We Are Faheem and Karun Review: BFI Flare Festival 2025

Forbidden love flourishes in Kashmir set We Are Faheem and Karun Groundbreaking writer/director Onir continues his mission to bring marginalised stories to mainstream Indian cinema…

Sandbag Dam Review: BFI Flare Festival 2025

A forbidden romance causes ripples through the community of a rural Croatian village in Sandbag Dam The film’s Croatian title, director Cejen Cernic tells us…

Summer’s Camera Review: BFI Flare Festival 2025

It’s first love in Korean coming of age drama Summer’s Camera Summer is a person, a season and a moment of change all at once…

You Promised Me The Sea Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

You Promised Me The Sea (L’air de la mer rend libre) explores an arranged marriage between a closeted gay man and his unknowing wife in…

Love Lies Bleeding Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

Be gay do crime: Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian are lovers on a revenge mission in Love Lies Bleeding Lou (Kristen Stewart) manages a run-down…

Our Son Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

Luke Evans and Billy Porter shine in divorce drama Our Son Nicky (Luke Evans) and Gabriel (Billy Porter) are a married couple and parents to…

Unspoken Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

An Orthodox Jewish teenager feels a connection to his grandfather’s secret life in Unspoken Noam is a closeted gay teenager living within the Orthodox Jewish…

Riley Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

A high school football star grapples with his sexuality in coming-of-age drama Riley Dakota Riley (Jake Holley) is the star player of a small-town high…

Boy Meets Boy Review: BFI Flare 2021

A ”feature length mumblecore” in which two young men spend a single day getting to know and love each other in the hazy Berlin Summer,…

Sublet Review: BFI Flare 2021

Two men of different generations and cultures form a bond in Sublet, a gentle holiday dramedy set over five days in Israel Tony award winning…