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Lesflicks collaborates with Curve on their global virtual festival to bring you Lesflicks Film Hour
Lesflicks is proud to be curating the film segment - 30 live events and more than 10 virtual watch parties - we will help you get through the next few months! If you want to know how hard we work for you - this entire schedule has been pulled together in less than 7...
More Beautiful For Having Been Broken (dir. Nicole Conn) – coming to Lesflicks VOD and UK/Europe DVD on May 8th!
LESFLICKS are overwhelmingly proud to announce that acclaimed director Nicole Conn's newest feature film, More Beautiful for Having Been Broken, will officially be coming to Lesflicks Video on Demand on May 8th. Not only will it be on the VOD platform globally, but...
Sleeping Longing (Dormir Désir) Review
Sleeping Longing (Dormir Désir) Drama, 13 min It's my father's funeral. I want steak frites. I want to jump into the pool. I want to fuck. I want to sleep. I don't want to sleep. This short shows how loss can be all-consuming, but exists in everyday practice...
Batwoman is finally coming to the UK on e4!
Batwoman is coming to the UK in 2020 - and on E4! LAUNCHING SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2020, 9pm GMT https://www.channel4.com/programmes/batwoman Scroll to the bottom for how to watch and also to watch the trailer! By now I think we're getting used to getting TV content later...
Five Films for Freedom from BFI Flare
The world's widest-reaching digital celebration of LGBTIQ+ themed film returns from 18 - 29 March 2020. Five Films For Freedom is a global, online short film programme in support of LGBTIQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer) rights. BFI Flare...
A Battle in Waterloo Review
A Battle in Waterloo Action History Short, 11 min During the Battle of Waterloo, Ellen searches for her missing husband in the nearby forest and resorts to desperate measures to survive. A visually beautiful short that manages to capture a whole romance...
My Fiona Review
My fiona Romance, 1 hr 26 min Following the suicide of her best friend, Jane finds purpose in helping her friend's wife with their child. In doing so, she becomes inadvertently drawn into an intimate relationship bound by grief that's potentially catastrophic to the...
Feel Good review
Feel Good Dark Comedy, six 30 min episodes Brand new comedy about love and addiction. Stand-up Mae (Mae Martin) is single, in recovery, and sleeping on a friend’s sofa. When she meets previously heterosexual George (Charlotte Ritchie), they embark on a whirlwind...
A Luv Tale Review
A Luv Tale Drama, 1 hr 17 min Forget your fears… follow your heart successful social mobile lesbian women of colour, having fun and living their best life A Luv Tale (2018) is a eight part mini TV series from Sidra Smith and picks up where the 1999 film, of...
Building on a legacy: The L Word Generation Q gives its prequel new meaning
Any queer woman over the age of 25 will most likely know how one would usually refer to the original L Word series: ‘the lesbian rite of passage’. In 2020, one can clearly see there are a few problems with it re its representation of trans characters and people of...
Queer Genius Review
Queer Genius Documentary, 1 h 55 min “Queer Genius” is a cinematic exploration of four visionary queer artists breaking down barriers in their creative fields as they confront fame, failure, censorship, family, gender, and sexuality. A multi-faceted look at...
The Lesflicks guide to watching all the lesbian interest films at Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2020
Melboure Queer Film Festival takes places in March and the lesbian and bisexual programming is fantasic for 2020! The film festival takes place across three cinemas, and there are also four social lounges to hang out at. The full list of media showing is below. We've...
Our Recommendations For ClexaCon FIlm Festival 2020
Clexacon Film Festival returns with a virtual programme in 2020! The world-famous Clexacon offers a smattering of films each year. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the directors of the festival have been quick to adapt - and have launched Clexacon's first...
The Lesflicks guide to watching all the lesbian interest films at BFI Flare
Tonight the annual programme launch took place where we get to see a few snippets of trailers in each of the sections of the programme. This is our full list of wlw films, along with our annual guide of how to watch every wlw film across the festival without clashes;...
The full BFI Flare programme has been announced – 3 films we’re excited about this year!
