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The festival ran from March 15-26.

Admissions to screenings and events at the 37th edition of the British Film Institute (BFI) Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, increased by 16% year on year, with 57% of the audience attending for the first time.

Overall, BFI Flare saw 28,923 audience attendances across BFI Southbank screenings, events and on BFI Player, compared to 25,023 attending the BFI Southbank and on BFI player last year.

Over the first four days of the festival, 800 attendees experienced the first BFI Flare Expanded programme, a selection of five immersive art and virtual reality works from boundary-pushing Lgbtqia+ artists working across emerging technologies.

Of all the things I've been lucky enough to do and accomplish in my career working within the horror industry, the one I am most grateful for was the opportunity to not only meet but befriend a true living legend in our industry ... George A. Romero. Simply put, the man is my idol, and even though we've grown close, I still get the butterflies every now and then. It was in September of last year that the phone call came.

"Yeah, Steve, it's George. I've got this new thing happening, and I know that there's no possible way that I could cast you as part of the living, so how would you like to come up and be a zombie for me?"

Let me be clear. If you are ever lucky enough to get this phone call or even an e-mail, you do not say no. You pick up the phone,...