The long-lasting San Francisco-based LGBTQ+ pageant Frameline is able to rejoice a half-century… virtually. IndieWire can unveil the highly-anticipated lineup for the forty ninth annual Frameline pageant, which is the biggest and longest-running queer movie pageant on this planet.
The 2025 pageant will open with Sophie Hyde’s “Jimpa” starring Olivia Colman, and shut with James Sweeney’s “Twinless.” The pageant will happen June 18 to twenty-eight, and have almost 150 movies from 40 nations. Highlights embrace a particular screening at KQED of Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard’s “I Was Born This Method” documentary about activist Archbishop Carl Bean, who sang the titular homosexual anthem and based each the Minority AIDS Challenge and the world’s first LGBTQ+ church for individuals of coloration. Woman Gaga, Questlove, Dionne Warwick, and Billy Porter seem within the movie. “Heightened Scrutiny,” which was a part of the Frameline Completion Fund, will even display; the documentary characteristic facilities on ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio who argued on the Supreme Courtroom to assist trans rights. Former IndieWire staffer Jude Dry will even debut their brief movie “Homolita” on the pageant.
“Normally we kick this stuff off by speaking about how ‘thrilled’ we’re, and whereas we’re excited for our filmmakers and desperate to share their unbelievable work with you all, these acquainted expressions of enthusiasm really feel inadequate proper now,” Allegra Madsen, Frameline’s Govt Director, mentioned. “I wish to emphasize how deeply I worth the extraordinary work of our filmmakers this yr — their imaginative and prescient and braveness are actually outstanding. All of us are weathering challenges that threaten our identities, our histories, and our on a regular basis lives. Like a lot of you, I’m exhausted and indignant. With Frameline49, I would like us to look at our previous of LGBTQ+ activism and artwork and I wish to honor the highly effective tales of this second, to remind us all that Frameline is each a celebration and a press release. We’ll nonetheless have interaction in troublesome conversations and acknowledge the realities mirrored in our movies, however we’ll additionally create areas the place we are able to untense our shoulders and snicker collectively, with out having to defend our existence.”
Pageant movies shall be screened at iconic Bay venues such because the Roxie Theater, the American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater, CinemaSF’s Vogue Theatre, the Herbst Theatre, Oasis, Rikki’s, KQED, PROXY, and The New Parkway Theater.
Frameline beforehand introduced its Pay-It-Ahead initiative to fund trans and nonbinary film-goers attending screenings. The Pay-It-Ahead group will cowl the price of tickets to the First Friday screening of “Heightened Scrutiny.”
Frameline can also be launching the Queer2Queer Marketing campaign which is able to encourage supporters to reaffirm their dedication to creating LGBTQ+ movies accessible by “adopting” a screening. By serving to to cowl the price of a Pageant screening, these supporters will assist Frameline49 carry filmmakers and their works to the Bay Space within the face of grant cuts by The Nationwide Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and shifting company priorities.
“Greater than ever earlier than, the Pageant program was curated with group in thoughts,” Madsen mentioned. “Not solely can we wish to heart tales by and for the LGBTQ+ group, however we wish to create experiences and areas that foster essential conversations, illustrate our collective supportiveness, and permit for resilience to the arduous occasions to coexist with having a actually good time collectively.”
Frameline’s new Director of Partnerships & Improvement, Matthew Ramsey, added that, “The NEA’s determination is a setback, however it is not going to diminish our resolve. Now’s the time for our group to rally collectively via our Queer2Queer Marketing campaign. Your assist will immediately allow us to carry important queer tales to the display, making certain our filmmakers can notice their visions. Let’s present the world the unwavering power and solidarity of the queer group!”
Whereas nearly all of the Pageant will happen in San Francisco and Oakland, Frameline’s first-ever partnership with CAFILM Pleasure will carry a number of Pageant movies to San Rafael from June 13 to fifteen.
Take a look at the total lineup beneath.
BIG NIGHTS
Jimpa — Opening Evening Movie DIR Sophie Hyde
I Was Born This Method — Juneteenth Movie DIR Daniel Junge & Sam Pollard
West Coast Premiere | Queer Premiere
Heightened Scrutiny — First Friday Movie, adopted by the First Friday Celebration at Charmaine’s DIR Sam Feder
SF Bay Space Premiere
Meeting — Pleasure Kickoff Movie
DIR Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons West Coast Premiere
Twinless — Closing Evening Movie DIR James Sweeney
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
FEATURES
#300Letters (#300cartas) DIR Lucas Santa Ana West Coast Premiere
Child DIR Marcelo Caetano SF Bay Space Premiere
Stunning Night, Stunning Day (Lijepa večer, lijep dan) DIR Ivona Juka
Worldwide Premiere | Queer Premiere
Between Goodbyes DIR Jota Mun
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
A Physique to Reside In DIR Angelo Madsen West Coast Premiere
By Design DIR Amanda Kramer
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Castration Film: Half I DIR Louise Weard
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Come See Me within the Good Gentle DIR Ryan White Queer Premiere
Coming Sights: An Orgy of Homosexual Erotic Film Trailers — Erotic Evenings DIR Elizabeth Purchell
Preceded by GANGBANG.
