohave.Thenmeetstheidealistic Peach, notthinkingofafuture shedoesn’t think content tospendherdayswithpotheadfriend her court-appointedtherapysessions,sheseems of pasthurtswithalcohol,givingnothingawayat particularly wanttopartakeinit.Numbingthepain Justine doesn’t thinkmuchoflife,nordoesshe Prod Co Rush Co Productions 2019. Prod 81min. UK With Sarah Drew, Julius Beltrame. Scr Dir repercussions intheeighthfilmfrom XavierDolan. A kissbetweentwochildhoodfriendshasdramatic 15:40 NFT1 15:40 MAR SAT 21 18:20 NFT1 MAR 22 SUN in thisarresting sophomore feature from Tucked A youngwomanstruggleswithherdemons, (Flare 2019)director JamiePatterson. Jamie Patterson. Prod Patterson. Jamie Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas, Xavier Dolan, Pier-Luc Funk. Funk. Pier-Luc Dolan, Xavier Freitas, D’Almeida Gabriel Tallulah Haddon, Sophie Reid, Sian Reese-Williams. Xavier Dolan. Prod Dolan. Xavier Michael Blyth 13:45 NFT1 MAR 27 FRI 14:00 NFT3 14:00 MAR 23 MON Jamie Patterson, Jason Rush, Rush, Jason Patterson, Jamie Nancy Grant, Xavier Dolan. Dolan. Xavier Grant, Nancy WaZabi Films Jeff Murphy. Murphy. Jeff R Emma Smart

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Michael Blyth Brian Robinson Bo Ben Tai, Yuen, Tracy O’Riordan. O’Riordan. Tracy Michael J Werner, Teresa Kwong, SAT 28SAT MAR STUDIO 18:00 Prod SAT 28SAT MAR STUDIO 11:30 Films Boutique Films BSL Peccadillo Pictures , Hong Khaou returns to theLilting, Hong Khaou returns to Ray Yeung. Prod Hong Khaou. Khaou. Hong Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers. UK 86min. 2018. Having opened Flare in 2014 with his acclaimed Having opened Flare debut festival with this poignant meditation onfestival with this poignant cultural displacement. FRI 27 MAR NFT1 18:20 THU 26 MAR 20:45 NFT1 Hong Kong gents. Love blossoms unexpectedly for two older Dir-Scr Sandy Yip, Chowee Leow. With Patra Ga Man Au. Hong Kong (S.A.R of China) 2019. 92min. Sales EST. Dir-Scr With DistributionUK Suk Suk Monsoon Ray Yeung’s third feature is a delicate tale that details feature third Ray Yeung’s the encounter between two Hong Kong residents. who still races Pak is an energetic 70-year-old, Hoi, in his mid-sixties, about the city as a taxi driver. closeted and live with their Both are is now retired. families, who know nothing of their respective follow the course of their romance, other lives. We which takes us into a world of older gay men, many of whom struggle with the idea of openness. important glimpses of the gay community are There for a going about everyday life, including a project home, a gay sauna and shared gay old people’s A moving drama detailing the visits to a doctor. challenges faced by older closeted gays, its celebration shows that love is not relationship of Pak and Hoi’s of the young. just the preserve parents’ ashes. Unable to speak the language and ashes. Unable to speak parents’ with scant memories of his early childhood, Kit feels meets as he the family members he distant from London. Only a from awaits the arrival of his brother African-American with Lewis, an tentative romance sense of comfort. Kit a much-needed offers designer, Behind the bustle and commotion of the city, study is a film of stillness elegiac character Khaou’s Henry Golding’s driven by and quiet introspection, tender portrayal of a man endeavouring to reconnect with the place he once called home. Returning to Vietnam for the first time since his family fled to England when he was six years old, Kit scouts to as Saigon by most Ho Chi Minh City (still referred to scatter his location of the locals) for an appropriate

Brian Robinson Kai Luke Brummer, Marianne Mayer-Beckh, Mayer-Beckh, Marianne Eric Abraham, Jack Sidey. THU 26 MAR NFT113:45 WED 25 MAR STUDIO 18:40 Luis Barrales, Sebastián Muñoz. Barrales, Muñoz. Sebastián Luis

Peccadillo Pictures UK Distribution Curzon Juan Carlos Maldonado, Alfredo Castro, Castro, Alfredo Maldonado, Carlos Juan Oliver Hermanus, Jack Sidey. With Oliver Hermanus. Prod Sebastián Muñoz. Prod Muñoz. Sebastián Oliver Hermanus’ fourth feature is a beautiful yet Oliver Hermanus’ fourth feature in thebrutal study of closeted homosexuality Apartheid-era military. 20:45 NFT1 TUE 24 MAR MON 23 MAR 20:45 NFT1 This powerful tale of queers behind bars won Film Festival. the Queer Lion at the 2019 Venice South Africa, 1981. Like all white men over theSouth Africa, 1981. Like age of 16, Nicholas has been drafted for two years compulsory military service. Lost in a sea of volatile machismo, the shy and sensitive young man must of the unforgiving trials and humiliations endure basic training before being stationed on the border on the border being stationed basic training before the from of Angola, to defend the Apartheid regime As Nicholas supposed black Communist threat. finds solace in he each day, struggles through as their But a friendship with another recruit. at keep it secret develops, they must relationship all costs. Taking its name from a pejorative Afrikaans name from its all costs. Taking term for a gay man, the deeply accomplished of examination Moffie is both an uncompromising affecting and a profoundly dark history a country’s portrait of a young man battling his inner demons. Michael Blyth Dir Moffie Scr Ryan de Villiers, Matthew South Vey. Africa-UK 2019. 103min. Roberto Doveris. Scr With Dir 96min. Chile-Argentina-Belgium Pauls. Gastón 2019. DistributionUK El Príncipe Chile, 1970. A disturbed young man enters an cell in an old and spartan prison. His overcrowded of the pecking order, a realignment arrival prompts and he is quickly taken under the wing and into the convict. As a handsome bed of the senior-ranking he turns heads in other parts of the newcommer, jail. Thus, the stage is set for a battle over the love of the man they nickname The Prince. By turns experienced production intensely brutal and tender, debut is a directorial designer Sebastián Muñoz’s powerful exploration of what it means to love. As the of we discover the circumstances film progresses, original crime and that his passion has the Prince’s emotions. Featuring dangerous provoked previously scenes of violence that might disturb, but also a account of beauty and lyricism that evokes Genet’s film. prison life, this is a deeply affecting The Prince

Wildstar Sales Wildstar Alberto Masliah. With . Prod Co The Art Factory Matthew Minshall, Tina Carbone, Carbone, Tina Minshall, Matthew Brian Robinson Jeanette Maus, Corbin Reid, SUN 22 MAR 16:00 NFT2 TUE 24 MAR 15:40 NFT2 Prod Emma Smart @BFIFlare Kelly Walker. Lucas Santa Ana. Prod Grief draws out unexpected emotions and new debut beginnings in this riveting feature from Kelly Walker. from SAT 21SAT MAR NFT218:20 MON 23 MAR NFT1 18:20 An Argentine teenager finds life and love difficult life and love difficult An Argentine teenager finds gay best friend. following the death of his Katherine Sloate. With Sloate. Katherine Sara Amini. USA 87min 2019. Dir-Scr Best friends for life, Jane and Fiona have done everything together since kindergarten – Jane Fiona will lead. Left devastated following wherever sudden suicide, Jane’s and adrift following Fiona’s only way to make sense of everything is by helping for their young son widow Gemma care Fiona’s have nothing the two women Polar-opposites, Bailey. grief and love in common save for their shared some stability, help offers for Fiona. But as Jane’s help being drawn to her and an Gemma can’t unexpected intimacy builds between them. However, hearts and can Jane is it enough to mend broken Fiona’s keep living her life vicariously through really the myriad explores Walker family? Writer-director an honest and ways we deal with loss through nuanced script that finds humour in the darkest of in a film that is both heart-breaking times, resulting and uplifting. Please note, this film contains themes of suicide My Fiona Memories of a Teenager ofMemories a Yo, Adolescente Yo, Please note, this film contains themes of suicide isn’t your average high-school coming-out story. story. your average high-school coming-out isn’t particularly energy and charm, It possesses a rare a powerful It’s that of lead actor Renato Quattordio. detailing its pleasures, of adolescence, recreation pain and heartbreaks. Zabo is a troubled 16-year-old living in Buenos 16-year-old Zabo is a troubled for a girlfriend, but is still looking he’s A virgin, Aires. of Paul, his closest suicide the recent from reeling friend. Navigating his social life and sexuality is both complicated and challenging, especially after he sets up a crazy nightclub in an abandoned warehouse. that he and his friends drink, take drugs here It’s Zabo learnsand hope to have sex, but also where about loyalty and betrayal, particularly when a new friend steals the girl he likes. Memories of a Teenager Renato Quattordio, Malena Narvay, Jerónimo Giocondo Giocondo Jerónimo Narvay, Malena Quattordio, Renato Bosia. Argentina 97min. 2019. Sales Dir-Scr HEARTS Aspire Productions Co Inc. Prod 105min. 2020. USA With Novicki. Nic Hanlon, Kevin Guacci, Suzanne Dir-Scr T11 Incomplete 14 love andthepowerofforgiveness. throughout, thisisaheartfeltandmovingfilmabout excellentperformances burgeoning relationship. With her, it’s Kate’s ownactionsthatmightderail their overprotective brother deemsentirely unsuitablefor Laura beginstofallinlovewithKate,awomanher neither womenwere expectingtofeel.Andas intosomething out asatenderfriendshipsoonturns – Laurahasherowndemonstofightwhatstarts Recognising ineachotherthestruggletosurvive as ahomehealthaide,KatemeetsparaplegicLaura. her forpastmistakes.Working everyhourshecan make amendstosonJack,whorefuses toforgive She steadfastlymaintainshersobrietyandtriesto of theblameforthatcanbelaidatherownfeet. Kate hasnothadaneasylife.Sheknowsalot 15:50 NFT1 15:50 MAR 22 SUN NFT2 20:40 MAR 24 TUE and herpatientinthiscompellingmelodrama. a newloveaffair betweenanolderwoman Past mistakeshauntthepresent andthreaten BOLDLY GO WHO CANPREDICTWHAT WILLMOVEYOU MANDEM Karen Sillas, Kristen Renton, Zachary Booth. Booth. Zachary Renton, Kristen Sillas, Karen Suzanne Guacci. 15:50 NFT3 15:50 MAR 26 THU Prod Theresa Aquilina, Emma Smart

