Senior BFI Flare programmer, Michael Blyth, talks us through the film festival as a platform for the best in contemporary queer cinema.

After Venice Film Festival, Mike Leigh presents Peterloo in Italy.

New approaches to audio description.

Actor Stephan James on love, racial injustice and black masculinity in Barry Jenkins’ screen adaptation of James Baldwin novel If Beale Street Could Talk.

Wim Wenders in Italy to present his personal journey with Pope Francis.

“Can any attempt to measure intelligence predict a person’s value, or potential to contribute meaningfully to the world?” – Chris Cooper

Dreaming the next film.

After being bombarded by information from the internet let’s hear what the people of Taiji have to say. This is the new beautiful movie of Megumi Sasaki.

When violence meets tenderness: Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay discuss their approach to the hero’s journey.

Maze, Stephen Burke and Barry Ward speak about their film.