Monday, June 30, 2025

Festival shorts to watch free online

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Three of the shorts from this year’s Queer Women of Color Film Festival and five from this year’s Frameline are available to watch for free ...

Frameline49 index of films

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Final tally: I saw all ten shorts programs (except a handful of shorts that were not availalble for advance screening), plus the two stream...

Frameline49: films not reviewed

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I saw as many films as possible, and then some, but I still didn’t manage to see all of them. Here are the ones I missed.  The symbols: ⚠️ c...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Frameline49 Streaming Details

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I’m about to head out to the last in-person screening of Frameline49, but we don’t have to say goodbye just yet. The Digital Screening Room ...

Twinless

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Twinless ๐Ÿ’–, dir. James Sweeney, 2025, USA, 100 min. Saturday, June 28, 2025, 8:30 pm, Herbst Theatre ๐Ÿณ️‍๐ŸŒˆ Queer Premiere Twinless

A Mother Apart

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A Mother Apart ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’”❤️‍๐Ÿฉน๐Ÿ’, dir. Laurie Townshend, 2024, Canada, 89 min. Thursday, June 26, 2025, 3:30 pm, Roxie Theater and available in t...

Row of Life

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Row of Life ๐Ÿ’–, documentary, dir. Soraya Simi, 2025, USA, 82 min. Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 3:30 pm, Roxie Theater also available in...

gen_

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gen_ [note the underscore at the end] ๐Ÿ’–, documentary, dir. Gianluca Matarrese, 2025, France/‌Italy/‌Switzerland, 104 min., in Italian a...

Lakeview

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Lakeview ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Tara Thorne, 2024, Canada, 100 min. Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 6:00 pm, New Parkway (Oakland) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S. premiere ...

If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth and Smile

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If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth and Smile ( Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lรคchelst ) ๐Ÿ’–, dir....

Trans Memoria

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Trans Memoria ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Victoria Verseau, 2024, Sweden/France, 72 min., in Swedish, French, and English, with full English subtitles through...

Night Stage (Ato Noturno)

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Night Stage (Ato Noturno) ❓, dir. Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon, 2025, Brazil, 119 min., in Portuguese with subtitles Saturday, J...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas)

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Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas) ๐Ÿ’ฉ, dir. Daniel Nolasco, 2025, Brazil, 104 min., in Portuguese with English subtitles Friday...

Assembly

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Assembly ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons, 2025, USA, 98 min. Friday, June 27, 2025, 5:45 pm, Herbst Theatre available in the D...

WICKET

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WICKET ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Lily Plotkin, 2025, USA, 75 min. Friday, June 27, 2025, 5:45 pm, Roxie Theater ๐ŸŒ World premiere WICKET
Thursday, June 26, 2025

A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint

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A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Oriel Pe’er, 2025, USA, 86 min. Thursday, June 26, 2026, 8:30 pm, Herbst Theatre...

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

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Some Nights I Feel Like Walking ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Petersen Vargas, 2024, Philippines/‌Singapore/‌Italy, 103 min., in Tagalog with English subt...

It’s Dorothy!

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It’s Dorothy! ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Jeffrey McHale, 2025, USA, 100 min. Thursday, June 26, 2025, 6:00 pm, Roxie Theater It’s Dorothy!

Jean Cocteau

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Jean Cocteau ๐Ÿ’–, documentary, dir. Lisa Immordino Vreeland, 2024, USA, 94 min., in English and French Thursday, June 26, 1:00 pm, ...

Lucky, Apartment (๋Ÿญํ‚ค, ์•„ํŒŒํŠธ)

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Lucky, Apartment (๋Ÿญํ‚ค, ์•„ํŒŒํŠธ) (also known as Leogki, apateu ) ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Kangyu Garam (๊ฐ•์œ ๊ฐ€๋žŒ), 2024, South Korea, 96 min., in Korean with s...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Diciannove

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Diciannove ๐Ÿ˜, dir. Giovanni Tortorici, 2024, Italy/UK, 108 min., in Italian with English subtitles, some parts in English without subtitle...

Drive Back Home

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Drive Back Home ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Michael Clowater, 2024, Canada, 100 min. Thursday, June 26, 2025, 5:30 pm, Herbst Theatre ⚠️ content advi...

