Queer drama from Canada and France at BFI Flare 2023.

Peccadillo Pictures are screening films from Canada and France at BFI Flare 2023 that portray the complexities of LGBTQ+ relationships. It is also hosting a live Peccadillo Sofa Club event chatting to festival programmers and attending filmmakers. BFI Flare runs 15th – 26th March and these films will be released in UK and Ireland later in the year. Full details for BFI Flare: www.bfi.org.uk/flare

Lie With Me, France.

Stéphane Belcourt is a famous novelist who is invited to be an ambassador for a cognac brand celebrating its 200th anniversary. He consequently visits his hometown after being absent for decades. Belcourt discovers that an organiser of the trip is the son of his first lover. Memories of the toxic atmosphere of the town and his repressed desires, along with memories of this his passion of his youth come flooding back. Turbulent emotions of guilt and desire, mixed with grief, in all their complexities are set against the stunning French countryside to great effect. (98 minutes).

Tickets for Lie With Me at BFI Flare 2023 HERE.

Public Screenings: Monday 20 March (NFT1, 20:50) & Thursday 23 March (Studio, 15:20)

Golden Delicious, Canada.

Jake is a high school teenager, under paternal pressure to make it onto the school basketball team. He also has got a girlfriend that wants to have sex with him. Unfortunately for both, Jake is neither interested in basketball nor the desire to lose his virginity to the girl. Then sexy Alek moves into the house across the road, and behold, Jake develops a sudden interest in basketball and losing his virginity. We do not need to guess why that is! (120 minutes).

Tickets for Golden Delicious at BFI Flare 2023 HERE

Public screenings: Tuesday 21 March (NFT1, 17:50), Wednesday 22 March (NFT1, 14:45)

Chris New hosts a live Peccadillo Sofa Club on Friday 17^th March at 12:30 am direct from BFI Flare at BFI Southbank talking with programmers and filmmakers about their work and the festival. Join them in person on online for a fascinating hour of intrigue and imagination!