OMG we finally know what is showing at BFI Flare... well we've had a teaser from the programming team. Tonight the annual programme launch took place where we get to see a few snippets of trailers in each of the sections of the programme. We'll be releasing the full...
From A to Q Crowdfunder
Crowdfunder: From A to Q PROGRESS: This crowdfunder is now live Overview From A to Q is the story of Alex, a 17 year old girl who's forced to deal with her sexuality through a series of dreams. Once awake, she seeks help from the internet whilst trying desperately...
BFI ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AT 34th EDITION OF BFI FLARE: LONDON LGBTIQ+ FILM FESTIVAL
The BFI Flare programme launch may not be happening until Tuesday 18 February, but they couldn't help but tease us with an early announcement of the opening, closing and centrepiece screenings a week early. We must say, we're very excited! The fantastic Disclosure:...
Alto review
Alto Comedy, 1 h 41 min Two girls. One gun. The Mob. Because coming out to family is hard. But coming out to "family" is funny. A multi-layered, yet light-hearted comedy, that is both easy-to-watch and outlandishly funny Alto (2015, Del Monico) tells the story...
Spilt Milk review
Spilt Milk Drama, 18 mins Single mom Ximena juggles the demands of her job while struggling to care for her young son. After an encounter with her former lover, Lena, whom she conceived her son with via sperm donor, old wounds are reopened and finally addressed. ...
The Bra Mitzvah Review
The Bra Mitzvah Short Comedy, 9 min The Bra Mitzvah is a comedic short about growing into adulthood, one bra at a time. One can’t really go wrong with this nugget of comedic genius I find it quite difficult to really connect with short films, especially comedic ones....
More Beautiful for having been broken review
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken Drama, 1h 51m More Beautiful is the story of three women whose lives intersect at Lakeside resort and are further changed by the love of a special needs boy. An achingly beautiful and inspired love story…where the broken...
BIFL review
BIFL Comedy, Drama, 1 h 0 min BIFL is expectations, different shades of intimacy, and what it really means to love someone. Blood family versus found family and how toxic relationships can both manifest and disguise themselves. How identities intersect, how labels can...
CineQ LGBT Film Festival 2020
CineQ returns to Birmingham 26-29 March 2020 CineQ is a queer film exhibition organisation that prioritises queer, trans and intersex people of colour Starting out as a community cinema operating bi-monthly events primarily in Birmingham, U.K. CineQ has grown into a 4...
London Independent Film Festival 2020
London Independent Film Festival The London Independent Film Festival (LIFF) is the premier event for first and second-time film-makers, micro-budget and no-budget films in the UK. LIFF offers a fantastic opportunity for indie filmmakers to showcase their...
lesbian film happiest season starring kristen stewart & directed by clea duvall announces full cast and release date!
We're so excited that Happiest Season has been picked up for distribution in the UK! We had already given you a heads up of this film back in December when we included Happiest Season in our 7 lesbian films to look out for in 2020. However back then there was limited...
The STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO WATCHING THE L WORD IN THE UK
Where can I watch The L Word is the question of the year for pretty much every lesbian outside of the US. We have the answer!
Free film screenings for LGBT History Month
For LGBT History Month 2020 LesFlicks has curated 2 programmes of short films showcasing lesbian and bisexual representation We’ve finished compiling our film collection – in fact it was so successful with so many great film submissions that we ended up with 2...
LGBT History Month 2020
LGBT History Month 2020 LGBT History Month is celebrated throughout the UK in February. Up and down the country, libraries get involved and often put on screenings of LGBT films through their license with Filmbank Media/PPL PRS music license. However the films...
7 lesbian films to look out for in 2020
2019 was an amazing year for lesbian film with some amazing films appearing in the cinema. We're hoping 2020 will offer another bolster selection. We highlight a few of the known future releases in 2020. 2019 started of as the year of the biography with an amazing...
Lesbian films that stood out in the last decade
The end of a decade is something to be marked. So we decided to pull together a top 10 list of lesbian films from the last decade... the thing is we really struggled. How can you pick just 10? Well we couldn't! We do appreciate a list like this as it helps us to...
9 months of lesbian film in 2019!