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint DIR Oriel Pe’er World Premiere | Queer Premiere
Diciannove DIR Giovanni Tortorici
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Dreamers DIR Pleasure Gharoro-Akpojotor North American Premiere
Goals in Nightmares DIR Shatara Michelle Ford West Coast Premiere
Drive Again Dwelling DIR Michael Clowater SF Bay Space Premiere
Drone DIR Simon Bouisson West Coast Premiere
4 Moms DIR Darren Thornton SF Bay Space Premiere
Fucktoys DIR Annapurna Sriram Queer Premiere
GEN_ DIR Gianluca Matarrese West Coast Premiere
I’m Your Venus DIR Kimberly Reed SF Bay Space Premiere
If You Are Afraid Put Your Coronary heart Into Your Mouth and Smile (Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst)
DIR Marie Luise Lehner North American Premiere
Within the Finest Pursuits of the Kids (1977) — Retrospective DIR Frances Reid, Cathy Zheutlin, & Elizabeth Stevens Preceded by Lesbian Custody.
It’s Dorothy! DIR Jeffrey McHale
West Coast Premiere | Queer Premiere
Jean Cocteau DIR Lisa Immordino Vreeland
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Maintain Coming Again (Siempre vuelven) DIR Sergio de León
US Premiere | Queer Premiere
Lakeview DIR Tara Thorne US Premiere
Lesbian Area Princess DIR Emma Hough Hobbs & Leela Varghese US Premiere
The Librarians DIR Kim A. Snyder
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Fortunate, Condominium (럭키, 아파트) DIR Kangyu Garam
North American Premiere
The Meatrack (1970) — Erotic Evenings // 2K Restoration DIR Mike Thomas
World Premiere | Queer Premiere
A Mom Aside DIR Laurie Townshend
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
The Nature of Invisible Issues (A Natureza das Coisas Invisíveis) DIR Rafaela Camelo
Evening in West Texas DIR Deborah S. Esquenazi
West Coast Premiere | Queer Premiere
A Evening Like This DIR Liam Calvert West Coast Premiere
Evening Stage (Ato Noturno) DIR Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon North American Premiere
Niñxs DIR Kani Lapuerta
North American Premiere | Queer Premiere
Solely Good Issues (Apenas Coisas Boas) DIR Daniel Nolasco
US Premiere | Queer Premiere
Outerlands DIR Elena Oxman
Perro perro DIR Marco Berger
World Premiere | Queer Premiere
Pink Narcissus (1971)— Erotic Evenings // 4K Restoration DIR James Bidgood
SF Bay Space Premiere
Plainclothes DIR Carmen Emmi SF Bay Space Premiere
Enjoying with Fireplace: An Ecosexual Emergency DIR Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens World Premiere | Queer Premiere
Pooja, Sir DIR Deepak Rauniyar SF Bay Space Premiere
Queerpanorama DIR Jun Li
West Coast Premiere Preceded by Carpobrotus.
Actually Completely happy Sometime DIR J Stevens
US Premiere Preceded by Tessitura.
River of Grass DIR Sasha Wortzel
West Coast Premiere | Queer Premiere
Room Temperature — Frameline Fangs DIR Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Row of Life DIR Soraya Simi
SF Bay Space Premiere
Sally DIR Cristina Costantini
Sandbag Dam (Zečji nasip) DIR Čejen Černić Čanak West Coast Premiere
Sauna DIR Mathias Broe West Coast Premiere
The Secret of Me DIR Grace Hughes-Hallett 2025 Out within the Silence Award Winner
The Serpent’s Pores and skin — Frameline Fangs
DIR Alice Maio Mackay World Premiere | Queer Premiere Preceded by The Age of Flowering Vegetation (La period de las plantas con flor).
She’s the He DIR Siobhan McCarthy
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Silent Sparks (愛作歹) DIR Ping Chu
Queer Premiere
Preceded by Like What Would Sorrow Look (愁何狀).
Skinny Love (Einskonar Ást) DIR Sigurður Anton
North American Premiere
Some Nights I Really feel Like Strolling DIR Petersen Vargas West Coast Premiere
Thesis on a Domestication (Tesis sobre una domesticación) DIR Javier Van de Couter
Queer Premiere
To Reside, To Die, To Reside Once more (Vivre mourir renaître) DIR Gaël Morel
Contact Me — Frameline Fangs DIR Addison Heimann
West Coast Premiere | Queer Premiere
Trans Memoria DIR Victoria Verseau West Coast Premiere
Valencia (2013) — Retrospective DIR Varied
We Are Faheem & Karun DIR Onir
North American Premiere
We Are Pat DIR Rowan Haber
West Coast Premiere | Queer Premiere
Went Up the Hill — Frameline Fangs DIR Samuel Van Grinsven SF Bay Space Premiere
WICKET DIR Lily Plotkin
World Premiere | Queer Premiere
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Jimmy at PROXY
DIR Yashaddai Owens
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere Word: It is a FREE out of doors screening.
