<div> <p>In our second episode from the BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, we present two engaging conversations around <em>Lunar Sway</em>, a striking feature that celebrated its world premiere at the festival. We’re joined by writer-director Nick Butler, who reveals how the script came together in just a week and was brought to life in an ambitious 20-day shoot, alongside lead actors Noah Parker and Liza Weil, who star as Cliff and Marg. A dark comedy, the film follows Cliff, a lonely drifter in a desert town whose fragile routine is upended by the arrival of his con-artist birth mother. Across both conversations, we explore the intensity of the fast-paced production, the film’s dreamlike surrealism and its impact on Cliff’s sense of identity, and what it meant for the team to experience the energy of a live audience at its world premiere for the very first time.</p><p>Check out <a href="https://www.cloudypicturesinc.com/"><strong><a href="https://www.cloudypicturesinc.com/">https://www.cloudypicturesinc.com/</a></strong></a> to track all movement and updates on Lunar Sway!</p><p>*Emily Atef is the director of More Than Ever, the film Liza mentions at 37:22.</p></div>