38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
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BFI Flare 2024 in numbers
- 28,125 audience attendances across BFI Southbank screenings, events and short films on BFI Player
- 54% of all ticket bookers new to the Festival
- 87% occupancy at BFI Southbank screenings and events
- 58 features and 81 shorts from 41 countries
- 5 world premieres, 2 international premieres, 6 European premieres and 23 UK premieres across the feature films
- 285 filmmakers and their teams from 24 countries visited the Festival in person - with special guests including Elliot Page, Helena Bonham Carter, Simon Callow, Rupert Graves, Natascha McElhone, Great Scacchi, James Wilby, Bilal Hasna, Lady Camden, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Levan Akin, Devery Jacobs, James Krishna Floyd, Ben Hardy, Nimra Bucha, Jeffrey Schwarz, Linda Riley, Iris Brey, Michelle Parkerson and many others
- Over 3 million views worldwide for Five Films for Freedom in partnership with the British Council in its 10th anniversary year
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Become a BFI Member
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Support film culture and enjoy great benefits year-round, including ticket discounts for BFI festivals, BFI IMAX and BFI Southbank.
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25 & Under
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Sign up for free to get your hands on £3 BFI Southbank tickets, plus events and film industry opportunities for 16-25 year olds.
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Submit your film for LFF 2024
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Deadline Fri 24 May
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For any filmmakers out there, submissions are now open for the 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express (9-20 October).
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LGBTQIA+ movies at BFI Southbank
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Silver Haze
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From Fri 29 Mar
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A nurse finds an unconventional path to self-healing after falling in love with a patient in this powerful British drama.
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Beautiful Thing
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13 & 30 May
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Hettie MacDonald and Jonathan Harvey’s acclaimed film version of the latter’s play, a gay romantic comedy set in and around a Thamesmead council estate.
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Cabaret
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From Mon 6 May
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Genuinely subversive in its sexual politics and seedy portrayal of Berlin, Bob Fosse’s take on a doomed love triangle remains as captivating as ever.
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A year of film for £40*
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Subscribe today using voucher code FLARE24 and unlock a year’s streaming access at a discounted rate. Offer ends midnight Fri 31 May.
*New customers save £9 on annual subscription.
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