Echo Chamber - BFI Flare 22 - Day 3
@EchoChamberFP is back with more highlights from this years 'BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival'.
Today, on 'Day 3', we look at a film about a poet struggling with sexuality and the horrors of the war. Plus a couple of Shorts.
'Benediction' is written & directed by Terence Davies and it explores the turbulent life of First World War poet, Siegfried Sassoon. Who survived the horrors of fighting in the War, and became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London’s literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
'Fever' is directed by Angele Cooper and written by Jeremy Feight. It's a psychological thriller that follows Jay (Jeremy Feight), who after a series of violent events, escapes his racist family to embark on a new life with his Black boyfriend, Andre (David J. Cork). While taking a pit stop to celebrate Andre’s mother’s 50th birthday, Jay’s mental health unravels as he faces the realities of his interracial relationship and the dangers of his whiteness.
‘For Love’ is written & directed by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor. Nkechi (Marcy Dolapo Oni), an illegal immigrant, who has been hiding for three years, lives with her girlfriend Martha (Ann Akinjirin) and their two other friends Dolapo (Diana Yekinni) and Tolu (Damola Adelaja). When immigration does a random check on Dolapo, both Nkechi and Martha are forced to make decisions about their love and their future together.
Today we have:
Benediction - Poster
Benediction
Watch Review: Here.
Toronto International Film Festival Date: 12th September 2021
BFI Flare 2022 Date: 17th March 2022
Bodies: Film Strand
Theatrical USA Release Date: 13th May 2022
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeremy Irvine, Kate Phillips, Gemma Jones, Ben Daniels
Credit: Vertigo Releasing, EMU Films, BBC Films, British Film Institute (BFI), M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, Lipsync Productions, Creative England
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Running Time: 137 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Fever - Film Still
Fever
Watch Review: Here.
BFI Flare 2022 Date: 18th March 2022
Director: Angele Cooper
Cast: David J. Cork, Jeremy Feight, Janet Hubert, Alice Ripley, Terence Archie, Danea Osseni, Iroko Anyogu, Arthur L. Braddy III, Justin Mortelliti
Credit: SheStrikes
Genre: Short, Thriller
Running Time: 20 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Instagram: @fevershortfilm
For Love - Poster
BFI Flare Festival 2022
Festival Date: 16th - 27th March 2022
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*(Music)
'Turn The Beat Around' by Gloria Estefan - 1994