Frameline- San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

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San Francisco, United States June 2009, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: February 2009, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1977
- Genre: Gay - Lesbian (click to see)
- Attendance: 80000
- Media Attendance: 150
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 350
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 500
- Total Number of Films Screened: 267
- Total Screenings: 150
- # of Shorts Screened: 183
- # of Features Screened: 84
- Competitive
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.frameline.org
Festival Description:

With annual attendance of 60,000 to 80,000 the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival is the longest running, largest and most widely recognized LGBT film exhibition event in the world. Founded in 1977, the Festival is the most prominent and well attended LGBT arts event in the Bay Area. Frameline also presents year-round exhibition events. Frameline at the Center: Free Screenings for the Community features monthly screenings of socially relevant works at the San Francisco LGBT community Center. Year-round programs also include members-only screenings and special events, as well as sneak previews of feature films and documentaries.

Since 1990, nearly eighty films and videos have been completed with assistance from the Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund. Awards are made annually and provide much needed support to filmmakers for their final editing and lab work. Once completed, these films often go on to receive international exposure. Submissions include documentary, educational, narrative, animated and experimental projects by or about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their communities. Frameline also supports filmmakers with the largest cash awards of any LGBT film festival in the world: the $10,000 First Feature Award and the $10,000 Best Documentary Award, as well as three $2,500 audience awards.

Email:	info(at)frameline.org
Phone:	(1) 415 703-8650
Fax:	(1) 415 861-1404
Mailing Address:	145 Ninth Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, California 94103-2636 USA

Curent Film Previews:
- Pages of a Girl

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JUL 01 01:36PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

2008 Award Winners for the Frameline- San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

Best Feature Film: "XXY"
DIRECTOR: Lucia Puenzo
First-time director Lucia Puenzo has created a film as beautiful, tough and unpredictable as the rocky Uruguayan shoreline on which it is set. XXY is a portrait of Alex, a 15-year-old coping with an extended puberty made more complicated by the presence of an extra chromosome and, according to her mother, a few extra parts. Born intersex, Alex has been brought up female. But now that her body is changing— and she’s faced with the prospect of “corrective” surgery that her father refused to allow when she was born— she’s beginning to wonder.

Best Documentary: "PAGEANT"
DIRECTOR: Ron Davis, Stewart Halpern
Taking us behind the glitz and glamour of the 34th annual Miss Gay America, filmmakers Ron Davis and Stewart Halpern focus on five female impersonators as they descend on Memphis, Tennessee to strut their stuff and compete against 45 other contestants. The amazing physical transformation of these men into glamorous women is a wonder to behold. No hormones or body enhancements are allowed, which means these au natural drag queens become beautiful the old-fashioned way: with duct tape and lots of makeup.

Best Short: "NO BIKINI"
DIRECTOR: Claudia Morgado Escanilla
At seven years old, Robin decides to go without her bikini top at a summer camp – with surprising results!
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JUL 17, 2007 07:22PM FFW Films Editor writes:

Awards for the 2007 Frameline- San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Frameline31 Audience Best Feature Award: “Four Minutes”
Directed By: Chris Kraus

Frameline31 Audience Best Documentary Award: “Semper Fi: One Marine's Journey”
Directed By: Vince Dipersio

Frameline31 Audience Best Short Award: “Pariah”
Directed By: Dee Rees

The $10,000 Frameline First Feature Award: “Glue”
Directed By: Alexis Dos Santos

The $10,000 Michael J. Berg Documentary Award: “Red Without Blue”
Directed By: Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills And Todd Sills
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