Frameline Film Festival
Castro Theatre during Frameline 39 in June 2015 | |
| Location | San Francisco and Oakland, California, USA |
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| Founded | 1977 |
| Most recent | June 18–28, 2025 |
| Awards | Frameline Award, Out in the Silence Award, audience and juried awards |
| Hosted by | Frameline |
| Website | frameline |
The Frameline Film Festival (also known as San Francisco International LGBTQ+ 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". Since 2024 the executive director of Frameline has been Allegra Madsen, formerly director of programming.
It is the oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the world, and with annual attendance ranging from 60,000 to 80,000, the largest LGBTQ+ film exhibition event. It is also the most well-attended LGBTQ+ arts event in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The festival is held over eleven days in late June (reduced in 2004 from eighteen), with the closing night coinciding with San Francisco's annual Gay Pride Day, which takes place on the last Sunday of the month. The Castro Theatre has traditionally been the main venue.