Thank you so much to every single one of you for making 2019 awesome! I mean it, LesFlicks could not be the success that it is without every single one of you. I (Naomi, founder) took the idea of a film website to BFI Flare in March to see what filmmakers and film...
The L Word ratings are in…
The first episode of the L-Word has now graced screens across the world (albeit in not many countries) and the first data is now available on how well the show is doing. The first thing to note is that publicly available ratings (provided by Nielsen Ratings) only...
Why you can’t watch the L Word in your country… and how we hope to change that
Why you can't watch the L word in your country... and how we hope to change that Social Media has been abuzz with speculation and discussion of the new L Word: Generation Q, and so much of it has been around people finding out that the series isn’t available in their...
Hi Pretty Film
Crowdfunder: Hi Pretty Film UPDATE: This crowdfunder has now ended. Overview Hi, Pretty is a modern day Romeo and Juliet-esque film set in Texas during the mid 2000s. Our story, is a true story that revolves around Lee Dawn Hershey who plays Joey, a queer...
Road of Bygones review
Road of Bygones Drama, 1 h 14 min A glimpse into the reality of a lesbian D/s relationship and the search for acceptance from those who we adore One of a kind and deliciously dark Recluse Films’s Road of Bygones (2019) dir. Astrid Ovalles is a kinky, dark comedy...
Season of Love review
Season of Love Romantic Comedy, 1 h 43 min The queer women’s holiday story you’ve been waiting for! Finally, a Christmas film you can relate to! It goes without saying that cinema lacks adequate representation of lesbians at Christmas time. Of course, there’s...
How to access The L Word Generation Q using a VPN
How to... watch The L Word using a VPN For many of us, the realisation that we can't watch The L Word in our country is just becoming apparent. Whilst we understand the need to see it by any means necessary, it is essential that this series is viewed via an official...
The Sympathy Card review
The Sympathy Card Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 34 min When Emma’s cancer takes a turn for the worse, she presents her new wife Josie a deathbed order: find someone new while Emma is still around to approve of her choice. Guaranteed to make you laugh and cry. Honest,...
The L Word: Generation Q – Episode Guide
The L Word: Generation Q Episode Guide Warning: Synopsis' contain spoilers Groundbreaking drama series The L Word® revolutionized a generation. This fall the highly anticipated sequel The L Word®: Generation Q debuts. Ten years after the previous events, the original...
Where can I watch The L Word?
Where can I watch The L Word is the question of the year for pretty much every lesbian outside of the US. We have the answer!
Butch Pal For the Straight Gal
Crowdfunder: Butch Pal for the Straight Gal UPDATE: This project is now complete and the webseries is now live. Watch the trailer: Overview If you’re reading this right now, chances are you’ve heard of the show Queer Eye. But have you asked the question “Why has a...
QFW Northampton Festival
Queer Film Weekender Film Festival 2019 Q-Film Weekender returns to Northampton from 8-10 November 2019 The brilliant Northampton Filmhouse is a terrific independent cinema, and it’s got a weekend of LGBTQIA+ cinema coming up, for which tickets are now on sale. It’s...
Fringe Film Festival 2019
Fringe! Film Festival 2019 Fringe! Film Festival returns to London from 12 to 17 November 2019. With 25 feature films, and a broad range of short films, the 2019 edition of Fringe! Film Festival offers a great selection to choose from - and choose you will have to do...
5 lesbian films to watch this Halloween
Five lesbian films to watch this Halloween You'd be forgiven for thinking that all films showing women loving women are romcoms... well think again! In 2018, just 8% of the mainstream UK cinema was comedy/romcoms; that doesn't give much chance of a independent...
Collaboration with Queer Cinema returns!
Collaborating with Queer Cinema Again!! We're delighted to announce that following our sell out and hugely successful first collaboration with Queer Cinema back in September (missed it, take a look here), we've been asked to return again in November - this time at a...
Delta & Daisy webseries
Crowdfunder: Delta & Daisy UPDATE: This crowdfunder is now finished, filming is scheduled for April 2020. Overview This digital series follows New Orleans locals and married couple, Delta Delaney (Mandahla Rose) and Daisy Peltier (Nicole Pacent). Delta and Daisy...