#300Letters (#300cartas)

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#300Letters (#300cartas) ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Lucas Santa Ana, 2025, Argentina/UK/Germany, 91 min., in Spanish with English subtitles Wednesda...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Coming Attractions: An Orgy of Gay Erotic Movie Trailers

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Coming Attractions: An Orgy of Gay Erotic Movie Trailers ๐Ÿฅฑ, dir. Elizabeth Purchell, 2025, USA, 76 min. Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 1...

Perro Perro

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Perro Perro ๐Ÿ’– dir. Marco Berger, 2025, Argentina, 101 min., in Spanish with English subtitles Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 5:45 pm, Vo...
Monday, June 23, 2025

Touch Me

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Touch Me ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Addison Heimann, 2025, USA, 100 min. Monday, June 23, 2025, 7:45 pm, Roxie Theater ⚠️ content advisory: disturb...

Sandbag Dam

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Sandbag Dam (Zeฤji nasip) ๐Ÿ‘, dir. ฤŒejen ฤŒerniฤ‡ ฤŒanak, 2025, Croatia/‌Lithuania/‌Slovenia, 88 min., in Croatian with subtitles ...

Skinny Love (Einskonar รกst)

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Skinny Love (Einskonar รกst) ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Sigurรฐur Anton, 2024, Iceland, 92 min., in Icelandic with English subtitles, but large portions in Eng...

A Night Like This

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A Night Like This ๐Ÿ‘ (also known as On a Winter Night ), dir. Liam Calvert, 2025, UK, 97 min. Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 8:00 pm, Vog...

In the Best Interests of the Children

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In the Best Interests of the Children ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Frances Reid, Elizabeth Stevens, & Cathy Zheutlin, 1977, USA, 53 min. (newly resto...

Lesbian Custody

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Lesbian Custody ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Samuael Topiary & Molly Skonieczny, 2025, USA, 18 min. Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 4:00 pm Vogue Theatre ...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

I’m Your Venus

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I’m Your Venus ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Kimberly Reed, 2024, USA, 85 min. Sunday, June 22, 2025, 6:00 pm, Roxie Theater ๐Ÿ† winner: 2025 Frameline...

To Live, to Die, to Live Again (Vivre, mourir, renaรฎtre)

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To Live, to Die, to Live Again (Vivre, mourir, renaรฎtre) ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Gaรซl Morel, 2024, France, 104 min., in French with subtitles Sun...

We are Faheem and Karun

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We are Faheem and Karun , ๐Ÿ’– dir. Onir, written by Fawzia Mirza & Onir, 2024, India, 75 min., in Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, English...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Thesis on a Domestication (Tesis sobre una domesticaciรณn)

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Thesis on a Domestication (Tesis sobre una domesticaciรณn) ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿฅฑ๐Ÿ‘Ž, dir. Javier van de Couter, 2024, Argentina/Mexico, 113 min., i...

Baby

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Baby ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Marcelo Caetano, 2024, Brazil/‌France/‌Netherlands, 106 min., in Portuguese with English subtitles (small portions i...

Outerlands

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Outerlands ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Elena Oxman, 2025, USA, 100 min. Sunday, June 22, 2025, 6:00 pm, New Parkway, Oakland Friday, June 27, 2025, 1...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Silent Sparks (ๆ„›ไฝœๆญน)

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Silent Sparks (ๆ„›ไฝœๆญน) ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Ping Chu, 2024, Taiwan, 79 min., in Mandarin and Min Nan with English subtitles Friday, June 20, 2025, 6...

The Nature of Invisible Things (A natureza das coisas invisรญveis)

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The Nature of Invisible Things (A natureza das coisas invisรญveis) ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Rafeala Camelo, 2025, Brazil/‌Chile, 90 min., in Portuguese wit...

Queer Quartet (streaming shorts)

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“ Queer Quartet ” (streaming-only shorts program) available in the Digital Streaming Room, June 23 to June 30, 2025 (each short also s...

Sauna

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Sauna ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Mathias Broe, 2025, Denmark, 103 min., in Danish, English, and Swedish with subtitles Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 6:0...

