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What do Susan Sarandon, Peppermint, Olivia Colman, Juliette Lewis, Laverne Cox, Russell Tovey, Lady Gaga, Dionne Warwick, Alan Cumming, Lea DeLaria, Jean Cocteau, Dylan O’Brien, Udo Kier, Elliot Page, Vicky Krieps, Questlove, Lena Waithe, Sasha Velour, Tim Curry, Margaret Cho, Fairuza Balk, Billy Porter, Julia Sweeney, Lauren Graham, John Waters, and Big Freedia have in common? Well, you'll be able to see each of their beautiful faces on the big screen at Frameline49!!
You might even hear the voices of Melanie Griffith, Kathleen Turner, and Josh O’Connor as well!

From doc portraits to inspired cameos, be on the lookout for some famous faces in this year’s program!

Famous Faces

All seven films awarded the Frameline Completion Fund in 2025 will screen at Frameline49, in addition to a special screening of Valencia and two awarded shorts from previous years.

Four feature films and six short films that received a Frameline Completion Fund grant are screening during Frameline49.

Frameline Completion Fund

We love premieres of all kinds at Frameline, but one that we take particular pride in is when we can host a film’s ‘Queer Premiere.’ No shade on non-LGBTQ+ festivals, but a queer Festival experience with a queer audience (especially with audiences as enthusiastic and supportive as ours!) hits different. Trust us!
With titles plucked by our programming team from Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Berlin, SXSW, Toronto, and Tribeca, here are the ones getting their first taste of an LGBTQ+ Film Festival with us!

LGBTQ+ Film Festivals and Audiences just hit different! These films may have already begun their festival circuit runs but will be making their first stop at a queer film festival with us in June!

Queer Premieres

One of the highlights of any film festival is discovering new, emerging voices before they hit the big time. Frameline has presented a juried Outstanding First Feature Award for over 20 years; as of 2020, Frameline has partnered with the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle to jury this award. Check out Frameline49’s 19 narrative first features, which includes titles from Uruguay, Denmark, Brazil, Australia, France, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, and of course the United States. This year's winner will mark the 25th recipient of the award.

Check out new, emerging voices from around the globe with Frameline49’s 19 narrative first features. See which film will win our 25th Outstanding First Feature Award.

First Narrative Features

The third year of Frameline's Erotic Evenings program strand contains one of the latest Frameline Restorations (James Bidgood's iconic Pink Narcissus), as well as another program of erotic short films highlighting the LGBTQ+ spectrum and a brand new showcase of gay porn trailers from yesteryear curated by Elizabeth Purchell!

As a tribute to the history of Frameline's longest-running venue, The Roxie Theater, Erotic Evenings — now in its third year — offers three X-rated late-night programs full of risqué restorations and scandalous sinema.

Erotic Evenings: Ménage à trois

Four feature films and a collection of horror/comedy short films make up Frameline49's sidebar of genre treats, Frameline Fangs. Look for the latest works from Fangs favorite Alice Maio Mackay, cult author Dennis Cooper, and festival alum Addison Heimann!

Toxic lesbian ghosts, a murderous neck tattoo, a pansexual alien with erotic healing powers, and a mysterious haunted house populate Frameline49's Frameline Fangs strand!

Frameline Fangs at Frameline49

Premieres

Sexy Night!

Date Night!

LOL 2025

Local Flavor 2025

Family Functional?

Queer Fight Back!

Dubbed CAFILM Pride Presents Frameline49 Picks, the series, which runs June 13–15, will allow moviegoers in the North Bay to access preeminent queer cinema this Pride Month. 
Please check <a href="https://rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/pride-2025/">the CAFILM website</a> for tickets and showtimes!

In the spirit of community collaboration and allyship, CAFILM is hosting a showcase of Frameline49 films in San Rafael the weekend before the festival officially kicks off in San Francisco and Oakland.

CAFILM Pride Presents Frameline49 Picks

These Big Nights screen at The Toni Rembe Theater during the first weekend of Frameline49 and the Herbst Theatre for the second. Whether bookending the Festival or paired with one of our legendary parties, you don't want to miss what will end up being some of the most-talked-about films at FL49!

Get your tickets now for Frameline49's Big Nights screenings — starting with Opening Night at The Toni Rembe Theater and ending with Closing Night at the Herbst Theatre!

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