At the epicenter of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood — proud home to the newly-created Transgender District as well as the reluctant symbol of the […]

For even longer than Frameline has been around, queer filmmakers have been depicting Bay Area life on their own terms and telling their own […]

Director Sara Dosa and film participant, Andri Snær Magnason will be here in person for a Q&A moderated by Dan Krauss on 6/6! Renowned […]

In her second feature film, Avalon Fast (who collaborated with Alice Maio Mackay in The Serpent’s Skin and Louise Weard in Castration Movie i […]

A crew of professional shoplifters takes aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service. “Not content with making a modest comedy about […]

As rain falls in São Paulo, in an unassuming apartment building a random Grindr hookup is multiplying into a frenzied orgy. Over the course […]

This shorts block centers on queer folks grappling with life-altering decisions, both big and small. Short films showing in this program: Black Shawl (Kamila […]

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” This line from a poem by Mary Oliver […]

One of the best and most literate movies from the great days of horror, The Most Dangerous Game stars Leslie Banks as a big-game hunter with […]

With its candy-coated color palette, Rodina Singh effortlessly blends the visual styles of impressionistic horror — think I Saw the TV Glow and Mandy […]

A crew of professional shoplifters takes aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service. “Not content with making a modest comedy about […]

Meet Mickey Squires, legendary porn star and notorious alter ego to Richard Bernstein. Diving into the colorful history of gay adult cinema, this intimate […]

With arresting cinematography, 10s Across the Borders delivers a long-overdue snapshot of ballroom culture in Southeast Asia through the art and work of three […]

As the story goes, the production and release of William Friedkin’s Cruising in 1980 was met with outrage and protests from members of the […]

Co-presented by the Arab Film & Media Institute (AFMI)! In 2001, filmmaker Aljafari, briefly imprisoned in his teens by the Israeli Occupation during the […]

Still as provocative and controversial as it was when it hit theatres in 1980, William Friedkin’s lurid thriller Cruising stars Al Pacino in one […]

In an effort to impress their classmates, bumbling high school seniors Ethan (Misha Osherovich) and Alex (Nico Carney) pose as transgender women. Their plan […]

In the mythical seaside town of Leisure, Elvira (Claire Wilbur) and Jack (Gerald Grant) are a happily married couple whose favorite pastime is playing […]

Set in the world of amateur bodybuilding, Test follows small town dreamer Eddie (Brock Yurich, also delivering his feature screenwriting debut) as he pursues […]

Carole Pope is a music legend who set Canada’s punk and new wave scenes on fire in the 1970s and 1980s. As the frontwoman […]

A crew of professional shoplifters takes aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service. “Not content with making a modest comedy about […]

In an effort to impress their classmates, bumbling high school seniors Ethan (Misha Osherovich) and Alex (Nico Carney) pose as transgender women. Their plan […]

Guided by Godard, styled like Araki, yet uniquely its own, Sparks is a wonderfully eccentric first feature about a bohemian group of misfits looking […]

Malou is an androgynous teen living in a small town who excels at rowing and is especially close to her older brother, Max. She […]

A typical star student who’s navigating high expectations at her elite all-girls boarding school, Luthando is a proud nerd who isn’t afraid to be […]

Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol IN PERSON, in conversation with Chronicle Senior Political Writer, Joe Garofoli after the June 27 show! MORE SHOWTIMES…. SOON! “So why […]

Director Mark Jenkin in person, in conversation with SFFilm Associate Director of Programming, Mr. Rod Armstrong, for the 6/16 preview screening! Three decades ago, […]

Including docs and narratives, this collection celebrates the works of queer filmmakers rooted in the Bay Area and Frameline herstory. Expected Guests: Matthew Puccini, […]

This laugh-out-loud shorts package has it all: dysfunctional families, Horny Hell, and Chucky (yes, that Chucky). Short films showing in this program: Flight Risk […]

Nominated for an Oscar for Original Screenplay, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola’s quirky tale finds 12-year-olds Sam and Suzy escaping from Camp Ivanhoe and […]

A group of tangentially-connected gay teenagers in the remote coastal town of Geraldton encounter the thrills and devastations of first love and sexual discovery […]

Ildikó Enyedi (director of Oscar-nominated On Body and Soul) returns with a century-spanning triptych about lives that unfold around an ancient ginkgo tree. Featuring Tony […]

Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol IN PERSON, in conversation with Chronicle Senior Political Writer, Joe Garofoli after the June 27 show! MORE SHOWTIMES…. SOON! “So why […]

Director Mark Jenkin in person, in conversation with SFFilm Associate Director of Programming, Mr. Rod Armstrong, for the 6/16 preview screening! Three decades ago, […]

A crew of professional shoplifters takes aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service. “Not content with making a modest comedy about […]

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film is a deliriously stylized tale of hothouse lust and simmering violence. Set amid an expressionistic soundstage vision of […]