France 2019. 96min. UK Distribution 2019. 96min. France With Malysone Bovorasmy, Florence Vignon. Baujard.Laurent Scr Dir Emma Smart Two Us of even ifthatmeansrevealing theirrelationship. her life.ButNinaisn’t goingtogiveuponMadeleine, care forMadeleine,whichliterallyshutsNinaoutof the welfare ofhermother. Anurseisemployedto the niceoldladyfromwith nextdoorissoconcerned becomes illandherdaughtercan’t understandwhy shared intimacyisthreatened whenMadeleine when theyvisittheirwidowedmother. Butthis Even Madeleine’s adultchildren are nonethewiser ease thatonlylong-termpartnerscanknow. come andgofrom eachother’s homeswithan but livingintwoseparateapartments,thelovers years. Sharingthetopfloorofaresidential building, passionate andcommittedrelationship asecret for Nina andMadeleinehavebeenkeepingtheir 20:45 NFT3 20:45 MAR 25 WED between twoolderwomeninthispoignantdrama. a potentiallydevastatingimpactontherelationship Lies inthepastandsecrecy inthepresent has Filippo Meneghetti. Prod Meneghetti. Filippo Barbara Sukowa, Barbara Léa Drucker, Chevallier. Martine Filippo Meneghetti, Meneghetti, Filippo 20:20 STUDIO MAR 27 FRI Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, Pierre-Emmanuel Total runningtime81min to finallymeetAnthonyinperson. travelsacrossAfter monthsoftalkingonanapp,Vincent thecountry Dir See You Soon As twomenstarttogetiton,oneofthemreveals asecret abouthisbody. Dir Boldly Go Two teenage boysspendafinalnighttogetherinBrooklyn. Dir Who Can Predict Move WhatWill You A pairoffriendsspendadaytogether. Dir Mandem A youngcouple’s doesn’t intimateafternoon goquiteasplanned. Dir Dirty Two youngmenformaconnectionontheswingsoftheirlocalpark. Dir S.A.M A 13-year-old-boy isfascinatedbyhisathleticolderbrother. Dir Jay Catching Feels in theseuniquemeditationsonthegayexperience. Feelings are unearthed,heartsare broken andlifelongbondsare formed Tyler Rabinowitz. USA 2019. 16min USA Rabinowitz. Tyler Christopher Cosgrove. Australia 2019. 5min 2019. 9min USA Huang. Livia 2019. 10min UK Ogunmuyiwa. John 2019. 11min USA Puccini. Matthew 16min 2020. UK Ely. Neil Eyre-Morgan, Lloyd 2019. 14min Taiwan-USA Chen. Szu-Wei Peccadillo Pictures Peccadillo

to forget. filmmaking, oftendifficult towatch,butimpossible of abuseandconsent.Thisisboldconfrontational here withaprovocative andchallengingexploration Marco Bergerveersintoaltogetherdarkerterritory desire such asTaekwondo andTheBlondOne, audiences withsexystoriesofburgeoningmale up inadangerous situation.Havingpreviously thrilled increasingly uncertain,Ezéquielfindshimselfcaught was lookingfor. ButasMono’s motivesbecome Ezéquiel thinkshemayhavefinallyfoundwhat As therelationship betweenthemdevelops, boy Monoandthepairstrikeupaconversation. hespotshandsomeskater to girls.Oneafternoon out timeandagainthattheyare attracted connections withtheboysatschool,onlytofind 15-year-old Ezéquieltries hisbesttomake Barberini. Argentina 2020. Argentina Barberini. 101min. Sales With Ana. Dir-Scr Marco Berger. Prod Young Hunter Please note,thisfilmcontainsthemesofsexualabuse when he meets an older boy at the skate park. when hemeetsanolderboyattheskatepark. A lonelyteenagergetsmore thanhebargainedfor 20:45 NFT1 20:45 19 MAR THU Juan Pablo Cestero, Lautaro Rodríguez, Juan Juan Rodríguez, Lautaro Cestero, Pablo Juan Michael Blyth 15:45 NFT3 15:45 MAR 20 FRI MichaelBlyth Alberto Masliah, Lucas Santa Santa Lucas Masliah, Alberto

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Ibb Kya Kothie Kya Ibb Brian Robinson Caio Scot. Brazil 15min 2019. Luke Willis. USA 14min 2019. Andy I-Chang Wang. UK 10min 2019. James Corley. UK 11min 2019. 12min Zacharias. 2019. Brazil Cândido João Jean-Baptiste Huong. France 12min 2018. Xavier Miralles. Spain 13min 2019. Fabien Corre, Kelsi Phung. France 5min 2018. Helena Middleton. UK 10min 2019. Sungbin Byun. South Korea 18min 2019. NevilleBhaskaran. India 13min 2019. Faraz Arif Ansari. India 2020. 30min Abram Cerda.26min USA 2019. Jay Bernard The figure of the mother is psychologically complex and artistically rich, as and artistically complex psychologically mother is of the The figure relationship. a heartfelt look at a delicate six shorts, which take shown by these A pick’n’mix of films dealing with deep feelings, the quest for loveA pick’n’mix of films dealing with deep feelings, the and its aftermath. Love, Sex and Other Emotions and Other Sex Love, Festa Daquela Depois That Party After Dir Being at a party with Dad becomes awkward. The Summer House Dir emotional wounds. A night in a dark house revives The Future Dir A spooky encounter by night turns even stranger. The Scene Dir a struggle getting an ex-boyfriend to face up to life. It’s Românticos Últimos Os Romantics The Last Dir Sexy confessions lead to unintended revelations. Mine You’re Because Dir elegy for a lost lover. A poetic and erotic El Destello The Spark Dir T-shirt. Things get out of hand when a long-term couple fight over a running time 87min Total Les lèvres gercées lèvres Les Dir child, the needs of a young trans of working life conflict with The demands animated short. in this beautifully My Mama, a Man Dir wish as a drag king fulfills her mother’s gender, A warm and funny take on to be a man for a day. Hands and Wings Dir but ultimately loving act to help her disabled son. A mother engages in a taboo Partner What Next Dir in which a young girl at Indian gender hierarchies, An unusually intimate look Qorma Sheer Dir as revealed who must teach the mother to love, the children Sometimes it’s Be Continued To Avory: Shéár Dir Shéár has emerged as a thoughtful young activist. After years in foster care, relationship fractured an increasingly But their transition depends on consent from with their mother. running time 102min Total I Am My Mother’s Child My Mother’s I Am copes with having a hijra mother. portrait of a divided family. in this gorgeously-rendered SUN 22 MAR STUDIO 15:30 @BFIFlare BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE THE FUTURE THE SUMMER HOUSE SHEER QORMA HANDS AND WINGS LES LEVRES GERCEES SAT 21SAT MAR 11:15 NFT1 SAT 21SAT MAR 11:10 NFT3 Past Imperfect This collection of emotional short films explores the way hearts can break and be put back together again. Emma Smart A Battle in Waterloo Dir Emma Moffat. UK 2019. 11min The hidden histories of those who really fought on the battlefield. Sleeping Longing Dir Virginie Nolin. Canada 2019. 13min A young woman finds herself spiraling after the death of her father.

A BATTLE IN WATERLOO Atomic Love Dir Imogen McCluskey. Australia 2019. 10min Whilst making a video for a dating website, Aleea finds herself reassessing what she wants. Room for Two Dir Riffy Ahmed. UK 2019. 15min Suspecting her partner of an affair, Helena goes to extreme lengths to discover the truth. My World in Yours Min Värld I Din Dir Jenifer Malmqvist. Sweden 2019. 29min Proving her case for residency might tear Sham’s new life in Sweden apart.

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Jay Bernard EVENT After the banning of body modification procedures After the banning of body modification procedures using consent laws that have restricted queer using consent laws that have restricted sex, subcultures practices, this talk explores and personal autonomy. SAT 21SAT MAR NFT318:35 Total running time c90min Total The legal landscape changed forever with the 1987 The legal landscape changed forever charged Spanner case, in which 16 gay men were to possessing and recording relating for offences to as ‘obscene material’. what was referred Since then, the UK has undergone a number UK of legal cases (including the now-repealed the tricky around Porn Laws and Age Verification) notion of consent, including the jailing last year of Macarthy, body modification practitioner Brendan making it illegal to perform tongue splitting or implants. 30 years since the Spanner under-skin still being used to frame the trials, consent laws are fetishes, porn and now body sexuality, law around modification. Join us for a discussion in which we bring together filmmakers, writers and activists to discuss the law, alternative lifestyles and to discuss the law, community solidarity. Bodily Autonomy

Michelle Handelman, Handelman, Michelle Prod Lina Bembe. Germany 5min 2019. Dir Max Disgrace, Lina Bembe. UK 7min 2018. Dir Michelle Handelman. Handelman. Michelle Ritual Waves Waves Ritual Tribute ir-Scr SAT 21SAT MAR 16:00 NFT3 discuss queer politics, power and self-determination. In this S&M classic, eight self-described leather dykes Please note, this programme contains explicit sex Please note, this programme Jay Bernard + and beautiful debut short by alt-pornA serene performer, and co-founder of Sex School. director + in direct of a lesbian cruising ground, A re-imagination Sex Lies Religion. to Annette Kennerley’s response Bloodsisters : Leather, Dykes Dykes : Leather, Bloodsisters and Sadomasochism D Riding the third wave after the feminist sex wars of Riding the third features fascinating interviewsthe 1980s Bloodsisters features with writer Patrick Califia (then Pat), Queen Cougar (Ms San Francisco Leather 1993) and many others. campaign 1997 a One of the works that prompted by the American Family Association to argue for the abolition of public arts funding, this is a film whose and importance is now abundantly clear. relevance join us for the celebrate its 25th anniversary, To version of the film. of this restored world premiere Monte Cazazza. With Patrick Califia, Skeeter, Wickie Stamps. USA 1995. 70min. Prod Co Studio Handelman Michelle

