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4 WELCOME CONTENTS FROM THE BFI FROM THE BFI FLARE PROGRAMMERS BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival offers Every year we endeavour to curate a Festival that speaks SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 07 a vibrant and precious space for debate, compassion, to anyone and everyone who occupies a space under community and empowerment. In a world where the LGBTQ+ umbrella. As we embark on our tireless many people fear and loathe difference, audiences and search for the best in contemporary queer cinema, we HEARTS 11 filmmakers at BFI Flare defiantly assert that love is a are constantly surprised and encouraged by the work human right. We celebrate sexual and gender diversity – we discover. This is a fruitful time for queer representation BODIES 17 all this, while watching great films from around the globe. on screen, something which will become clear as you This year’s BFI Flare cover art from creative agency browse through these pages, encountering stories with the MINDS 25 Studio Moross goes to the heart of that celebration of potential to inspire joy and sadness, courage and action. diversity within the LGBTQ+ community. We wanted it to Still, as we seek out work for the Festival, we inevitably find CLUB NIGHTS 31 stimulate dialogue, but also be clean and stylish; to be that while some groups are served in abundance, others sexy and promote body-positivity – asserting people’s remain, shall we say, cinematically undernourished. One of right to love their bodies and be loved, whether or not they the many exciting aspects of this year’s BFI Flare is seeing BFI PLAYER 32 conform to gender norms. And we wanted it to celebrate some of those under-represented communities find their queer culture now and into the future. We’re so excited voices on the big screen. Intersex identities are explored INDEX 33 to share the results. in documentaries such as No Box for Me. An Intersex In addition to the great films and events at BFI Southbank, Story and A Normal Girl, as well as the ground-breaking TICKETS & BOOKING INFO 34 keep your eyes peeled for BFI Flare Live, an exciting series short Ponyboi, the first intersex narrative film made by an intersex artist. The seldom discussed subject of of interactive live events to be streamed on the BFI’s CALENDAR 35 Facebook channel during the Fest and throughout 2019. asexuality is addressed in the charming short Infinite While It Lasts, hopefully a sign of more asexual stories to come. And finally, before we send you off into the beautiful blue Meanwhile, films like JT LeRoy, Two in the Bush: A Love yonder of queer cinema, we express our gratitude to our Story and Splinters (to name a few) place bisexuality very wonderful partners who help make this Festival a very much at their centre. For too long bisexuals have been special space. Particular thanks go to Main Supporter given the celluloid cold-shoulder, but this year it looks Pureland Foundation, who share our belief that great like the tables might be turning. And if you ask us, that’s power comes from coming together to celebrate creativity, just brilliant. With a capital B. compassion and diversity. Jay Bernard, Michael Blyth, Zorian Clayton, Tricia Tuttle, BFI Festivals, Artistic Director Brian Robinson, Emma Smart, Festival Programmers Amanda Nevill, BFI Chief Executive

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Jerca Jericˇ, Andraž Jerca Jericˇ, Jericˇ. MON 25 MAR NFT218:20 MB Darko Štante. Prod Matej Zemljicˇ, Timon Matej Šturbej, Zemljicˇ, Gašper Markun. A teenage tearaway is forced to face up to his A teenage tearaway is forced his burgeoning sexuality, actions and confront Slovenian coming-of-age tale. in this provocative SUN 24 MAR 20:40 NFT1 17-year-old delinquent Andrej has a serious chip on delinquent Andrej 17-year-old When his antisocial behaviour lands his shoulder. he quickly falls in facility, him in a youth correctional led by volatile and unpredictable with a bad crowd, Željko. As the two inmates form a tentative physical attraction senses a strong friendship, Andrej or is he feelings real, Željko’s blossoming. But are dangerous as a pawn in a far more just using Andrej game? Driven by a commanding performance from who imbues the conflicted rising star Matej Zemljicˇ, with a palpable sense of silent longing, Andrej Darko Štante’s bracingly homoerotic drama resists drama resists bracingly homoerotic Darko Štante’s a queer the familiar traits we might expect from teen narrative, in favour of something more distinctiveteen narrative, in favour of something more and seductive. CONSEQUENCES POSLEDICE Dir-Scr With Slovenia 95min. 2018. Distribution UK

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Wildstar Sales Wildstar Lucas Papa, Marco Berger, THU 28 MAR 14:00 NFT3 Gaston Re, Alfonso Baron, Malena Irusta. @BFIFlare Marco Berger. Prod Berger. Marco A tentative friendship blossoms into a beautiful yet disarmingly in this erotically-charged bromance favourite BFI Flare from offering sweet-natured Berger. Marco WED 27 MAR 20:45 NFT1 Dir-Scr Gaston Re. With Argentina 104min. 2018. Sales UN RUBIO THE BLOND ONE When the reserved Gabo moves in with self-assured Gabo moves in with self-assured When the reserved initially hesitant in ladies’ man Juan, the two are But as the bond getting to know each other. so do the lingering between them slowly grows, glances and fleeting touches. As time passes, powerless to stop the it becomes clear they are physical, or inevitable. But is their connection purely Gabo and Juan at risk of falling in deeper than are they could ever have imagined? Basking in the virile splendour of his handsome male performers, Marco playfully voyeuristic study of fluctuating Berger’s cranks the sexual tension up to homosocial desire obvious beneath The Blond One’s point. Yet breaking beats an unapologetically romantic carnal pleasures in a film which yields the power to heart, resulting excite and enchant in equal measure. HEARTS Sales 2019. 102min. USA Lefkovitz. Keili Bailey, Scott Stephens, Thayer, Steven Wallace, Vladislav Yashkov. With Meade McClure, Laird Daly, Eric Busza, Michael Bryce, Dir-Scr FROM ZEROTOILOVEYOU 12 PAPI CHULO Macquarie, Refinitiv, SocieteGenerale andStateStreet Bank ofAmericaMerrillLynch, CMEGroup, Deloitte,IG, Supported bytheInterbankLGBTForumMembers: Accenture, popular TVshowNoah’s Arc. Spearman andactorDarrylStephens,starsofthe this emotionallyengagingdramafrom director Doug keeping –loveinthebigcitythatisPhiladelphia, over ashefacesuptothechallengesoffinding–and maintain anyself-respect.isn’t Hisemotionaljourney that heneedssomethingtochangeifhe’s goingto and eventuallyPeterisforced toconfront thefact deception, heartbreak andcoincidenceplaytheirpart which bringsitsownspecialsetoftensions.Gossip, always seemstoendupwithmarriedmen,asituation relationship, inspiteofJackbeingmarried.Peter gay bar. Afterabumpystart,theybeginpassionate Peter bumpsintohandsomebusinessmanJackina This delightfulrelationship comedybeginswhen the healingpowersofcompanionship. a wrycritiqueonclassandethnicity, andatributeto affecting andeffortlessly empatheticcharmerisboth into aplatonicsubstituteforhislostlove. Thisdeeply more Ernesto thanjustatradesman,slowlyturning barrier. SoonitbecomesclearthatSeanneedsfar to openuphim,despiteanapparent language quietlygoesabouthistasks,Seanbegins As Ernesto astraightmigrantworker,hiring Ernesto, tohelphim. make somehomeimprovements, spontaneously to takesometimeawayfrom work,hedecidesto public breakdown live onthe air. Urged by colleagues heartbroken TVweatherman Seansuffers avery relationship witholderLatino boyfriendCarlos, Struggling tocometermswiththeendofhis USA-Ireland 2018.USA-Ireland 98min. Sales Walpole.Robert With Dir-Scr John Butler. Prod 18:20 NFT1 MAR 28 THU NFT1 20:40 MAR 26 TUE drama setinPhiladelphia. with amarriedmanagain,inthisheart-warming Peter isonarelationship questbuthe’s endedup unexpected buddymovie. Handsome Devil,comestheyear’s mostdelightfully From JohnButler, director ofFestivalfavourite Shoreline Entertainment Shoreline Doug Spearman Prod 14:00 NFT1 14:00 MAR 29 FRI NFT1 14:00 MAR 27 WED Matt Bomer, Alejandro Patiño. Patiño. Alejandro Bomer, Matt Rebecca O’Flanagan, Alan Koenigsberg, Rendell

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THE HEIRESSES Thunderbird Releasing Thunderbird UK Distribution 12A. 2018. 98min. France Ana Ivanova. Paraguay-Uruguay-Germany-Brazil-Norway- With Marcelo Martinessi. Dir-Scr LAS HEREDERAS Chela tochange. she meetsthemuchyoungerAngythatfinallyspurs life tothefullest.Butit’s thefeelingsthatarisewhen have noqualmssharingtheiropinionsofhowtolive providing ataxiservicetolocalelderlyladieswho cope withouther, Chelasoonfindsnewpurpose, who hasbeensenttojailforfraud.Atfirstunable 30 years,theoutgoinganddomineeringChiquita, strength whenshe’s separatedfrom herpartnerof as shebeginstodiscoverherownagencyand the cinema.We followtimidandscared Chela intimate filmthatresonates longafteryou’veleft unique twistinTheHeiresses,athoughtfuland quiet existenceanddiscoveringherselfisgivena The oft-toldstoryofawomanbreaking outofher for LGBTQ+peopleeverywhere. story unfoldsasanutterlycontemporary affirmation turf. KenaandZikifaceviolencethemselves, yettheir day, andthefilmwaseventually screened onhome and strong resistance from Kahiuherselfwon the pressure Initiallybanned,international government. Rafiki facedahostileresponse from the Kenyan equally brilliantpredecessor StoriesofOurLives, the freshest Kenyanqueer moviestodate.Likeits adds bold,cuttingedgevisiontoproduce oneof for Africanfiction,director Wanuri Kahiu(Pumzi ) Nyeko’s shortstory, whichwonthe2007CainePrize and familypressures. BasedonMonicaAracde and Ziki,whofindlovedespitemountingpolitical Rafiki tellsthestoryoftwoyoungwomen,Kena Hotly anticipatedatthe2018CannesFilmFestival, Supported by Dir RAFIKI Aya Distribution UK Distribution 2018. 82min. Netherlands-Germany-USA. Jimmi Gathu. Kenya-South Africa-France-Lebanon-Norway- Jenna Bass. With attempt arelationship, despite theillegalityoftheirlove. Youth beliespassionastwoyoungKenyanwomen 15:45 STUDIO MAR SAT 23 18:20 NFT1 MAR 27 WED of theolderlesbianexperience. to beginsomethingnewinthisexquisiteexploration Introverted Cheladiscoversit’s nevertoolateinlife BEST OFYEAR Wanuri Kahiu. Prod Marcelo Martinessi. Prod Marcelo Martinessi. Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, ES 18:30 NFT2 MAR SAT 30 16:15 STUDIO MAR SAT 30 Steven Markovitz. Scr Markovitz. Steven Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Irún, Margarita Brun, Ana