4 films showing lesbian representation at London Film Festival 2019
London Film Festival has just announced their 2019 programme. Below we list 4 films that feature lesbian and bisexual women that are films to look out for if you want more representation on screen: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) On an...
Who are the 8 main characters in The L Word: Generation Q?
Who's Who in The L Word: Generation Q? The new trailer has dropped, but it only gives us a glimpse of several people. What we really want to know, is who are the main characters? Well there are 8 main characters, 3 returning from the original The L Word. They really...
5 things we saw in the new L Word Generation Q trailer
Drop everything, the new L Word: Generation Q teaser just dropped! The lesbian event of the year is happening in the US in December... the rest of the world has no idea what is going on but because the internet is global we're caught up in it even though we really...
Collaboration with Queer Cinema to present women loving women
Collaborating with Queer Cinema Way back in March at BFI Flare when we first entered into the world, we met a lovely person called Calu who told us about a regular event they ran called Queer Cinema and asked if we would be interested in collaborating on an event...
LesFlicks Cinema at LFEST 2019
LesFlicks Cinema at LFEST Official Programme 2019 Welcome to the LFEST Cinema 2019 programme, curated and hosted by LesFlicks. We've got a real delight in store for you this year, with a selection of shorts and features from 1913 through to present day. Entry is free,...
LesFlicks rooftop cinema at SAPPHIC Island Women’s Pride Party
LesFlicks are absolutely delighted to announce, less than 4 months since launching, our first rooftop cinema screening. We've been invited to host a pop up cinema at an epic women's party as part of Pride in London - 1000 women and a fab lesbian film. For £16 you get...
Unicorn Nights and LesFlicks presents But I’m a Cheerleader
Classic film showing in the cinema for one night only! I can finally announce that LesFlicks is teaming up with Unicorn Nights to show... BUT IM A CHEERLEADER! Directed by Jamie Babbit Starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams presented by Unicorn Nights...
LesFlicks to host the cinema at LFEST
We're delighted to announce that LesFlicks will be curating to hosting the cinema at LFEST in 2019! The cinema returns following a year off and will be the first time it has popped up in the current location in Llandudno, Wales. It will also be having an upgrade and...
Could an all-female Marvel television series offer us representation on screen?
According to an exclusive on Deadline, ABC has committed to creating a one-hour drama from Allan Heinberg, Marvel Television and ABC Studios. Written by Allan, it is about female characters with superpowers. ABC has a strong history of female-centric series with...
First look at scenes from Charlie’s Angels directed by Elizabeth Banks
What a treat, we've just been given a first look at scenes from the upcoming Charlie's Angels film that hits the UK in November 2019! We'll definitely be planning to see this as part of the LesFlicks Film Clubs. From what we've read on the exclusive announcement on...
Time & Again review
Time & Again Drama, 28 min Eleanor and Isabelle meet again, sixty years after their relationship break up... A love story that lasted a life time Rachel Dax writes and directs this masterpiece of our time. Time and Again is a story of two former lovers,...
This Lesbian Visibility Day 2019 we’re highlighting #representation & #visibility of #womenonscreen!
CALL TO ACTION: Help make this year’s Lesbian Visibility Day in the UK and Europe about #representation and #visibility of #womenonscreen! We’re looking to put lesbian and bisexual film at the forefront of this year’s Lesbian Visibility Day to help increase visibility...
90s series Tales of the City to return on Netflix
Netflix has announced Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City as a Working Title Television and NBCUniversal International studios production for Netflix. For those of you over 30, Tales of the City may ring a bell. For those of you who are younger, you're probably...
Panel discussion on LGBTQ+ representation on screen
A panel discussion took place at the Genesis Cinema in London as part of the Independent Film Festival on Sunday 7 April 2019. Watch below to see the first 30 minutes of the panel discussion. Panel host: Helen OakleighPanel participants (from left to right in the...
