The world’s biggest and longest-running showcase of queer cinema in only weeks away from starting and organizers have just dropped the amazing full line-up.
Frameline is celebrating its 42nd birthday this year from 14-24 June.
Organizers are expecting an attendance of more than 60,000 people to the Frameline42: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival.
Bucking industry trends, 52% of all films this are directed by women. The 153 narratives, documentaries, episodics, and short films come from 39 different. And to top all that off this year’s festival also includes 25 world premieres.
Cinema can change the world
‘Frameline is thrilled to return for our 42nd year, serving as a platform for the world’s finest in LGBTQ content and a lightning rod for fresh, radical ideas and stories,’ said Frameline Executive Director Frances Wallace.
‘Film has always been used as a vehicle of change, and our tagline this year—Lights. Camera. Take Action.—speaks directly to our mission to change the world through the power of queer cinema.’
Another exciting addition to Frameline this year is the new Director of Exhibition & Programming, Paul Struthers.
‘Frameline is an organization that has always inspired me in their world-leading approach to showcasing queer cinema,’ Struthers said.
‘I’m thrilled with this year’s diverse and enriching slate that our exceptional Programming team has curated.
‘This includes a rousing collection of films focused on dance and performance among QTPOC (queer & trans people of color) scenes, and many major film festival award winners from around the globe.
‘We look forward to sharing over 150 stories representing the breadth of the queer communities’ experience with Bay Area audiences in June.’