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BR Doug Pettigrew. Cloudburst) returns to Bulldog Film Distribution Film Bulldog Finn Bruce. SAT 30SAT MAR STUDIO 18:10 THU 28 MAR 20:40 NFT2 ZC ThomFitzgerald. Prod Jordan Stephens, Derren Nesbitt, Steve Oram. Sofia Banzhaf, Shelley Thompson, Callum Dunphy. Dunphy. Callum Thompson, Shelley Banzhaf, Sofia Kyle Reaume. Canada 2018. 14min 2018. Canada Reaume. Kyle A blossoming friendship between two drag performers born 60 years apart is the subject of this emotionally engaging comedy. , Thom Fitzgerald (Beefcake with his Canadian drama about a young BFI Flare to her rural past. bisexual woman facing up THU 28 MAR 20:45 NFT1 TUE 26 MAR 20:30 NFT3 Gender non-conforming Jackie is an 80+ drag queen with an acerbic nightclub comedy act. Diagnosed with cancer but determined to go out with a bang, they keep on performing and boozing. with solitude and But at home Jackie is confronted over family estrangements. Then young, regret non-binary performer Faith appears in the dressing and Jackie must show them the ropes. room how they realise Despite demographic differences, much they have in common and become each support network in this feel-good, Brighton- other’s based comedy. + BATTLE CRY + BATTLE Dir drag most cerebral dubbed Toronto’s Pearle Harbour, burning at the oldest queerqueen, keeps the home fires in the world. theatre TUCKED Dir-Scr JamieDir-Scr Patterson. Prod With UK 80min. 2018. Distribution UK Based on an original stage play by Lee-Anne Poole,Based on an original stage Belle (Sofia Banzhaf) as shethis gentle drama follows Scotia, to attend her father’s home to Nova returns came out funeral. As a confident lesbian who proudly Belle now faces she left home, in the years before along with other feelings about her father, unresolved with family issues. She also struggles to reconnect mother and resentful disapproving her broodingly of the orchards The once-thriving apple brother. neglect. And when an from suffering family farm are unexpected male guest arrives for the funeral, Belle’s family have to accept that her sexuality may not fit neatly into a box. The rural Canadian landscape and the intimacies of small-town life intertwine and of grief, identity, beautifully portrayed in this tale are relations. sexuality and parental SPLINTERS Dir-Scr-Prod With Canada 94min. 2018. Prod Inc. Pictures Co Emotion ES

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Thayná Mantesso, Alex Moratto. O2 Play Christian Malheiros, Tales Ordakji. Brazil 71min. 2018. Annabel Jankel. Prod Jankel. Annabel Alex Moratto. Prod in this 1950s-set romantic drama. in this 1950s-set romantic Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star as women who fall in love two very different in this captivating story of resilience in the face resilience in this captivating story of A teenage orphan is forced to grow up quickly to grow A teenage orphan is forced of hardship. FRI 22 MAR 18:15 NFT1 18:10 NFT2 SAT 23SAT MAR In this captivating adaptaion of Fiona Shaw’s beloved In this captivating adaptaion of Fiona Shaw’s novel, Anna Paquin plays Dr Jean Markham, who has come home to the small Scottish town she left practice. long ago to take over her late father’s But not everyone is pleased to see her return. the mother of one Striking up a friendship with Lydia, of her young patients, Jean marvels at the woman’s wears a mask Lydia it’s vivaciousness, unaware to hide her rapidly deteriorating home life. When has been abandoned by her she discovers Lydia Jean offers husband and is unable to pay the rent, Soon their tender a job and a place to say. Lydia one friendship evolves into a passionate love affair, the closed-minded that puts them in danger from them. Can their love survive? community around Jankel, Nik Bower, Laure Vaysse. Scr Jessica Ashworth. With TELL IT TO THE BEES Dir UK 105min. 2018. Distribution UK This film contains scenes of sexual assault, viewer discretion This film contains scenes of sexual assault, viewer discretion is advised Tammy Weiss. Scr With Sales After his mother’s sudden death, 15-year-old sudden death, 15-year-old After his mother’s Socrates must learn how to fend for himself in São Paulo. Unable to collect her ashes without the no income to and with consent of a legal guardian Socrates for his run-down apartment, cover the rent sees no way out. Landing a small construction job, whom he forms young man with he meets a troubled an unlikely connection. But as financial pressures mount, so do Socrates’ burgeoning feelings, leading of his situation. Co- the harsh reality him to confront people from and acted by young written, produced low-income communities in Brazil, Alex Moratto’s moving study of debut is a profoundly directorial by grief, determination and acceptance, anchored performance from breakthrough an extraordinary in the title role. Christian Malheiros SÓCRATES SOCRATES Dir

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BR @BFIFlare Vicente Alves do Prod Ó. Vivo Siendo Cine Siendo Vivo André Santos, Marco Leão. Portugal 27min 2018. In downtown Buenos Aires, two people head into In downtown Buenos Aires, life takes an estate agent’s uncharted territory when an unexpected turn. FRI 29 MAR 20:50 NFT3 SAT 30SAT MAR 18:15 NFT1 History rears its ugly head for a group of old friends its ugly head for a group History rears in this sizzling psychological drama. 50-year-old Román is comfortably married with a Román is comfortably 50-year-old and He works for an estate agent wife and daughter. his unremarkable to the course of seems resigned life when a young male colleague of his daughter’s appears on the scene. Although their passion takes them both by surprise, they seem well placed to make a go of it. But Román soon discovers that a more require may young gay man in Buenos Aires is mini-feature than one distraction. Majo Staffolani’s without an authentic portrait of desire offering a joy, naturalness in its and exuding a delicious restraint storytelling. SUNBURN ROMAN + SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BOYS Dir straight men go on a soft-porn photo shootWhen three turn at a beauty spot, things don’t out as expected. ROMÁN Dir-Scr Majo Staffolani.Dir-Scr Prod With Villafañe. Joaquín Gabriela Izcovich. Argentina 61min. 2018. Sales Dir-Scr With Iraola. Pablo Pardal. Portugal 82min. 2018. UK Distributor TLA Releasing Against the sun-kissed vistas of the Portuguese countryside, four friends in their 40s gather at a As the weekend away. luxury villa for a relaxing drink, laugh and tan their sexually fluid group sculpted bodies by the pool, hints of complex past to surface. Still, for the most threaten relations harmonious. But then they receive part, all remains that that David is on his way to join them. word As the arrival of their unwanted extra guest looms those simmering tensions cannot be ever closer, But who is this mysterious contained any longer. does he hold? Evoking David? And what secrets the playful spirit of early François Ozon, Vicente sexy and stylish chamber piece takes Alves do Ó’s transforming it into a deceptively simple premise, in quiet discomfort. beguiling exercise HEARTS 97min. Sales 97min. With Dir A LOVESTORY TWO INTHEBUSH: 14 Festival access See p34formore informationontherelaxed screening and Tickets £3fortherelaxed screening Tue 26Mar14:00NFT3. relationship allinthesharing? with herboss’s partnerBen.Isthesecret toagood until herbossNikkibeginstoshowaninterest, along she wondersifshe’lleverfindloveagain.Thatis, dates dominatrix andgoingonsomanybadTinder the game’,shesomehowendsupworkingfora television. WhenRosainsistsEmily‘getbackin in herpyjamasandgettingtooinvesteddaytime She endsuponherfriendRosa’s sofa,eatingcereal girlfriend’s nameisontheleaseoftheirapartment. to topitalloff she’s homelessbecausethenowex- Her girlfriendischeatingonher, shegetsfired and outhowEmilyplannedit. Life isnotturning 13:40 NFT1 MAR 24 SUN 20:30 NFT3 20:30 MAR 25 MON director LauraMadalinski. in thischarmingromantic comedyfrom debut Bisexual Emilydiscoversthejoysofpolyamory HOME GIRL TREACLE THEY FOUNDHERINAFIELD Laura Madalinski. Prod Madalinski. Laura Sarah Mitchell, Travis Delgado, Caitlin Aase. USA 2018. USA Aase. Caitlin Delgado, Travis Mitchell, Sarah Strange Charm 14:00 NFT3 14:00 MAR 26 TUE Brittany Wagner. Scr Wagner. Brittany ES 14:10 NFT2 14:10 MAR 26 TUE Kelly Haas. Haas. Kelly

WE THEANIMALS Dir account ofearlyself-knowledge. beautiful animatedinterludes,thisisaheartrending night. BasedonthenovelbyJustinTorres andwith manifest thevibrantinnerworldheretreats toevery But Jonah,theyoungest,mustfindcourageto confident, street smartandeagerformanhood. paths theboyswilltake.MannyandJoelare neighbour’s grandsonreveals theradicallydifferent a seeminglyinnocentengagementwiththeir When theyare caughtraidinganallotment, tofendforthemselves. and theboysmustlearn father, theirmothertakestobedwithdepression in-jokes andrituals.Afteraseriousfightwiththeir parents, theyare bondedbyarichprivateworldof in ruralNewYork. Raisedbylovingbuttempestuous Three raucousbrothers tearthrough theirchildhood Eureka Entertainment Ltd Eureka Entertainment UK Distribution 2018. 94min. USA Gabriel. Josiah With Zagar. Jeremiah Scr Mezey. Paul Goldman, Andrew 18:30 NFT3 MAR 29 FRI the truthofhisowndesires. hyper-masculine brothers, ayoungboyfaces Sensitive andincreasingly different from his Jeremiah Zagar. Prod Zagar. Jeremiah 18:20 NFT3 MAR SAT 30 Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Jeremy Yaches, Christina D King, DKing, Christina Yaches, Jeremy Total runningtime84min to hideanymore? Roya pushesawaythewomanshelovesbutwhatifdoesn’t have Dir HOME A friendshipisjeopardised after adrunkenhook-up. 2019. 18min UK-USA Westhoff. Rosie Dir TREACLE Two loverswhoflirtedwithothersatapartyhavetheridehometomakeup. Rhianon Jones. USA 2017.Dir 5min PARKER There are nolimitswhenyou’re escapingthereal world. Dir IF ONLY FORAMOMENT The lossofafriendinschoolstillcutsdeep. Dir THEY FOUNDHERINAFIELD Imagining gettingthegirliseasypart. Dir MAYBE TODAY It’s notalllove’s youngdream duringagetawayatBritishseasideresort. Dir SPARROW CALM INSIDETHESTORM and captivatingshortfilms. Sometimes lifedoesn’t gothewayyouplanneditintheseemotional Dan Kitrosser, Poonam Brah. UK 2018. 12min UK Brah. Poonam Sophie Kurpershoek. Belgium 2017. 30min 2018. 6min UK Rogers. Ellie Sarah Rotella. Canada 2018. 3min 2018. 10min UK Kurr. Ali JB GIRL

