The BFI today announces the dates for the 2023 edition of the UK’s largest queer film event, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. The Festival, which screens the best in contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema from around the globe, in addition to a rich selection of events and archive titles, will run from 15-26 March 2023 at BFI Southbank, with a selection of shorts available to watch for free UK-wide on BFI Player.  

For the first time, BFI Flare will also feature Immersive and XR work, programmed by the BFI’s Immersive Art and XR Curator, Ulrich Schrauth. This will build on the work of the BFI London Film Festival’s Immersive Art and Extended Realities strand, LFF Expanded, as well as BFI Southbank’s year-round BFI Expanded strand, which both showcase work from creators working at the forefront of emerging technologies, including interactive virtual reality, screen- based installations, augmented reality, mixed reality, immersive audio experience and live performance.

This year’s Festival will see the return of #FiveFilmsForFreedom in partnership with the British Council. This landmark initiative presents five films for free to audiences globally and invites everyone everywhere to show solidarity with LGBTQIA+ communities in countries where freedom and equal rights are limited. Since its launch in 2015, Five Films for Freedom films have been viewed by 20 million people, in over 200 countries and principalities.

Now in its ninth year, the BFI Flare x BAFTA Mentoring programme in partnership with BFI NETWORK, is once again offering six emerging LGBTQIA+ filmmakers the opportunity to strengthen their professional networks. The professional development programme, which is open for applications now, will include access to bespoke events and case studies during BFI Flare, one-to-one meetings with senior industry figures and filmmakers, and free annual membership to BAFTA Connect. Alumni include Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean), Dionne Edwards (Pretty Red Dress), Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor (Blue Story, Boxing Day), Amrou Al-Kadhi (Little America) and Georgi Banks-Davies (I Hate Suzie); previous mentors have included Luca Guadagnino, Kate Herron, Iain Canning, Isaac Julien, Desiree Akhavan and Russell T Davies.

BFI Flare will be programmed by Grace Barber-Plentie, Jay Bernard, Michael Blyth, Zorian Clayton and Brian Robinson, as well as new Film Programmer Rhianna Ilube, who will specialise in curating films for, by and about queer women.

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