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Frameline From the Beginning: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now
An assortment of classic Frameline trailers and short films from key moments in the Festival’s five-decade history that highlight the evolution of the world’s longest-running LGBTQ+ film exhibition.
Films showing in this program:
Altered Habits
A musical short featuring our very own Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, which originally premiered at the 5th annual Festival in 1981.
Frameline Trailer Compilation
Utilizing the creative queer body of San Francisco, this greatest hits collection of Frameline original Festival trailers of the past 5 decades showcases a diverse array of kitsch, camp, drag, color, cinephilia, comedy, and herstory — in a truly "only in SF" kind of way.
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
A collaborative effort between some of queer cinema’s juggernauts — including future Oscar winner Rob Epstein, Frances Reid, Greta Schiller, Lucy Winer, Jan Oxenberg, and Barbara Hammer — captures the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979.
Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival
Participants in the very first “Gay Film Festival of Super-8 Films” (what ultimately became Frameline) — including filmmakers Marc Huestis, David Weissman, Dan Nicoletta, and Rob Epstein — share their recollections.
Expected Guests
Please Note: Films are listed alphabetically and not in program play order.