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Stories of sex, identity and sex, transformation of Stories Brian Robinson SUN 22 MAR 18:15 NFT3 @BFIFlare Evan Purchell. USA 78min. 2019. American Genre Film Archive is the nearest you’ll get to experiencing queer life is the nearest in the glory days between 1968 and 1986. This lovingly edited compilation of erotic gay film This lovingly edited compilation of erotic THU MAR 19 NFT113:50 Please note, this film contains explicit sex cinemas, bath-houses and toilets of New York cinemas, bath-houses and toilets of New York and San Francisco, this is a world of moustaches, an tight jeans, tighter leathers and shorts. It’s cruise back to a time when theimpressionistic beautiful and up for it.men and boys were Think Peter de Rome meets Peter Berlin with Jack for historic hot stuff and his friends. It’s Wrangler connoisseurs of any age and instant nostalgia for has Evan Purchell Director anyone who was there. woven a masterpiece out of 125 vintage films, for an intensely pleasurable experience that eschews any need of a narrative. Set on the streets and piers, and in the bars,Set on the streets Ask Any Buddy Ask Any Dir-Prod Sales BODIES USA 2019. 95min. Sales 2019. 95min. USA Dir drama keepsyouonyourtoes. Sidestepping variouscliches,thisprickly teen nominee foranOphirAward, anIsraeliOscar. performance wonhertheaccoladeof firsttrans StavStrashko,her Played bymodel-turned-actor to, findshercaughtupinthedangerous scheme. surgery referrals thatherfatherisslowtoagree Although onhormones,herimpatienceforthe the group –gingerlyembraces thisriskyopportunity. augmentations, newpupilEden–livingstealthin Making sleepoverexcusesandflyingtoUkrainefor peer pressure tolookperfectproves toogreat. plastic surgeryprocedures forbodyorgans,the to apredatory blackmarketeer whoexchanges far, sotame.Butwhenonegirlintroduces others Freaking outoverprom dresses anddates–so teenage pioneersdeservemultiplegoldmedals. policies andcalmlystandinguptohaters,these according tohisgenderassignedatbirth.Changing in Texas Mackisforced towrestle ontheteam allowed tocompeteonthewomen’s team,but In progressive Connecticut,trackstarAndrayais and support.Alotdependsonindividualstatelaw. demonstrates thepositivepowerofacceptance nan whoraisedthewrestler MackBeggs)truly family networks(includinganamazingpolice courage andmotivation,theirfiercely protective publicly out.Displayingextraordinary featsof in competitionandthebattlestheyfacebeing been makingheadlinesfortheiractivism,victories skiing andtracksports.Theseyoungathleteshave of three majorcontendersinhigh-schoolwrestling, This action-packeddocumentaryreveals thelives Sales EST. 2018. 97min. Israel Lugasy. Noam Mekonnen, With Hampel. Martin Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Karathanos, Thanassis Changing theGame 18 Prod Dir-Scr Haneshef Supported by Zorian Clayton Flawless can chewinthequestforconventionalbeauty. A richhigh-schoolteentriobiteoff more thanthey trans teenageathletescompetingacross America. A compellingaccountofthehard-won victoriesby 18:30 NFT3 MAR 25 WED 18:20 NFT1 MAR 25 WED Michael Barnett. Osnat Talia Handelsman-Keren, Kleinhendler, Beta Cinema Beta Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit. Tal Granit. Maymon, Sharon

Stav Strashko, Netsanet Zenaneh Zenaneh Netsanet Strashko, Stav Prod 18:05 NFT2 18:05 MAR SAT 28 18:00 STUDIO MAR 27 FRI The Film Collaborative Clare Tucker, Alex Schmider. Zorian Clayton

UK Distribution min. 2019. 90 France Nambot. François Prod Dir-Scr Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau. Total runningtimec110min The presentation willbefollowedbyaQ&A Resistance andBeing Intersex Stories: Activism, Michael Blyth Haut perchés Don’t Look Down medical interventionsininfancyandchildhood. rights andfreedom from non-consensual, cosmetic, intersex peopleacross the world seektogainequal storytelling, documentary, Instagram,andprotest: activisms. Through themediumsofnarrativefiction, journey, introducing youtokeyfilms,activistsand in film,Valentino willtakeyouonaremarkable the tabooofexistencetocreative representation over 1.1million,with130millionworldwide.From 1.7% ofthepopulation.InUKalonethat’s variations intheirsexcharacteristics,whocomprise Intersex isanumbrella with termforpeopleborn submission andthedestructivesideoflove. Don’t LookDownisalsoaslycritiqueonpower, on display. Butfarmore thanjustanexercise instyle, neon huesthatheightenthesimmeringemotions is deeplycinematicinexecution,bathedrich set up,DucastelandMartineau’s playfulmystery ex-lover iswaitingforthem.Whiletheatricalinits tovisitanadjacentroomin turns where theirmutual deepest sexualfantasies,eachmembertakesit the kitchen/livingarea toeat,drinkandreveal their emotions. Asthedisparategroup congregate in – theduplicitousmanwhousedandabusedtheir each other, buteachshare onethingincommon at achicParisianapartment.Theymaynotknow Five strangers(fourmenandonewoman)arrive 20:30 NFT3 20:30 MAR 24 TUE NFT3 18:40 MAR 27 FRI illustrated overviewofintersexculture. Vecchietti foranengaging,informativeand Join intersexcolumnistandwriterValentino serve upadeliciouslyenigmaticchamberpiece. directors ofTheoandHugo(Flare 2016), Olivier DucastelandJacquesMartineau, Cyriac Auriol. Cyriac With EVENT Peccadillo Pictures Peccadillo 13:30 STUDIO MAR SAT 28 Manika Auxire, Geoffrey Couët, Couët, Geoffrey Auxire, Manika

A NORMAL GIRL (Flare 2019) Hanke? Ready, set,glitter! Laddy GaGa,SuzanBeeAnthonyorBracken to stealthecrown? Are youteamQueenLactatia, are settotakepartinavogueball.Butwhoisgoing to rehearse forashowatMontreal Pride,where they their ownage.DragKidsbringsagroup together but findfewplacestoperformormeetqueens world whohavebeenenraptured bytheartform, follows fourverydifferent kidsfrom around the never beenmore accessible.Thisdocumentary tutorials tosuiteverywannabequeen,draghas runaway TVhitandmillionsoffree onlinemake-up theunstoppablesuccessofshowslikeRuPaul’sWith 80min. Sales 80min. Dir and dragwithoutdemonisation. of thefirstfamily-friendlyfilmstoportraygay roles Crediting theimpactofthis 1993comedyhitasone Dir + Drag Kids Emma Smart UK Distribution 2019. 86min. UK With Dir-Scr Make Up defying filmisfresh, originalandnottobemissed. into disarrayandremaking heranew. Oakley’s genre- awakening, throwing allthatshethought knew quest tofindoutthetruthleadsherownsexual to suspectthatTom mightbecheatingonher, her to thispaleandisolatedworld.WhenRuthbegins a vibrantyoungwomanwhobringsdashofcolour odd jobsaround thepark, growing closetoJade, to bedone.WhileTom isoutallday, Ruthpicksup Now intheoff-season, there’s still plentyofwork holiday parkheworksatoverthesummer. to staywithboyfriendTom intheremote Cornish Teenager Ruthhasfinallybeengiventhechance this cuteforayintotheworldofchilddragartistes. Enjoy flamboyantfunandtempertantrumsgalore in 18:30 NFT3 19 MAR THU 18:20 NFT2 MAR 20 FRI in whichnothingisquitewhatseems. Claire Oakleyisarivetingpsycho-sexualdrama The debutfeature from acclaimed short filmmaker Dress UpLike Mrs Doubtfire Megan Wennberg. Prod Wennberg. Megan Will J Zang. USA 2019. 12min USA JZang. Will Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, Stefanie Martini. Martini. Stefanie Quinn, Joseph Windsor, Molly Claire Oakley. Prod Oakley. Claire The Film Collaborative 11:30 NFT2 11:30 MAR SAT 21 18:30 NFT3 MAR 23 MON Emily Morgan. Morgan. Emily Erin Oakes. Canada-USA 2019. Canada-USA Oakes. Erin Zorian Clayton Curzon

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Conor Leach, Leach, Conor Zorian Clayton MetFilm Sales MetFilm Sophie Hattch. Hattch. Sophie Hilla Medalia, Ronny Merdinger. Merdinger. Ronny Medalia, Hilla SUN 22 MAR 18:10 NFT2 WED 25 MAR 14:00 NFT1 Sophie Hattch Sophie Jory Anast, Samuel Van Grinsven. With Samuel Van Grinsven. Prod Hilla Medalia. Hilla Prod in their transitions. Four very different Israeli teenagers, on the verge Four very different of military conscription, divulge the turning points SAT 21SAT MAR NFT3 20:55 SUN 22 MAR 20:40 NFT1 Sexual obsessions spiral dangerously out of control out of control dangerously Sexual obsessions spiral coming of age tale. in this altogether different Dir Scr Michael Blyth 16-year-old Sequin isn’t looking for love. Instead, the Sequin isn’t 16-year-old sexually-charged despondent teen trawls through dating apps on the hunt for no-strings encounters ghosts upon with older men whom he promptly leaving their apartments. But one night whilst at an Sequin meets a handsome anonymous sex party, young stranger with whom he becomes fixated. With is, Sequin sets no idea who this mysterious boy out on a mission to locate the object of his affection. But unbeknownst to Sequin, one of his previous conquests is harbouring a sinister obsession of and rich his own. Dripping in heady atmosphere debut stylish Grinsven’s Samuel Van foreboding, exploration of sex and is an uncompromising feature technology in which nothing is quite what is seems. Jeremy Lindsay Ed Wightman. Taylor, Australia 2019. 80min. Sales Four teens let the cameras in to share a crucial Four teens let the cameras in to share in the formation of their identities. Romy is juncture a typical beauty queen, whose secular single mum femininity with orthodox tried to steer her away from to be super girly before tried hard school. Liron for him. Noam is it was completely wrong realising to become family and wants born into a religious tomboy scout who a rabbi. And Ofri is a regular Hilla Medalia Director always knew he was different. for her deft has been winning human rights awards again handling of sensitive subjects. She scores delving into her subjects’ lives and the impact here, upon them of the society they live in. 16 is a riotous age – full of promise and excitement, 16 is a riotous age – full of promise riddled with hormone explosions and petulance. Transkids Sequin in a Blue Room Sequin Dir Israel 103min. 2019. Sales EST.

