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Frameline’s Legacy Circle: What Is It?

Cinema

Film

Frameline50

Streaming

Where to Find Frameline50 Films After the Festival

Press Release

2026

Awards

Frameline50 Awards: Top Audience & Juried Honors Unveiled

Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Frameline50 Closing Night with Jane Schoenbrun & Hannah Einbinder

Frameline50: Lineup Revealed for Landmark 50th Festival

Lady Champagne featuring D'Arcy Drollinger

Frameline50 Big Nights: Opening, Centerpiece & Pride Kickoff Announced

Artist Development

Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grants

Grants

2026 Colin Higgins Grantees Announced By Frameline

A still from Gregg Araki's Totally Fucked Up and a still from Jane Schoenbrun’s We're All Going to the World's Fair

Bay Area Screenings

New Queer Cinema

Trans New Weird

YBCA

Frameline Presents Trans New Weird Films at YBCA

Completion Fund

2026 Frameline Completion Fund Grantees Announced

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Frameline49 Films Hitting Theaters & Streaming in 2026

The crowd at the 2026 iteration of Cheers Queers at Sundance.

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Cheers, Queers, Wrapped: Frameline at Sundance 2026

Still from "Serial Mom", Kathleen Turner stands in a closet holding scissors. Serial Mom Film Still Courtesy of Savoy Pictures/Frameline.

John Waters Kicks Off Frameline50

2025

Allegra Madsen

Here’s Why Frameline’s 2025 Was Inspiring

Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon and Charles Melton at Carol Day 2025.

Carol Day

Frameline’s Carol Day 2025, Wrapped

World AIDS Day marquee at the Grand Lake Theatre surrounded by film stills from Chocolate Babies and Affirmations.

World AIDS Day

Frameline’s World AIDS Day Event Honors Black Queer Artists

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

Distribution

Frameline’s LGBTQ+ History Month Showcase, Wrapped

Frameline50: Dates Announced for Milestone Film Festival

Collage of stills from "I'm the Most Racist Person I Know," "Cats Can Teach You To Die Alone," and "Rainbow Girls."

Iris Prize: The LGBTQ+ Film Prize, Explained

Help Us Keep Queer Media Independent

Year-End Giving: Your Strategic Guide

Still from Dykes, Camera, Action. Image courtesy of Frameline

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

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

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

Musicians playing guitar and singing in Radical Harmonies

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

2024 Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grantees Announced

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

Frameline47 Passes

Colin Higgins Foundation Grant to Support LGBTQIA+ Youth Filmmakers

Streaming Encore Pass

Frameline47 Streaming Passes On Sale

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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!

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