Full programme announced for 35th BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival 2021
Virtual festival premieres of the best new LGBTIQ+ cinema from around the world will be available digitally UK-wide on BFI Player.
23 February 2021
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The 35th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival (17 to 28 March) unveiled its full programme this evening with a launch event on BFI Flare Facebook and BFI YouTube. One of the world’s most significant and long-standing queer film events, this year’s BFI Flare will deliver virtual festival premieres of the best new LGBTIQ+ cinema from around the world via BFI Player to UK-wide audiences.
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Glasgow Short Film Festival returns for its 14th edition
The mighty Glasgow Short Film Festival reveals the films in its two competitions, and shares its 2021 launch trailer Article by Jamie Dunn | 17 Feb 2021
Glasgow Short Film Festival becomes the first annual film festival to have to go virtual
twice, as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the UK film exhibition scene. While the 2020 festival took place during the pandemic, it was mostly curated beforehand, meaning GSFF will be able to address our changed world more directly in its lineup this year.
“We have been able to let our programme respond to both the virtual context as well as the wider conversations and collective needs that have come into focus over this pandemic,” says Sanne Jehoul, GSFF s co-director. “That has led to a programme which offers audiences more flexibility and complementary elements, such as our podcast episodes which provide additional context for and engagement wit
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When the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 28, 2021, in Park City, Utah, there won’t be a long line of people standing outside the Eccles Theater, watching their breath catch in the cold winter air and Main Street surely won’t be packed with revelers and sponsor activations, either.
Instead, on account of the coronavirus pandemic, next year’s Sundance will actually expand amid the contraction of live events. Rather than relying solely on in-person experiences, the festival has plans that extend far beyond the theater: a digital platform where patrons around the world can watch this year’s lineup; drive-in screenings at venues around the country; in-person showings at independent art houses nationwide where indoor events can happen safely and in accordance with public health guidelines; and even a virtual reality space that includes live performances and a lobby where people can digitally congregate.
Here are the 72 feature films in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which will mostly screen online
The festival will be shorter with limited in-person events, to avoid spreading COVID-19.
(Daniel Power | courtesy of Focus Features / Sundance Institute) Robin Wright directs and stars in the drama Land. It s an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. | Updated: Jan. 5, 2021, 12:33 a.m.
With everything that will be different about the 2021 Sundance Film Festival a shorter event, with fewer films, most of it happening online the quality of movies on the slate has stayed constant, said the festival’s new director, Tabitha Jackson.