Wh BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival upon , we ntue our celebratn of queer cema wh a look at some of the bt lbian, gay and trans films om Sndavia and the Nordic untri.
Contents:
Películas ercial temáti gay y ter gay * gay themed indie films *
Queer women tend to love this Betiful Lndrette (1985)Wrer Hanif Kureishi and director Stephen Frears proved you uld be racism, class warfare and gay love one story wh this Br flick that put the entire creative team on the map.
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Don’t expect a happy Flamgos (1972)Booed by crics and banned by many theaters upon s release, Pk Flamgos is perhaps one of the most impactful works by gay director John Waters, beg a mpy o to “the other.
* gay themed indie films *
(2005)This French-Canadian film about Zac, a young gay guy growg up the ’70s a homophobic environment, is a g-of-age story on s surface but a father-son story at s re. Gervais, Zac’s father, stggl wh acceptg his son’s homosexualy, and Zac aims to make his father proud (often failg), transformg this to a story that transcends time perd or settg.