BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

Our springtime celebration of queer cinema is back at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player – 13 to 24 March 2024.

Booking dates

Monday 19 February – priority booking opens for BFI Patrons
Tuesday 20 February – priority booking opens for BFI Members
Thursday 22 February – tickets on general sale
Thursday 7 March – extra tickets released for some screenings and events

Booking opens at 11.30am on each date.

About the festival

Find out our top tips for how to fest, all the info about tickets and booking and explore access at the festival.

Tickets still available

A few of the many highlights at this year’s festival.

Don’t Ever Stop

The amazing story of legendary DJ and record producer Tony de Vit, who changed many lives with his music, most famously at Trade nightclub.

Orlando, My Political Biography

Nearly a century after Orlando was published, Paul B. Preciado unpacks the meaning and importance for trans people of Virginia Woolf’s classic novel.

Close To You

Simmering apprehensions surround a family get-together as Elliot Page’s Sam returns home for the first time since transitioning, in this highly improvisational collaborative feature.

Our Son

Billy Porter and Luke Evans star as a couple on the brink of divorce, fighting over custody of their eight-year-old son.

Woman Of...

An ambitious odyssey that tells the story of a closeted trans woman’s life in small-town Poland and against the tumultuous backdrop of a crumbling Soviet Bloc.