BFI Flare 🌼

Showcasing the best new queer cinema and celebrating the diversity of LGBTQIA+ culture from around the globe. Taking place 18-29 March 2026 at BFI Southbank.

[Chiswick Cinema @ChiswickCinema]

OutWest 👑 MADFABULOUS

Premiering at the 40th BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Festival, MADFABULOUS follows a flamboyant Henry Paget in 1890s Wales to claim his inheritance played by Callum Scott Howells.

23rd June at 8PM
Tickets https://t.co/kIvthyQVjK

[Daniel Allen @dan_allen00]

Managed to see it when it was at @BFIFlare, great film.

[David Opie @DavidOpie]

Spoke to Kaden Connors and Nick Butler about their surreal queer road movie #LunarSway for @RadioTimes 🌈🌙

@BFIFlare #HeatedRivalry

https://t.co/j5pDflaHEw

[Pamela Adie @pamelaadie]

Had a big win, actually - the world Premiere of my narrative feature debut at BFI Flare London LGBTQ Film Festival, the biggest LGBTQ film festival in Europe. A groundbreaking achievement for Nigerian queer cinema. #ìféthesequel

[The Upcoming @The_Upcoming]

Satisfaction: On the red carpet with Alex Burunova and Fionn Whitehead at @BFIFlare 2026 https://t.co/GyUcCpQPLz

[BuzzFeed UK @BuzzFeedUK]

"Black Burns Fast:" Director Sandulela Asanda Sits Down With Us To Talk About Their Debut Film https://t.co/yLfbdeupfM

[Gavin Spoors 🇵🇸 @supergavigator]

Finally getting @BFIFlare reviews out!

First, opening night film Hunky Jesus. Never thought we’d get audiences cheering and whooping at a documentary.
https://t.co/U2mh9i9aYp

[beth @bethrosemaryy]

super cool to attend @BFIFlare today for the heartstopper forever talk & witness a scene from the unreleased film for the first time 🥰 so surreal!

[Steve Scarebear @Scare158Steve]

A lovely end to @BFIFlare with the closing film, the very funny & sweet coming of age film from South Africa, Black Burns Fast.

Been an enjoyable festival even though I only managed to catch 9 films.

This is in my Top 3 though along with Montreal my Beautiful & Lady Champagne.

[Stevie @FilmFanStevie]

Sadly my final day at this years @BFIFlare
It’s been an incredible festival as always ❤️ @BFI

[Leigh Wood @leighwood79]

RTD interviewed expertly by @Glamrou at @BFIFlare. A fascinating and very funny panel. Tip-Toe looks as if it is going to be special.

[food grower @foodgrower]

Great interview by @glamrou @britishfilminstitute #Bfiflare @russelltdavies63. Some wonderful clips including #queerasfolk #itsasin #yearsandyears his new project #tiptoe which should be out in April.

[mez 🫀 @imoftensleepy]

today i stumbled back into BFI Flare to see Miss Carbón 👑

thankyou for giving trans people the chance to tell their stories and be their authentic selves on screen! im so grateful to have been witness to something so special ❤️

https://t.co/xUN3wBgPGv

[The Reviews Hub @TheReviewsHub]

#FILM #REVIEW Drunken Noodles @BFIFlare 'an erotic, entrancing experience stitched together by haunted memory logic.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BFIFlare2026 https://t.co/0fMIAlzy0Y

[Human Dignity Trust @HumanDignityT]

On Monday, the HDT team attended the world premiere of Out Laws at Europe's biggest and longest-running LGBT+ film festival @BFIFlare.

This powerful film takes viewers on a global journey, uncovering the colonial roots of criminalisation of LGBT+ people whilst shining a light on our fearless partners @friedeldausab, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera and Raven Gill, who are challenging the very laws meant to silence them.

The film received a standing ovation from the entire auditorium 👏. Huge congrats to our friends and filmmakers James Lewis of The Good Side and @lexipowner for making such an important film and for being consummate storytellers.

There are still tickets available for Saturday morning’s screening so don’t miss it https://t.co/qocPfLVKgx

[cee-gee-triple-eye @CGiiiFilm]

What a ludicrous, mad and fantastic film that this film is...@madfabulousfilm - crazy performances and @rufus200 just, wow!
@BFIFlare - we salute you. And, to Celyn Jones and Lisa Baker [writer]...you brought joy [and madness] to the screen.
What a highlight.

[David Opie @DavidOpie]

2 years ago, Joan Chen starred in my favourite film of the year, Dìdi. In 2026, she’s done it again in #MontrealMyBeautiful, a sapphic Chinese immigrant story set in Canada. Joan Chen is perfect throughout, aching with passion and yearning in the face of quiet suffering @BFIFlare

[Steve Scarebear @Scare158Steve]

I doubt if I'll see a better film @BFIFlare this year than Montreal my Beautiful.

Never has a film title been so correct. Its a beautiful & tender love story about an elderly Chinese woman dealing with her identity with dashings of humour & Sadness combined.

Tears will be shed!

[The Reviews Hub @TheReviewsHub]

#FILM #REVIEW Out Laws @BFIFlare 'demonstrates what activism can achieve.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️#BFIFlare2026 https://t.co/y3GMbeA9bg

[The Reviews Hub @TheReviewsHub]

#FILM #REVIEW Can't Go Over It @BFIFlare 'actors Susannah Perkins and Taylor Trensch bring such likability to their characters that we are happy to fall in step with them' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://t.co/wGrgCAdLZM