‘Pink’ – BFI Flare: Father and son tale stars Gordon Warnecke in Yassa Khan life to screen 'out' story (video interview)

First time writer-director draws from his own life in this searing tale described by some as a British ‘Goodfellas’…

VERY autobiographical and almost unbelievable, writer-director Yassa Khan invites us into his early life…
With a father for a career criminal and growing up in Wales as a mixed race gay man, this is a tale that will stay with you.
Khan discusses how he came to make this film – he has only been making films since the pandemic and this is his first professional narrative short film.
He talks about what getting Gordon Warnecke meant for him, having first seen the iconic actor as a young man in ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’.
Expect to be hearing more about Yassa Khan and his story as he looks to make it into a feature film.

BFI Flare preview to follow (pending)

Clips courtesy of Triongl Productions
It screens first on Saturday, March 22 as part of ‘Queer and Now’ which are explorations of gay life – and then again on Saturday, March 29 – see BFI Flare website for ticket details. There were some showing for the later Saturday. See link below and look for standbys and cancellations.