Pioneering Bollywood lesbian romance released in India
A pioneering new Bollywood film, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (Ek Ladki), the debut film of the writer-director Shelly Chopra Dhar. which opened in India, and is thought to be the first mainstream film to show an Indian family coming to terms with their daughter...
Fragments Festival – now accepting submissions
Created by the team at London’s award-winning, independent Genesis Cinema, the first edition of Fragments Festival is coming to London’s East End this June 7th to 15th. As a London-based festival, it is vital for them to express solidarity and unity within the film...
When Abbie Met Emmy review
When Abbie Met Emmy Silent Romantic Comedy, 10 min 14 sec When an offbeat young woman encounters her perfect match in a movie theatre, she must summon the courage to win her dream girl’s heart. Showcasing the power of cinema in uniting strangers WHEN ABBIE MET...
The Ground Beneath My Feet review
The Ground Beneath My Feet Drama, 1 h 48 min Not yet 30, Lola controls her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to optimize profits in her job as a high-powered business consultant. No one knows about her older sister Conny or her family's history...
Turning review
Turning Animation, mental health, 1 min 51 sec Voices in a crowd stir violent emotions and microaggressions bring up past traumas. Then a turning shifts the emotional landscape… animation meets poetry to inspire change in a challenging world TURNING is a short...
Children Alike review
Children Alike Comedy, 5 min Johannes introduces his new girlfriend Wilma to his sister Hanna. However, Wilma and Hanna are everything but strangers. What happens when a brother and sister both like the same girl? CHILDREN ALIKE is a short film from writer and...
The Half Wall review
The Half Wall Comedy, Short, 7 min When the topic of renovation comes up, a gay couple find themselves in a heated and deeply serious discussion over something stupid as a bathroom wall. An interesting perspective on how you visualise what your partner is...
J.T. LeRoy review
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy (aka J.T. LeRoy) Biography, Drama, 1 h 48 min A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law. Exploring the blurred lines between...
Jas review
Jas Drama, 12 min Jas is the story of a young, English-Iranian girl, and her unlikely meeting with a racist war veteran. It is a story of the desire to escape, and the impossibility of escaping oneself. Finding yourself and your place in life isn't always easy...
2 in the Bush: A Love Story review
Two in the Bush: A Love Story Comedy, Drama, Polyamory, 1 h 37 min TWO IN THE BUSH is an unconventional romantic comedy about dungeons, a fish named Archimedes, and the many forms that love takes. This may just be the first bi-poly sex dungeon rom-com...
They Found Her in a Field review
They Found Her in a Field Drama, 6 min Haunted by the death of her classmate and first love, Martha returns, ten years on, to their old meeting place. But as the memories of their relationship come flooding back, she must confront the tragic mystery that put an end to...
Monica – Loose on a Cruise review
Monica Loose on a Cruise Documentary, 13 mins Monica takes the trip of a lifetime with younger friends Jai and Lyla. Random encounters and reflections on life, love and lesbians under the Caribbean sun. Monica charms the birds from the trees in her epic...
Snapshots review
Snapshots Drama, 1 h 35 m Let me teach you to be bold Sometimes the past catches up to us and sets us free Based on a true story, this film looks at the relationships between three generations of a family as they spend a weekend together at the...
Call Her Ganda review
Call Her Ganda Documentary, 1 h 33 min How One Life Galvanized a Nation A powerful, moving insight of a mother’s, friend’s and nations loss Call Her Ganda is a documentary by PJ Raval about Jennifer Laude, a Filipino transwoman who is found brutally...
Night Comes On review
Night Comes On Drama, 1 h 26 min Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future. Revenge doesn't always lead you where...
Treacle review
Treacle Comedy, 18 mins When friends Jessie and Belle go away for the weekend and drunkenly hook up, what seems like an awkward slip up to a firmly heterosexual Jessie is in fact an incredible betrayal to bisexual Belle. a bisexual girl's relationship...
Maybe Today review
Maybe Today Drama, 3 mins The lines between reality and fantasy become blurred, when a woman who has feelings for her best friend imagines what their relationship could be if she acted on them. An inspiring tale or what you can achieve if you put yourself out...
