Frameline50

In 2026, join us for Frameline50 -- 11 days of film screenings, parties, networking events, and industry panels at venues in San Francisco and Oakland. Be a part of history in the making!

Frameline50 will be an 11-day in-person showcase of the world's leading queer cinema in venues throughout San Francisco and Oakland. With an average of 60,000 attendees, Frameline is the most prominent and well-attended LGBTQ+ arts program in the US.

We bring together an unparalleled community of festival-goers for the world's largest celebration of queer media.

We have a proven, five-decade track record of championing queer and trans films and filmmakers, making Frameline the place for your work to be seen by an average of 400 Festival guests, including programmers, distributors, producers, buyers, and other industry professionals.
Frameline was ranked #8 in a 2023 USA Today's Readers Choice poll of the 10 Best Film Festivals in the United States and, the following year, made MovieMaker's annual list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee and 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World.

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Founded in 1977, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the longest-running, largest, and most widely recognized queer film exhibition event in the world. As a community event with an annual attendance of more than 63,000 (89,000 virtual attendance in 2020), the Festival is the most prominent and well-attended LGBTQ+ arts program in the Bay Area. In 2021, Frameline's Festival was named by MovieMaker one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World. In 2023, Frameline was ranked #8 in USA Today's Readers Choice poll of the 10 Best Film Festivals in the US. Frameline is a BAFTA Qualifying Festival.