{"id":29826,"date":"2021-03-03T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T09:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=29826"},"modified":"2021-03-03T10:09:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T09:09:32","slug":"boys-on-film-preview-bfi-flare-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/boys-on-film-preview-bfi-flare-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys On Film Preview: BFI Flare Film Festival 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BFI Flare LGBTIQ+ London Film Festival 2021 | Raj&#039;s Picks\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hDuBtRAOfg0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The month of March always tends to be a massive month for us in regards to film festivals. With <strong>SXSW<\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\"><strong>BFI Flare Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> always overlapping, we certainly put our best foot forward in trying to cram in as much good film as we can during the month.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And speaking of quality films, the program for this year&#8217;s <strong>BFI Flare<\/strong> looks outstanding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BFI Flare 2021 programme launch\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zhzd3j9cj94?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the hot tip for us this year are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/firebird\"><strong>Firebird<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/cowboys\"><strong>Cowboys<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/rebel-dykes\"><strong>Rebel Dykes<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/dramarama\"><strong>Dramarama<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/jump-darling\"><strong>Jump, Darling<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/dose\"><strong>The Dose<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/well-rounded\"><strong>Well Rounded<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/obituary-tunde-johnson\"><strong>The Obituary of Tunde Johnson<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\/films\/mama-gloria\"><strong>Mama Gloria<\/strong><\/a> to name just a few&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One thing you can always count on, your <strong>Boys On Film<\/strong> will be there to give you our hot take on the festival. Phil, Raj and Sean are on-point this year to bring you our thoughts on the films that we are lucky enough to get to preview.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BFI Flare 2021 Programme Launch REACTION | Boys On Film\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xqOUT7-OrB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p role=\"presentation\" data-testid=\"plot-xl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/flare\"><strong>BFI Flare<\/strong><\/a> runs from <em><strong>Wednesday 17 to Sunday 28 March 2021<\/strong><\/em> and is completely online this year again. No excuse to check out some of this years best LGBTIQ+ cinema.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>New episodes of <strong>Boys on Film<\/strong> are released every week, so make sure to subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCaNc2JH146PLiqAxP2SWdvQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Phil Marriott\u2019s YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>For more <strong>EQ Music<\/strong> film and television reviews, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/category\/film-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Film\/TV channel<\/strong><\/a> right here on the site.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is literally no excuse to miss the best in LGBTQI+ films this year at BFI Flare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[522,151],"tags":[264,517,1238],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boys On Film Preview: BFI Flare Film Festival 2021 - EQ Music Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There is literally no excuse to miss the best in LGBTQI+ films this year at BFI Flare.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/boys-on-film-preview-bfi-flare-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boys On Film Preview: BFI Flare Film Festival 2021 - EQ Music Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is literally no excuse to miss the best in LGBTQI+ films this year at BFI Flare.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/boys-on-film-preview-bfi-flare-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EQ Music Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EQMusicBlog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajanrudolph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-03T09:03:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-03T09:09:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bfi-flare-2021-400x400-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raj Rudolph\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raj Rudolph\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/boys-on-film-preview-bfi-flare-2021\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/boys-on-film-preview-bfi-flare-2021\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raj Rudolph\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/78e5c31c9666a58154db2fc2f59332d1\"},\"headline\":\"Boys On Film Preview: BFI Flare Film Festival 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-03T09:03:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-03T09:09:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/boys-on-film-preview-bfi-flare-2021\/\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"bfi flare\",\"boys on film\",\"film reviews\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Boys On Film\",\"Film &amp; 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