(When the Rainbow Is Enuf)

A joyful twist on Ntozake Shange’s 1976 play, this programme celebrates queer Black girlhood across the spectrum: playful, romantic, chaotic and unapologetically free.

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

    95min

  • Programmed by

    Wema Mumma

Kanekalon

  • Director

    Sara J Asprilla

  • Colombia 2025. 13min

  • Language

    Spanish
    With English subtitles

Teyo, a young trans girl in Quibdó, Colombia, wanders around her hometown on her last day before school.

Newbies

  • Director

    Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence, Megan Trufant Tillman

  • USA 2025. 17min

  • Language

    English

This lyrical short finds two teenage New Yorkers navigating their fears and desires as they move through the city in a dreamlike haze.

Notice Me

  • Director

    Amy Leonard

  • UK 2026. 19min

  • Language

    English

After getting fired from her radio show, Em moves to East London and instantly develops a crush on AJ, her hot neighbour.

Seek No Favour

  • Director

    Elle Clay, Leilah Weinraub

  • USA 2025. 14min

  • Language

    English

Anxious millennial by day, local vigilante by night, Monroe Malone’s nemesis is Big Baby and his weave-snatching cartel.

The Fling

  • Director

    Jemma Cotter

  • Australia 2024. 4min

  • Language

    Dialogue-free

In this stop-motion romantic horror, two bisexual aliens are on the hunt for love. Will their unsuspecting dates sate their appetite?

Fish & Chips

  • Director

    Macadie Amoroso

  • UK 2026. 13min

  • Language

    English

On Fab and Cassie’s anniversary night, an innocent dinner choice sparks a heated debate over whose Black card should be revoked.

You and Me Makes Three

  • Director

    Emmalie El Fadli

  • UK 2025. 19min

  • Language

    English

Married couple Amara and Alannah try for a baby – a chaotic journey involving cautionary tales, sperm deliveries and ejaculating toys.

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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