Washed Up Review: BFI Flare 2026
‘’Washed Up is Mark Jenkin’s Bait meets Goldie Hawn’s Splash’’ jokes the announcer at BFI Flare film festival. Intrigued? Lock in. Struggling artist Morwenna (Anna…
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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,…