Valencia

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Valencia ๐Ÿซค, dir. Aubree Bernier-Clarke, Silas Howard, Cheryl Dunye, et al., 2013, USA, 106 min. Sunday, June 22, 2025, 3:30 pm, R...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

The Meatrack (1970)

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The Meatrack ๐Ÿซค, dir. Mike Thomas, 1970, USA, 65 min. Thursday, June 26, 2025, 3:30 pm, Vogue Theatre ๐ŸŒ World premiere of the 4K...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Jimpa

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Jimpa ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Sophie Hyde, 2025, Australia/Netherlands/Finland, 123 min., in English with small portions in Dutch or Finnish with subtitle...

Between Goodbyes

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Between Goodbyes ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Jota Mun, 2024, USA/South Korea, 96 min., in English, and in Korean and Dutch with English subtitles Thu...

Carpobrotus

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Carpobrotus ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Simon Frenay, 2024, France, 22 min., in French with English subtitles screens before Queerpanorama , Sunday, June 2...

Four Mothers

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Four Mothers ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Darren Thornton, 2024, Ireland/UK, 89 min. Saturday, June 21, 2025, 6:00 pm, Vogue Theatre Four Mothers

Queerpanorama

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Queerpanorama (็œพ็”Ÿ็›ธ) ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Jun Li, 2025, Hong Kong/USA/China, 87 min., in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Persian/Farsi, and Thai, with sub...

Really Happy Someday

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Really Happy Someday ๐Ÿ’–, dir. J. Stevens, 2024, Canada, 90 min. Sunday, June 22, 2025, 1:00 pm, Vogue Theatre, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US Premiere (screens...

River of Grass

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River of Grass ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Sasha Wortzel, 2025, USA, 83 min. Sunday, June 22, 2025, 3:30 pm, New Parkway, Oakland River of Grass

Room Temperature

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Room Temperature ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿฅฑ๐Ÿ˜‘, dir. Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley, 2025, USA/France, 92 min. Friday, June 20, 2025, 8:30 pm, Roxie Theater ...

Tessitura

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Tessitura ๐Ÿ‘, dir. Lydia Cornett & Brit Fryer, 2025, USA, 18 min. Sunday, June 22, 2025, 1:00 pm, Vogue Theatre (screens befor...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Wild Combination Streaming Shorts

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“ Wild Combination ” (shorts program) available in the Digital Screening Room only (each short screens in person, but not together as ...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

QWOCFF 2025 wrap-up and streaming encore

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Three days, 49 films (five shorts programs and two feature-length documentaries), glow-in-the-dark bowling (sorry I had to skip out on that ...

QWOCFF 2025 Closing Night: We’re Here, We’re Queer

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“ We’re Here, We’re Queer ” (shorts program) Closing Night Screening Sunday, June 15, 2025, 7:00 pm, Presidio Theater, 99 Moraga Ave.,...

QWOCFF 2025 Centerpiece: Unapologetic Legacies

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“ Unapologetic Legacies ” (shorts program) Centerpiece Screening Sunday, June 15, 2025, 12:00 noon, Presidio Theater, 99 Moraga Ave., ...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

QWOCFF 2025 Centerpiece: Queer Mischief

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“ Queer Mischief ” (shorts program) Saturday Centerpiece Screening Saturday, June 14, 2025, 7:00 pm Presidio Theater, 99 Moraga Ave., ...

QWOCFF 2025 Featured Screening: Standing Above the Clouds

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Standing Above the Clouds ๐Ÿ’–, dir. Jalena Keane-Lee, 2024, USA, 82 min. Saturday, June 14, 2025, 5:00 pm Presidio Theater, 99 Moraga ...

QWOCFF 2025 Centerpiece: Think Global, Act Local

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“ Think Global, Act Local ” (shorts program) Saturday, June 14, 2025, 12:00 noon, Presidio Theater, 99 Moraga Ave., SF ⚠️ content advi...
Friday, June 13, 2025

QWOCFF 2025 Opening Night: Liberatory Black Futures

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“ Liberatory Black Futures ” (shorts program) Friday, June 13, 2025, 7:00 pm Presidio Theater, 99 Moraga Ave., SF ⚠️ content advisorie...