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Christopher Manning. UK 2018. 15min 2018. UK Manning. Christopher Sarah Smith. USA 15min 2018. Irasj Asanti. Norway 15min 2018. 29min 2018. Denmark Green. Søren 15min 2018. Australia Chiarella. Adrian 22min Netherlands 2018. Zhou. Claire Lisa Donato. USA 15min 2018. Julia Boström. 5min Sweden 2017. Ida Hansen Eldøen. Norway 7min 2018. Amelia Hashemi. UK 10min 2018. Carly Usdin. USA 14min 2018. Emmalie El Fadli. UK 15min 2018. Kevin Walls. UK 10min 2018. often overwhelming prospect. This selection of short films sensitively explores This selection of short films sensitively explores often overwhelming prospect. of accepting the person you truly are. the pains and pleasures No matter at what point in your life, coming out can be an intimidating,No matter at what point in your life, coming out can Life is full of possibilities in this amazing array of short films that entertain of short films array in this amazing full of possibilities Life is every step of the way. and enchant a secret. in ways he did not expect. man forms an unexpected connection with his new landlord. divorced A recently running time 96min Total THE TIME IS NOW ISHA Dir identity Rahmi struggles to keep his real to tell his family the truth, Scared BLACK HAT Dir When a Hasidic man misplaces his hat one night, his two worlds look set to collide. BREAK ME Dir A young cage fighter must choose between his head and his heart after his father discovers the truth. OCTOBER BOY Dir of being the new kid at school escalate Thomas, the pressures For 14-year-old BLACK LIPS Dir for a lonely A chance encounter with a client ignites some long-hidden desires abalone trader. HIGH TIDE STILLE DORST Dir FOXY TROT Dir date night? is a safe bet for a couple’s dancing ballroom Surely ALIKE LIKA BARN CHILDREN Dir new girlfriend and when you meet your brother’s moment that awkward It’s met. already you’ve realise THE HALF WALL Dir another. saying one thing and your partner is hearing When you are NIGHT OUT Dir to figure be just what Meena needs in order A night on the town might herself out. MISDIRECTION Dir heart. a broken A little bit of magic soothes THE DATE Dir time for your first date? life when it’s Can your online chemistry translate into real WHEN ABBIE MET EMMY Dir love played out at the movies. Young running time 76min Total DANCING WITH A STRANGER WITH DANCING @BFIFlare BLACK LIPS OCTOBER BOY BREAK ME MISDIRECTION NIGHT OUT FOXY TROT SAT 23SAT MAR NFT113:50 SAT 30SAT MAR NFT113:45 HEARTS 16 11:15 NFT1 11:15 MAR SAT 30 MANKIND RUBBER DOLPHIN THRIVE 25 &UnderAdforflare brochure2019-02.indd1 FOR 16-25YEAR OLDS £3 TICKETS Total runningtime102min An establishedcouplediscovertheirideasforthefuture maynotmatch. Dir MANKIND When atopmeetsbottom,theyare well-matched.Butwhatifonewantstoswitch? Dir RUBBER DOLPHINDOLFINMEGUMI after.A sexdateonanappleadstodeepconversationthemorning Dir THRIVE and mightjusthaveulteriormotives. a badsituation,heseemslikeguardian angel.ButBennyisaphotographer When Benny, ahandsomestrangeronmotorbike,helpsyoungKevinoutof Dir MAIN MANBESTERMANN WHAT MAKESAMAN,MAN? powerful shorts. Life lessonsandloveare hardasevincedinthese tolearn, Layke Anderson. UK 2018. 13min UK Anderson. Layke 2018. 28min Israel Aharon. Ori 2018. 17min UK Spirito. Di Jamie Florian Forsch. Germany-Austria 2018. 44min from 1March, seebfi.org.uk/flare/25-and-under

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Lukas Dhont, Dhont, Lukas ZC Dirk Impens. Scr Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, SUN 31 MAR 13:30 NFT3* Lukas Dhont. Prod Dhont. Lukas BEST OF YEAR This breathtaking debut feature encompasses feature This breathtaking debut the heartache, courage, and punishing training of a ballerina transitioning in her teenage years. FRI 22 MAR STUDIO 18:00 Following critical acclaim and multiple awards at its Following critical acclaim and multiple awards was a backlash. there in Cannes last year, premiere Some members of the trans community felt that body-focused portrayal of a dancer’s the film’s dysmorphia was voyeuristic to the point of offence. physical performance by Featuring a strenuous teenage dancer Victor Polster as Lara, we see the and the desperate daily toil of intensive rehearsals of to accelerate the sluggish process desire transition. One trans voice largely left out of the whose vitriolic debate was Nora Monsecour’s, the film. Heavily involved in the life story inspired she said, of the final result, and proud production Lara’s ‘My story is not a fantasy of the cis director. story is my story… it has a message of courage, bravery and passion.’ *Followed by a free talk on Trans Representation on Screen on Screen Representation talk on Trans *Followed by a free Limited capacity. Sun 31 Mar 15:30 BFI Reuben Library. Curzon Artificial Eye Dir Angelo Tijssens. With Katelijne Damen. Belgium 105min. 2018. Distribution UK 15. GIRL

MB Lionsgate Allison Black. Black. Allison THU 28 MAR 16:00 NFT1 Keith Behrman. Prod Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson. TUE 26 MAR NFT1 18:20 The classic high-school coming-out story gets a teen drama. in this sharply perceptive smart revision GIANT LITTLE ONES Dir-Scr With Canada 93min. 2018. Distribution UK offering up something quite special indeed. offering For popular student Franky, home life is a bit For popular student Franky, complicated than it is for most teenagers. more of his father leaving Dealing with the repercussions of his his mother for another man, the breakdown seemingly perfect family has left him with a few emotional issues. School, on the other hand, is Not only does Franky have a loving girlfriend, great. he also has the support of his long-time best friend, world is about Ballas. But Franky’s the ever reliable to get turned upside down once again when an unexpected encounter at his 16th birthday party has grappling with some fateful consequences. Teens familiar fodder for queer cinema, their sexualities are but with his sensitively observed coming-of-age tale, Keith Behrman sidesteps the expected cliches,director

BODIES BR STORIES OF SEX, OF IDENTITY TRANSFORMATION AND STORIES Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn. Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, @BFIFlare Stephan Elliott. Prod Stephan Elliott. With FROM THE ARCHIVES This is unmissable: the 25th anniversary screening This is unmissable: the 25th anniversary screening classic, with its glorious of the Oscar-winning soundtrack and outfits to die for. SAT 23SAT MAR 20:40 NFT1 A generation ago, audiences thrilled for the first time glorious tale of two drag queens at Stephen Elliott’s theand their trans leader on an epic journey across Australian outback. Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Guy Pearce Australian outback. Hugo Weaving, Stamp give landmark performances in this Terence tale of rampant fabulousness, as the trio take on The soundtrack small-town audiences during their tour. the of disco-era hits and wet dream is a camp queen’s The jaw-dropping energy. whole film has an irresistible deservedly won an Academy costume creations for Best Costume Design, while the script Award delivers whip-sharp lines in a story that packs a powerful emotional punch. Showgirls, divas, disco queens, along with their fans, friends and followers, come along for a night of celebration with the volume is encouraged. turned up. Dressing-up Park Circus Park Scr Terence Stamp. Australia 1994. 98min. Distribution UK 15. Dir-Scr THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT BODIES This filmcontainsgraphicscenesofasexualnature world sales world Sales 2019. 97min. Brazil Lopes. Demick With Praça. Armando Dir-Scr GRETA 18 playing atranswoman. a transactorincisgenderrole andaciswoman Greta Garbo?Grittyandgripping,thecastingsees to satisfyPedro’s deep-seatedfantasytobecome up, willthisdangerous fly-by-nightcharacterbeable him escapeandembroiled inthesubsequentcover mysterious criminalcaptures Pedro’s heart.Helping jacks off willingguysontheward. Butonenight,a that. Atthesametime,Pedro swipesdrugsand the men’s ward, butthisgutsypairwon’t standfor nightclub circuit. Thehospitaltriestoadmitherinto for severe kidneyfailure afteraboozylifeonthe watches overherwhensheisadmittedtohospital and occasionalloverPedro, a70-year-old nurse.He a transcabaret singer, andherlong-standingfriend pointinthelivesofDaniela, Greta tracesaturning KNIFE +HEART 2018. 102min. UK Distribution 2018. 102min. Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran. France-Switzerland-Mexico Gonzalez, Cristiano Mangione. With Dir UN COUTEAUDANSLECOEUR This filmcontainsscencesofstrong violence brash fetishism of William Friedkin’sbrash fetishismofWilliam Cruising. to theopulentcinemaofDarioArgento asitdoesthe steeped inplayfulgenre references, owingas much visual invention,Gonzalez’s libidinousdelightcomes off thecast,onebyone.Drippingwithstyleand clear thatahomicidalmaniacisintent onbumping is brutallymurdered. Soonitbecomesterrifyingly But asshootinggetsunderway, oneofherstars into herlatestandmostambitiousfilmproduction. break-up withgirlfriendLois, Annelaunchesherself in 1979.Nursingaseriousbroken heartfollowingher producer Anne, aruthlessgay-porn workinginParis horror odysseylikenoother. Vanessa Paradisplays filmmaker Yann Gonzalezcomesakinkyqueer From thewickedlytwisted mind ofvisionary 20:50 NFT1 20:50 MAR SAT 30 NFT2 20:50 MAR 26 TUE who stealdrugsandhidesexycriminals. friendship betweenanageingqueerduo, This daringfeature debutdetailsanenduring make sure it’s thisone. industrythisyear,in thegayporn youhadbetter If youonlyseeonearthouseslashermovieset Yann Gonzalez. Prod Yann Gonzalez. Armando Praça. Prod Praça. Armando 14:05 NFT2 14:05 MAR SAT 30 Marco Nanini, Marco Weinberg, Denise Charles Gillibert. Scr Gillibert. Charles ZC

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MB keep youguessinguntiltheveryend. fabled gayresort, thisdeliciouslyplayfulmysterywill the Laketransposedtoluxuriouslocalesof the now, nothing isquitewhatitseems.LikeStrangerby seems safefrom harm.Butasheshouldknowby seemingly charitablelocalnamedCameron, Joseph a murder. Waking tofindhimselfinthecare ofa into unconsciousness,Josephsuddenlywitnesses when hisfurtiveloverdrugsandrobs him.Drifting stranger, butJoseph’s luckgoesfrom badtoworse Things starttolookupwhenhemeetsahandsome island onitsoff-season, with naryahotguyinsight. mind. Lookingforagoodtime,hefindstheinfamous excursion toFire Islandisfar from whathehadin For Joseph,ayounglawyerfrom Manhattan,hisfirst Dir LAST FERRY Matthew Silverman. Scr Silverman. Matthew Emblematic Pictures Co Prod 2018. 86min. USA Clohessy. Myles Best, Sheldon with Valerie Lola. Pachnercompellingasthetorn sensitive portrayaloftheeffects ofmentalillness, Elements ofsuspenseare deftlywovenintothis that she’s workedsohard foristhreatened. Lola findshergriponreality slippingawayandall work andtakingcare ofhersister. Asshedoes, suicide, Lolaisforced tosplitherfocusbetween with mentalillness.However, whenConnyattempts Lola’s lover–knowsaboutConny, heroldersister with bossEliseisasecret, andnoone–noteven same ruthlessefficiency asherwork.Herrelationship restructures, shemanagesherpersonallifewiththe andthecorporationsshe Jetting betweenVienna Life isallaboutcontrol forbusinessconsultantLola. is advised This filmcontainsscenesofsuicide.Viewerdiscretion Sales 2019. 108min. Austria Hierzegger. Pia Franz Novotny, Johanna With Scherz. Dir-Scr DER BODENUNTERDENFÜSSEN THE GROUNDBENEATH MYFEET nightmare inthisnail-biting thriller. A dream vacationtoFireintoawaking Islandturns controlled present inthistautAustrianthriller. Ghosts from thepastthreaten toengulfLola’s tightly 18:30 NFT1 MAR SAT 23 NFT1 18:15 MAR 29 FRI Jaki Bradley. Prod Bradley. Jaki Picture Tree International Marie Kreutzer. Prod Kreutzer. Marie 16:00 NFT1 16:00 MAR 25 MON 20:20 STUDIO MAR SAT 30 Ramon Torres, Mike Karp, Nadia Zoe, Zoe, Nadia Karp, Mike Torres, Ramon Ramon Torres. With Alexander Glehr, Valerie Pachner, MB Ramon Torres,

