Reviews
Daria's Night Flowers (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
Something to interpret! Colours leak, run, and flash in this experimental archival collage drawn from old Iranian films.
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Abstraction Belongs To Us (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
Palestinian voices and perspectives echo on the capital streets of liberal democracies that ignore them.
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What Will I Become? | BFI Flare 2026
A tender and moving tribute to trans masculine youth, which holds the weight of its subject matter while never veering into sensationalism.
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Night Stage: Desire in the Spotlight
Buy us a coffee (or two!), and fuel our work - for £5 a month you can help us keep OBSCURAE’S independence alive. Become a Paid Aficionado Night Stage opens with an immediate sense of artistic intent: a theatrical space, underscored by the classical swell of “Adeus”, and Maura
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The Serpent's Skin: Desire Meets Fantasy | BFI Flare 2026
Supernatural powers, overpowering desire, and inexplicable deaths make for a unique and exciting indie film. The Serpent's Skin delivers a fast-paced young adult novel brought to life. This trans led queer horror is driven by mysterious characters, each hiding their own secret. New to town, a young trans
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Another Man | BFI Flare 2026
Another Man is a millennial coming-of-age reminiscent of Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, with similarly nuanced relationships and sympathetic performances from our leads.
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Cherri: Depths of Despair | BFI Flare 2026
It challenges an idealistic view of the world, attempting to bring light to darker routines and inescapable self-loathing. It is emotionally bold, using as little dialogue as possible, forcing an audience to sit with the silence, perhaps trying to reflect what Cherri feels on a daily basis.
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Washed Up | BFI Flare 2026
A charming story of love and identity, full of heart, humour...and seals
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Madfabulous | BFI Flare 2026
Pomp and pageantry abound in a historical comedy-drama about a flamboyant aristocrat's odd reign over Anglesey.
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I Am Going To Miss You | BFI Flare 2026
A fun but otherwise conventional movie that does one huge thing that changes everything.
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Big Girls Don't Cry | BFI Flare 2026
Big Girls Don't Cry captures the darkest parts of adolescence the burgeoning sexuality, the loss of your self identity and longing for acceptance
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The Hijra & Trans Dignity in the Short Doc, 'Body of Our Own' (+Transcript) | Sophisticulture at BFI Flare 2026
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