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Bay Area Screenings

World AIDS Day

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Frameline’s World AIDS Day Event Honors Black Queer Artists

Press Release

Film

Carol Day 2025: Frameline Honors “Carol” & Todd Haynes

Distribution

Streaming

Frameline’s LGBTQ+ History Month Showcase, Wrapped

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Frameline50: Dates Announced for Milestone Film Festival

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Awards

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Iris Prize: The LGBTQ+ Film Prize, Explained

Development

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Help Us Keep Queer Media Independent

Year-End Giving: Your Strategic Guide

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The World Is Watching Showcase Announced by Frameline

In Doppelgängers³, an astronaut stares at a helmet in a room flooded by pink and green light.

Doppelgängers³ “Tour Stops” Announced by Frameline

Membership

Frameline’s Legacy Circle: What Is It?

Cinema

Frameline49 Films in Theatres & Streaming

Festival

Frameline49 Awards: “Queer Filmmaking Triumphs”

Music

Frameline49 Playlist: Stream the Official Festival Soundtrack

Collage featuring Lakeview, Tim Curry in Rocky Horror, and She's the He.

A Film Festival Virgin’s Guide to Frameline49

29 Queer Premieres at Frameline49

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7 Frameline49 Films You Don’t Want to Miss

Andrew Ahn, Joel Kim Booster, and Matt Rogers attend a Frameline screening of Fire Island.

Queer2Queer Campaign: Make an Impact at Frameline49

Peppermint on the phone in A Deeper Love.

Frameline49: The Festival Program Is Live!

Matthew Ramsey on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Meet Matthew Ramsey, Director of Partnerships & Development​

Frameline49 Expands to the North Bay with CAFILM Pride Picks

Chase Strangio and others celebrate in front of the Supreme Court in Heightened Scrutiny

Heightened Scrutiny Debuts Frameline49’s Pay-It-Forward Initiative

Two characters sit on a sofa and drink in A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian

Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grants Announced for 2025

Olivia Coleman and John Lithgow appear in Jimpa by Sophie Hyde.

Jimpa Starring Olivia Colman Opens Frameline49

Completion Fund

Heightened Scrutiny: Frameline 2025 Completion Fund Spotlight

Budget Paradise: Frameline 2025 Completion Fund Spotlight

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites: Completion Fund Spotlight

Niñxs: Frameline 2025 Completion Fund Spotlight

Rainbow Girls: Frameline 2025 Completion Fund Spotlight

Only Good Things: Frameline 2025 Completion Fund Spotlight

Still from The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives.

The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives: Comp Fund

Announcing the 2025 Frameline Completion Fund Recipients

Frameline Supports the Future of Queer Cinema at SXSW

Frameline Screenings at the Superfine Art Fair SF

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Retrospective

Women's History Month

Radical Harmonies Screening Celebrates Women’s History Month

Restoration

40 Years of Queer Film Series at the Roxie Theater

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Doppelgängers³ Acquired by Frameline Distribution

Allegra Madsen to Serve on the 2025 Teddy Award Jury

Cheers, Queers: Frameline at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

Frameline Joins Cheryl Dunye at BAMPFA for Masc II

Our Queer Year: Frameline Staff’s 2024 LGBTQ+ Highlights

Frameline48 Films Coming to Theatres

Frameline48 Awards

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See SALLY! at KQED

Completion Fund Winner Sally! at KQED

The Power of Film in Times of Conflict

30 Questions with Allegra Madsen

Queer Cinema Highlights in the Bay for April 2024

In the Summers: Frameline 2023/2024 Completion Fund Spotlight

OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage: Frameline 2023/2024 Completion Fund Spotlight

The Age of Flowering Plants: Frameline 2023/2024 Completion Fund Spotlight

Euphoric: Frameline 2023/2024 Completion Fund Spotlight

Allegra Madsen Appointed as New Executive Director

Grace: Frameline 2023/2024 Completion Fund Spotlight

Second Nature: Frameline 2023/2024 Completion Fund Spotlight

Bust: Frameline 2023/2024 Completion Fund Spotlight

Announcing the 2023/2024 Frameline Completion Fund Recipients

We Have Always Been Here — Curator Jenni Olson on Her Masc Film Series at BAMPFA

Get Down, Get Down: Fame at the 4 Star Theater

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Our Queer Year 2023

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Honoring World AIDS Day 2023

Excellent Films to Stream for Trans Awareness Week

Queer Frights & Delights to Stream for Halloween

A Digest of Queer Film Events in the Bay for October

Request for Proposals

Queer Films for Award Season 2023/2024

Rotting in the Sun and Other September Screenings in SF

Announcing James Woolley’s Next Chapter

Frameline47 Films Coming to Theatres and Streaming

Frameline47 Awards

Frameline47 in Oakland

The Official Playlist for Frameline47

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See 47 Castro Theatre screenings for $280. Excludes Opening Night and Pride Kickoff films.

Castro Pass

6 tickets to The New Parkway Theater's Frameline season.

Oakland Pass

See almost 60 streaming programs in the Streaming Encore, June 24 - July 2.

Streaming Pass

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Colin Higgins Foundation Grant to Support LGBTQIA+ Youth Filmmakers

Streaming Encore Pass

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Chasing Chasing Amy: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight

¡salsa!: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight

Asog: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight

Who I Am Not: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight

Like What Would Sorrow Look: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight

AC Unit: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight

Fish Boy: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight

Do Digital Curanderas Use Eggs in Their Limpias?: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight

Announcing the 2022/23 Frameline Completion Fund Recipients

Marlon Riggs’ TONGUES UNTIED and Dee Rees’ PARIAH Selected for 2022 National Film Registry

Frameline47 Dates Announced: June 14-24, 2023

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Checking Out the Queer Films Contending for the 2023 Best International Feature Oscar

A Trio of Free Advanced Screenings in November!

RAW! UNCUT! VIDEO! Now Available On Demand

Frameline Fangs on Location

Frameline Completion Fund Deadline Extended!

Frameline46’s a Wrap!

Frameline46 Award Winners

Queer Cinema from Taiwan at Frameline46

Frameline46 Program Sneak Peek

Youth in Motion

UNAPOLOGETIC: Youth in Motion 2022/23

Passes are $120.00 for the general public, and $105.00 for members.

Frameline46 adds Streaming Encore June 24–30

Celebrate Women’s History Month with “Queer Genius”

We are thrilled to return home to the Castro Theatre for 10 days of our 11-day-festival this year!

Frameline46 Castro Passes

Announcing 2021/22 Completion Fund Recipients

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