Writer and researcher in queer cinema, film festivals, and curation 🏳️‍🌈🎞️🇵🇸📽️🏳️‍⚧️🍉 he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3mf4o6kr7ws2pSo thrilled to announce that I will be presenting an original research presentation, 'The Story of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival', at British Film Institute (BFI) Flare's 40th Anniversary on March 23rd! 🎥 🏳️‍🌈 🎞️ 🏳️‍⚧️ Tickets go live on 26th February 12pm! https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=story-of-londons-lgbtqia-film-festival-flare2618 Feb 2026 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4o6kr7ws2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3lrpl7mhook2mLink here to the BFI Blog detailing their wonderful Research Showcase event - featuring an action shot of yours truly too! https://blog.bfi.org.uk/knowledge-and-collections/inside-the-archive/week-28-4-10-june-2025/16 Jun 2025 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpl7mhook2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3lr6qvkrykc2pQueer film blog from last month! Now all available on Substack 🏳️‍🌈✨🎞️📽️📃 https://substack.com/@jossmorfitt/note/p-165085653?r=4ny8bj&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action09 Jun 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6qvkrykc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3lr6qrau2hc2pIt was a pleasure to discuss the BFI’s pioneering history of lesbian and gay film programming at the BFI Research Showcase event July 2025, with these lovely BFI-partnered researchers presenting too! Migrant cinema; costume design and invisible labour; woman’s cinema in the archive—such great talks!09 Jun 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6qrau2hc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3lltvwpcjw22lNew Queer Film blog post is live ! If you fancy a read of my BFI Flare 2025 watches then follow this link: thequeerfilmdiaries.wordpress.com 🎞️💫🎥🫦📲02 Apr 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltvwpcjw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3liwb4lfro22lJust watched: two boys become very close in a Jesuit-run school in France. Though another seminal text (spoiler alert!) in Vito Russo’s morbid cinematic Necrology, don’t be put off by its tragic ending: it is beautifully tender, light, and sensitive nonetheless.24 Feb 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwb4lfro22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3liocaiyam22wJust watched: a young woman is sold into the ownership of a coercive brothel-owning kung-fu fighting lesbian. Dazzlingly choreographed and shot, this is a baroque queer work that jettisons all stereotypes to construct something truly original!21 Feb 2025 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3liocaiyam22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3lik33iysl223Just watched: subversive and unpredictable, this French feminist film is hugely ahead of its time. While its lesbian representation verges on problematic, its depiction of sex work is refreshing. A woman escapes the shackles of working-class life, here, exulting in the emancipations it promises.19 Feb 2025 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3lik33iysl223https://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3li5ee5mazk2sMy queer film blog post for January 2025 is now available! I look at Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, British new wave classic The Leather Boys, RaMell Ross’ subversive masterpiece Nickel Boys, another stunning turn from Ralph Fiennes in Conclave, and many more… thequeerfilmdiaries.wordpress.com https://thequeerfilmdiaries.wordpress.com14 Feb 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5ee5mazk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jossmorfitt.bsky.social/post/3lban3q4tps2hMy first article has been published! If you fancy a read on the history of Britain’s gay and lesbian film curation, and an interview with Richard Dyer on his groundbreaking season ‘Images of Homosexuality’, then click the link below… https://academic.oup.com/screen/article/65/3/415/776288418 Nov 2024 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:giok3f5glbaclcp3qvt7piod/app.bsky.feed.post/3lban3q4tps2h