‘We try to reflect what the community is talking about’: Bohdan Zhuk, SUNNY BUNNY director
CURATOR TALKS: We take a closer look at Ukraine’s only queer film festival, which is working to change the narrative both sociopolitically and cinematically.
‘Sexuality stays with us even when our mind fades’: Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi on ‘Maspalomas’
STOCKFISH / BFI FLARE 2026: The co-directors of the Basque film making waves across the festival circuit talk about collaboration, change in social policy, and coming out of one’s own closet in different ways.
‘I want people to broaden their horizons about what African love can be’: Pamela Adie on ‘Ìfé: (The Sequel)’
BFI FLARE 2026: The Nigerian LGBTQ+ activist and filmmaker turns from producing to directing to create the long-awaited sequel to the first lesbian film in Nigeria.
‘My job is to pull queer radicalism back to where it once belonged’: Fil Ieropoulos on ‘Uchronia’
BERLINALE / BFI FLARE 2026: If utopia has been overexploited as a politico-philosophical device, perhaps it’s time to turn to “uchronia” instead—so we chat with the Greek filmmaker to unpack his latest feature, which interrogates the idea of queer history itself.
‘I thought it would be fun to find a cliché and turn it on its head’: Mickey Stepanskiy on ‘Knights on a Quest for Love’
ANIMA 2026: The US filmmaker explores how his light-hearted take on a topsy-turvy trope meaningfully turns a patriarchal fairytale upside down in his endearing comedic animated short.
‘This is a festival for a specific community’: Diana Cipriano, BFI Flare programmer
BFI FLARE 2026: As the famed queer film festival celebrate its 40th birthday, we learn about trends, highlights, and curatorial perspectives in creating an event specifically for the queer community.
Mother Mary Comes to Me: The Sensuous Renaissance of ‘Little Trouble Girls’
BFI FLARE 2026: We take a look at one of the most intriguing films of 2025, Slovenian filmmaker Urška Djukić’s story of Catholicism-meets-sexuality, made unexpected.
‘In Brussels, animation and the queer community have been linked since the beginning’: Dominique Seutin, Anima co-director
ANIMA 2026: In our newest curator discussion, we learn about the interconnectedness of Brussels’ queer community and the animation scene, which come together at this beloved Belgian festival.
Beneath the Lobster’s Shell: ‘Bucks Harbor’ (2026) by Pete Muller
BERLINALE 2026: Men of a small fishing town are revealed for who they are beyond stereotypes in this gentle, multifaceted portrait of masculinity and community.
‘It was always the queer experience at its core’: Kai Stänicke on ‘Trial of Hein’
BERLINALE 2026: The Berlin-based filmmaker shares the importance of using a personal story for his first feature, exploring the tension between the past and present—as well as the memories that come embedded within them.