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"I'll forever find humans fascinating and try and zoom in on the little details about them" - Paloma Schneideman discusses Big Girls Don't Cry https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-04-02-interview-with-paloma-schneideman-about-big-girls-dont-cry-feature-story-by-paul-risker #SXSW2026 #BFIflare #lgbtq #movies

What Will I Become? "does not explain trans pain from the outside. It sits with it, listens to it, and tries to make room for it without exploiting it." https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/what-will-i-become-2026-film-review-by-edin-custo #BFIFlare #documentary #film #movies

Can you imagine a film about lesbian nuns in 1950s Japan? Look no further than this year’s BFI Flare festival. ‘Impure Nuns’ (x) is a cheap flick from Japan’s Shin-Tōhō studio. Released in 1958 it tells the story of a young Catholic woman who enters a convent after a rape & abortion. Some years on, after becoming a model nun, she seduced by a wild young novice and her life slowly unravels. The film is mad, camp as hell, disturbing in its treatment of rape; but at times also beautiful and romantic. It bombed on release as it wasn’t sexually explicit enough for its intended male audience but was too obviously intended as semi-porn to be remarketed to a female audience (they did try). The director was Michiyoshi Doi and it starred Miyuki Takakura as Sister Eri and Mayumi Ōzora as the young novice Anna. https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=impure-nuns-flare26 #土居通芳 #高倉みゆき #大空眞弓 #新東宝株式会社 #shintoho #michiyoshidoi #miyukitakakura #mayumiozora #bfiflare #lgbtq #lesbian #nun #japanesecinema #japan #日本🇯🇵 #queercinema