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BFI Flare 2026

Our coverage of films at BFI Flare 2025

Four shirtless people crawling through dense green undergrowth in a forest, their backs visible, facing away from camera.

TO DANCE IS TO RESIST | BFI Flare 2026

Ali Westwood 27 Mar 2026

Young woman with long wavy brown hair, floral headband, teardrop face gems, dangling earrings, and striped outfit, smiling softly.

Miss Carbón (Queen of Coal) | BFI Flare 2026

Umnia El-Neil 26 Mar 2026

Two smiling women in nun habits sitting on grass, one reclining in the other's lap, in a black and white photograph.

Impure Nuns: The Black and White Ages of Queer Cinema | BFI Flare 2026

Holly Perring 26 Mar 2026

Person in gold and red saree getting makeup done at a beauty salon, with headband holding hair back, another woman standing behind.

Body of our Own: Exploring culture, dreams, and expression through the Hijra | BFI Flare 2026

Holly Perring 26 Mar 2026

Close-up of a person's lower face with a slight smile, wearing a black headset microphone near their chin.

Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage | BFI Flare 2026

Umnia El-Neil 26 Mar 2026

Composite image: woman in gray cap with hand on face, black-and-white angel illustration smoking, blonde woman in leather jacket

SOPHISTICULTURE

BONUS: Louise Weard talks DIY Cinema, Castration Movie Chapter iii, and how it all comes together | Sophisticulture at BFI Flare 2026

OBSCURAE 25 Mar 2026

Young man in green sweater over plaid shirt stands among a crowd of students in what appears to be an Indian school setting.

Hills Don’t Dance Alone | BFI Flare 2026

Isla K. 24 Mar 2026

Liz, our protagonist, looks anxiously over her shoulder. She is in a dilapidated public bathroom and her reflection is visble in the dirty mirror.

Don’t Come Out | BFI Flare 2026

Ruby Hann 23 Mar 2026

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OBSCURAE 22 Mar 2026

Black and white photo of marchers at a Japanese Lesbian & Gay Pride Parade holding a banner with Japanese text celebrating coming out.

Beyond The Fire: The Life of Japan’s First Pride Parade Pioneer | BFI Flare 2026

Isla K. 22 Mar 2026

Two people looking at a laptop screen together, one leaning over the other's shoulder affectionately, bookshelves behind them.

Julian: Love, Loss, and Legacy | BFI Flare 2026

Holly Perring 22 Mar 2026

Person with blonde wig, blue eyeshadow, pink lipstick, and fedora hat peeks through tropical palm fronds in a jungle setting.

Lady Champagne | BFI Flare 2026

Lucie Neale 22 Mar 2026