How to retrieve a BitField flag value in a queryset filter using values.

[andrewcirel]

If I do the below filter, using ".values" to retrieve profile related values from multiple tables, the bitfield 'interests' is converted into a normal number.
profiles = Profile.objects.filter(to_profile__from_profile=request.user.id).values('id', 'nickname', 'age', 'location', 'country__name', 'description', 'to_profile__like', 'to_profile__favourite', 'interests', 'photo1', 'photo2', 'photo3')
Once the BitField 'interests' is converted into a normal number, if you try and use it you get the error: 'int' object has no attribute 'flags'. It would be very useful if you could pass a number into the BitField and use the flags option. Without this option BitField cannot be used with .values or .value_lists which are very useful filter options.
I admit this is similar to the issue "#98", but that didn't include ".values" and also didn't suggest a solution of passing the number into BitField.