BFI Flare 2024: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

The 38th edition of Britain's most established and attended film festival, devoted to LGBTQIA+ themes, issues and concerns. The 12-day festival includes 57 features and 81 shorts (from 41 countries) covering the ever expanding spectrum of representation and experiences, plus special events, guest appearances, discussions and workshops. Plus the annual Big Fabulous Interactive Quiz — hosted by bearded drag artist Mr. Ted — and post-film club events.

The festival opens with the European Premiere of Amrou Al-Kadhi's debut feature LAYLA — about a struggling Arab drag queen whose confident façade hides their desperate desire for love. following its world premiere at Sundance. The festival closes with the world premiere of Luke Willis's docu-fiction LADY LIKE, which follows the story of London-born, San Francisco-based drag queen Lady Camden (aka Rex Wheeler) as she is catapulted into the spotlight in season 14 of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

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