Bernal Heights
Freedom to Marry
Producer Jenni Olson lives in the Bernal Heights, Glen Park area. The Presidio also gets a mention, as funding for the film came from the Catapult Film Fund in the Presidio.
Castro/Duboce Triangle/Corona Heights
Looking
The movie was filmed in the Castro and at other San Francisco locations with local crew and extras.
Swirl
Director Lance McDaniel lived in San Francisco for 8 years and worked in the Castro at Wild Wild West.
Out Run
Co-Director and longtime Bay Area filmmaker Leo Chiang lives in Duboce Triangle.
Vegas in Space
Parts of the movie were filmed at Corona Heights Park. Much of the film was also shot in Doris Fish’s flat at 422 Oak Street in Hayes Valley. Miniatures and other scenes were shot in the Mission at the home of cast member Miss X and director Phillip R. Ford (3567 18th Street).
Wig and a Prayer – The Peaches Christ Story
The film was shot in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre, Victoria Theatre, Oasis and Glamarama Salon. Hayes Valley also gets a shout out, as filming occurred in Peaches Christ’s (Joshua Grannell’s) house in Hayes Valley. Filming also took place in the Mission.
Do Not Think for a Moment
This short was filmed in the Castro district and in other parts of San Francisco.
Civic Center
Last Men Standing
Subject Mick Robinson lives in Mid-Market. Hayes Valley is also included, as subject Jesus Heberto lives there. Subject Peter Greene (deceased) lived in Noe Valley. Subject Kevin VandenBergh lives in Noe Valley/Twin Peaks.
Cole Valley
How to Kiss in Paris
Director April Hirschman Lives in Cole Valley.
Noe Valley
Strike a Pose
Sue Trupin, mother of one of the late subjects, Gabriel, lives in Noe Valley and scenes of the film were shot at her house. The movie is also connected to the Richmond district, as scenes were filmed at the AIDS Memorial Grove.
Park Merced
Persistence of Memory
The film was made as a thesis film for SFSU’s Cinema MFA Program. It was shot in Oakland and San Francisco, including using twenty camera operators for bullet-time cinematography.
SoMa
Folsom Street
The move was filmed at locations on SoMa’s Folsom Street with Bay Area locals, such as drag performer Grace Towers.
Upstairs Inferno
The GLBT Historical Society contributed archival footage to the film.
Numerous other films at Frameline40 have ties to San Francisco in general, as well as to the East Bay cities of Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward and Oakland; to Vallejo in the North Bay; and to La Honda, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Jose, and Santa Cruz in the South Bay.
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