Search Results for: BFI Flare
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BFI Flare 2025 – South Asian politics, Transfemme, Polyamory, Coming Out with a difference; and Desi Queers
South Asian interest films at one of the world’s largest and most highly regarded LGBTQIA+ platforms… BRITAIN’S leading festival showcasing…
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‘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…
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‘Before I do’ – BFI Flare – “Beyond acceptance” and dreaming freely… (video interview)
Short film has original and imaginative take on a South Asian woman’s impending marriage… EXPLORING the queer space from a…
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BFI Flare 2024 – Interview writer-director The Queen of My Dreams Fawzia Mirza (video only)
DESCRIBED as a ‘dramedy’ by the writer-director herself, Fawzia Mirza’s ‘The Queen of my Dreams’ recently screened at the BFI…
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BFI Flare 2024 (38th) – “Joy and pain of filmmaking” as out Indian director Onir talks about latest ‘Pine Cone’ feature…
One of India’s leading social justice directors speaks to us about his very personal film which premiered in the UK…
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BFI Flare 2024 (38th) – ‘Merchant Ivory’: documentary – meeting of minds and the family they spawned…(review & star gallery)
Nostalgic and enjoyable, if you know the films they made in 1980s and 1990s… and even if you don’t, this…
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BFI Flare 2024 (38th) – The Queer Muslim Project film panel has successful night…
The British Film Institute’s (BFI) annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ saw the spotlight on South Asian films and filmmakers… INSPIRATION and…
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BFI Flare Festival 2024: Acclaimed Indian director Onir to present ‘Pine Cone’; Merchant Ivory partnership and Indian trans modelling agency get big screen treatment…
The British Film Institute’s (BFI) 12-day film festival that platforms the best of LGBTQIA+ culture starts tomorrow… BRITAIN’S biggest celebration…
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BFI Flare wrap: Controversial West African film ‘Dakan’ and final on South Asian shorts
The 11-day festival drew its curtains on Sunday (March 27) and screened both features and shorts of which several had…
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BFI Flare interview: Director of ‘Queer Parivaar’ Shiva Raichandani on creativity, inspiring stories and work that has universal appeal…
Midfest update: reviews too of short films – ‘Sunday’ and ‘The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night’ By Mamie Colfox…
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