MĀHŪ: A Trans-Pacific Love Letter at KQED
DIR Lisette Marie Flanary
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Adopted by a efficiency led by hula grasp Patrick Makuakāne.
Unusual Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror at Oasis DIR Linus O’Brien
West Coast Premiere | Queer Premiere
The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 Premiere Watch Celebration at Rikki’s Netflix
SF Bay Space Premiere | Queer Premiere
Word: It is a FREE watch social gathering.
SHORTS BLOCKS + SHOWCASES
Alien Extravaganza
Arctic Diva DIR Federico Barni
Between Mars and Earth (Entre Marte y la Tierra) DIR Diego Marzuil
Br00dm0ther’s e-Fable DIR Zijing Zhao
The Burden DIR Tish Arana
However wait… there’s extra! DIR Kialy Tihngang
The Final Story on Earth DIR Aaron Immediato
PRIMALDIAL MAGMA_ZYGMUTROPHOOZE DIR mirrored fatality
REDMAN DIR Edith Morris
Area Plug DIR Marcus Anthony Thomas
First Impressions, Lasting Connections: Date Evening Shorts
Divine Intervention DIR Ravenna Tran
Maintain Me Shut DIR Aurora Brachman & LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
I’m the Most Racist Particular person I Know DIR Leela Varghese
An Odd Flip (Un movimiento extraño) DIR Francisco Lezama
Enjoyable in Shorts
Gender Reveal DIR Mo Matton
Homolita DIR Jude Dry
Poreless DIR Harris Doran
Girlfriend Girlfriend DIR Sara Werner
Sister! DIR John Onieal
Area Daddy DIR Stephen Carruthers
Candy Talkin’ Man DIR Spencer Wardwell & Dylan Wardwell
Teth DIR Peter Darney
Homegrown Shorts
AutoErotica: We Purchase Homosexual Stuff DIR Jeremy von Stilb
Funds Paradise DIR LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
En memoria DIR Roberto Deadly
Liminality DIR Tess Bliven
Rainbow Women DIR Nana Duffuor
Thanks, Babs! DIR Jen Rainin & Rivkah Beth Medow
It’s a Household Affair
Right Me If I’m Mistaken (如你所愿) DIR Hao Zhou
Grandma Nai Who Performed Favorites (ចៅសំណព្វចិត)្ត DIR Chheangkea
Tara DIR Ashutosh S. Shankar
Who Raised You? DIR Dani Guzman
You Don’t Should Like Me DIR Safiyah Chiniere
Saturday Morning Cartoons
27 DIR Flóra Anna Buda
Carrotica DIR Daniel Sterlin-Altman
Chimera (Quimera) DIR Gael Jara & Martín André
The Consuming of an Orange DIR Might Kindred-Boothby
Hey Dad (嗨爸) DIR Wei-fan Wang
Homunculus DIR Bonheur Suprême
Tiger Lily Mountain Go DIR Nate King
Two Black Boys in Paradise DIR Baz Sells
What It Takes (Pour exister) DIR Fabien Corre & Kelsi Phụng
Scared Shortless — Frameline Fangs
Clear Slate DIR Emily Might Jampel
Dope Fiend DIR Rosanagh Griffiths
Goodbye Celebration DIR Sophia Lou & Nathan Pearson
The Holly King DIR Tim O’Leary
Munchies DIR Brittany Alexia Younger
Take Care DIR Brittany Ashley
Discuss Shit DIR Will Thede & Ben Weiss
Reality Be Instructed: Documentary Shorts
Dr. XYZ: A Medical Drag Transthology DIR El Jaunts
All over the place I Look DIR November Nolan
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished DIR Lesley Loksi Chan
Shelly’s Leg DIR Wes Hurley
The Roaming Middle for Magnetic Alternate options DIR Brydie O’Connor
Queer Quickies: Erotic Shorts — Erotic Evenings
The angel DIR Dorian Wooden
Fist DIR Romy Alizée
The Handyman (O Faz-Tudo) DIR Fábio Leal
Mouse Klub Konfidential DIR James Robert Baker
A Evening within the Life DIR Jonzo
Orgy Each Different Day DIR Samuel Döring
Romy & Laure… And the Thriller of the Enchanted Plug (Romy et Laure… et le mystère du plug enchanté) DIR Romy Alizée & Laure Giappiconi
The Wash DIR Mike Feswick
Exterior Voices: New Leaders in Queer Cinema Supported by Colin Higgins Basis
Baba I’m Nice DIR Karina Dandashi
Barbie Boy DIR Remi Gabriel
A Chicken Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian DIR AJ Dubler & Carmela Murphy
Unholy DIR Daisy Friedman