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Guatemala 2018. 85min. Sales 2018. 85min. Guatemala With Dir-Scr JOSE in contemporaryGuatemala. strictures ofreligion. It’s alsoarare portraitofgaylife societal conventions,machoattitudesandthe affecting taleofdesire, butalsoofrebelling against passionate andemotionallyengagingstoryisan of theQueerLionatVenice FilmFestival,this José that,finally, hemighthavemettheone.Winner town. Thebondtheyimmediatelyfeelsuggeststo he meetsLuis,aconstructionworkerfrom outof not optimisticandsexuallypromiscuous José.Then of pettycrime–mightdragalessermandown.But keep bodyandsoultogether, alongwiththeperils The grimrealities ofinnercitylife–thestruggleto is employedtohustlecustomersataroadside cafe. José is19,livesinGuatemalawithhismotherand LEITIS INWAITING subject ofthisloving portrait. A FirstNationdragperformerandhismother are the Dir + STAGE NAME:VICTORIA Qwaves Co Prod With Dir-Prod tinier community–comingtotermswith itself. insight intoasmallbutproud nation–andaneven is entirely synonymouswithprogress, thefilmisarare and timelyargumentagainsttheideathat modernity evangelicalchurches.by western-style Posingalucid by binarynotionsofmaleandfemale,ashiftintensified generation thatincreasingly findthemselvesoppressed monarchy. The leitisattheheartofthisstoryare a by traditionalinstitutions,includingthecountry’s as servantsandworkersisnonethelesssupported including ‘leitis’–third-gendered peoplewhoserole This meantabroad acceptance ofqueerness, that avoidedcolonisation,keepingitstraditionalculture. Tonga isoneofthefewsovereign nationsinPolynesia 16:20 NFT1 MAR SAT 23 20:30 NFT3 20:30 MAR 22 FRI just maybe,hemighthavefoundit. relative ease,José really wantsloveandthistime, Although heacquires sexualpartnerswith neo-colonial intolerance. neo-colonial intolerance. Tongan societyisthreatened byarisingtideof The precarious role ofqueerpeopleintraditional Taran Morriseau. Canada 2018. 3min Canada Morriseau. Taran Enrique Salanic, Manolo Herrera, Ana Cecilia Mota. Mota. Cecilia Ana Herrera, Manolo Salanic, Enrique Joey Mataele, Eva Baron. Tonga-USA 2018. 72min. 2018. 72min. Tonga-USA Baron. Eva Mataele, Joey Li Cheng. Prod Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu. Wong-Kalu. Hinaleimoana Wilson, Joe Hamer, Dean 11:45 STUDIO MAR SAT 23 George F Roberson. FRoberson. George 18:30 STUDIO MAR 24 SUN REDIANCE BR

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Dan Hunt. USA 75min. 2018. Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Dominique Fishback, Tatum Marilyn SUN 24 MAR 15:45 NFT3 SUN 24 MAR 16:15 STUDIO 16:15 Cherish Oteka. UK 5min2018. Dir Clyde Petersen. USA 3min 2018. Joy E Reed, Dan Hunt. Prod Jordana Spiro. Prod Spiro. Jordana Carolina Markowicz. Brazil 15min 2018. FRI 22 MAR 20:40 NFT2 SAT 23SAT MAR 18:40 NFT3 An entertaining, trans-inclusive New England familyAn entertaining, trans-inclusive local beauty pageant. bring some originality to their After being released from prison, a young African from After being released of her father. American woman goes in search Indie rockers ‘Your Heart Breaks’ reminisce about reminisce Heart Breaks’ ‘Your Indie rockers queer teen crushes at experimental college. + GENDER The beyond the binary rainbow is unpacked THE LAB NIGHTS IN + LATE Dir and embraced. This delightful documentary charts the progress of charts the progress This delightful documentary a somewhat alternative with two Connecticut family close, but like chalk are trans kids. Luca and Ren and Luca is punk rock and cheese. Gender-fluid deadpan, while Ren is whimsical and old-fashioned. Both personalities seem highly unlikely candidates beautification of a to be attracted to the mainstream local talent pageant, but their determination to make the world their own is a joy to behold. Steering clear family’s the film shines thanks to the of sentimentality, fantastic sense of humour and ‘be yourself’ ethic. Dir Prod Co Pearl Wolf Productions LLC LITTLE MISS WESTIE Jonathan Montepare, Alvaro R Valente. Scr Valente. R Alvaro Montepare, Jonathan Angelica Nwandu. With Hall, Nastashia Fuller. USA 86min. 2018. Sales Dir + THE ORPHAN O ÓRFÃO Dir by multiple foster parents, Following his rejection Jonathas hopes this new couple is ‘the one’. After days wandering the streets with no post- After days wandering the streets support besides the dubious company of carceral a older men, Angel visits her younger sister Abby, who struggles with bright, straight-talking pre-teen The unspeakable circumstances being in foster care. their family apart make being together that tore they gather enough Together, difficult. incredibly new place, money to get the bus to their father’s but the tension between them is palpable. Angel’s sincerity and inscrutability is matched by Abby’s she must decide whether she will heal her wounds or succumb to the pain of her circumstances. Night Comes atmospheric and reticent, Brooding, On is a touching two-hander that portrays one young rage with quiet compassion. woman’s NIGHT COMES ON

BR ES Chloë Sevigny, Sevigny, Chloë Ulrich Gehmacher. Gehmacher. Ulrich Naomi Despres, Liz Destro, Salzgeber & Co Medien GmbH TUE 26 MAR 16:00 NFT1 THU 28 MAR 20:30 NFT3 Bryce Kass. With Bulldog Film Distribution Film Bulldog Gregor Schmidinger. Prod will leave you breathless. Lizzie will leave you breathless. Simon Frühwirth, Paul Forman, Josef Hader. Craig William Macneill. Prod BEST OF YEAR in a coming-of-age tale that blends in horror to in a coming-of-age tale that blends in horror for the faint-hearted. a film that isn’t produce A teenager is on a journey to discover himself Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart mesmeriseChloë Sevigny and Kristen of the lovers in this bloody retelling as secret shocked a nation. case that infamous murder MON 25 MAR 20:45 NFT1 20:20 STUDIO20:20 FRI 22 MAR This film contains flashing images. This bold and challenging film centres on handsome This bold and challenging film centres Jakob (Simon Frühwirth), a shy boy who 17-year-old plant by day and by night works at a pig processing is a webcam obsessive. When he meets up with webcam pal Kristjan, events soon 26-year-old like a bad trip, as a haunting escalate out of control, to techno soundtrack carries the action forward drama has a Schmidinger’s its climax. Gregor an altogether unforgettable experience. striking visual style and a fearless sense of echoing films like Suspiria. psychedelic surrealism, sex scenes intercut are Particularly arresting being butchered. with images of pig carcasses between a psychological Balanced somewhere Nevrland is thriller and a portrait of deep anxiety, It’s 1862 and in the sleepy town of Fall River, 1862 and in the sleepy town of Fall River, It’s has a already Massachusetts, Lizzie Borden before that’s as a bit of a misfit. And reputation her father and accused of brutally murdering she’s stepmother with an axe. Unmarried, she rallies rule and forthrightly against her overbearing father’s to demands to be involved with matters relating the family’s vast fortune. When new maid Bridget vast fortune. the family’s piqued. are interests joins the household, Lizzie’s A forbidden friendship soon becomes forbidden in the dark uncovered that are love, and the secrets consequences dire mansion will have gloomy Borden for everyone involved. A sharp and hypnotic thriller Sevigny in the performance from with a career-best lead, NEVRLAND Dir-Scr With Austria 88min. 2019. Sales LIZZIE Dir Scr Sevigny. Chloë Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan. 105min. 15. USA 2017. DistributionUK

KILLING EVE ZC ES The Film Collaborative Film The SAT 30SAT MAR 16:10 NFT3 @BFIFlare T Cooper. Scr T Cooper, Alison Glock-Cooper. Glock-Cooper. Alison Cooper, T Scr Cooper. T EVENT Basic Instinct, which caused outrage in the The queer female of the species is far deadlierThe queer female of the species most about the screen’s than the male in this talk ruthless lesbians and bisexuals. at the Trans FitCon. at the Trans An uplifting and revelatory debut documentary An uplifting and revelatory contestants and buffed follows four bronzed THU 28 MAR 18:10 NFT2 THU 28 MAR 18:15 NFT3 the above.) Moving from 1990s psycho dyke dramas 1990s psycho the above.) Moving from like Ever since the earliest days of silent cinema, whenEver since the earliest days danced cheek to Box the wicked Lulu in Pandora’s the big and smallcheek with a lesbian countess, been fascinated – some might say has screen obsessed – with queer women who kill, kidnap, cases, all of (In some maim, blackmail or torture. queer community, to more recent and celebrated recent to more queer community, portrayals in Lizzie and Killing Eve, Festival a not-entirely- Emma Smart takes programmer stereotypes serious look at these deadly onscreen and asks that ever important question: Why do we love them so much? LETHAL LESBIANS c80min total Bagging numerous awards on the festival circuit, on the festival circuit, awards Bagging numerous this feature debut by writer and graphic novelist this feature for the contestants T Cooper will have you rooting four pumped and proud pose! Tracking the word from stages in their transformation, bodybuilders at different this documentary unveils the supportive network for the annual FitCon. Originating of men preparing first trans fitness competition in 2014, the world’s started in the southern state of Georgia, with the pre-hormone From aim of uniting the community. novices to stealth heavyweight hunks who compete men, this diverse against cisgendered year-round celebration of trans-masculine bodies is respectfully who noted the eye of a trans director shot through that, ‘For some of these guys, I think bodybuilding heart-warming affirming, literally saved their lives’. It’s and a feast of muscle! Dir-Prod USA 93min. 2018. Sales MAN MADE BODIES 20 Dir SHELTER: FAREWELL TOEDEN inequality. perspective tocopeagainsttheinjustices of her wisdomandresilience giveheraphilosophical life onpaperreads likearollercoaster ofadversity, yet follow thewavebecauseifyoudon’t, youdie’.Her at night.‘You havetoflow,’ saysPepsi.‘You haveto sustenance inforests andcrossing mountainpasses under bridgesandintentedcommunities, finding the filmreveals amigratory lifeonfoot,sleeping asylum inItaly. Focusingonthein-betweenplaces, decade ofGaddafi’s rule,shesubsequentlysought Ending upinLibyaasanurseduringthefinal emerging gayidentity, before eventuallytransitioning. Liberation Front, before runningawaytohideher recounts herearlyexperiences withtheIslamic Muslim populationknownastheMoro, Pepsi Beginning lifeinthePhilippines,minority Caucaso Co Prod 2019. 80min. Italy-France Patiag. James Gabriel Stefano Migliore. With UNE HISTOIREINTERSEXE the freedom tochooseone’s ownpath. intersex community, crusadesforbodyautonomyand Pidgeon Pagonis,aleadactivistandeducatorfrom the Dir + ANORMALGIRL directed byandstarringan outintersexperson. This remarkable shortisa film first–anarrativefeaturette Dir + PONYBOI Dir-Scr STORY NO BOXFORME.ANINTERSEX constrictive barriersofgenderunderstandingforall. norms. Thesebravevoicescanhelptobreak down happiness dependsonconforminggenitalstobinary away from advisingparents thatachild’s future activists, determinedtoshiftthemedicalcommunity This documentaryfocusesonagrowing networkof have beenlargelyconfinedtotheshadowsuntilnow. withagendervariance.Yetbe born intersexpeople Statistics vary, butupto2%ofthepopulationmay France 2018. 58min. Sales 2018. 58min. France 18:40 STUDIO MAR 27 WED 20:50 STUDIO MON 25 MAR 25 MON seeker and citizen of the world. seeker andcitizenoftheworld. shares thereality oflifeontheroad asanasylum Trans migrantPepsiguards heranonymity, but forced surgicalinterventions. intersex identitiesandstopthepracticeof A burgeoningmovementaimstodemystify Enrico Masi. Prod Aubree Bernier-Clarke. USA 2019. 14min USA Bernier-Clarke. Aubree 2019. 19min USA Joseph. Clacken Sadé Gallo, River Floriane Devigne. Prod ZC NI D’ÈVE, NI D’ADAM. NID’ÈVE, NID’ADAM. 18:20 NFT2 MAR 29 FRI 18:15 NFT3 18:15 TUE 26 MAR 26 TUE Stefano Migliore. Scr Pepsi, Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, Wenden, de Wihtol Catherine Pepsi, AndanaFilms Emmanuelle Dugne. Dugne. Emmanuelle

