Frameline 50 Opens in San Francisco With 11-Day Program

Overview

• Frameline 50 launches an 11-day program beginning Wednesday with more than 140 films from 35 countries and opening-night screening of Lady Champagne followed by a June 25 centerpiece screening of Barbara Forever and a June 27 closing film.
• Screenings are distributed across the Castro, Roxie, Vogue and other Bay Area venues, marking Frameline’s move back into the refurbished Castro Theatre and a coordinated run of theatrical presentations around the festival.
• The queer coming-of-age horror Leviticus is scheduled for a Frameline presentation at the Roxie on June 17 and opens in theaters the same week, using genre elements to critique homophobia and conversion practices without revealing plot outcomes.
• Haifaa Al Mansour’s female-led whodunit Unidentified opens June 19 at the Smith Rafael Film Center, offering a Saudi-set mystery that centers a clerical assistant turned amateur investigator.
• Complementary programs this week include the San Francisco Black Film Festival at the African American Art and Culture Complex and the Stanford Theatre’s Marilyn Monroe at 100 series, illustrating how local festivals and repertory houses are together sustaining visibility for marginalized filmmakers and varied repertory programming.