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- Subtlety is in short supply in “Firebird,” a swooning gay romance that firmly supplants “Top Gun” as the queerest film ever set in the air force; it may even top Tony Scott’s closeted kitschfest for most phallic military imagery per frame.
variety.com/2022/film/reviews/firebird-review-1235243146/'Firebird' Review: A Heartfelt But Heavy-Handed Gay Love Story
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May 5, 2022 · ‘Firebird’ truly falls into the habit of tearing the satisfaction of a happy ending away from the viewer. From homophobia in the military and within the law, to forced rejection. This film reveals the false nature of fairytale endings for LGBTQ+ individuals.
Apr 28, 2022 · “Firebird” crushes so hard on its admittedly rapturous boy-meets-boy romance that it barely sketches out a bigger picture.
- Guy Lodge
Apr 30, 2022 · This isn’t a tale of angst-ridden gays; both men are at ease with their sexuality, but the Soviet Union is not. The KGB is determined to eliminate any physical expression of love between men from society, especially its military ranks.
Apr 18, 2022 · Peeter Rebane’s Firebird premiered last year at the BFI Flare Film Festival, which celebrates the best of LGBTQI+ cinema. It’s the forbidden love story between two members of the Soviet Air...
Apr 28, 2022 · Set in Soviet-occupied Estonia during the late 1970s and early ‘80s, this absorbing romantic drama is an all-too-timely reminder of the fight that LGBTQ+ people still face around the world, from...
Apr 28, 2022 · David France’s “Welcome to Chechnya” documented the horrific genocide being waged against LGBTQ people in what is now a Russian Republic, a terrifying sign of what could lay in store for LGBTQ...
Firebird had its world premiere at the 35th BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival on 17 March 2021. The film also screened at the 45th Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival on 27 June 2021, where it won an honorable mention for Best First Feature.