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Chinese migrant. Trump’s Americaposesinnumerableproblems foragay Dir + FINDINGHOME:BRANDON Dir-Scr THE SILKANDFLAME of familylife. China, where Confucianvaluesremain thebedrock The SilkandtheFlameisanintimatelookatmodern Yao’s truepassion.Shotincrispblackandwhite, foreigner whosepresence speaksvolumesabout woman. Butbehindthecameraisabeautifulmale nods ashisfamilyimplores himtomarryapretty source ofmuchanxiety. Everdutiful,Yao politely circumstances andhisfather’s helplessnessisthe but quiet:hisfierymotherisfrustratedbyherlimited as achild.Despitethis,Yao’s familyhomeisanything and hismotherisadeafmutewholostherhearing Year. Hisparalysedfatherhastakenavowofsilence Yao is40,singleand on his way homeforLunarNew Untitled Films Untitled Co Prod 2018. 87min. USA-China Fuqin. Muqin, Yao Xin, With Liu. Franco JClark, Dwayne Total runningtimec90min Dir + BLUEBOYS Dir + LASTINGMARKS discussion. films aboutSpannerwillbefollowedbyanin-depth our attitudestoSMhaveevolved.Ascreening oftwo we explore howpublicunderstandingofthecaseand acts inquestionwasdeemed‘immaterial’.30yearson, and otherviolentoffences, whiletheirconsenttothe high-profile showtrial,theywere convictedofassault their participationinconsensualSMsexsessions.Ina million, andculminatedintheprosecution of16menfor The infamousOperationSpannercostupwards of£2 gay sadomasochismsweptscores ofmenintoitsnet. In thelate1980s,anationwidepoliceinvestigationinto THEN ANDNOW OPERATION SPANNER: screening anddiscussionevent. False historiesare reconsidered inthisfascinating 20:50 STUDIO THU 28 MAR 28 THU 13:30 NFT3 13:30 MAR 24 SUN his twodisabledparents. he negotiatestraditionalChinesefamilylifewith Jordan Schielefollowsacloseted gaymanas Abraham ‘AB’ Troen. USA 2017. USA ‘AB’ Troen. 18min Abraham Stuart Marshall. UK 1992. 25min 1992. UK Marshall. Stuart 2018. 14min UK Lyne. Charlie EVENT Jordan Schiele. Prod JB 20:30 STUDIO FRI 29 MAR 29 FRI Jordan Schiele, 20:30 NFT3 20:30 SAT 30 MAR SAT 30

Total runningtimec90min Please notethatspaceforthissessionislimited. will beaccessibleonafirst-come,first-servedbasis. ‘Separating FactFrom Fiction’ isafree eventthat Operation Spannerfrom itsowncontortedlegend? and misunderstanding.Howcanwegoaboutfreeing difficulties ofunpickingacasebesetwithmisinformation years ofresearch intotheSpannertrial,anddiscuss the Lasting Marksdirector CharlieLyne willpresent two us intheBFIRuebenLibraryforafree talkinwhich Following ourscreening anddiscussion,pleasejoin SEPARATING FACT FROMFICTION OPERATION SPANNER: Spanner trial. Further unpackingthereality oftheinfamous 15:30 BFI REUBEN LIBRARY MAR 24 SUN delegates bfi.org.uk/flare/professional- and applicationprocess here: Find outaboutouraccreditation offer Subject toavailability £25 just for Available with TheQueerBible ‘FUTURE FILMDAY’ incollaboration ACCESS TOEXCLUSIVE availability NETWORKING EVENTSsubjectto ACCESS TOINDUSTRY AND DIGITAL VIDEOLIBRARY ONLINE ACCESSTOTHEFESTIVAL SCREENINGS ACCESS TOPRESS&INDUSTRY Accreditation includes: of Flare. BFI most the like to would and make industry the in to careers want explore filmmaking, queer about passionate are who olds accreditationspecial for 18-25-year- offering again once is FutureBFI Film AT BFIFLARE FUTURE FILM EVENT

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Akira Kamiki. Brazil 18min 2019. Saleem Haddad. UK 22min 2018. Ahmad Seyfipour. Iran 9min 2018. Fábio Leal. Brazil 15min 2018. 15min 2018. Spain Velduque. David Lukas Revzin. UK 9min 2018. Deborah Craig, Veronica Duport Deliz. USA 33min 2018. Alice Smith. UK 25min 2018. Angie West, Veronica McKenzie. UK 13min 2018. Some connections take years to establish, others can be built in just a matter ofSome connections take years to establish, others those brief encounters which hours. This stunning collection of shorts explore change the way we think, for better or worse. It doesn’t matter how old you are, life is for living, as these witty and joyous witty and living, as these life is for are, how old you matter It doesn’t attest to. short documentaries INFINITE WHILE IT LASTS INFINITO ENQUANTO DURE Dir but will the Sparks fly between Danny and Seiji when they meet at a party, the first time. running time 71min Total HOOK UPS AND DOWNS MARCO Dir bond with one of his clients. A masseur forges an unforeseen PARKING Dir men find their clandestine meeting unexpectedly interrupted, Two results. with distressing REFORMA RENOVATION Dir one casual engagement to the next, Francisco struggles As he moves from ESTIGMA Dir A Friday night hook-up turns disturbing for an into something far more FUN ONLY Dir emotionless digital encounters, Matt yearns with for something tired Growing ROOMMATE 25min 2018. Vietnam Viet. Dir Hoang Le Nguyen businessman Having booked a female companion for the night, a reserved is surprised when a young man turns up instead. truth be too much for the aspiring lovers? running time 113min Total A GREAT RIDE A GREAT Dir much as they are aging disgracefully as lesbians who aren’t Meet the older independently. WOMEN INVISIBLE Dir who formed the NorthernThe story of the lesbian pioneers of the GLF branch rights on the agenda. and put women’s A CRUISE MONICA – LOOSE ON Dir for Monica as she goes on a lesbian cruise Journey with the effervescent with his body image. young man. apprehensive substantial. more GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN HAVE WANNA JUST GIRLS SUN 31 MAR 13:50 NFT2 @BFIFlare MARCO ROOMMATE RENOVATION MONICA – LOOSE ON A CRUISE INVISIBLE WOMEN A GREAT RIDE A GREAT SUN 31 MAR 12:30 NFT1 WED 27 MAR STUDIO 20:50 BODIES 22 18:00 STUDIO MAR SAT 23 NFT1 15:50 MAR 24 SUN SILVIA INTHEWAVES FIRST DAY PLEASE MINDTHEGAP FOREIGN LOVERS ENTER GENTLEMAN SPA 20:40 NFT2 20:40 MAR 25 MON Total runningtime86min at firstsight? A drinkinabarbringstouristfacetowithballetstar. Canitbelove Dir FOREIGN LOVERS who haveunfinishedbusiness. A flatbeginstofillwithpeopleandamongthebodiesthere seemtobetwo Dir ENTER who decidestofightbackafteranightonthetown. The easeofcasualrejectiondatingworldinfuriatesayoungman inthemodern Dir MY LONELINESSISKILLINGME When here-trains asamasseurwillthingsbedifferent? A lowlybath-housecleanerfallsinlovewithacustomerabovehisstation. Dir GENTLEMAN SPA an admirer inthecrowd? dancepreparation. Dario isneglectingeverythingforhiscarnival Buthashegot 2018. 15min Germany-Colombia Gil. ATrujillo Jorge Kinzer, Manuel Dir DARIO DARÍO LABYRINTHS OFDESIRE Total runningtime101min Beethoven andherpost-transitioncomeback. Renowned classicalpianistSaraDavisBuechnerpondersonthewondersof Canada Josephine Anderson. 2017.Dir 11min THE THIRDMOVEMENT A teenagesonhonourshistransparent’s intotheafterlife. wishesastheyjourney Dir SILVIA INTHEWAVES SILVIA DANSLESVAGUES Angeles. Stacy recounts herescape from transphobiainElSalvadortoanewlifeLos 2017. USA ‘AB’ Troen. 24min Abraham Dir FINDING HOME An evocativetaleofcomingoutandclothingonthewaytogenderclinic. Dir I ÉG switching schoolsandstandinguptobullies. This promising debutfrom 11-year-old transactorEvieMcDonaldseeshercharacter Dir FIRST DAY Delhi metro. A charismaticyoungtransguyfindscommunityandnavigatesgendered spaceonthe Dir PLEASE MINDTHEGAP LIFE INTRANSIT nightclub oronanapp. Films aboutfindingaconnection,whetherinthestreet, abath-house, from determinedpathstounexpectedtwistsandturns. Travelling through arichsliceoflife,thefilmsexplore avenuesofgenderdiversity, Timothy Ryan Hickernell. USA 2017. USA 19min Hickernell. Ryan Timothy 2018. 18min France Bodi. Benjamin Billi, Manuel 2018. 16min UK Courtney. Tim 2019. 18min Taiwan Han. Yu Jhi Giovana Olmos. Canada 2017. 13min Vala Omarsdottir, Hallfridur Thora Tryggvadottir. 2018. Iceland-Lithuania 15min 2017. 18min Australia Kalceff. Julie 2018. 20min India Singh. Gagandeep Trivedi, Mitali

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THE WAY THINGS ARE UK SHORTS PROGRAMME The most exciting home-grown talent is showcased in this wide-ranging collection of short films, exploring the queer experience in its myriad forms. MB THE FOREIGNER Dir Ben Allen. UK 2019. 12min Graham has fled to the UK in search of asylum, but will he be granted the chance to start a new life? ANEMONE Dir Amrou Al-Kadhi. UK 2018. 18min A second-generation teen searches for a way to express their non-binary identity. CRASHING WAVES DIVA Dir Adam Csoka Keller. UK 2018. 6min A transcendental fusion of queer surrealism and baroque opera. LAND’S END Dir Ben Strebel. UK 2018. 20min A young man develops a fixation on an ex-con and together they embark on a journey. NONE OF THE ABOVE Dir Siri Rodnes. UK 2018. 16min Cassie runs into trouble when she decides to document her dating life on her personal vlog. CRASHING WAVES Dir Emma Gilbertson. UK 2017. 4min Against the backdrop of a high-rise housing estate, two young men connect. LADIES DAY Dir Abena Taylor-Smith. UK 2018. 8min Whilst at the hair salon, Amma wonders if it is time for her to finally speak up. LAND’S END LISTEN Dir Jake Graf. UK 2018. 5min A group of trans children discuss what it means for them to live an authentic life. JAS Dir Alice Trueman. UK 2018. 10min In a quiet seaside town, a British-Iranian teen looks for a means to escape. BATTY BOY Dir Blain Ho-shing, Dior Clarke. UK 2018. 10min Struggling with the threat of homophobia, a young black gay man searches for a place of acceptance.

