San Francisco International
LGBTQ Film Festival

June 16 - 26, 2016

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Outstanding First Feature

Jonathan

Sunday, June 26, 4:00 PM

Gorgeous cinematography, a bucolic German setting, and a lyrical storytelling style make Jonathan—a tale about a later-in-life c...

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Honorable Mention (First Feature)

Women Who Kill

Tuesday, June 21, 9:30 PM

Exes Morgan and Jean are “Women Who Kill,” co-hosts of a podcast about female murderers. But what if Morgan’s myster...

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Outstanding Doc

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

Monday, June 20, 6:30 PM

At the tail end of the “Satanic ritual abuse panic” of the 1990s, four Latina lesbian women were accused and wrongfully co...

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Honorable Mention (Documentary)

Upstairs Inferno

Thursday, June 23, 9:30 PM

An unsettling snapshot of what is considered to be the largest mass murder targeting gays in American history, this documentary gets i...

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AT&T Audience Award, Best Feature

Pushing Dead

Saturday, June 18, 6:30 PM

In this quirky dark comedy set in San Francisco, a bureaucratic snafu keeps an HIV-positive writer from getting his prescriptions. Ske...

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AT&T Audience Award, Best Doc

Real Boy

Sunday, June 19, 4:00 PM

Bennett Wallace is 19, a musician, and in recovery. On a journey to find his own way as a trans man, Bennett bonds with his friend and...

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Its a Wrap!

Frameline40 wrapped on Sunday, June 26. Many thanks to all the filmmakers, sponsors, members, guests, volunteers, community partners, and audiences who made this an unforgettable year!



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