The Frameline Completion Fund provides post-production grants to emerging and established LGBTQ+ filmmakers so that they can get their films across the finish line. Established in 1991, the program has funded nearly 200 films with nearly $700,000 in grants.

To learn more about applying for the current or future grant cycle, please visit our dedicated Frameline Completion Fund page.

• Number of films funded: 197
• Total Amount Awarded: $692,500

• Budget Paradise, directed by LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
• Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites (ចៅសំណព្វចិត្ត), directed by Chheangkea
• Heightened Scrutiny, directed by Sam Feder
• Niñxs, directed by Kani Lapuerta
• Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas), directed by Daniel Nolasco
• Rainbow Girls, directed by Nana Duffuor
• The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives, directed by Brydie O’Connor

• The Age of Flowering Plants (La era de las plantas con flor), directed by Magaly Ugarte de Pablo
• Bust, directed by Angalis Field
• Euphoric, directed by Cam Killion
• Grace, directed by Natalie Jasmine Harris
• In the Summers, directed by Alessandra Lacorazza
• OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage, directed by Clare Major
• Sally!, directed by Deborah Craig
• Second Nature, directed by Drew Denny

• AC Unit, directed by Grace Godvin
• Asog, directed by Seán Devlin
• Chasing Chasing Amy, directed by Sav Rodgers
• Do Digital Curanderas Use Eggs in Their Limpias?, directed by Roberto Fatal
• Fish Boy, directed by Christopher Yip
• Like What Would Sorrow Look (愁何状), directed by Hao Zhou
• ¡salsa!, directed by Antonina Kerguelén Román
• Who I Am Not, directed by Tünde Skovrán

• Code Switch, directed by Davis Alexander James & Micha Lyric Borneo
• Flamingo Camp, directed by Chris Coats
• Golden Delicious, directed by Jason Karman
• Lucky Fish, directed by Emily May Jampel
• Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz
• Playland, directed by Georden West

• FANNY: The Right to Rock, directed by Bobbi Jo Hart
• Hummingbirds, directed by Silvia del Carmen Castaños & Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
• No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics, directed by Vivian Kleiman
• North by Current, directed by Angelo Madsen
• Sirens, directed by Rita Baghdadi

• Ahead of the Curve, directed by Jen Rainin & Rivkah Beth Medow
• Buck, directed by Elegance Bratton & Jovan James
• Disclosure, directed by Sam Feder
• Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), directed by Monica Zanetti
• La leyenda negra, directed by Patricia Vidal Delgado 
• My Mom and My Little Secret, directed by Runze Yu
• Were You Gay in High School?, directed by Niki Ang

• Jeannette, directed by Maris Curran
• Kissing Walls: Season Two, directed by Zak Payne
• Lingua Franca, directed by Isabel Sandoval
• Queering the Script, directed by Gabrielle Zilkha
• Vision Portraits, directed by Rodney Evans

• 1985, directed by Yen Tan
• Call Her Ganda, directed by PJ Raval
• Dykes, Camera, Action!, directed by Caroline Berler
• Freelancers Anonymous, directed by Sonia Sebastián
• Leitis in Waiting, directed by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson & Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
• Transmilitary, directed by Fiona Dawson & Gabriel Silverman

• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, directed by David France
• Dispatches from Cleveland, directed by Catherine Gund
• Encuentro, directed by Florencia Manovil
• Intersection, directed by Angela Tucker
• Signature Move, directed by Jennifer Reeder
• Stumped, directed by Robin Berghaus
• The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin, directed by Jennifer M. Kroot & Bill Weber

• Bobbyanna, directed by Jackson Kroopf
• Chavela, directed by Catherine Gund & Daresha Kyi
• Her Story: Season One, directed by Sydney Freeland
• Kiki, directed by Sara Jordenö
• Woman on Fire, directed by Julie Sokolow

