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A Persistence of Vision: Experimental Queer Shorts
March 19-22, 2026. A kaleidoscope of queer dreams, dark fantasies, and nearly forgotten memories emerge from the shadows in A Persistence of Vision: Experimental Queer Shorts.
Frameline is proud to present a brand new collection of experimental LGBTQ+ short films, curated for The Superfair San Francisco. Through historical recreations, lip-synced reappropriations, and the static of decaying videotapes, the program presents a series of striking queer visions from cinematic iconoclasts. Ahead of Frameline50, the 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (June 17–27), take a look back at some of the bold films and remarkable artists of festivals past.
Short films showing in this program:
Exorcisms and Other Supplications (Director’s Cut)
Glamour possesses each frame of this stylized and epic ritual performed by a coven of Black, queer artists.
Fou de Bassan
Dead city. Foggy night. A saxophone is playing. Lust is lurking. A tantalizing music video for Jita Sensation by Festival favorite Yann Gonzalez.
Inferno
Featuring breathtaking set pieces, this immersive documentary portrait delves into the fantastical world of artist Gui Taccetti, whose deeply personal work channels the anxiety of growing up gay in staunchly Catholic Brazil.
Isn’t It a Beautiful World
Through lip-syncing, Isn’t It a Beautiful World depicts the traumatizing stories of queer performers Soroya, Harry, and Kenya, and their emotional journey to adulthood.
Playback
Argentina in the late 1980s: Catholic, conservative, and shaped by a military dictatorship. La Delpi, the sole survivor of a group of transgender women and drag queens, talks about how their shows in basement theatres galvanized the community and helped them in their struggle against AIDS and police violence.
Vollúpya
In a post-apocalyptic future, an intergalactic explorer lands at an abandoned museum on a quest to find traces of his long-lost ancestors, and ends up being teleported to the dance floor of a Brazilian queer nightclub in the 1990s.