The BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival (March 21 \u2013 31) has unveiled the full programme for its 33rd edition, including over 50 features.<\/p>\n
Titles will include the European premiere of Justin Kelly\u2019s JT Leroy starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart, which will close the event. The film, adapted from Savannah Knoop\u2019s memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy, premiered at Toronto last year.<\/p>\n
The Flare centrepiece screening will be the UK premiere of Tomer Heymann\u2019s documentary Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, a portrait of one of the world\u2019s most successful gay porn stars.<\/p>\n
Also playing is another Toronto title, Annabel Jankel\u2019s Tell It To The Bees, starring Anna Paquin and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2009 Holliday Grainger. Adapted from Fiona Shaw\u2019s novel, the film follows two women in 1950s Scotland who fall in love.<\/p>\n
The festival is divided into three thematic strands, \u2018Hearts\u2019, \u2018Bodies\u2019 and \u2018Minds\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018Hearts\u2019 will show films about love, romance and friendship, with titles including Papi Chulo starring Matt Bomer and Cannes 2018 title Rafiki.<\/p>\n
\u2018Bodies\u2019 will show films about sex, identity and transformation, including Li Cheng\u2019s Venice Queer Lion winner Jose<\/strong> and 1994 comedy The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert.<\/p>\n Finally, \u2018Minds\u2019 will focus on art, politics and community, including Gabriel Silverman and Fiona Dawson\u2019s Transmilitary, which follows four solders risking dismissal to fight for transgender rights in the US armed forces.<\/p>\n The BFI NETWORK @ Flare mentorships in partnership with Bafta return for a fifth year, connecting UK-based LGBTQ+-identified emerging filmmakers to a professional network in the industry.<\/p>\n As previously announced, the festival will open with Chanya Button\u2019s Vita & Virginia, starring Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki.<\/p>\n