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Colin Minihan, Minihan, Colin SAT 21SAT MAR 13:50 NFT2 Paulina Lorenz, Faraz Shariat, MON 23 MAR 16:00 NFT1 BSL Faraz Shariat, Paulina Lorenz. SC Films International Films SC m-appeal world sales world m-appeal Benjamin Radjaipour, Banafshe Hourmazdi, Hourmazdi, Banafshe Radjaipour, Benjamin Colin Minihan, John Poliquin. With Poliquin. John Minihan, Colin Kurtis David Harder. Prod Faraz Shariat. Prod Like a gay variation on Get Out, this socio-political shocker is a masterclass socio-political shocker is a masterclass in escalating tension. SAT 21SAT MAR NFT118:30 FRI 20 MAR 18:00 NFT1 An incisive portrait of what it means to be anAn incisive portrait of what Germany. immigrant in contemporary Kurtis David Harder, Chris Ball, John Poliquin. Scr Dir 2019. Laporte. Canada Jennifer Cohen, Ari Chapman, 90min. Sales It’s 1995. Malik and his partner Aaron, along with 1995. Malik and his partner Aaron, It’s to the have uprooted teenage daughter, Aaron’s to start a new chapter in their lives. suburbs in order The arrival of an interracial gay couple in a small town does not go unnoticed by the locals, but while a pointed act of vandalism most appear friendly, triggers painful memories for hate crime survivor Malik sense of paranoia grows, Malik. As a creeping catches a glimpse of a strange gathering being at held by his neighbour and suspects dark forces Featuring a standout performance by Jeffrey play. as Malik, Kurtis David Harder’s Bowyer-Chapman film may be set in the mid- smart and scary horror 90s, but serves as a chilling sign of our times. No Hard Feelings No Hard Michael Blyth Spiral Brian Robinson Futur Drei Futur Parvis was born in a small German town, the son of a supermarket-owning, Iranian-born mother now on the brink of adulthood and He’s and father. beginning to discover life and sexuality through he’s nightclubs and all-night raves. When Grindr, charged with shop-lifting and ordered to do charged with shop-lifting and ordered community service as a translator at a refugee his life takes a new turn. He meets brother centre, and sister Amon and Banafshe, who have fled Iran. The film’s soon become inseparable. The three portrait of the youthful intensity of first love is of how the by the daunting challenge tempered siblings can live in Germany while constantly under this new of deportation. And through the threat his own to confront Parvis is forced relationship, identity as an Iranian immigrant and a gay man. Jost Hering. Scr With Dir Eidin Jalali. Germany 2020. 89min. Sales

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BFI Distribution BFI Tara Brown Tara John Hegeman, Hegeman, John Erlingur Thoroddsen. Thoroddsen. Erlingur Michael Blyth Tatiana Kennedy. Scr Kennedy. Tatiana TUE 24 MAR NFT113:50 Mark Pariselli. Canada 11min 2019. Sony Pictures Television International Television Pictures Sony Firdaus Kanga, Souad Faress, Khodus Wadia. Dir @BFIFlare Tevin Adelman. Tevin Scr Augustus Prew, Scott Evans, Ayden Mayeri. USA 2019. Carter Smith. Exec Prod Waris Hussein. Prod Family FROM THE ARCHIVES

An opportunity to see Firdus Kanga’s powerful Kanga’s An opportunity to see Firdus autobiographical drama, detailing his battle to prejudice. overcome SAT 21SAT MAR 20:45 NFT1 SAT 28SAT MAR 15:30 NFT3 It’s time to kiss your nerves goodbye as there’s time to kiss your nerves goodbye as there’s It’s for ripped male flesh. a killer in town with taste , Flare 2018) invite you to a celebration you will Rift, Flare 92min. Sales Erlingur Thoroddsen, Lauren Downey, Alexander Koehne, Koehne, Alexander Lauren Thoroddsen, Downey, Erlingur Jeremy Gold, Marci Wiseman, Jason Blum. Prod With an ill-fated gay couple. contains scenes of violence Please note, this programme + has horrifying consequences for accident A road Midnight Kiss Midnight Dir , Carter Smith (Jamie Marks Is Dead Director Flare 2015) and writer Erlingur Thoroddsen 2015) and writer Erlingur Thoroddsen Flare ( of long-time friends never forget. When a group head to Palm Springs to ring in the New Year, up, reconnect the chance to catch they picture But little do they know and party the night away. and he that a homicidal maniac is on the prowl appears to have his sights set on this unfortunate houses sorority Gleefully swapping gang of revellers. for pumping gay clubs, this is the queer slasher queen scream that every horror-loving throwback has been waiting for. Set in 1960s Bombay, Kanga plays himself in this Set in 1960s Bombay, adaptation of his semi-autobiographical novel. As Brit Kowal, he is a rebel who is as intelligent and As Brit Kowal, he is a rebel witty as he is selfish and manipulative. His mother is deeply attached to her Parsee heritage, clinging to whilst a fetishistic nostalgia of the British Empire, to be solved. Brit as a problem his father treats low But Brit is determined to defy his family’s expectation of him, due in part to his brittle bone Sixth Happiness, the people condition. Throughout grow. Brit constantly discuss how he can’t around into his queerness, through we see him grow Yet his writing and the actualisation of his body as a yet unsentimental, the sexual being. Affectionate to an intriguing and compelling approach film offers race and queerness understanding how disability, portrayed on screen. are Dir Kanga. With 98min.UK 1997. 35mm. 12A. Distribution UK Sixth Happiness Flare programmer Tara Brown will host a discussion about the Brown Tara programmer Flare themes raised by the film immediately following the screening. BODIES We’ve Always Been Here 20 Email [email protected] orcall02079602102. £3 ticketsforD/deafanddisabledpatrons. conversations gobeyondthepanelandintophysicalworld. commemorate theevent,makingsure thatthesevital This talkwillbefollowedbyazine-makingworkshopto Total runningtimec90min queerness, disabilityandfilm. queerness, an in-depthpanelabouttheintersectionsof festival scene.Afterwards, Tara Brown willlead representation infilm,butalsoaccesstothe We’ve AlwaysBeenHerewillnotonlytouchon queer disabledfolkhavealwaysbeenhere, Featuring rare clipswhichhighlightthefactthat queer disabilityonfilmmakethiseventessential. people inthemovementforaccessibilityand Illustrated presentations from someoftheleading 13:20 STUDIO MAR SAT 21 NFT3 13:40 MAR SAT 21 landscape offilmandculture. of queerdisabilityrepresentation withinthe A timelyprovocation thathighlightstheimportance BONDE FATHER FIGURE 134 EVENT 18:10 NFT2 18:10 MAR 23 MON

USA 2019. 92min. UK Distribution 2019. 92min. USA Dir You Don’t Nomi to understandalltheseyearslater. case for(andagainst)afilmthatweare stilltrying documentary, More akintoanessayfilmthanaconventional say ononeofcinema’s mostbaffling campclassics. a chorusofcritics,academicsandfanstohavetheir true cultfavourite,director Jeffrey McHaleassembles deftly cine-literateinvestigationintotheevolutionofa Showgirls haveslowlybeguntoshift.Inhisriveting, healer andastheyearshavepassedperceptions of any lovewasattheRazzies.Buttimeisagreat and ignored byaudiences,theonlyplaceitfound town –forallthewrong reasons. Reviledbycritics budget sleaze-festShowgirlswasthetalkof When itopenedin1995,PaulVerhoeven’s big- 18:10 NFT3 18:10 MAR 20 FRI rumination ontheoneandonlyShowgirls. is putunderthemicroscope inthisfascinating Paul Verhoeven’s much-malignedmasterpiece Jeffrey McHale. Prod McHale. Jeffrey You Don’tNomimakesafascinating 20:30 NFT2 20:30 MAR 22 SUN Ariana Garfinkel, Jeffrey McHale. McHale. Jeffrey Garfinkel, Ariana Total runningtime111min home safe. Glamming upforanightout,thesefluidfashionistassticktogethertoget Dir Bonde to danceasacouple. Two boys fallinloveoverapassionforflamencoandfloutlocalmachismo Dir Cuban Heel Shoes Zapatos de tacón cubano discrimination andcreating theDutchballroom scene. Young voguerslookuptotheirhouseleader, sharingexperiencesof Dir Father Figure on thefemaleteamathighschool. A Texan transmanfacesthetoughchallengesofbeingforced tocompete Dir Mack Wrestles Irish dancefiction. Conquering parental strife over atransgenderchildinthisheartmelting Dir 134 Two-spirit NativeAmericancoupleSeanandAdrianrewrite therulebook. Dir Sweetheart Dancers Dance Like Everyone’s Watching marginalised communities. physicality forpersonalsurvival,visibilityandthefortificationof This eclecticassortmentjumpsintodifferent worldsof danceand Bulldog Film Distribution Asaph Luccas. Brazil 2019. 18min Brazil Luccas. Asaph 2019. 17min Spain Alcaraz. Mas Julio Bibi Fadlalla. 2019. Netherlands 25min 2019. 25min USA Sanger. Erin Hess, Taylor 2019. 12min Ireland Drummey. Sarah-Jane Ben-Alex USA Dupris. 2019. 14min

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Zorian Clayton Showgirls Shade-Along Dir Team NomiorTeam Cristal? never forget.Allyouhavetodoisdecideonething– and doggychow, wepromise youanightwill to getthere. Araucousmixofoveracting,catfights Gershon) rulestheroost. Andshe’llstopatnothing the Stardust Hotelwhere erotic iconCristal(Gina job ataseedystripbar, Nomihashersightsseton suitcase andafewdollarstohername.Landing Berkley) arrivesinLasVegas withnothingbuta dancer, tempestuousNomiMalone(Elizabeth dreams ofbecomingtheWorld’s greatest topless lifelong as you’veneverexperienceditbefore. With bring youtheoutrageouscampclassicShowgirls at thedoor, dragsuperstarBabyLameishere to Don yourbestVer-sayce andleaveyourinhibitions Scr Digital 4K restoration. 18. UK Distribution restoration. 4K Digital 131min. 1995. France-USA Gershon. Gina MacLachlan, 20:30 NFT1 20:30 MAR 20 FRI Paul Verhoeven’s iconicdisasterpiece. for atrash-tasticinteractivescreening of The award-winning BabyLameisyourhost Paul Verhoeven. Prod Verhoeven. Paul Joe Eszterhas. With Eszterhas. Joe EVENT Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle Kyle Berkley, Elizabeth Alan Marshall, Charles Evans.

