insights
8 quickfire questions with the 2025 straight 8 top 8
Including top tips, regrets and favourite moment from the shoot with last year’s best filmmakers in the super 8mm film competition by straight 8
The art of dissent in iranian animation
How animators in the country use the medium to tell the truth while evading state repression
Contact Hours reminds us that suicide should be on the syllabus
CONTENT WARNING. Niall PG-Tainton speaks to director Harry Richards about his new short film and why we need to talk about student suicide
BTS on diary of a ghost with director carrie hajny
Hajny shares her experiences from rehearsals and the tech recce, to the shoot week and what a director’s script looks like
BFI FLare film festival 2025 shorts programme overview
We reviewed some of the seventy short films in the programme for a flavour of what’s on offer
An intimate look at bfi flare
Intimacy Coordinator Stella Moss explores the BFI Flare shorts that include an IC in their credits
For The Girls: 6 shorts centering trans-femmes at BFI Flare 2025
In collaboration with DIVA Magazine, Tam Omond reviews the For The Girls collection of shorts at BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival