Frameline Organizers Credit Film Fest for Furthering Queer Cinema
Stuart Miller For nearly half a century, Frameline has celebrated queer stories — and queer identity — with the San Francisco Intl.
LGBTQ+ Film Festival. It’s the oldest and longest-running festival of its kind in the world and, with an annual attendance of more than 60,000 for the 120-plus screenings (curated from more than 1,600 submissions and invitations), Frameline48 will once again be a major presence in the Golden Gate city this month.
That’s fitting, says Allegra Madsen, Frameline’s executive director, since San Francisco is “the queerest city ever and a beacon to the queer community worldwide.” While the event “chugged along for years doing the classic festival thing,” Madsen notes that since the pandemic, it has become “a really responsive festival,” adapting and adjusting each year.
With its home base of the Castro Theatre temporarily closed for renovations, Madsen will build on the fest’s “Neighborhood Nights” theme from last year and emphasize its connection to the Bay Area.