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Michael Blyth Jason Bradbury. UK 12min 2019. Justin Ducharme. Canada 12min 2018. Christopher McGill. UK 9min 2019. 15min 2018. Argentina Álvarez. Mariano Hamza Bangash. Pakistan 11min 2019. Asher Jelinsky. USA 21min 2018. Harry Lighton, Marco Alessi, Matthew Jacobs Morgan. UK 9min 2019. Abel Rubinstein. UK 2020. 5min 15min 2019. UK Wong. Nichola Theo James Krekis. UK 3min 2019. Nosa Eke. UK 12min 2019. Rupert Williams, Ellie Land. UK 6min 2019. Zena Igbe. UK 14min 2019. Jesse Lewis-Reece. UK 5min 2019. Lilah Vandenburgh. UK 10min 2019. A stunning collection of shorts which prove that looking inward is the that looking inward A stunning collection of shorts which prove An eclectic selection of short films showcasing the best in home-grown queer the best in home-grown of short films showcasing An eclectic selection filmmaking talent. first step in moving forward. to the home office. Keep on Living Keep Prince My Sweet Dir for a connection against a backdrop In the early 2000s, a teenager searches of alcopops, Placebo and MSN Messenger. Positions Dir male sex worker in Vancouver. A snapshot into the life of a Two-Spirit Crypsis Dir his sexuality as he attempts to prove A gay asylum seeker is triggered Quieras A Donde Want You Wherever Dir against his macho environment. rebels A young man in rural Buenos Aires Out at Night Come Dogs Stray Dir An HIV positive sex worker takes a trip to the beach with his uncle. Miller & Son Dir An unexpected turn to upset the delicate balance of of events threatens compartmentalised life. a mechanic’s running time 80min Total Pompeii Pompeii Dir his phone. relives his night out via Tam home, On the first tube Dungarees Dir transgender man, and his boyfriend Cane. A day in the life of Blake, a The Passing Dir she encounters a familiar face. day when A mortician has a difficult of a Geeza Memoirs Dir minutes. The life of a lad in three Closet The in Something Dir that she fears? closet, or is it something else a monster in Madi’s really Is there Privileges Bathroom Dir public toilets. exploring the exclusion of minorities from An animated documentary Mother Sweet Dir between a British-Nigerian man and his mother is put to the test. The relationship Eyelash Dir poem in this powerful adaptation of Neil Hilborn’s Falling in love is hard HeartHeart to Dir to make the first move. But her heart has something to say A young girl is scared about it. Literally. running time 79min Total Go Through It Go Through UK Shorts Programme @BFIFlare MILLER & SON CRYPSIS MY SWEET PRINCE SOMETHING IN THE CLOSET THE PASSING DUNGAREES SAT 28SAT MAR NFT1 13:10 SAT 28SAT MAR 15:10 NFT1 BODIES 22 11:00 NFT1 11:00 MAR SAT 28 13:40 NFT1 MAR 22 SUN I KNOWHER DINNER DATE LONE WOLF FAG INVOLUNTARY ACTIVIST KIKO’S SAINTS Total runningtime80min But whatifthoserumoursare true? kiss inagameofspin-the-bottlesetstheschoolrumourmachineintooverdrive. It’s thelasttermataFrench highschoolanddesires are runninghigh.Aboy-on-boy Dir FAG for himselfandhisbeliefs? relationships withhisfamily. Whenishegoingtotakechargeandstandup A gayteacherstruggleswithtimidbureaucrats, whilethingsboiloverinhis Dir Involuntary Activist the challengeofdrawingmenmakingloveproves aninspiration. burly meninthedunes.Forsomeonewhoisusedtosketchingchurch architecture, A womanartistdiscoversanewsidetolifeandartwhenshehappensontwo Dir Kiko’s Saints Les saints de Kiko School Life of Total runningtime84min Realising youhavealittlemore incommonwithyournewloverthanyouthought. Dir I Know Her It’s hard finding‘theone’inthis datingappage. Dir Dinner Date That thingwhere youmeetsomeoneandcanjusttalkallnightlong. Dir 6:23AM A sleepoverathercrush’s houseleadstosomestrangediscoveriesforSam. Dir Lone Wolf The storyofayoungcoupleinlove,likeyou’veneverseenbefore. Dir How to Live Your Life Correctly Sappho’s poetrycrosses thecenturiestohelptwogirlsfallinlove. Dir Girl, Sweetvoiced Surely ifyoucontinuallyhookupwithyourfriend,itmeanssomethingisright? Dir Leo yAlex enPleno Siglo 21 Leo &Alex intheMiddle the21st of Century A singlemotheracceptsherdaughterisn’t justgoingthrough aphase. 2019. 28min Korea South Lee. Jin-young Dir Knowingly Unknown Wonders theUniverse of Brian Robinson Three filmsaboutbeingdeterminedtofightforwhatyoubelievein. in allitswondrous glory. These funny, charmingandoriginalshortfilms reflect queerfemalelife Olivier Lallart. France 2019. 35min France Lallart. Olivier 2019. 20min Sweden-UK Bundsen. Mikael 2019. 25min France Marmier. Manuel Fawzia Mirza. USA 2019. 3min USA Mirza. Fawzia 2019. 6min UK Hubbard. Isobella 2019. 4min UK Breton. Geoffrey 2019. 7min Australia Jones. January 2018. 20min USA Lou. Xindi 2019. 9min UK-USA Shoptaw. Rebecca 2019. 7min Spain Muñoz. Nuria Libertad, Eva Emma Smart

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Simon McCallum Dressing for Pleasure. Recently unearthed by Angela Pope. 40min BBC 1981. John Samson. 20min UK 1981. FROM THE ARCHIVES Lol: A Bona Queen of Fabularity A Bona Queen Lol: A thrilling discovery, this short documentary A thrilling discovery, with joyful panache one of the legendary captures Hall. Porchester London’s drag balls at West TUE 24 MAR 18:15 NFT3 John Samson was a talented chronicler of bohemia, John Samson was a talented chronicler known for his 1977 portrait of the fetish clothing scene of the son, Drag Ball is an unmissable record John’s change queer scene on the cusp of great capital’s Expect special guests and extra and adversity. goodies on the night. archive Guests from all walks of LGBTIQ+ life rub shoulders Guests from – among them Blitz Kids Boy George and Marilyn – and some moment of freedom enjoying a shared filmmakeroutrageous fashions. Scottish underground – a blob-type queen? Lol is here to help. – a blob-type queen? Lol is here + Dir this seminal portrait of a A chance to (re)discover a camp queen, if you’re London drag artist. Unsure a cottage queen, a clone queen or – heaven forbid! Please note this film contains flashing images Drag Ball Drag Dir

Jay Bernard Richard Braham. UK 23min 2019. Dir SUN 22 MAR STUDIO 20:15 Victor Ilyukhin. USA-Russia 2019. The Film Sales Company Sales Film The Olga Lvoff. Prod A therapist works with several women struggling while dealing with dissociative identity disorder, with the illness and the impact of her own childhood trauma. Niomi Gets a Dog a Dog Niomi Gets FRI 20 MAR 20:40 NFT3 Living as a transwoman with complex mental health greyhound. to adopt Meka, a retired + can make London a lonely place, so Niomi decides Dir 70min. Sales The ‘self’ in is warmly and insightfully explored Marshall, a which follows Karen this documentary, therapist who lives with the same condition as her (DID) is usually patients. Dissociative Identity Disorder of physical and mental childhood trauma, the result in which individuals can have dozens of personalities, purpose. This condition is each serving a different women supporting three as we see Karen laid bare, interviewed in disguise – through – two of whom are herself art, music and understanding. And Karen and former lovers, who is supported by current acknowledge that conventional understanding of who we ought to be must make way for a deeper understanding of who we are. Busy Inside Busy Minds

Michael Blyth Reflections on art,Reflections politics and community @BFIFlare EVENT MON 23 MAR 19:00 BLUE ROOM It’s back. And this time it’s bigger, gayer and bigger, back. And this time it’s It’s quizzier than ever. Total running time c180min Total for further details Tickets £5 per person. See bfi.org.uk/flare Big Gay Film Quiz Big Gay Film For the fifth year running, BFI Flare is proud to bring is proud For the fifth year running, BFI Flare you the biggest and best LGBTIQ+ film quiz in the quiz hounds will know the business. All you regular four quizzers drill, but for those newcomers: it’s formed team or per table, so come as a ready buy an individual ticket and team up with some on the night. Everyone is welcome. fellow film buffs will be something there assured Newcomers can rest be nervous, book for every entrant. So, don’t in here the a place and stand the chance of being crowned not enough, ultimate queer film genius. And if that’s be some extra special prizes too. there’ll MINDS 26 Please visittheFestival websiteformore information. Free event.Placesare limited,firstcome,served. Total runningtimec180min , andourpanelofexpertstofindout. Queer Theory Bradbury-Rance, authorofLesbianCinemaAfter want? Joinprogrammer EmmaSmartandDrClara illicit pleasure ofinterpreting cinemathewaywe from subtexttovisibilitymeant we’vesacrificedthe moments alongtheway?Andhasjourney get here? Whatare thekeylesbiancinematic are takingcentre stageatlast.But howdidwe moved outoftheshadowsandourlivesdesires could seeandrejoice in.Now though,wehave narrative, asubtextthatonlyqueeraudiences coded beings,buriedbeneathlayersofthedominant of lesbiandesire onscreen. We were hiddenand when aqueeraudiencecouldonlycatchglimpses the lastdecade.Goneare thedays,orsoitseems, been goingthrough somethingofarenaissance over Queer femalerepresentation onthe bigscreen has to Visibility Lesbian Cinema:From Subtext Productions inSanFrancisco. Hour,createdStory byMichelleTea andRADAR UKisbasedontheoriginalDragQueen Story Time they wish.Where dress upisreal. DragQueen imagine aworldinwhichpeoplecanpresent as gender restrictions. Theeventallowsthemto children are abletoseepeoplewhodefyrigid way –through theprovision ofaspaceinwhich community byintroducing ‘difference’ inapositive the diversitythatexistswithinLGBTIQ+ drag duoAdamAllandAppleDerrieres. Itcelebrates ofstorytellingwithdynamic A whimsicalmorning Total runningtimec60min first servedbasis. No unaccompaniedadults.Placesare limited,onafirstcome, Free eventexclusivelyfor children andtheirparents orcarers. Drag Queen Story Time 12:00 BFI REUBEN LIBRARY MAR 22 SUN 11:00 ATRIUM MAR SAT 21 screen inthisthought-provoking discussionevent. ways queerwomenhavebeenreflected onthe Join ourpanelofexpertstoexplore themyriad FAMILY EVENT EVENT

