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Frameline Film Festival

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The Frameline Film Festival (aka San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival) (formerly San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival; San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) began as a storefront event in 1976.[1] The first film festival, named the Gay Film Festival of Super-8 Films, was held in 1977.[2] The festival is organized by Frameline, a nonprofit media arts organization whose mission statement is "to change the world through the power of queer cinema". It is the oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the world.Template:Efn

With annual attendance ranging from 60,000 to 80,000, it is the largest LGBTQ+ film exhibition event.Template:Citation needed It is also the most well-attended LGBTQ+ arts event in the San Francisco Bay Area.Template:Citation needed The festival is held every year in late June according to a schedule that allows the eleven-day event's closing night to coincide with the City's annual Gay Pride Day, which takes place on the last Sunday of the month.

Films screened at the Frameline Film Festival have been donated to the Hormel Center at the San Francisco Public Library.[3] An initial donation was made in 2005, and the library partnered with the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) for conservation of video recordings.[4]

In 2020 the festival was one of the key partners, alongside Outfest Los Angeles, the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival, in launching the North American Queer Festival Alliance, an initiative to further publicize and promote LGBT film.[5]

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The festival's annual awards include The Frameline Award given to an individual who has played a key role in the history of LGBTQ+ cinema, Audience Awards for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Episodic, Best Short, and Juried Awards for First Feature, and Outstanding Documentary. [6]

See also[]

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  • Cinema of the United States
  • List of LGBT film festivals

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  5. ↑ Jeff Ewing, "Major LGBTQ Film Festivals Partner To Create The ‘North American Queer Festival Alliance’ (NAQFA)". Forbes, June 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ File:Rcti 34 tahun original by feud1995 dg5n9jr.png

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