The full programme for this years 63rd BFI London Film Festival has landed. Bringing the best new films to London from 2nd – 13th October 2019. This years programme once again mixing a diversity of film with documentaries, talks and workshops. Headline Galas at this years festival include, The Personal History of David Copperfield from …
Knife and Heart is a truly unique, beautifully structured and gloriously queer mash up of genres and themes. With cutting humour, engaging performances and a killer design, this is a darkly delicious piece of fantasy/horror that wears its queer colours with pride.
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Despite an outstanding performance from Matt Smith, Mapplethorpe fails to capture the artistic drive and impulses of Robert Mapplethorpe, rushing from one scene to the next in a haphazard manner, never allowing the audience too close to the artist and his work.
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On the 23rd July 1966 Montgomery Clift died of heart failure at his New York apartment aged 45. Leaving behind a legacy of world class film and theatre that pushed the boundaries of masculinity on screen. In the years that followed Clift’s death a picture was painted of a man struggling with his sexuality, addicted …
High school coming out movies are a staple of LGBTQ cinema. Creating a challenge for new films in offering audiences themes and topics not already covered in a wide collective of films already within the genre. However with Giant Little Ones director Keith Behrman brings us a fresh twist on the genre while maintaining a …
Papi Chulo is a perfectly formed film, tenderly delivering sublime character studies through humour, drama and spirit; wrapping you in the warmth of its story and performances from the first scene to the last.
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A deep and emotional core layered with humour and love, Tucked is destined to become a modern classic of British LGBT cinema.
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Alexandre Moratto’s debut feature is a stunning and deeply emotional portrayal of a young mans journey through bereavement, isolation and family breakdown. Produced by the Quero Institute in Brazil with support from UNICEF. Socrates empowers at risk young people as producers, co-writers and actors. This input from young people gives Socrates a realism and natural …
Gregor Schmidinger’s debut feature provides a complex mix of masculinity, mental health and sexuality. Creating a picture of a young mans journey into adulthood unlike many other within the gay genre. Combining stark visual imagery with exceptional sound design. Schmidinger creates the aesthetic of entering the thoughts and emotions of his young male lead, Jakob …
Argentinean director Jose Celestino Campusano brings us a coming of age drama based in rural Argentina, with dark foreboding themes of abuse, control and community legitimation of both. Ariel lives on his fathers farm stuck between the toxic masculinity of two opposing older men. His father who believes he can change Ariel into his image …