immigrant youth. the turbulentforces thatshapethelivesofqueer of heroldclique.Thisisacareful explorationof Rosarito, whoisbeginningtoreject thesuperficiality as discoveringhersexualitywithnewloveinterest herself conflictedbyradicalactivityatthesametime in solidaritywithothermarginalisedyouth,shefinds is fiercely criticalofit.Asa young anarchist, working and gainsofleavingtheUnitedStates,evenasshe scholarship arises,Aleteiamustconsiderthelosses academic success.Whenthechanceofa intelligence leadstobothpoliticalrebellion and Aleteia isateenagerfrom El Salvador, whose since childhoodbeginstoactivelypersecuteyou? What doyouwhenthecountryhavelivedin Moreno. USA 2020. 84min. Sales 84min. 2020. USA Moreno. With Perez. between art,indigeneity andgender. A youngfashiondesignerreflects onthe relationship Dir + Dir-Scr La Leyenda Negra Dir USA-Germany 2019. 92min. Sales 2019. 92min. USA-Germany Barbara Simon. Scr transphobic language Please note,thisfilmcontainshomophobicand shaping the21stcentury. and minds,thepoliticalenvironment thatis people, whatemergesisaruthlessbattleforhearts and thecasualviolencethatimpactsqueeryoung conversion therapy, conflictovertransidentity have aresonance farbeyondtheircountry. From taken bythefar-right intheUS,thesefamilystories sexual identities.Butasthefilmdetailsactions the church, theirchildren andtheirgender the protagonists’ familiesandhowtheydealwith much thatmightseemfamiliar, aswegettoknow religion isanythingbutroutine. Thefilmportrays experience bruisingencounterswithorganised about fourdifferent LGBTIQ+individualswho This incisiveandall-too-timelyUSdocumentary For They Know Not What They Do deportation undertheTrump administration. A youngundocumentedteenagerisconfronted with 18:40 NFT2 18:40 MAR 26 THU 18:10 NFT2 18:10 19 MAR THU emotional intensity. documentary candojusticetoitssheer No descriptionofDanielKarslake’s powerful

Walk With MySpirits Tyler Jacobs. Canada 2018. 4min Daniel Karslake. Patricia Vidal Delgado. Prod Monica Kailei Betancourt, Lopez, Irlanda Nancy Kennedy, Daniel Karslake. Jay Bernard Prod 13:40 NFT2 13:40 MAR SAT 28 13:50 NFT1 MAR 20 FRI Daniel Karslake, Sheri Heitker, Heitker, Sheri Karslake, Daniel BrianRobinson

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in suchabeautiful,life-affirming way. – poignantforGlenn-Copelandhavingbeenrevived This documentaryisasnapshotofanongoinglegacy played hismusictofullhousesinternationally. a professional children’s performerandhehas never had.HehasworkedonSesameStreet, as when transkidssaythatheistheelderthey praises theactivismofyoungpeopleandbeams light, funnyandpositive.Nowinhisseventies,he getting underway. Yet Glenn-Copelandmanagestobe stigmatised, andtheCivilRightsmovementwasjust relationships were illegal,transliveswere hiddenand queer experienceinthe1960s,whensame-sex discovered talentwhobeganwritingmusicabout Beverly Glenn-Copelandisthatrare thing:are- breaking downtheperformanceofgender. of wearingdifferent facesandthestigmasattachedto A transnon-binarymake-upartistplays with thenotion + LUCA Productions Ltd Productions LUCA Co Prod Dir A Night atSwitch n’ Play most creative queernights. Meet thebrainsbehindoneofLondon’s hottestand + Dir interviews from thediverseplayers. through onenightattheclub,layered withinsightful A NightatSwitchn’Playtakesyouonariotousride to boot.Filthyandfunny, outrageousandoutré, drag kings,transmasculinityandafetishdentist this queerfamilyisresplendent withfauxqueens, awards intheprocess. Joyfulanduncompromising, generation, winningaslewofBestBurlesque night hasrecently beenhanded downtoanew inclusive queercommunity. Thismuch-loved visibility, diversebodiesandtheneedforamore Switch n’Playcollectiveengagewithnon-binary Firing uptheNewYork queerscene,thesaucy Glenn-Copeland Story Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Sour Peach Films Peach Sour Co Prod 20:20 STUDIO MAR 26 THU 20:40 NFT2 20:40 MAR 27 FRI gender wheelinBrooklyn queer spaces. creative collective Switchn’ Play, reinventing the Enjoy aneveningofnon-binaryburlesquewith Ev Ev witnessing thepresent. his life,from thelonely1960stojoyof re-discovered, ablacktransmusicianrecounts After his1986albumKeyboardFantasiesis Pxssy Palace Posy Dixon. Prod Dixon. Posy Cody Stickels. Prod Dir Sid Strickland. UK 2018. 5min UK Strickland. Sid Dir Liv Proctor. UK 2019. 63min. 2019. 63min. UK Proctor. Liv 11:50 NFT2 11:50 MAR SAT 28 20:20 NFT3 MAR SAT 28 Laura Kirwan-Ashman. UK 2019. 6min UK Kirwan-Ashman. Laura Chelsea Moore. USA 2019. 72min. 2019. 72min. USA Moore. Chelsea Zorian Clayton JayBernard

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Tara Brown Tara Zorian Clayton SAT 28SAT MAR NFT313:20 SAT 28SAT MAR 18:10 NFT3 refuses to shy away to Pride & Protest refuses Jasco Viefhues. Germany 82min. 2019. Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre Delve into the stirring archives of photographer Delve into the stirring archives who laid Jürgen Baldiga, the gifted provocateur his queer life and death. bare THU 26 MAR STUDIO 18:10 FRI 27 MAR 20:50 NFT3 The modern face of protest is the focus of thisThe modern face of protest timely and necessary documentary. Pride & Protest Pride Dir-Prod BlaiseDir-Prod Singh. UK 2020. 90min. Prod Co Make A Difference Entertainment (MADE) Please note, this film contains racist and homophobic language and proud pioneer. pioneer. and proud lovers in the archives of the Schwules Museum, lovers in the archives diaries continues. the cataloguing of Baldiga’s This film is both lusty and poignant, and features experimental shorts by this bold fabulously erotic Berlin, 1979. Young artist Baldiga arrives from a artist Baldiga arrives from Berlin, 1979. Young himself into the heady rural mining town, throwing heart of the German gay scene. Within a few years he is established as a new face in photography and performance art, evocatively capturing outsider of the night. Contracting HIV life and creatures street in the most in 1984, Baldiga documents the process candid way possible, forming a detailed visual record of his life with the disease. Artistic collaborator request Neubert discusses granting Baldiga’s Aron to photograph him after death in 1993 to complete the magnum opus. Joining other friends and Rescue the Fire Rescue Feuer das Rettet Dir-Prod Sales Opening with the anti-LGBTIQ+ lessons protests in lessons protests Opening with the anti-LGBTIQ+ Birmingham, LGBTIQ+ many issues faced by Britain’s the from follow black and people of colour communities. We several activists during their day-to-day lives as they fight to hold onto their pride in a racist and Building up their profile, homophobic society. they speak out at Pride events and panels to push back against internalised shame and lack of also look into the lives of various We representation. than others – controversial queer folk – some more in the build-up to UK Black Pride, as they try to figure their place within the QTIPOC communities in the UK. self-care the politics of desire, issues from Tackling you this documentary will leave and found family, with much to debate. This film features scenes of a graphic nature. This film features

Jay Bernard The Film Collaborative Film The Chester Algernal Gordon. Algernal Gordon. Chester Emma Smart Steph Ouaknine, Alex House. The Film Collaborative Film The Prod THU 26 MAR 20:30 NFT2 SUN 22 MAR 15:40 NFT3 Gabrielle Zilkha. Prod Elegance Bratton. Bratton. Elegance Explore the history of queer women on television Explore in this and the various fandoms they inspired insightful and entertaining documentary. Queer black youth in New York contend with York Queer black youth in New discrimination withhomelessness, violence and dedication, humour and passion. WED 25 MAR 18:15 NFT2 20:35 NFT2 FRI 20 MAR Pier Kids Canada-USA 93min. 2019. Sales Journeying into the cosplay-wearing world of lesbian fandom, Queering the Script examines the history of how queer women have often-checkered on television in the past (bury been represented your gays anyone?). And it shows what influence the fandoms of our beloved shows can have on particularly when they go the storytellers of today, viral with their demand for better representation. at ClexaCon, the largest annual event It kicks off aimed solely at queer fandom. Jam-packed with both the fans heartfelt and insightful interviews from involved in the shows – including and the creatives Princess herself, Lucy Lawless – the the Warrior what happens when you get LGBTIQ+ film explores It highlights how people in the writers’ room. is for marginalised important positive representation audiences and, for the uninitiated, what ‘shipping’ an absolute delight of a film actually means. It’s and not to be missed. Queer family takes on new resonance in this portrait resonance Queer family takes on new of Paris is Burning. of the cultural descendants Pier queer Beginning with the St Christopher Street youth have called home for generations, Bratton’s curiosity also extends inland, following the turbulent in the face lives of young people who persevere how the same odds. It is alarming of tremendous issues of homelessness, transphobia, precarity and racism that impacted young LGBTIQ+ people it is unchanged. Yet decades ago persist relatively remains culture also heartening how ballroom a cultural bastion in the fight for social justice. Mixing politics, protest and partying – overcast by – overcast and partying Mixing politics, protest the abiding menace of the police – this is a nuanced a black queer perspective life from snapshot of street two decades into the new millennium. Queering the Script Queering Dir Please note, this film contains transphobic language USA 84min. 2019. Sales Dir