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25 JB TUE 26 MAR 18:30 STUDIO18:30 Carole Chassaing, Antoine Barraud. Barraud. Antoine Chassaing, Carole SUN 24 MAR 18:10 NFT2 Urban Distribution International Distribution Urban Marie Losier, Antoine Barraud. France 73min. 2018. Quentin Lazzarotto. France-Peru-Spain 8min 2018. Marie Losier. Prod SAT 23SAT MAR 13:45 STUDIO 13:45 Marie Losier captures a beautiful 16mm portrait of Marie Losier captures wrestler. an ageing but passionate queer lucha libre Scr Sales + CARLITO SE VA PARA SIEMPRE PARA + CARLITO SE VA Dir A young man makes the big decision to leave his village to be united with his lover. in order Dir for outrageous gender presentation and equally for outrageous gender presentation moves. Shot on 16mm over spectacular wrestling film follows a the course of five years, Losier’s see We champion coming to terms with his body. the injuries and ice plunges, which contrast with the Even in flamboyant masks and aerial manoeuvres. catapults himself at opponents his 40s, Cassandro heights. But we also see him plunge to great from depths, as his past struggles with addiction troubling and abuse continue to haunt him. Losier locates her cultural traditions, locating him subject in Mexico’s firmly within the rich desert landscape and indigenous practices that both haunt and motivate his art. Cassandro is a lucha libre (professional) wrestler known wrestler (professional) is a lucha libre Cassandro CASSANDRO, THE EXOTICO!

Naomi Fontanos, Julita Laude, SUN 24 MAR 20:30 NFT2 JB Cargo Film & Releasing & Film Cargo SAT 23SAT MAR STUDIO20:20 Years of imperial rule come to a head in this Years challenging and moving documentary. Featuring scenes of death – viewer discretion advised Featuring scenes of death – viewer discretion PJ Raval. PJ With Dir-Prod-Scr Virginia Lacsa Suarez. USA 93min. 2018. Sales PJ Raval’s powerful film traces the life and fate of PJ Raval’s Jennifer Laude, a Filipino transwoman whose lifeless of At the front body was found in a hotel room. a colonial legacy that still values some lives more than others. the movement crying out for justice are Jennifer’s Jennifer’s the movement crying out for justice are on the mother Julita Laude, who works tirelessly case, the persistent American journalist Meredith and activist-attorney Their Virgie Suarez. Talusan for that the US marine responsible aim: to ensure death is tried and convicted on Filipino soil. Laude’s American laws could potentially set him If he isn’t, Laude, Talusan despite his crimes. Together, free, that will make expose double standards and Suarez your blood boil, all the while calling into question CALL HER GANDA

MINDS REFLECTIONS ON ART, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY AND POLITICS ART, ON REFLECTIONS @BFIFlare EVENT MON 25 MAR 19:00 BLUE ROOM It’s time to get revising: the Big Gay Film Quiz time to get revising: It’s is back! Total event time c180min Total for further details Tickets £5 per person. See bfi.org.uk/flare BIG GAY FILM QUIZ BIG GAY For the fourth year running, BFI Flare is delighted to For the fourth year running, BFI Flare the biggest and best queer film quiz there present is. If you’ve tested your wits against our cunning you’ll have some idea of what quizmaster before, worry if this is your first time, to expect. But don’t find something is no need to be nervous. You’ll there the walking IMDb for everyone, whether you are are of queer cinema or a cautious novice. Teams comprised of a maximum of four members, so sign formed quartet, or you can buy an up as a ready individual ticket and team up with some fellow film are on the night – everyone is welcome. There buffs prizes to be won and fun to be had. But make sure you book early as space is limited. Good luck! MINDS Beadle-Blair workstherunwaylikenooneelse. life storiesofthekeyplayers,legendaryMCRikki ballrooms of1980sNewYork. Andaswehearthe Houses thatwere developedintheblack,gay takes itsinspirationfrom theUSmodelofcompeting celebration ofthequeerheroes ofthisscene,which underway foranupcomingcompetition.Thisisa love, communityandcreativity, aspreparations are compelling documentarythatexplores notionsof Manchester’s Vogue ballsceneisrevealed ina THE GOSPELOFEUREKA Heels In Spaniels Co Prod 2018. 61min. UK Pritchard. Darren Prod Dir DEEP INVOGUE 26 Sales 2018. 75min. USA Dir behaviour trulyconfoundsexpectations. how thechallengetotraditionalnotionsofmasculine single functioningunit.Thismovingdocumentaryreveals a find thatitsrigouranddisciplinetransformsthemas contemporary danceintotheirtrainingregime, they When aSwedishfootballteamincorporate Dir + SEETHEMAN gospel andcountryhits. crowds ofcowgirlsandboyswithallthegaypride lip-sync showintownwhere localqueenswowthe from thisspectacleare interspersedwithanother where 170actorslip-syncaPassionPlay. Scenes complete withahugestagesetofBiblical Jerusalem the maindrawisaChristianthemeparkofsorts, touristresort,Americana. HometoaVictorian-style just fineinthishavenofenlightenmentandkitsch Fundamentalists anddragqueensseemtogetalong bill, thetownsfolkare alesson intogetherness. stop thedreaded trans-exclusionary bathroom to protect LGBTQ+rights(afirstinArkansas)and Having votedinaNon-DiscriminationOrdinance you’d expecttofindathrivinggaycommunity. town ofEureka Springsisnot necessarilywhere apopulationofjustover2,000,the BibleBelt With portrait ofaclubsceneintheheartManchester. Explore thepowerofdanceinanintoxicating 16:00 NFT2 16:00 MAR SAT 23 NFT3 18:15 MAR 24 SUN in small-townArkansas. Play andaChristiandragshowhappilyco-existing BondnarratesthetaleofaPassion Mx JustinVivian Amy Watson, Dennis Keighron-Foster. Keighron-Foster. Dennis Watson, Amy Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher. Prod José Miguel Jiménez. 2017. Ireland-Sweden 42min Amy Watson, Dennis Keighron-Foster, Keighron-Foster, Dennis Watson, Amy 14:00 NFT2 14:00 MAR 24 SUN NFT2 18:10 MAR 26 TUE

Cinetic Media ZC Charlotte Cook. BR ESCAPE FROM RENTED ISLAND: ESCAPE FROMRENTEDISLAND: Dir-Scr the manandhisera,before themusicstopped. and insiderinterviewsgiveavividsense ofHalston, everything. Anastonishingrangeofarchive footage collapse sawaoncehouseholdname lose addictions tosexanddrugsaspectacular Behind hisrigorous perfectionismlaydangerous from LizaMinnellitoElizabethTaylor andbeyond. label, hecreated astyleadored byeveryone empire. Asanelegantsocialitewithhisowncouture ended upthekingofStudio54andrulerafashion Festival. Tcheng reveals howaboyfrom ruralIowa hot from itsWorld Premiere atthe SundanceFilm status isjustoneaspectofthiscompellingprofile, ‘Halston, Gucci,Fiorucci…’.Thedesigner’s iconic The discoanthem‘Greatest Dancer’features theline HALSTON THE LOSTPARADISE OFJACKSMITH in 1989andhaslovinglyrestored it. Smith’s archive from neardestructionafterhisdeath performance artistPennyArcade, hehelpedrescue Collaborating withfilmhistorianJHobermanand has directed non-narrativecinemaforfourdecades. about queercinemaandtheavant-garde, Tartaglia of thetime,JerryTartaglia. Oneofthefirsttowrite crafted filmwasputtogetherbyanotherpioneer ‘Capitalism’, ‘Glitter’and‘Injustice’,thisbeautifully Encompassing 21chapters,withtitleslike films from the1960sandlatertheatre work. against footagefrom hislargebodyofexperimental waxing lyricalonvarioustopicsare juxtaposed we hearisSmith’s –archive recordings ofhim underground filmmakerJackSmith.Theonlyvoice homage tothelifeandworkofradicalartist Talking headsbedamned!There isn’t oneinthis Dir-Prod Sales 2018. 120min. USA-UK Dugan. Sean Guest, Cornelia With Dallas. Paul Levy, Stephanie Beverly Grant. USA 2018. 88min. Sales 2018. 88min. USA Grant. Beverly 15:40 NFT1 15:40 MAR SAT 30 NFT3 16:30 MAR SAT 23 Jack Smith’s bodyofwork. a 20-yearproject torestore andpreserve An experimentalfilmessayspringingoutof those whoknewhim. featuring rare archive footageandinterviewswith lavish portraitofAmericanfashionlegendHalston, Director Frédéric Tcheng (DiorandI ) presents a Dogwoof Frédéric Tcheng. Prod Jerry Tartaglia. With Tartaglia. Jerry 15:10 STUDIO MAR 31 SUN 20:50 STUDIO MAR 24 SUN Jack Smith, Mario Montez, Montez, Mario Smith, Jack Roland Ballester, Tavi Gevinson, Tavi Gevinson, Light Cone ZC

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Photo: Barry Berenson Perkins THE FRUITMACHINE LIGHT INTHEWATER and formerstaffers. accompanied bycontextfrom historians,writers to haveanimpactonex-servicepersonnel,is The lingeringangerandshame,whichcontinues were deemedtobecriminalsincapableofarmyduty. sexuality wasmore importantthantheirserviceand who hadservedtheircountryfoundthat witchhunts were carriedout.Manybraveindividuals services highlighthowthesebrutalstate-sponsored testimonies bymenandwomenfrom across the War through tothe1980s.Fascinatingandvivid hysteria thatranfrom thebeginningofCold armed servicesofqueersfollowingtheanti-gay government’s systematicattemptstopurgeits Sarah Fodey’s documentarydetailstheCanadian Dir holders amongitsmembers. started amovementthathasnurtured worldrecord demanded equalrightsinthesporting arena and powerful andsupportivecommunity. Swimmers force tobereckoned with,aswellcreating a the LGBTQ+swimteambecameaprofessional participants from across thedecades,chartinghow from theteamcameintotheir own.We meet the foundationofGayGames,swimmers saw sportassomethingalientothem.However, with homophobic andmanyintheLGBTQ+community a fewshortyears.Sportingorganisationswere challenges thatHIVandAIDSwouldpresent within sunshine,blissfullyunaware in theCalifornia of added waterpolo)features handsomeswimmers (later renamed West HollywoodAquaticsafterthey Early footageoftheWest Hollywood Swimteam SandBay Entertainment Inc. SandBay Entertainment Co Prod 2018. 82min. Canada With Dir-Scr Light in the Water LLC Water the in Light Co Prod Scr 18:20 NFT3 MAR 22 FRI 16:00 NFT3 16:00 MAR 22 FRI and itsdevelopmentoversubsequentdecades. and thisfascinatingfilmexplores theteam’s history The West HollywoodSwim teamstartedin1982, Canadian armedforces. criminalisation ofLGBTQ+membersthe exposes more thanfourdecadesofgovernmental A richandcompellinghistoricalaccountwhich Lis Bartlett. Prod Bartlett. Lis Lis Bartlett, James Cude. USA 2018. 75min. 2018. 75min. USA Cude. James Bartlett, Lis Michelle Douglas, Lucie Renée Parent. Laperle, Sarah Fodey. Prod Lis Bartlett, Nathan Santall. Santall. Nathan Bartlett, Lis 12:00 NFT2 12:00 MAR SAT 23 16:10 NFT2 16:10 MAR 24 SUN BR Han Nguyen, Sarah Fodey.

