Flare: The London Lesbian and Gay film festival has decided it is time for a change to make the event more inclusive and reflect a more diverse understanding of identity and have rebranded the event BFI Flare: London LGBT festival. Flare, the BFI said, sounds inclusive and welcoming and could suggest the light of a cinema projector or beacon. It is also "the idea of a movement outwards" and "the spark of an idea that has its own momentum". The festival, which runs from 20-30 March, was called Gay's Own Films for its first two years, before becoming the London Lesbian and Gay film festival. It has grown consistently and this year includes more than 50 feature films from across the world The opening film will be the European premiere of Hong Khaou's Lilting, which stars Ben Whishaw as a man in mourning for the death of his lover Kai. He reaches out to Kai's mother, a Chinese-Cambodian woman who has never learned English or assimilated during her 20 years living in London. The closing film will be 52 Tuesdays, directed by Sophie Hyde, which tells the story of a teenager struggling to come to terms with his mother's transition from woman to man. It was shot every Tuesday over one year In 2014 a full page of the catalogue lists the sponsors from Accenture and American Airlines to the Mayfair hotel and Renault.
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- 01 Nov – Sophie B. Hawkins (1967–), American singer-songwriter & musician
- 02 Nov – k.d. Lang (1961–), Canadian singer-songwriter
- 07 Nov – Agnès Maltais (1956–), Canadian politician
- 08 Nov – Judith Gough (1972–), British diplomat, U.K. Ambassador to Sweden
- 08 Nov – María Rachid (1974–), Argentinian politician, social leader & LGBTQ activist
- 09 Nov – Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938–), American radical feminist author & philosopher
- 09 Nov – Marie Dressler (1868–1934), Canadian-American actress
- 10 Nov – Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020), American feminist & gay rights activist
- 10 Nov – Heather Matarazzo (1982–), American actress
- 12 Nov – Mary Baxter Ellis (1892–1968), British commanding officer of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
- 13 Nov – Rosie Jones (1959–), American golfer
- 14 Nov – Louise Brooks (1906–1985), American dancer & actress
- 14 Nov – Wendy Carlos (1939–), American composer & electronic musician
- 16 Nov – Jamie Babbit (1970–), American film director, producer & screenwriter
- 19 Nov – Jodie Foster (1962–), American actress, film director & producer
- 20 Nov – Grace Darmond (1893–1963), Canadian-American actress
- 21 Nov – Cherry Jones (1956–), American actress
- 22 Nov – Billie Jean King (1943–), American former professional tennis player
- 23 Nov – Robin Roberts (1960–), American TV broadcaster
- 23 Nov – Virginia Prince (1912–2009), American pharmacologist, publisher & transgender activist
- 26 Nov – Tammy Lynn Michaels (1974–), American actress
- 26 Nov – Emma Portner (1994–), Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 28 Nov – Rita Mae Brown (1944–), American writer and feminist
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