Tara Brown Tara MON 23 MAR 18:00 STUDIO 18:00 HOH Jay Bernard Miriam Stewart, Chet Pancake. Chet Pancake Chet FRI 20 MAR SUN 22 MAR NFT320:20 20:20 STUDIO20:20 @BFIFlare Phillip Pike. Canada 102min. 2019. Chet Pancake. Prod whose work has been instrumental in creating whose work has been instrumental in creating a bold queer aesthetic. A cutting edge look at the lives of four artists A documentary portrait of how skilful organisingA documentary portrait of cohesive Black LGBTIQ+ movement a created in Toronto. THU MAR 19 SAT 21SAT MAR 20:30 NFT2 20:30 NFT2 Our Dance of Revolution Our Dance Queer Genius Queer Dir-Prod Prod Films Co River Roaring Queer Genius follows the lives of four artists: Eileen Jibz Cameron Myles, the late Barbara Hammer, (Dynasty Handbag) and Shannon Funchess (Light Asylum). With an unspoken but deliberate move the notion of genius as a male domain, away from precious these outspoken, forthright women present insights into what it means to be an artist. Moreover, the social and cultural impact of their work is carefully the bravery of Myles and Hammer, unpacked – from who forged a distinct lesbian aesthetic in the 1970s a physical theatre- to younger artists Cameron, maker and comedian, and Funchess, a pioneer of black futurism. The film stays true to its foundational by Gertrude Stein: ‘That is what principle, expressed genius is to be the same time listening and telling telling’. listening and really really This expansive film covers 35 years of black LGBTIQ+This expansive film covers organising in the Canadian city. Engaging a wide Engaging city. organising in the Canadian an intergenerational diversity of voices, it presents account of how activist communities and housing to collective discourse was built. From Pride sit-in, we see the various the 2016 Toronto Social ways community activism can be grown. club nights, AIDS black lesbian publishing, groups, in the a role – all these elements play awareness black LGBTIQ+ of a movement. And when growth folk find a place for themselves, we see them bring their 1980’s also see how others with them. We important’ slogan ‘because all black lives are Black Lives Matter chapter. fed into Toronto’s safer spaces and Decades of building visibility, for friends and also include making food resistance always space inclusive clubbing. After all, there’s to dance in a queer black revolution! Dir-Scr USA 2019. 115min. Sales USA 115min. 2019. MINDS 28 Dir Gay Rugby Club Steelers: The World’s First and friendship. It’s aninspiringtestamenttothepowerofteamwork a fewproud tearswhentalkingaboutherboys. and headcoachNic,whoisn’t shyofshedding found amuch-neededsupportsystemattheclub, centre byday, dragqueenbynight;Simon,who get toknowsomeoftheteam.There’s Drew, inside attempt victoryatthe2018event.Alongway, we travels toAmsterdam astheKing’s Cross Steelers Eammon Ashton-Atkinson’s heartfeltdocumentary ofgayrugby–TheBinghamCup. world tournament and onceeverytwoyearstheygettogetherforthe 25yearslater,born. there are 60clubsworldwide casual conversation,thefirstgayrugbyteamwas discussed theideaofagayrugbyclub.From that In 1995,inapubKing’s Cross, agroup offriends One Man Band Media LLC Media Band Man One Co Prod 80min. 2020. UK-Netherlands Tobin. Grace 20:40 NFT3 20:40 MAR 23 MON 20:40 NFT1 20:40 MAR 25 WED socks off you. uplifting documentarywillcharmthe(rugby) Whether youare afanofthegameornot,this MISS MAN BABY GIRL THE SEARUNSTHRUMYVEINS Eammon Ashton-Atkinson. Prod Michael Blyth 11:20 NFT3 MAR SAT 28 20:50 STUDIO MAR 24 TUE Jared Watmuff, Watmuff, Jared

and murder Please note,thisfilmcontainsdiscussionofpolicebrutality Ladylike Films Ladylike Co Prod 2019. 90min. USA Knowlton. Goldstein Linda Dir We Are theRadical Monarchs on theworld. confident youngwomenmore thanready totake and inspirationtoseethenextgenerationoffierce funding. Thisjoyousdocumentaryisfullofhope Monarchs alive alongside full-timejobsandlimited and HollinquestastheystruggletokeepRadical blossoming ofself-love.We alsofollowMartinez creation ofthissocialjusticeradicaltroop andthe Matter. meet activistsfrom BlackPanthersandLives tosew,LGBTIQ+ Prides;insteadoflearning they Instead ofsellingcookies,thesegirlsmarch on neighbourhood, bysettingupayouthgroup. empower theyoungwomenofcolourintheir Martinez andMarilynHollinquestwantedto Queer bestiesandcommunityactivistsAnayvette 20:50 NFT3 20:50 19 MAR THU the importanceofcommunity. portrait ofagroup ofwomenwhochampion Activism isaliveandwellinthisdocumentary Linda Goldstein Knowlton. Prod Knowlton. Goldstein Linda We AretheRadicalMonarchsfollows Tara Brown 13:50 NFT2 13:50 MAR 22 SUN Total runningtime90min cultural pressures ateverystageofself-realisation. A heady, ambitiousfilminwhichayoungtranswomaneschewssocialand Dir Tathagata Ghosh. India 2019. 25min Miss Man condition andmakesnewfriendsalongtheway. more After discoveringsheisintersex,ayoungwomanlearns aboutthe Dir Baby Girl because ofhomophobia–butwilltherest ofthecompanyaccept? A youngactorwantstothetellstoryoftheirneighbourwhomigrated Dir Aliou’s Journey Queer migrantsofcolourdiscusshappinessinthisbeautifulexperimentalpiece. Dir The Sea Runs Thru MyVeins At Dawn theBrinkof and experiences of queerness, genderandintersexuality.and experiencesofqueerness, From thediasporatohomeland,thesefilmsexplore ideas non-western Katie Flint, Selasie Djameh. Ghana 2019. 24min Ghana Djameh. Selasie Mamadou Samba Diallo. Belgium 2017. 21min 2018. 20min Germany Zandieh. Zara

See p12fortherelaxed screening of via thefestival website. This isafree event. Tickets should be booked Doors open 19:00Film start time20:00 See page15 Dir Sheer Qorma See page21 Dir 134 See page21 Dir Dungarees See page14 Dir Dirty See page22 Dir Lone Wolf throughout. available be will space a quiet and start to the prior hour one open will Doors time. any at room the leave or around move noise, make can and like they seat whichever in to sit free be will attendees and options seating of avariety be will There on. left be will lights low and reduced be will volume soundtrack the screening, informal At this their and assistants. carers neuro-diverse community, along with the in those for films short of screening arelaxed to present delighted We are THU 26 MAR|BlueRoom Relaxed Screening Faraz Arif Ansari. India 2020. 30min 2020. India Ansari. Arif Faraz 2019. 12min Ireland Drummey. Sarah-Jane 5min 2020. UK Rubinstein. Abel 2019. 11min USA Puccini. Matthew 2019. 7min Australia Jones. January

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Joe Morris. UK 30min 2019. Benjamin Busnel. France 20min 2018. Sahary Molina, Luis Gomez, Julio Rengel, Alice CarolinaFilipa Fontes, Davis Marcona. Julia Dahr, Julie Lunde Lillesæter. Norway 18min 2018. Daniel McIntyre. Canada-Iceland-Norway-Sweden-Portugal 2020. 13min 2020. Canada-Iceland-Norway-Sweden-Portugal McIntyre. Daniel Timothy Smith. UK 9min 2019. 12min 2019. Canada Edelberg. Ben Eden Tinto Collins, Adrien Gystere Peskine. France 4min 2018. 6min Daniel McIntyre. 2020. Canada Peter Strickland. Hungary-UK 3min 2019. Tina Takemoto. USA 3min 2019. 10min Germany-Argentina Pafundi. 2019. Melina Eugene Caines. UK 11min 2019. Four tales of resistance highlighting the importance of community and solidarity, the importance of community and solidarity, highlighting Four tales of resistance day safehouses. activists to present drag pre-war from of perspectives on the queer experience. on the queer experience. of perspectives A provocative collection of artists’ film and video work, offering a variety video work, offering of artists’ film and collection A provocative this butch warrior. this butch warrior. Unite to Fight to Unite Dancers Are We Dir queen who A dramatisation of the brave Hansi Sturm, a 1930s cabaret vague la Vint the Wave Came Dir but nobody is going to defeat A dark thriller about a dystopian gender war, Sentir Hazte Be Heard To Dir Brazil 26min 2019. migrants living in Brazil’s A collaborative documentary made by Venezuelan Town to Came When Pride Dir first rural Pride outstrips evangelical of support for Norway’s A groundswell by a country mile. protests running time 94min Total contains scenes of violence. This programme stood up to the Nazis. first LGBTIQ+ shelter. Mach Stem Stem Mach Dir atomic bomb. memory loss and the depression, skincare, An essay about Queering Di Teknolojik Dir the future. A message of hope from at Me and I Smiled Looked They Dir the make-up is removed? Does performance end after Womxn Dir of you know who. The nightmare of Vigour Broth Dir A tonic for the body and mind. GUO4 Dir a locker room. in A violent confrontation May 35 Dir A haunting commemoration of the Tiananmen uprisings. Square Child When the Androgynous Dir of myths, the origin is androgynous. In the creation Scat Dir and transgression. An exploration of fringe eroticism running time 71min Total contains scenes of a sexual nature Please note, this programme Depth of Perception Depth Shorts Programme Experimenta SAT 28SAT MAR STUDIO 15:40 @BFIFlare QUEERING DI TEKNOLOJIK WHEN PRIDE CAME TO TOWN CAME THE WAVE WE ARE DANCERS WHEN THE ANDROGYNOUS CHILD MACH STEM TUE 24 MAR NFT218:20 THU 26 MAR NFT318:30 BEST OF YEAR 30 Dolor yGloria Pain andGlory Spain 2019. 113min. EST. 15.Spain UK Distribution With Prod Almodóvar. Dir-Scr Pedro is amustforadmirers ofAlmodóvar. Banderas givesaspectacularperformance andthis on creativity, love,memoryandhow lifeislived. weaving strandsofacomplexlifeinto ameditation and compellingdrama,itfindsAlmodóvardeftly crisis ofemotionsandmemories.Abeautifullyshot but angst-riddenheroin-addict, prompts itsown But hisencounterwiththeactor, anunrepentant troubled actorfrom oneofhismostbelovedfilms. a filmfestivalsuggestsSalvadorreunite withthe his lifeandart.Thingsare brought to aheadwhen severe writer’s block.Incrisis,heisforced toreview film director whoisracked bypainandsuffering from Antonio BanderasplaysSalvadorMallo,aonce-fêted 18:00 STUDIO THU 19 MAR THU moving portraitofadirector incrisis. with thisteasinglyautobiographicalandultimately Pedro Almodóvarmakesa triumphantreturn on Sunday 29 March are just £8! £8! just are 29 March Sunday on note, make And tickets screenings for all social media for announcements. and website eye our an on keep so demand, audience on based be will titles of Fest Best Our Festival. most popular films from this year’s of the some repeating be We also will 12over last the months. to cinemas hit films queer best the to of catch four chance you another At year’s this offering be we will Flare Best Year of Antonio Asier Banderas, Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz. 18:10 STUDIO SAT 21 MAR SAT 21

