Frameline's mission is to strengthen the diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and further its visibility by supporting and promoting a broad array of cultural representations and artistic expression in film, video and other media arts.
Exhibition
With annual attendance of nearly 70,000, 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 North America. Frameline also presents year-round exhibition events. Close Up: Visionaries of Modern Cinema features high-profile LGBT film artists in intimate evenings of clips and conversation at San Francisco venues. Frameline at The Center: Free Screenings for the Community features free monthly screenings of social-issue films 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.
Distribution
Established in 1981, Frameline Distribution serves an audience of hundreds of thousands throughout the United States. Frameline is the leading educational distributor solely dedicated to LGBT film and video. Frameline's collection of more than 200 films reaches teenagers, college students, and families in urban areas, small towns, and rural areas. Frameline Distribution is the preeminent LGBT media resource for educators, librarians, film festivals, and community groups, and serves as an important bridge between independent filmmakers and their audiences.
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Frameline is currently seeking submissions for acquisition consideration. If you would like to submit your work for review, please send a VHS NTSC tape or DVD with press materials to:
Acquisitions
Frameline Distribution
145 Ninth Street, Ste. 300
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Filmmaker Support
Since 1990, nearly 100 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, animation, 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 Levi's¨ $10,000 First Feature Award and the $10,000 Michael J. Berg Documentary Award. More than eighty works have been completed with assistance from the Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund including Go Fish , Brother to Brother , By Hook or by Crook , The Cockettes , Zero Degrees of Separation, The Journey and Academy Award winning films Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria. and Freeheld .
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