Last but not least I want to tell you something about Frameline Film Festival. Frameline is a nonprofit organization that produces the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. It’s the oldest film festival that pays attention to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). With annual 60.000 to 80.000 visitors it is the largest LGBT film exhibition event in the world. Frameline’s mission statement 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.’
The festival makes four awards:
- The ‘Frameline Award’
- The ‘Best Documentary Award’
- The ‘First Feature Award’
- The ‘Audience Award’
The first time was in February 1977 at the Gay Community Center at 330 Grove Street, was called ‘Gay Film Festival of Super 8 Films’. The founders are Daniel Nicoletta, David Waggoner and Marc Huestis. From 1977 to 1980 the festival was at the Roxie Theater.
The festival had different difficulties through its lifetime. Most noticeable was the suicide of director Mark Finch in 1995. Finch jumped to his death from the Golden Gate Bridge, an event that inspired Jenni Olson’s film: The Joy of Life.
In 2004 the festival changed its name into Famelin28 (it was the 28th event). Frameline34 took place in June 2010, at the Catro, Roxie and Victoria Theaters in San Francisco, and at the Elmwood Theater in Berkeley.
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