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Cert tbc. UK Distribution tbc. Cert Ana Javakishvili. 2019. Sweden-Georgia-France 106min. France 2019. 122min. EST. 2019. 15. 122min. UK Distribution France With Dir-Scr Portrait enfeu de la jeunefille Portrait aLady of onFire intimate worldofwomen. repressive portraiture ofgender withthepassionate, it meanstoseeandbeseen,contrasting the different stratosphere. Thisisagothictale of what that launchesSciamma’s fourthfeature into a attractionbetweenHéloïseandMarianna burning underworld offemalemedicine.Butitisthe servant, whosemantroubles reveal afascinating tasked withpaintingHéloïseonthesly;andtheir Marianna, employedasa‘walkingcompanion’but Héloïse, whorefuses tosit for aweddingportrait; a countessattemptingtomarryoff herdaughter, female inhabitsthelivesoffour18thcenturywomen: transubstantiation ofthemalegazeintothat desire thisisit.Sciamma’s masterful If everthere wasanimmaculate studyoflesbian the lastdecade. Film Festival.It’s oneofthebestqueerfilms world premiere andGrandPrixwinattheCannes has enchantedaudiencesworldwidesinceits Controversial initshomeland,AndThenWe Danced emotions andthestrictures ofsocietalconventions. As loveblossomsinsecret, Merabstruggleswithhis rehearsal space,butalsoacompetitorforhisheart. troupe. Iraklinotonlyproves tobeMerab’s rivalinthe encounters Irakli,anewdancerbrought intothe rhapsodic filmfollowshandsomeMerabashe patriotic andhyper-masculine activity. Thisbeautiful, society, thedancetraditionisheldupasasacredly and demanding.Andinthisdeeplyconservative The lifeofatraditionalGeorgiandancerisintense Julien Féret. Prod Dir-Scr Akin. Levan And Then We Danced 20:40 STUDIO THU 19 MAR THU 11:00 STUDIO MAR SAT 21 woman forhersoon-to-behusband. is commissionedtopaintaportraitofyoung 1770: Marianna,arare professional femalepainter, winning lovestory. of anewdancerinthisimpassionedCannes- Merab’s upsidedownbythearrival worldisturned

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ACCESSIBLE SCREENINGS ACCESS TICKETS BFI SOUTHBANK Accessible screenings are marked in the calendar and A limited number of tickets have throughout the brochure according to the following key: been ring-fenced for guests with London SE1 8XT specific seating requirements (under Waterloo Bridge) Screenings for customers who are D/deaf including aisle seats for guests with or hard of hearing restricted mobility and seating for BSL Daily 09:45-23:00 English language films with English subtitles, interpreted events in order to provide including descriptions of non-dialogue audio. the best sight lines. Box Office (daily) Phone 11:30-20:30 Screenings where the introduction and Q&A HOW TO BOOK will be BSL interpreted. In person 11:00-20:30 Email [email protected] Screenings for those in the neuro-diverse Call the Box Office community and their carers and assistants +44 (0)20 7960 2102 Relaxed screenings with adjustments aimed Quote ‘ACCESS’ BFI FLARE: ANTI-PIRACY POLICY to reduce over-stimulation and create (lines open 11:30-20:30) a welcoming environment. Cameras are not permitted in Festival screenings. Access tickets are available on a first Recording sound, taking pictures or filming during come, first served basis and are the screening is illegal and any person caught in Screenings for customers who are blind or subject to BFI priority membership the act of filming will be immediately expelled and partially-sighted booking periods. pirated material seized. They may also be subject Films with an audio-description soundtrack. to legal action. Headphones are available on request.

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18:15 Opening Night Gala: Cicada p7 20:50 Opening Night Gala:

WED 18 Cicada p7

13:50 Ask Any Buddy p17 16:00 Cicada p7

18:20 Clementine p11 18:10 For They Know Not What 18:30 Drag Kids p18 18:00 Pain and Glory p30 THU 19 They Do p26 20:45 Young Hunter p14 20:30 Queer Genius p27 20:50 We Are the Radical 20:40 Portrait of a Lady on Fire Monarchs p28 p30

13:50 For They Know Not What 15:45 Young Hunter p14 They Do p26

FRI 20 FRI 18:00 No Hard Feelings p19 18:20 Make Up p18 18:10 You Don’t Nomi p20 17:50 Clementine p11 BFI Bar & Kitchen 20:30 Showgirls p20 20:35 Pier Kids p27 20:40 Busy Inside p25 20:20 Queer Genius p27 21:00 Club Night: The Batty Mama p31 11:15 Love, Sex and Other 11:30 Drag Kids p18 11:10 I Am My Mother’s Child p15 11:00 And Then We Danced Emotions p15 p30 Atrium 13:30 Past Imperfect p16 13:50 No Hard Feelings p19 13:40 We’ve Always Been Here 13:20 Dance Like Everyone’s 11:00 Drag Queen Story Time p20 Watching p20 p26 15:40 Matthias & Maxime p12 16:05 Jack & Yaya p12 16:00 Bloodsisters: Leather, Dykes and Sadomasochism p17 SAT 21 18:30 Spiral p19 18:20 My Fiona p13 18:35 Bodily Autonomy p17 18:10 Pain and Glory p30 BFI Bar & Kitchen 20:45 Midnight Kiss p19 20:30 Our Dance of Revolution 20:55 Transkids p19 20:25 Booksmart p30 21:00 Club Night: Twang p31 p27 13:40 School of Life p22 13:50 We Are the Radical 13:20 Jack & Yaya p12 Monarchs p28 BFI Reuben Library 15:50 Catching Feels p14 16:00 My Fiona p13 15:40 Pier Kids p27 15:30 I Am My Mother’s Child 12:00 Lesbian Cinema: From p15 Subtext to Visibility p26 18:20 Justine p12 18:10 Transkids p19 18:15 Ask Any Buddy p17 17:50 And Then We Danced SUN 22 p30 20:40 Sequin in a Blue Room 20:30 You Don’t Nomi p20 20:20 Our Dance of Revolution p 20:15 Busy Inside p25 p19 p27

16:00 Spiral p19 14:10 Justine p12 14:00 Justine p12 Blue Room 18:20 Memories of a Teenager 18:10 Dance Like Everyone’s 18:30 Make Up p18 18:00 Queer Genius p27 19:00 Big Gay Film Quiz p25

MON 23 p13 Watching p20 20:45 The Prince p13 20:40 A Dog Barking at the Moon 20:35 At the Brink of Dawn p28 20:50 Booksmart p30 p11

13:50 Midnight Kiss p19 15:40 Memories of a Teenager 16:00 More Films For Freedom p13 p31 18:30 Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s 18:20 Unite to Fight p29 18:15 Drag Ball p25 18:10 Portrait of a Lady on Fire

TUE 24 Dead Aunt) p12 p30 20:45 Moffie p13 20:40 T11 Incomplete p14 20:30 Intersex Stories p18 20:50 At the Brink of Dawn p28

14:00 Sequin in a Blue Room p19 15:50 A Dog Barking at the Moon p11 18:20 Changing the Game p18 18:15 Queering the Script p27 18:30 Flawless p18 18:40 The Prince p13 WED 25 20:40 Steelers: The World’s First 20:30 Lingua Franca p12 20:45 Two of Us p14 20:50 Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Gay Rugby Club p28 Dead Aunt) p12

Blue Room 13:45 Moffie p13 15:50 T11 Incomplete p14 20:00 Relaxed Screening p28

18:20 Disclosure: Trans Lives 18:40 La Leyenda Negra p26 18:30 Depth of Perception p29 18:10 Rescue the Fire p27

THU 26 on Screen p8 BFI Bar & Kitchen 20:45 Monsoon p13 20:30 Queering the Script p27 20:50 Lingua Franca p12 20:20 Keyboard Fantasies: 21:00 Club Night: The Beverly Glenn... p26 Lavender Nights p31

13:45 Matthias & Maxime p12 16:10 Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen p8 18:20 Suk Suk p13 18:30 Anne+ p11 18:40 Don’t Look Down p18 18:00 Changing the Game p18 FRI 27 FRI BFI Bar & Kitchen 20:45 The Lawyer p12 20:40 A Night at Switch n’ Play 20:50 Pride & Protest p27 20:20 Two of Us p14 21:00 Club Night: Club Kali p31 p26 11:00 Wonders of the Universe 11:50 Keyboard Fantasies: 11:20 Steelers: The World’s First 11:30 Monsoon p13 p22 The Beverly Glenn... p26 Gay Rugby Club p28 13:10 Keep on Living p21 13:40 La Leyenda Negra p26 13:20 Rescue the Fire p27 13:30 Don’t Look Down p18

15:10 Go Through It p21 15:50 Anne+ p11 15:30 Sixth Happiness p19 15:40 Unite to Fight p29

SAT 28 SAT 18:15 Closing Night Gala: 18:05 Flawless p18 18:10 Pride & Protest p27 18:00 Suk Suk p13 Summerland p8 BFI Southbank Foyer 20:45 Closing Night Gala: 20:30 The Lawyer p12 20:20 A Night at Switch n’ Play 22:00 Closing Night Party p31 Summerland p8 p26 TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) 13:40 Booksmart p30 TBC Best of Fest (title tbc)

TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) 15:40 Pain and Glory p30 TBC Best of Fest (title tbc)

TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) 18:00 Portrait of a Lady on Fire TBC Best of Fest (title tbc)

SUN 29 p30 TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) 20:30 And Then We Danced TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) p30

Hearing Impaired Subtitles Intro/Q&A will be BSL interpreted Audio Description available Relaxed Screening BFI MEMBERS GET CLOSE UP Enjoy priority booking for #BFIFlare MARK YOUR DIARY 24 FEB Patrons and Champions 25 FEB Members 27 FEB Public booking Become a BFI Member from £37 bfi.org.uk/join

Misdirection, which screened at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival 2019

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