Peccadillo Pictures is to be screening a trio of films that reflect the wide diversity of LGBTQ+ experiences at this year’s BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival that runs March 16 – 27. There’s hopeful Olympian swimmers from Israel, awakening romance between rebellious two spirit youths in Canada, and budding rock star teenagers from Argentina. All three films will be released in UK and Ireland later this year.
WILDHOOD (Canada, 2021. 99 mins): A film by Bretten Hannam; starring Phillip Lewitski, Joshua Odjick, Avery Winters-Anthony. Nominated for Best Picture at Canadian Screen Awards.
In a rural east-coast trailer park, Link (Phillip Lewitski) lives with his toxic father and younger half-brother Travis (Avery Winters-Anthony). When Link discovers his Mi’kmaw mother could still be alive, it lights a flame and they make a run for a better life. On the road, they meet Pasmay (Joshua Odjick), a powwow dancer drawn to Link. As the pair journey across Mi’kma’ki, Link finds community, identity, and love in the land where he belongs.
Public Screenings: Thursday, March 24 (NFT1, 5.50pm) and Friday, March 25 (NFT3, 3:20pm)
Having earned himself a coveted spot at an elite training camp, swimmer Erez finds himself thrust into an unforgiving world of sporting rivalry, battling against his peers for a place on the Olympic team. With his goal in sight Erez is single-minded in his athletic ambition that is until he meets handsome fellow swimmer Nevo. A thrilling blend of sports movie and love story, Adam Kalderon’s The Swimmer is fraught with heady drama and smouldering sexual tension – not to mention a healthy dose of men in speedo..
BFI Flare screenings: Sunday, March 20 (NFT1, 8.50pm) and Tuesday, March 22 (NFT3, 1.50pm)
SUBLIME (Argentina, 2022, 100 mins): Director: Mariano Biasin; starring: Martin Miller, Teo Inama Chiabrando, Azul Mazzeo.
Best friends Manuel and Felipe live in a coastal town in Argentina. They spend all their time together playing in their rock band and working on converting an old van into a secret love nest to entertain their respective girlfriends. A talented songwriter, Felipe pours his soul into his lyrics evoking thwarted desire. With their gig debut just around the corner things come to a head and suddenly everything is at stake: friendship, love, and the band. Mariano Biasin’s vibrant drama, Sublime, vividly captures the heartache of adolescent angst and longing.
BFI Flare screenings: Tuesday, March 22 (NFT1, 8.45pm) and Wednesday, March 23 (NFT1, 1.50pm)
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