Til the World Stops Turning

A celebration of some of this year’s best LGBTQIA+ short films from the UK and Ireland.

Screening dates and booking

Check which tickets are still available across the festival – and find out about extra ticket releases and standby queues.

Credits

  • Total running time

    90min

  • Programmed by

    Grace Barber-Plentie

  • Age rating

    18+

  • Content advice

    This short film programme contains flashing images, and transphobic attitudes and language.

Access screenings

Saturday 21 March 13:25
Descriptive Subtitles
BSL intro / Q&A

Friday 27 March 16:00
Descriptive Subtitles
Relaxed screening

Friday 27 March 18:15
Descriptive Subtitles
BSL intro / Q&A

Find out about booking tickets for access screenings

Doug + Me

  • Director

    Cecile Fountain-Jardim

  • UK-USA 2026. 6min

  • Language

    English

  • Content advice

    Contains flashing images.

Cecile Fountain-Jardim explores the life of the uncle that she never got to meet.

No Adams Allowed

  • Director

    Gemma Burnand

  • UK 2025. 13min

  • Language

    English

A couple find themselves in hot water when they kidnap a client who owes them money.

Uncanny Waters

  • Directors

    Ray Malone, Steve Melia

  • UK 2025. 10min

  • Language

    English

  • Content advice

    Contains transphobic attitudes and language.

A record of a radical art project by Deptford’s Heads Bodies Legs Collective.

I Hate Helen

Watch for free on BFI Player from 18 March

  • Director

    Katie Lambert

  • UK 2025. 7min

  • Language

    English

Priya loves to hate her schoolmate Helen. Or does she...?

Grand Dandy (For Ezra)

  • Directors

    The Campbells

  • UK-USA 2024. 4min

  • Language

    English

A stop-motion animation in which a grandparent tries to explain their gender identity to their newborn grandchild.

Reconnection

  • Director

    Amy Helena

  • UK 2025. 11min

  • Language

    English, BSL

Over the course of an evening, a splintered Deaf couple gradually edge towards reconciliation.

You Can Call Me Lou

  • Director

    Georgia Zeta Gkoka

  • UK 2025. 13min

  • Language

    English

  • Content advice

    Contains transphobic attitudes and language.

Travel back to the 1980s and 1990s club scene through this portrait of trans dancer Louise.

Queer & Confused

  • Director

    Zoe Black

  • UK 2025. 9min

  • Language

    English

A night out with bestie Dolly leaves Charlie on the verge of a revelation about their gender identity.

Never Never Never

  • Director

    John Sheedy

  • UK-Australia 2025. 19min

  • Languages

    English, Welsh
    With English subtitles

  • Certificate

    BBFC 15

A heartwarming love story, set in a Welsh fishing village, about a Shirley Bassey impersonator and a fisherman.

How to book

BFI Flare tickets start from £10, with concessions available for many screenings and discounts for BFI Members. Booking information and ticket prices.

If you’re aged 16 to 25, sign up for free to BFI 25 and Under for a chance to get £6 tickets to all screenings and events (subject to availability).

Missed out?

More tickets may become available for these screenings before and during the festival. Find out about extra ticket releases and standby queues.

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Washed Up

This charming, Cornwall-set drama finds a struggling artist falling in love with a mythical selkie.

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Madfabulous

Celyn Jones’ quirky period drama is based on the life of Henry Cyril Paget, the dancing Marquess of Anglesey, who stuck his nose up at societal norms.

Read more about Madfabulous

On the Sea

A moving tale of the powerful attraction between a local hand raker, who works on the mussel beds of North Wales, and an itinerant deckhand.

Read more about On the Sea