Calling for short film submissions
We're seeking filmmakers, actors and industry professionals who have the rights to short films with a lesbian and bisexual theme and would like to access their audience through the LesFlicks website and other third party video on demand portals. LesFlicks is a new...
Little Miss Westie review
Little Miss Westie Documentary Documentary, 1 h 15 m Facing the judges wearing her brother’s hand-me-downs Meet the McCarthys, a truly open and inspiring American family Little Miss Westie is a documentary from Joy E Reed and Dan Hunt following siblings...
The Date review
The Date Romantic comedy, 15 m After swiping right, Lizzy and Olivia hit it off almost immediately but there’s still one thing left to do…meet. A clever insight into the challenges of dating in the lesbian and bisexual community The Date is a short film...
First Day review
First Day Live Action Narrative Fiction, 17m 42s It’s Hannah’s first day of high school and the first day she’ll present at school as female. Inspiring the next generation to be confident and happy as whoever they may be First Day is written and directed...
Tell it to the Bees review
Tell it to the BeesDrama, Romance, Adaptation 1 h 46 m In 1950s small town Britain, a doctor develops a relationship with her young patient's mother. a bee-eautful story of how love can give you strength in the toughest of times Tell it to the Bees is a...
Vita & Virginia review
Vita & Virginia biography, drama, 1 h 50 m VITA & VIRGINIA details the intimate relationship between author Virginia Woolf and socialite, Vita SackvilleWest, which was to become the inspiration for Woolf’s Modernist novel, Orlando: A Biography. ...
Fear of Water review
Fear of Water Drama, Romance, LGBT (1h 40m) Log line: The Summer that changed everything the decision to fall in love is out of our hands This film follows Eleanor and Alexia; two very different teenage girls who meet each other in North London. They have very...
Films to watch if you enjoyed The Favourite
4 lesbian films to check out if you liked the Favourite The Favourite was a knockout winner at the Baftas and the Oscars in 2019. This mainstream, but something arty film had a strong lesbian storyline, and yet was not marketed in this way so some people missed it the...
Season of Love: Queer Holiday RomCom
Crowdfunder: Season of Love UPDATE: This project is now complete. Check out the film on the film database (watch the trailer, follow on social): https://www.lesflicks.com/film/film-database/season-of-love/ Read the review of Season...
LGBT content on mainstream platforms
2019 started off with a bang when it was announced that Wynonna Earp was once again at risk after filming that should have started in February did not take place. Already having been saved from the cut once due to the massive fandom that exists worldwide you would...
Films to watch if you enjoyed Carol
Carol is a feature film with a lesbian storyling that features stunning cinematography and a great story. If you ask any lesbian to name a lesbian film, chances are Carol is on the tip of their tongue. With a huge budget, big cast and a mainstream full cinema release...
CineQ makes Birmingham a Little Queerer with its First Ever LGBTQ Film Festival
CineQ launches a two-day queer film festival taking place on 22nd-24th March in venues across Birmingham. CineQ puts the focus on new stories, and QTIPOC (Queer Trans and Intersex People of Colour) perspectives, while introducing ‘New Queer Cinema’ a type of queer...
Our go-to guide to all the women-focussed films at BFI Flare 2019
We know what BFI Flare means to lesbian and bisexual women up and down the country. Grabbing the programme, finding all the films that have a female storyline and trying to get tickets to them all. We've gone through this year's programme and highlighted all the films...
10 lesbian films to look out for in 2019
2019 has already started with some amazing films in the cinema. We highlight more future releases in 2019 2019 has so far been the year of the biography with an amazing selection of lesbian or bisexual themed films hitting mainstream cinemas including Can You Ever...
Our top 7 films for women at BFI Flare 2019
2019 marks the 33rd LGBT Film Festival from BFI Flare. The festival will run from 21 March to 31 March 2019 at the BFI Southbank in London. We already knew that Vita and Virginia is the opening night film, and now we are able to run through the other highlights of...
BFI Flare announces the opening night film for 2019
We're delighted to hear that the opening film for the 33rd BFI Flare Festival will be the UK premier of Vita and Virginia. BFI Flare takes place at the BFI Southbank in London...