• Blue ID, directed by Burcu Melekoglu & Vuslat Karan
• Dyke Central: Episodes 6-10, directed by Florencia Manovil
• From This Day Forward, directed by Sharon Shattuck
• Growing Up Coy, directed by Eric Juhola
• How to Win at Checkers (Every Time), directed by Josh Kim
• The Royal Road, directed by Jenni Olson

• Appropriate Behavior, directed by Desiree Akhavan
• AWOL, directed by Deb Shoval
• Deep Run (aka Radical Love), directed by Hillevi Loven
• The Joneses, directed by Moby Loginotto
• Kumu Hina, directed by Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson
• Out Run, directed by Johnny Symons & S. Leo Chiang
• Sticks & Stones, directed by Silas Howard

• Back on Board: Greg Louganis, directed by Cheryl Furjanic
• The Battle of amfAR, directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman
• The Infamous T, directed by Melissa Koch
• Visible Silence: Thai Tomboys and the Women Who Love Them, directed by Ruth Gumnit
• Valencia, directed by Cary Cronenwett, Cheryl Dunye, Clement Goldberg, Silas Howard, Joey Soloway, Samuael Topiary, Courtney Trouble, et al.

• All the Right Reasons, directed by Emmanuelle Antolin
• Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton, directed by Eric Slade & Stephen Silha
• Gayby, directed by Jonathan Lisecki
• The Happy Sad, directed by Rodney Evans
• Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger, directed by Sam Feder
• The New Black, directed by Yoruba Richen
• To Be Takei, directed by Jennifer M. Kroot

• August, directed by Eldar Rapaport
• Call Me Kuchu, directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright & Malika Zouhali-Worrall
• Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, directed by Madeleine Olnek
• Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer, directed by Jack Walsh
• Gun Hill Road, directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green
• Pariah, directed by Dee Rees
• Vito, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz

• Out in the Night, directed by blair dorosh-walther
• The Owls, directed by Cheryl Dunye
• We Were Here: Voices from the AIDS Years in San Francisco, directed by David Weissman
• Wildness, directed by Wu Tsang
• William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, directed by Yony Leyser

• Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial, directed by Jonathan Joiner & Robert H. Martin
• Holding Hands, directed by Tonnette Stanford & Katherine Wilkinson   
• Shakedown, directed by Leilah Weinraub
• Soundless Wind Chime, directed by Kit Hung

• Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight, directed by Michelle Lawler
• A Horse Is Not a Metaphor, directed by Barbara Hammer
• It Came from Kuchar, directed by Jennifer M. Kroot
• Open, directed by Jake Yuzna
• The Rest I Make Up, directed by Michelle Memran
• Ten More Good Years, directed by Michael Jacoby
• The Young and Evil, directed by Julian Breece

• Dissolution of Bodies, directed by Kevin Choi
• F. Scott Fitzgerald Slept Here, directed by Jules Rosskam   
• Freeheld, directed by Cynthia Wade
• A Jihad for Love, directed by Parvez Sharma
• Maggots and Men, directed by Cary Cronenwett
• Pariah, directed by Dee Rees

• Blindsided, directed by Lisa Olivieri
• Cruel & Unusual, directed by Janet Baus, Dan Hunt & Reid Williams
• Do the Math, directed by Mary Guzmán
• Family Reunion (Góðir gestir), directed by Ísold Uggadóttir

• The Believers, directed by Todd Holland
• The Journey (Sancharram), directed by Ligy J. Pullappally
• Prom Night, directed by Ilsa Bertolini & Stephanie Miller
• Red Without Blue, directed by Benita Haschold, Brooke Sebold & Todd Sills

• Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, directed by Mary Jordan
• John and Michael, directed by Shira Avni
• Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria, directed by Victor Silverman & Susan Stryker
• Zero Degrees of Separation, directed by Elle Flanders