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MINDS 27 ZC (1988) BIG ZC Jamie Coughlin. SAT 30SAT MAR 12:00 NFT3 EVENT The Film Collaborative Film The Jamie Coughlin, Gabriel Silverman. USA 92min. 2018. Gabriel Silverman, Fiona Dawson. Prod A glimpse into the lives of four soldiers who risk dismissal or demotion to fight for transgender rights in the US armed forces. Historically starved of content at the cinema,Historically starved of content up’ film history bythis panel event will ‘trans movie moments. mainstream repositioning WED 27 MAR 18:15 NFT2 MON 25 MAR 18:15 NFT3 Scr Sales Exploring the flabbergasting fact that the military is the largest employer of trans people in the US, this film examines the appeal of such a regimented, to conform to strict hair binary system. Forced lengths and uniforms matching gender assigned at birth, one particularly muscly trans male soldier signs up for multiple tours in Afghanistan as overseas he can wear male uniforms and sport a buzz cut. The skirt uniform back home ridiculousness of his official is one of the primary examples convincing the top the rules. For every step forward brass to reconsider two steps back, as evinced by the recent are there Court decision on the issue. Interviewees Supreme include trans activists, whose sincerity and patriotism on critical perspectives balanced with refreshingly are political shift to the right. their country’s Dir TRANSMILITARY Since the very first flickering of the moving image onSince the very first flickering power has enraptured seductive cinema’s screen, of marginalisation andthe globe. But with a history trans and non-binary are where misrepresentation, voices in the glitzy world of movieland? Challenging unless you be yourself the notion that you can’t can see yourself, this guest panel featuring Kate O’Donnell and La John Joseph will perform a lively a gender- Using ‘transing up’ of the mainstream. queer eye to pluck out past examples of characters regardless readings trans and plotlines, we will reveal original intentions. With a series of of the filmmaker’s clips to flip perspectives, we seek to close the gap between the ‘us and them’ narrative and reclaim never You’ll some space in cis-led cinematic history. see these movie classics the same way again! Total running time c90min Total TRANS CREATIVE AT THE MOVIES AT TRANS CREATIVE

AFFIRMATIONS Ondi Timoner, Mikko Alanne. BR Marlon T Riggs. USA 1990. 10min JB The Exchange The Eliza Dushku, Ondi Timoner, Nate Dir SAT 30SAT MAR STUDIO 11:40 Marlon T Riggs. USA 9min 1991. Dir Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey. Hickey. Benjamin John Rendón, Marianne Smith, Matt Marlon T Riggs. USA 1992. 38min Ondi Timoner. Prod FROM THE ARCHIVES Matt Smith stars as legendary photographerMatt Smith stars as legendary whose sex life fuelled to the devilish bad boy, his career. Robert Mapplethorpe in this full-frontal homage full-frontal Robert Mapplethorpe in this SUN 31 MAR 15:50 NFT3 20:45 NFT1 FRI 29 MAR ANTHEM An experimental music video portraying a vibrant, exciting and defiant community of black gay men. AFFIRMATIONS Featuring the poetry of Essex Hemphill, this is a beautiful and fantasies of desires short film exploring the dreams, black gay men. NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN Dir A timely and illuminating documentary examining the and fascinating fierce impact of HIV and AIDS. There’s insight at every turn, example of Riggs’s and a classic formally distinctive style. will be followed by a discussion This screening running time c90min Total Marlon Riggs was a legendary black gay filmmaker whose poetic style pulled no punches in examining the capitalism sexuality, between race, gender, relationship opportunity to see all three and the media. This is a rare of his early short films. THE SHORT FILMS OFTHE SHORT MARLON RIGGS Dir Dushku,Richard J Bosner. Scr With USA 95min. 2018. Sales Smith is mesmerising as Mapplethorpe in this no- career exploration of the sensational holds-barred who became one of the world’s of a New Yorker most feted photographers. The film follows him of Patti Smith, his early days as the companion from living at the Chelsea Hotel, to becoming the toast of the town and the bane of conservative America. leather- gay, Like his photographs, which brought the shadows, out of fetish sex and bondage from Mapplethorpe was brave, bold and brazen. But his Ondi and director art was steeped in his own reality Timoner of the contradictions sense gives a real of a life lived on the edge, and how a fearless photographer used his passion to celebrate sex and sexuality as never before. This film contains explicit images – viewer discretion advised This film contains explicit images – viewer discretion MAPPLETHORPE

ZC Frameline Distribution Frameline Marlon T Riggs, Kerrigan Black, Kerrigan Riggs, T Marlon The Film Collaborative Film The JB FRI 29 MAR 16:00 NFT3 @BFIFlare Robert Clift, Hillary Demmon. Marlon T Riggs. With Montgomery Clift, Brooks Clift, Ethel ‘Sunny’ Clift. FROM THE ARCHIVES After its 1989 release and subsequent screening and subsequent screening After its 1989 release Tongues Untied polarised on public television, Tongues critics with its unapologetic portrayal of black gay experience in America.

a nephew of the Hollywood star seeks to finda nephew of the Hollywood Monty. the real Trawling through an extensive family archive, an extensive family archive, through Trawling SAT 30SAT MAR 14:15 NFT3 WED 27 MAR 18:10 NFT3

2019’s international celebration of Marlon Riggs began in February with the film series ‘Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs’ international film series ‘Race, Sex & Cinema: The celebration of Marlon Riggs began in February with the 2019’s at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), organised by Ashley Clark in collaboration with longtime Riggs associate Vivian Kleiman. Academy of Music (BAM), organised at Brooklyn Blackberri. USA 1989. 55min. Sales This screening will be followed by a discussion This screening documentarian’s dream – his hobby was to collect dream documentarian’s taped phone conversations everything, from and home video to news clippings. The resulting documentary is packed with a wealth of clips performances, alongside greatest featuring Clift’s unseen footage and illuminating previously exposé interviews. The film is also a much broader Hollywood stars over of the history of tight control and the way journalists portray them. Dogged by of being a tragic narrative the nauseatingly repetitive lovers, friends and family closeted addict, the actor’s of acceptance, lusty exuberance story tell a different the damage independence. Debunking and fierce Making biographies, caused by two controversial that old Montgomery the bigger picture Clift presents want you to see. Hollywood didn’t An absolute treat for fans of classical Hollywood and An absolute treat was a brother Clift’s boy. its misunderstood poster Total running time c90min Total Dir-Prod USA 88min. 2018. Sales MAKING MONTGOMERY CLIFT MAKING MONTGOMERY Dir-Prod With Part documentary, part performance, it was described Part documentary, as ‘the film we have been waiting for’ by critic Cary Alan Johnson and vilified as a misuse of public funds hopeful Pat Buchanan. Suchby right-wing presidential lasting testament to the film’s divided opinions were impact as a powerful depiction of the ongoing black liberation movement, twinned with the devastation of the AIDS crisis. 30 years on, the poetry of Marlon EssexRiggs himself, as well as performances from comprise a uniqueHemphill and Brian Freeman, of a critical historical moment with fierce record intelligence, virtuosic rhythm and courageous hope that still stuns today. TONGUES UNTIED Images provided by Signifyin’ Works and Frameline Distribution Frameline and Works Signifyin’ by provided Images MINDS Eggs Productions Canada 2018. 97min. With Dir UNITED WEFAN 28 world over. tribute tosuperfans,queerandstraight,thewhole friends andfamily. UnitedWe Fanisaheartfelt helped heracceptsexualityandcomeoutto support forPersonofInterest,ashowthathas with KailyRussell,who’s torally usingtheinternet age 1960s, rightuptocampaigninginthemodern writing campaigntosaveStarTrek backinthe named BjoTrimble whomountedthefirstletter the supportfortheirrenewal. There’s thefabulously have tofightstayontheairandfansthatrally the cutthroat worldofnetworkTV, theshowsthat Michael Sparaga’s absorbingdocumentaryabout You don’t havetobeatelevisionfanaticenjoy 18:10 NFT2 18:10 MAR 22 FRI NFT2 20:40 MAR 27 WED campaigns to save them. campaigns tosavethem. that theylovesomuchmountedmassive A storyofordinary peopleandthetelevisionshows WILDFIRE POOL DRESSED FORPLEASURE Michael Prod Sparaga. Amy Acker, Levi, Zachary Nichelle Nichols. ES 18:10 STUDIO MAR 29 FRI Pancakes Co and Prod 14:00 NFT3 14:00 MAR SAT 23 Michael Joel Sparaga, Roff. 14:00 STUDIO MAR SAT 30

