Frameline Film Festival
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The Frameline Film Festival (also known as San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival and formerly known as San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival; San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) is an annual event that screens and celebrates films by and about LGBTQ people, established in 1976. 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
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History
The 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]
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]
Awards
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]
Frameline Award honorees
1986 Vito Russo
1987 Alexandra von Grote
1988 Divine
1989 Cinevista / Promovision
1990 Robert Epstein
1991 Elfi Mikesch
1992 Marlon Riggs
1993 Pratibha Parmar
1994 Christine Vachon
1995 Marcus Hu
1996 Peter Adair[7]
1997 Channel Four Television
1998 Dolly Hall
1999 Stanley Kwan
2000 Barbara Hammer
2001 The Festival’s Founders
2002 Isaac Julien
2003 Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato
2004 Rose Troche
2005 Gregg Araki
2006 François Ozon
2007 Andrea Sperling
2008 Michael Lumpkin
2009 George Kuchar & Mike Kuchar
2010 Wolfe Video
2011 Margaret Cho
2012 B. Ruby Rich
2013 Jamie Babbit
2014 George Takei
2015 Jeffrey Schwarz
2016 Bob Hawk
2017 Alan Cumming
2018 Debra Chasnoff
2019 Rodney Evans
See also
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Notes
References
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- ↑ Jeff Ewing, "Major LGBTQ Film Festivals Partner To Create The ‘North American Queer Festival Alliance’ (NAQFA)". Forbes, June 17, 2020.
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Further reading
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External links
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- Frameline Program Guides Template:Webarchive
- Frameline Film Festival Collection at Online Archive of California
- San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival at WorldCat
- Frameline Film Festival Trailers YouTube Playlist