Reviews
Treat Me Like Your Mother | BFI Flare 2026
A fascinating archive dive blending fuzzy analogue memories and stories of Lebanon's enduring trans aunties.
Ali Westwood
they/them
Reviews
Kisses And Bullets (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
Two Iranian women on opposite sides of the world are moved to protest, no matter the cost.
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Krizalit (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
The need for connection in a big, unfriendly city drives two women to the edge in this universal, sad but hopeful short.
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COYOTES (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
A Palestinian woman in trouble, danger lurking in the darkness on the road to Ramallah, and a tire iron.
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Everything Between Us (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
A sweet short in which masculinity lingers in its absence as two girls grow closer, despite an avoidable gulf.
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Daria's Night Flowers (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
Something to interpret! Colours leak, run, and flash in this experimental archival collage drawn from old Iranian films.
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Abstraction Belongs To Us (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
Palestinian voices and perspectives echo on the capital streets of liberal democracies that ignore them.
Film
Madfabulous | BFI Flare 2026
Pomp and pageantry abound in a historical comedy-drama about a flamboyant aristocrat's odd reign over Anglesey.
Film
I Am Going To Miss You | BFI Flare 2026
A fun but otherwise conventional movie that does one huge thing that changes everything.
Film
Bearcave | BFI Flare 2026
What if a cave told you to kiss your best friend? What if you were Greek and gay and pregnant?
Film
The Deepest Space in Us | BFI Flare 2026
Everyone lies, even to their closest companions, in this heavy and affecting story about three lonely people drawn together by their cryptic sexualities.
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TO DANCE IS TO RESIST | BFI Flare 2026
Just as Kyiv is divided by the Dnipro River, the hearts of so many queer people in Ukraine seem to be split in two.