Collaborative Sales 2019. 78min. Canada-Germany-USA With Dir-Scr VISION PORTRAITS our mindstonewpossibilities. blindness andcreativity, asensualworkthatopens work, Evanshascreated atantalisingmeditationon new interviewsandrecordings oftheartistsat visual impairment.Usingarchive footagealongside himself, whoeachexperiencevaryingdegrees of Knighton)andthefilmmaker Hamilton), writer(Ryan a photographer(JohnDugdale),dancer(Kayla celebration ofthepossibilitiesartcreated by a blindorvisuallyimpaired creative artist.It’s a documentary, heexplores whatitmeanstobe his deterioratingeyesight.Inthisdeeplypersonal black, gayfilmmakerEvans(Brotherto) Film Festival,VisionPortraitsistheresponse of Hot from itsWorld Premiere atthisyear’s SXSW 20:50 NFT3 20:50 MAR SAT 23 impaired, inafilmofravishingpleasures. sight anddiscoversartistswhoare blindorvisually Gay filmmakerRodneyEvansexplores hislossof Rodney Evans, John Dugdale, Kayla Hamilton. Rodney Evans. Prod Evans. Rodney 14:10 STUDIO MAR 24 SUN Rodney Evans, Rob Wunder. This programme containssexuallyexplicitscenes,viewerdiscretion isadvised Total runningtime107min Two women overcome hatred andahostilefamilytosavetheir relationship. Dir MASKS a swimmingpool. A younglesbianfindshergrandmother’s eccentricWW2loverlivingbeneath Dir POOL PISCINA controlling relatives. An intensedayatworkhasmuchtoteachapolicewomandealingwith Dir CONCERN FORWELFARE lives forthemselves. A group ofyoungpeoplerun awayfrom theiraggressive fathertoforgebetter Dir WILDFIRE hacker network. After survivingamysteriouscrash,coderfindsherselfenmeshedinshadowy Emily Anahid Yahjian. Mkrtichian, Dir USA-Canada 2018. 15min TRANSMISSION POKHANTSUM A youngdisabledwomanthrows off protective parents tofindoutwhoshe really is. Dir DRESSED FORPLEASUREJEFAIS OÙTUMEDIS CHALLENGE ACCEPTED who havefoundawaytoriseabovetheircircumstances. These boldshortsshowthecourage,intelligenceandheartofthose BR Mahaliyah Ayla O. USA 2018. 22min O. USA Ayla Mahaliyah 2016. 29min Brazil Goddinho. Leandro 2018. 12min Australia Abboud. Fadia Bretten Hannam. Canada 2018. 12min 2017. 17min Switzerland Maricourt. de Marie The Film Film The Dir WATER MAKESUSWET of theproblem. environmentalism, neverlosingsightoftheurgency Sprinkle andStephenspresent aqueerapproach to to ‘Earthaslover’,withmuchheartandhumour Sea. Shiftingthemetaphorfrom ‘Earthasmother’ such asBigSur, Yosemite ParkandthetoxicSalton toiconicsites voice ofEarth,narratingthejourney to corporatemisconduct.SandyStoneplaysthe America toexplore everythingfrom sewageplants dubbed the‘E.A.R.T.H Lab’,theytravelacross array ofcolourfulcostumesandtheirmobile-home their loveaffair withwater. theirdogButch,an With second documentaryinatrilogy, thistimeexamining Annie SprinkleandBethStephensreturnwiththe married naturalphenomenasuchaslakesandtrees, After theiradventures inEcosexuals,whichthey Annie Sprinkle. USA 2018. 79min. Sales 2018. 79min. USA Sprinkle. Annie With Wilson. Keith Sprinkle, Annie 14:05 NFT2 14:05 MAR SAT 23 precious naturalresource. travel theUSinanerotic questtounderstandthis Ecosexual loversAnnieSprinkleandBethStephens Beth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle. Prod Sprinkle. Annie Stephens, Beth JB 18:40 STUDIO MAR 25 MON JB Beth Stephens, Juno Films Juno Beth Stephens,

IN PLACE OF THE REAL Abstractions of queerness make up this collection of experimental short films, showcasing the best in contemporary artists’ film and video. MB FLORA Dir Chaerin Im. USA 2018. 4min Flowers, reconceived. LIFT LITTLE TOKYO Dir Tina Takemoto. USA 2018. 7min History and place. Maps and memories. DONEBEING Dir Kengné Téguia. France 2018. 5min Introspections of a deaf visual artist. BETWEEN US TWO BETWEEN US TWO Dir Wei Keong Tan. Singapore 2017. 5min A son talks to his mother. ON THE LINE Dir Tina Takemoto. USA 2018. 7min Queer intimacies on the assembly line. CRYSTAL CLEAR Dir Max Disgrace. UK 2017. 3min The body, desired. POLYMORPH Dir Mike Hooves. Canada 2017. 5min A contemplation on gender. WAYWARD EMULSIONS Dir Tina Takemoto. USA 2018. 4min Ephemeral glimpses of defiant women. QUEER BABEL Dir Timothy Smith. UK 2018. 10min A queering of technology. WAYWARD EMULSIONS APHRODITE Dir Hannah Beadman. USA 2018. 4min The powers of water. SWORDED LOVE Dir Tina Takemoto. USA 2018. 5min Abstract impressions of Kung Fu cinema. TURNING Dir Linnéa Haviland. UK 2018. 2min Finding solace amongst the violence. THE BED AND THE STREET Dir Heather Frise, Mike Hoolboom. Canada 2018. 5min The personal and the political. A love story amid protest.

Total running time 66min

This programme contains sexually explicit scenes, viewer discretion is advised CRYSTAL CLEAR

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MAKING HISTORY These shorts chronicle the LGBTQ+ past to uncover community histories, evoke forgotten lives and honour legendary pioneers. ZC FRAMING AGNES Dir Chase Joynt, Kristen Schilt. Canada-USA 2018. 19min Angelica Ross, Silas Howard and Zachary Drucker enact newly discovered trans testimonials from the 1950s. MEET ME UNDER THE CLOCK Dir Lauren Hortie, Sonya Reynolds. Canada 2017. 14min This shadow-puppet tale finds Toronto’s queens and clones forging queer spaces PIRATE BOYS in the 1970s. TOMORROW ISLAND Dir Gwenn Joyaux. Estonia-UK-Portugal 2018. 16min At the outbreak of the Cold War, a Russian Inuit couple try to outrun their harsh reality on the frozen Bering Strait. THIS YEAR, HERE Dir Alison Taylor, Sabine LeBel. Canada 2017. 6min Memories of a rural holiday cottage are shared by generations of extended lesbian families. WICKED WOMEN Dir Anna Brownfield. Australia 2018. 6min A radical BDSM magazine makes waves in the 1980s gay scene Down Under.

WICKED WOMEN PIRATE BOYS Dir Pol Merchan. Germany 2018. 13min 1990s polymorphous queerness finds Del LaGrace Volcano evoking trans-masculine sexuality with feminist writer Kathy Acker. NIRVANA Dir Jess Kohl. UK 2018. 15min Ancient Hindu traditions are celebrated at an annual festival for Hijra and trans women in Tamil Nadu.

Total running time 89min

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18:15 Opening Night Gala: Vita & Virginia p7 21:00 Opening Night Gala: THU 21 Vita & Virginia p7

14:00 Vita & Virginia p7 16:00 Light in the Water p26

18:15 Tell It to the Bees p13 18:10 Challenge Accepted p28 18:20 The Fruit Machine p26 18:00 Girl p17 FRI 22 BFI Bar & Kitchen 20:45 Jonathan Agassi Saved 20:40 Night Comes On p19 20:30 Leitis in Waiting p18 20:20 Lizzie p19 21:00 Club Night: Club Kali p31 My Life p8 11:20 Jonathan Agassi Saved 12:00 The Fruit Machine p26 11:40 Tell It to the Bees p13 11:45 Leitis in Waiting p18 My Life p8 13:50 The Time is Now p15 14:05 Water Makes Us Wet p28 14:00 Challenge Accepted p28 13:45 Cassandro, The Exotico! p25 16:20 Jose p18 16:00 The Gospel of Eureka p26 16:30 Escape from Rented Island: 15:45 The Heiresses p12 The Lost Paradise... p26

SAT 23 SAT 18:30 Last Ferry p18 18:10 Socrates p13 18:40 Little Miss Westie p19 18:00 Life in Transit p22 BFI Bar & Kitchen 20:40 The Adventures of Priscilla, 20:45 Carmen & Lola p11 20:50 Vision Portraits p28 20:20 Call Her Ganda p25 21:00 Club Night: Queen of the Desert p17 Debbie Does BFI Flare p31

13:40 Calm Inside the Storm p14 14:00 The Gospel of Eureka p26 13:30 Operation Spanner: 14:10 Vision Portraits p28 Then and Now p20 BFI Reuben Library 15:50 Labyrinths of Desire p22 16:10 Light in the Water p26 15:45 Night Comes On p19 16:15 Little Miss Westie p19 15:30 Operation Spanner: Separating Fact

SUN 24 18:20 Men of Hard Skin p12 18:10 Cassandro, The Exotico! 18:15 Deep in Vogue p26 18:30 Jose p18 From Fiction (Free) p20 p25 20:40 Consequences p11 20:30 Call Her Ganda p25 20:45 Carmen & Lola p11 20:50 Escape from Rented Island: The Lost Paradise... p26 14:00 Men of Hard Skin p12

16:00 Last Ferry p18

18:30 Socrates p13 18:20 Consequences p11 18:15 Trans Creative at 18:40 Water Makes Us Wet

MON 25 the Movies p27 p28 Blue Room 20:45 Nevrland p19 20:40 Life in Transit p22 20:30 Two in the Bush: 20:50 No Box For Me. 19:00 Big Gay Film Quiz p25 A Love Story p14 An Intersex Story p20 14:10 Two in the Bush: 14:00 Two in the Bush: A Love Story p14 A Love Story p14 16:00 Nevrland p19

18:20 Giant Little Ones p17 18:10 Deep in Vogue p26 18:15 No Box For Me. 18:30 Cassandro, The Exotico!

TUE 26 An Intersex Story p20 p25 20:40 From Zero to I Love You p12 20:50 Greta p18 20:30 Splinters p13 20:45 Little Miss Westie p19

14:00 From Zero to I Love You p12

16:00 Making History p29

18:20 Rafiki p12 18:15 Transmilitary p27 18:10 Making Montgomery Clift 18:40 Shelter: Farewell to Edén p27 p20 WED 27 20:45 The Blond One p11 20:40 United We Fan p28 20:30 In Place of the Real p29 20:50 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun p21 14:00 The Blond One p11

16:00 Giant Little Ones p17

18:20 Papi Chulo p12 18:10 Man Made p19 18:15 Lethal Lesbians p19 18:30 No Box For Me.

THU 28 An Intersex Story p20 20:45 Tucked p13 20:40 Splinters p13 20:30 Lizzie p19 20:50 The Silk and the Flame p20

14:00 Papi Chulo p12

16:00 Making Montgomery Clift p27 18:15 The Ground Beneath 18:20 Shelter: Farewell to Edén 18:30 We the Animals p14 18:10 United We Fan p28

FRI 29 My Feet p18 p20 BFI Bar & Kitchen 20:45 Mapplethorpe p27 20:40 Red Cow p12 20:50 Roman p13 20:30 The Silk and the Flame p20 21:00 Club Night: The Batty Mama p31 11:15 What Makes a Man, 11:50 Red Cow p12 12:00 Transmilitary p27 11:40 Mapplethorpe p27 a Man? p16 13:45 Dancing With a Stranger 14:05 Greta p18 14:15 Tongues Untied p27 14:00 United We Fan p28 p15 15:40 Halston p26 16:30 Roman p13 16:10 Man Made p19 16:15 Rafiki p12

SAT 30 SAT 18:15 Sunburn p13 18:30 The Heiresses p12 18:20 We the Animals p14 18:10 Tucked p13 BFI Bar & Kitchen 20:50 Knife + Heart p18 20:45 Making History p29 20:30 The Silk and the Flame 20:20 The Ground Beneath 21:00 Club Night: p20 My Feet p18 Knife + Heart p31 12:30 Hook Ups and Downs 13:50 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 13:30 Girl p17 12:40 Knife + Heart p18 p21 p21 BFI Reuben Library 15:00 The Way Things Are p23 15:45 Sunburn p13 15:50 The Short Films of 15:10 Halston p26 15:30 Trans Representation Talk Marlon Riggs p27 (Free) p17

SUN 31 18:00 Closing Night Gala: TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) JT LeRoy p8 BFI Foyer 20:45 Closing Night Gala: TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) TBC Best of Fest (title tbc) 22:30 Closing Night Party: JT LeRoy p8 Unskinny Bop p31

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Image: 120 BPM, which screened at BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2018