From Juno MacGuff’s front-yard recliner to Alex Owens’ water-soaked prop in Flashdance, cinema loves a good chair. But not as much as Camille (Juliette Lewis) loves the chair at the center of By Design. Merging performance art, absurdism, and narration from a disembodied Melanie Griffith, this singular body-swap film views the idea of what it means to be desired through a definitively queer lens.

Winner of the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance, Come See Me in the Good Light is a poignant and funny portrait of poet and activist Andrea Gibson following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Gibson and partner Megan Falley unearth a profound sense of resilience in small, everyday joys as they discover what it means to really live.

Drag Race star Peppermint takes center stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag. Sharing her story alongside a close network of trans individuals, one of the world’s favorite drag performers takes you inside her rise from humble beginnings to her current reign as outspoken trailblazer for the trans community.

In this heartwarming tragi-comedy, a stoic plumber is forced to drive his estranged, gay brother home from jail in 1970s Canada. With Alan Cumming in a standout role, Drive Back Home is a funny, tender road movie about queer resilience, family baggage, and finding common ground across a snowy thousand-mile journey.

In this bawdy and heartwarming story of mothers and sons, the trials of juggling self-care and caring for a loved one are told through Edward (James McArdle), a gay novelist looking after his non-verbal mother (Fionnula Flanagan). A chaotic weekend starts to unfold when his three best friends impulsively dump their elderly mothers onto him for a Pride getaway.

In writer/director/star Annapurna Sriram’s bold debut, AP seeks a cosmic reset after a tarot reading by Big Freedia demands $1,000 and a lamb to lift her curse. With best friend Danni (Sadie Scott) in tow, AP dives headfirst into their own Fool’s Journey through Trashtown, USA’s neon dystopia, as Sriram blends gorgeous 16mm, DIY spirit, and rule-smashing anarchy.

A salient document of our current moment, Sam Feder’s film centers on ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, the first out trans person to argue before the Supreme Court. Fighting to overturn Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, Strangio and other leading activists — like Laverne Cox and Elliot Page — examine how media bias influences the public’s perception of trans rights.

Star-studded with testimonies from Lady Gaga, Dionne Warwick, and Billy Porter, this documentary traces gay gospel singer Carl Bean's journey of liberation from music industry success to his influential AIDS activism. Uplifting and inspirational, Frameline49’s official Juneteenth celebration sings a song of love and pride for today’s dark times.

How exactly did Dorothy Gale become a cinematic stand-in for the outcasts of the world? Featuring interviews with pop culture icons including John Waters, Lena Waithe, Amber Ruffin, and Margaret Cho to name a few, It's Dorothy! explores the origins and legacy of the character, from the ways she has been subverted and reimagined, to her impact on LGBTQ+ culture.

Gay poet, novelist, filmmaker, and artist Jean Cocteau was a visionary whose influence shaped the 20th century and continues to resonate today. Through rare archival footage, personal interviews, and clips from his groundbreaking work, Jean Cocteau offers a vivid portrait of an artist who defied convention at every turn.

John Lithgow and Oscar winner Olivia Colman star in Sophie Hyde's funny and heartfelt tale of a queer family reunion, as three generations of an Australian family reconvene in Amsterdam. Lithgow plays the titular Jimpa, an HIV-positive academic at the end of his tenure in the Netherlands, whose filmmaker daughter (Colman) and non-binary grandchild (Aud Mason-Hyde) come to visit in this Sundance standout.

In a San Francisco losing its soul to rapid gentrification, nonbinary newbie Cass barely scrapes by nannying for wealthy kids, waiting tables, and dealing just enough party drugs to cover rent on a small apartment. A one-night stand with co-worker Kalli sparks something real, but when Kalli disappears — leaving her 11-year-old daughter, Ari, in Cass’ hands — the seams start to come undone.

In this provocative Sundance award winner, a closeted undercover cop (Tom Blyth) is tasked with being the bait to entrap gay men cruising the mall when he falls for one of his targets (Russell Tovey). Set in the 1990s, Plainclothes unfolds through a fragmented timeline with VHS-spliced visuals, dissolving the boundaries between secrecy and desire, watcher and watched.

When The Rocky Horror Show opened in 1973, no one could have imagined the impact that the subversive rock musical would have on culture. As the movie turns 50, the original cast, creatives, and other pop culture icons (including Richard O’Brien, Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Trixie Mattel) reminisce about the process of bringing it to life, as audiences around the world continue to do the time warp again and again.

At a time when so much of our queer culture is under attack, this program celebrates the archives and the memories of our ancestors and paves a path toward our future.

Featuring Dylan O’Brien in a career-best turn, Twinless finds a charming odd couple pairing between straight Roman and gay Dennis, who meet at a support group for people who have lost their twin. A double prize winner at Sundance, James Sweeney's sophomore feature achieves a high-wire balancing act of laugh-out-loud comedy and gut-punching sadness, with filmmaking and storytelling sophistication to boot.

Three decades ago, SNL bravely dared to ask “Who’s he… or she?” and turned gender nonconformity into a punchline with Julia Sweeney's Pat. Now, a who’s-who of trans comics are tasked with the ultimate challenge: creating a new Pat sketch for 2025, while also interrogating the boneheadedly problematic (yet nonetheless meaningful) representation of our past along the way.

An eerie-yet-poignant ghost story from director Samuel Van Grinsven, this dramatic thriller centers on the grieving Jack (Dacre Montgomery), who returns to an isolated corner of New Zealand after his birth mother, Elizabeth, passes away. In addition to meeting Elizabeth’s grieving widow (Vicky Krieps), Jack has a series of  haunting, perspective-shifting encounters with his mother’s lingering spirit.