Frameline Announces Film Festival Slate

Gregg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex,” Hayley Kiyoko’s “Girls Like Girls” and Adrian Chiarella’s “Leviticus” are among the titles set to screen during the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50), Frameline announced Tuesday. The festival will take place June 17 through 27 across venues in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland.

Framline50 will open with D’Arcy Drollinger’s “Lady Champagne.” Other highlights include narrative features like  John Early’s “Maddie’s Secret,” Xiaodan He’s “Montreal, My Beautiful,” Alice Maio Mackay’s “Our Effed Up World and Gary Jaffe’s “Before I Do.” Documentary screenings include David Shadrack Smith’s “Public Access,” Jeffrey Schwarz’s “Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders” and Alexandria Stapleton’s “The Brittney Griner Story.” Over 140 films from 35 countries will be screened over the course of the festival. 

Colman Domingo will also be presented with the Variety Creative Conscience Award on June 19, after which he will be joined in conversation by Variety’s Jazz Tangcay. Kai Stänicke’s “Trial of Hein” will be honored with Frameline’s annual Out in the Silence Award. underwritten by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, the honor shines a light on an outstanding film that highlights brave acts of LGBTQ+ visibility.

“It is an unbelievable privilege to lead this organization during our landmark 50th festival. The lead up to this anniversary has happened alongside this looming, all-pervading sense that a revolution — both political and moral — is mounting. Now, the 50th is here. And so is the revolution. Our rights are being taken away now. Attacks on our bodies and identities are happening now. And it is precisely this moment that 50 years of queer cinema matters most,” said Allegra Madsen, Frameline’s executive director. “The legacy we are celebrating now is our living inheritance and the filmmakers we are showcasing this year are expanding it, dreaming of queer futures we haven’t thought to imagine, and documenting the revolution as it happens. Frameline50 is where the two generations meet: The community that built this festival built it for this moment. This is our moment to use it.”

Tickets for all programs will be on sale on Wednesday.