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Frameline Organizers Credit Film Fest for Furthering Queer Cinema
Frameline Film Festival planners attribute the San Francisco-based festival for furthering queer cinema and filmmakers.
With its home base of the Castro Theatre temporarily closed for renovations, Madsen will build on the fest’s “Neighborhood Nights” theme from last year and emphasize its connection to the Bay Area. The festival is also expanding into the local community by ditching the traditional opening night show for the first-ever Castro neighborhood celebration of Juneteenth with a free outdoor event and block party that will include a screening of “ Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero.” One of his favorites this year is “Una Película Barata,” about “two lost souls who knew each other when they were younger and create life and enjoyment over the course of this summer — but it’s also an ode to cinema.” Bowman adds that it’s especially exciting for him because the festival had previously exhibited a short by its writer-director Osama Chami, saying,
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