• Brother to Brother, directed by Rodney Evans
• Butch Mystique, directed by Debra Wilson
• No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, directed by Joan E. Biren
• Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary, directed by Tracy Flannigan
• Straight Out: Stories from Iceland (Hrein og bein), directed by Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir & Þorvaldur Kristinsson

• Barefeet, directed by Sonali Gulati
• By Hook or By Crook, directed by Harry Dodge & Silas Howard
• Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering a Sense of Place, directed by Kathryn Xian & Brent Anbe
• Novela, Novela, directed by Liz Miller

• The Cockettes, directed by David Weissman & Bill Weber
• The Dark Matter of Mars, directed by Phyllis Famiglietti
• Frame by Frame Fierce, produced by Shawn Atkins & Luna Luis Ortiz
• Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay, directed by Eric Slade
• Just Call Me Kade, directed by Sam Zolten
• Simon and I, directed by Beverley Palesa Ditsie

• A Boy Named Sue, directed by Julie Wyman
• The Confession, directed by Carl Pfirman
• Hammering It Out: Women in the Construction Zone, directed by Vivian Price
• Nuyorican Dream, directed by Laurie Collyer
• On and Off Stage: The Bruce Hlibok Story, directed by Ann Marie Bryan
• The Politics of Fur, directed by Laura Nix

• Desi’s Looking for a New Girl, directed by Mary Guzmán
• Family Riffs, directed by Dawn Suggs
• History Lessons (aka Culture Doctor), directed by Barbara Hammer
• Lesson 9, directed by Mark Taylor
• A Little Fierce, directed by Nikki Harmon
• Living with Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100, directed by Yvonne Welbon
• Southern Comfort, directed by Kate Davis

• The Brandon Teena Story, directed by Susan Muska & Greta Olafsdottir
• Claire, directed by Milford Thomas
• Destroying Angel, directed by Wayne Salazar & Phillip Hoffman
• Looking for Common Ground, directed by Julie Akeret
• The Offering, directed by Paul Lee
• Out of Season, directed by Jeanette Buck

• Christopher’s Chronicles, directed by Christopher Lee & Elise Hurwitz
• The Five Lesbian Brothers: A Profile, directed by Saundra Ardito
• Sambal Belacan in San Francisco, directed by Madeleine Lim
• Sleep in a Nest of Flames, directed by James Dowell & John Kolomvakis
• Surviving Friendly Fire, directed by Todd Nelson

• Camp Lavender Hill, directed by Michael Magnaye
• I Was a Jewish Sex Worker, directed by Phillip B. Roth
• The Watermelon Woman, directed by Cheryl Dunye

• The Ad, directed by Jennifer Tate
• Alkali, Iowa, directed by Mark Christopher
• Cholo Joto, directed by Augie Robles
• Family Values: An American Tragedy, directed by Pam Walton
• Live to Tell, directed by Charley Lang
• ¡Viva 16!, directed by Augie Robles & Valentin Aguirre

• Alicia Was Fainting, directed by Nuria Olivé-Bellés
• Djune/Idexa, directed by J.D. Salome Milstead
• No me olvides, directed by Raul Ferrera-Balanquet & Enrique Novelo Cascante
• Out in Africa, directed by Johnny Symons
• Sis: The Perry Watkins Story, directed by Chiqui Cartagena
• Tom’s Flesh, directed by Jane Wagner

• Go Fish, directed by Rose Troche
• Out at Work, directed by Kelly Anderson & Tami Gold
• The Potluck and the Passion, directed by Cheryl Dunye
• Seams, directed by Karim Aïnouz
• Sex Is…, directed by Marc Huestis

• The Dead Boys’ Club, directed by Mark Christopher
• Gay Youth, directed by Pam Walton
• Nitrate Kisses, directed by Barbara Hammer

• Absolutely Positive, directed by Peter Adair
• Among Good Christian Peoples, directed by Catherine Saalfield
• Last Call at Maud’s, directed by Paris Poirier