Eye For Film2d ago
What Will I Become? "does not explain trans pain from the outside. It sits with it, listens to it, and tries to make room for it without exploiting it." https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/what-will-i-become-2026-film-review-by-edin-custo #BFIFlare #documentary #film #movies
Eye For Film3d ago
"It's so easy to go with the flow and to accept the most negative parts of masculinity and patriarchy. It takes real moral courage to default from that" - Logan Rozos and Lexie Bean discuss trans men's experiences and documentary What Will I Become? https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-29-interview-with-logan-rozos-and-lexie-bean-about-what-will-i-become-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
Eye For Film4d ago
"It's a little bit uncinematic, but I think that's what draws me towards doing it" - Louise Weard on Castration Movie https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-28-interview-with-louise-weard-about-castration-movie-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
Eye For FilmMar 25
Out Laws looks at the origins of anti-LGBTQ+ laws around the world, and meets some of the individuals who have dedicated their lives to challenging them https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/out-laws-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
Holland FocusMar 23
The excellent Alexander Skarsgård stars in one of #BFIFlare's Best of Year selections, which is in Dutch cinemas from Thursday. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/03/bfi-flare-pillion-harry-lighton-2025.html
BFI Flare: Pillion (Harry Lighton, 2025)

The entirety of  BFI Flare ’s Best of Year strand will be screened on Sunday, which marks the close of this year’s edition of the festival. ...

Eye For FilmMar 22
"I think because I'm a self taught filmmaker, everything was instinctual and collaborative all the time" - Lily Vetch and Rahemur Rahman on Body Of Our Own https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-22-interview-with-rahemur-rahman-and-lily-vetch-about-body-of-our-own-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
wMar 22

Can you imagine a film about lesbian nuns in 1950s Japan? Look no further than this year’s BFI Flare festival.

‘Impure Nuns’ is a cheap flick from Japan’s Shin-Tōhō studio. Released in 1958 it tells the story of a young Catholic woman who enters a convent after a rape & abortion. Some years on, after becoming a model nun, she is seduced by a wild young novice and her life unravels.

The film is mad, camp as hell, disturbing in its treatment of rape; but at times beautiful and romantic. It bombed on release as it wasn’t sexually explicit enough for its intended male audience but was too obviously intended as semi-porn to be remarketed to women (they did try).

The director was Michiyoshi Doi and it starred Miyuki Takakura as Sister Eri and Mayumi Ōzora as the young novice Anna.

https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=impure-nuns-flare26

#土居通芳 #高倉みゆき #大空眞弓 #新東宝株式会社 #shintoho #michiyoshidoi #miyukitakakura #mayumiozora #bfiflare #lgbtq #lesbian #nun #japanesecinema #japan #日本🇯🇵 #queercinema

Impure Nuns | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2026

This transgressive 1950s treasure, previously unseen outside of Japan, chronicles an affair between two nuns at a boarding school.

BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2026
Holland FocusMar 22
Gregg Araki's finest film will be back on the big screen as part of this year's #BFIFlare. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/03/bfi-flare-mysterious-skin-gregg-araki.html
BFI Flare: Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki, 2004)

More than 20 years on from its screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin returns to the big screen ...

Eye For FilmMar 21
"I'd been looking for an opportunity to make my first feature, and when this opportunity arose, it was like the dream" - Lexi Powner, Friedel Dausab, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera and James Lewis discuss global LGBTQ+ issues and Out Laws https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-21-interview-with-lexi-powner-friedel-dausab-rosanna-flamer-caldera-and-james-lewis-about-out-laws-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
Holland FocusMar 21
This hugely enjoyable biopic is among the offerings at this year's #BFIFlare. Our review: https://www.hollandfocus.co.uk/2026/03/bfi-flare-queen-of-coal-agustina-macri.html
BFI Flare: Queen of Coal (Agustina Macri, 2025)

Coal mining in Argentina is small and highly concentrated in the Río Turbio basin of southern Patagonia, where a state‑owned company operate...