Shadow and Act

Stylish shorts that compel you to know yourself, live freely and speak the truth to power.

Total running time: 70min

Reluctantly Queer

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Dir Akosua Adoma Owusu
Ghana-USA 2016
8min

A beautiful letter about migration, identity and love from a young Ghanaian man to his family.

Hattie Goes Cruising

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Dir Konstantin Bock
USA-Germany 2015
17min

An ageing African-American couple give a how-to on cruising and what it was like being young, queer and pretty in 1970s and 1980s New York.

Still Burning

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Dir Nick Rowley
UK-France 2016
9min

A young migrant from Guadeloupe on the French vogue scene cares for his younger brother who is getting ready for his first ball.

I Am A Woman

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Dir Kai Fi åin & Azara Meghie
UK 2016
4min

The politics of gender, identity and race are explored in this short and energetic spoken word piece.

Bayard and Me

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Dir Matt Wolf
USA 2016
16min

Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, the organisational genius behind the 1963 March on Washington, is remembered by his younger partner.

Our Skin

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Dir João Queiroga
USA 2016
16min

When a sexy chat becomes an intense exchange on race, politics and war, two strangers find out how much they can accept in each other and in themselves.

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Still Burning

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I Am A Woman

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Our Skin

Cancellation of BFI Flare 2020

Due to the rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival.