As a media arts non-profit, Frameline’s programs connect filmmakers and audiences in the Bay Area and around the world. The festival’s integrated programs provide critical funding for emerging LGBTQ filmmakers; reach hundreds of thousands with a collection of more than 250 films distributed nationally; inspire thousands of students through Youth In Motion, which sends free films and curricula to schools across the nation; and creates an international stage for the world’s best queer film through The San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival and additional year-round screenings and cinematic events.
Completion Fund
Six of the films playing at Frameline40, including Opening Night film Kiki and U.S. Centerpiece AWOL, were supported by Frameline’s Completion Fund. Since 1990, 136 films have been awarded over $460,000, a much-needed source of financial assistance to artists who often struggle to secure funding to complete their works. Frameline will be accepting applications for the 2017 round of funding in late 2016. Other festival films supported by Completion Fund are Growing Up Coy, Out Run, The Joneses and Her Story.
Youth in Motion
Frameline’s Youth in Motion program distributes free LGBTQ films, along with professionally-created curriculum, to nearly 900 K–12 institutions. This program supports over 25,000 students across all 50 states. During the festival, Youth in Motion also provides free tickets to youth and youth-serving organizations for two programs. On Friday, June 17, at 4 pm, students and their allies will receive free tickets to a Castro Theatre screening of U.S. teen romance Akron, directed by Brian O’Donnell, in a giveaway underwritten by a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation. On Sunday, June 19, the Coming Up Queer shorts program at the Roxie Theatre at 1 pm, featuring teen and youth stories, will be admission free. This program is supported by The Bob Ross Foundation and an anonymous donor.
Distribution
As part of the Retrospective series for Frameline40, three Frameline Distribution titles will be showcased during the festival, including Arthur Bressan’s seminal Gay USA as part of the Flashback 1977 program. In addition, Marlon Riggs’ masterpiece Tongues Untied will screen, preceded by Voguing: The Message, adding up to one showcase on two very different experiences of queer Black life in 1989. Frameline Distribution is the only LGBTQ non-profit distributor in the U.S., with over 250 titles in the robust collection.
Frameline Voices
Frameline Voices hosts over 100 films free online on YouTube and Vimeo highlighting those underrepresented in mainstream cinema–youth, elders, people of color, and gender-variant individuals. Titles from the past 40 years have garnered over 3,000,000 hits on this platform, which features everything from queer short film classics by Ira Sachs and Jenni Olson to recent titles by emerging filmmakers. Through Frameline Voices, film-lovers are able to experience the best of the past 40 years of LGBTQ cinema year-round and across the globe.
Continuing Impact Post Festival
In the fall, Frameline Encore will continue in San Francisco at the Roxie Theatre and in Oakland at the Piedmont Theatre. This free series of screenings and discussions for the queer community emphasizes underrepresented experiences, and for the coming season, Frameline will continue to highlight meaningful retrospectives from the organization’s history. This program is supported by Folsom Street Events and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Join the Frameline Family: Membership
Frameline members are vital to the festival’s year-round work in creating change for LGBTQ people everywhere. When you join as a member, your generous gift supports emerging filmmakers, Frameline’s youth programs to create safer and more accepting communities, and the exhibition of thought-provoking films documenting LGBTQ lives and experiences both online and at the Festival. By joining the most respected LGBTQ media arts organization in the nation, you invest in Frameline’s future and also receive an array of exciting benefits. For more information about how you can be a part of the Frameline family, please visit: www.frameline.org/join
Frameline Fast Facts
Frameline has definitely earned its title as The King of Queer Film Festivals. This year’s offerings alone include: 155 festival films,121 programs, 72 feature films, 83 short films, 24 countries represented, 9 world premieres, 2 international premieres, 1 North American premiere, 7 West Coast premieres, 27 Bay Area premieres, 21 first-time feature filmmakers, 59 films directed by women, 31 feature films directed by women, 19 Asian films, 26 Black films, 29 Latino/Latina films, 22 social justice films, 2 interactive panels, 7 days of East Bay programming and 6 Frameline Completion Fund grantees!
Venues
Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco
The Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco
Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street, San Francisco
Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley Landmark Piedmont Theater, 4186 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
Box Office
Online: 24-hour access at www.frameline.org
In Person: 1:00 pm–7:00 pm daily at Frameline40 Box Office, located at Strut, 470 Castro Street, San Francisco
Via Fax: 24-hour access at 415-861-1404, download order forms at www.frameline.org
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