Ani DiFranco. The raw energy. The stream-of-consciousness storytelling. We surely know Ani as a touring phenom in the 1990s, but who is our favorite righteous babe as a 51-year-old married mother of two? 1-800-ON-HER-OWN is a backstage pass to the boxes in her attic with never-before-seen archival footage.

This short film block encompasses the vastness of the Black diasporic experience transcending time and space, inspired by poet Nikki Giovanni’s proclamation, “the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.”

Both emotionally potent and cinematically striking, After the Snowmelt is a dazzling and unconventional documentary where a filmmaker explores their first experience of great loss after her best friends Chun and Yueh go missing.

Devoted partners Pat and Angie have shared a life, a love, and their Hong Kong apartment for decades — until Pat’s family starts to intervene, in this moving portrait of an older queer couple navigating society’s lingering biases. Writer/director Ray Yeung’s new feature won the 2024 Teddy Award for Best Feature.

Join us for a live onstage conversation with celebrated comedian and author Alok! This one-of-a-kind event includes screenings of the films Alok and There Are Things to Do — a doc portrait of Alok’s aunt, activist Urvashi Vaid.

Recipient of this year’s Out in the Silence Award, this affecting portrait reconstructs the fascinating life and immense talent of transgender singer Jackie Shane. The film investigates why the soul singer disappeared from the spotlight just as she was at the precipice of fame and success. 

Setting off on the road to a drag pageant, non-binary teacher-by-day/comedian-by-night Jaya seeks to reclaim their quest for fame that was derailed by a typhoon a decade prior. With a young student in tow, Jaya’s journey through the Philippines becomes one of restoration in this visionary blend of fable and nonfiction.

Transpiring over a languid summer by the sea in Argentina, Marco Berger's new film is a breezy comedy about openly gay Pedro (Javier Orán) and nominally "straight" Maxi (Lautaro Bettoni), childhood friends reunited years later as young men. Things kick up a notch when Maxi tries to make his ex-girlfriend jealous by saying Pedro is his boyfriend.

Heartbroken, listening to Enya, and making Mickey Mouse pancakes in his underwear, the last thing thirtysomething Brooklynite Troy wants to do is welcome new neighbors... that is until he sees Abel’s captivating smile, pushing his hope for a rekindled romance with his ex-boyfriend Chance to the back burner.

October 30, 2024. For the third year in a row, Frameline Fangs returns to the University of California Monterrey with a bloody fun block of queer shorts just in time for Halloween.

“Fear to the side, power to the front” is Valencia’s motto when it comes to queer ecology activists fighting the climate crisis in Florida, a state shaped by water, wind, and political storms. Estimates say 60% of Miami will be underwater by 2060 in this “don’t say gay” state. Follow queer and trans activists and learn about the passionate work being done to combat these crises.

A true-crime trans podcaster returns to her conservative hometown, just as a masked killer in a Santa suit begins paying grisly homage to the town’s own haunted legend, The Toymaker. In her fifth feature, trailblazing trans director Alice Maio Mackay establishes herself as a horror auteur to keep your eyes on.

Writer/director Janis Pugh’s Chuck Chuck Baby is a singular combination of a classic lesbian romance and an unconventional jukebox musical set in a Welsh chicken factory. Bolstered by the women she works with and the cathartic music she loves, Helen rekindles a romance that never was with Joanne.

Winner of the Encounters Award for Best Director at the Berlinale, this transfixing diptych explores the divides between urban and rural, past and present, and tangible and metaphysical. In the first part, a displaced woman adjusts to life in the city, while in the second, a lesbian couple makes a fresh start in the countryside.

Like the Spice Girls' song, this streaming-only program combines two of the Frameline48 in-person shorts packages into one.

From the sensual to the sweet, this perfect date showcase will leave you in a lavender haze. How do a mattress sale, an abortion road trip, a soccer match, the sprawling Juhu Beach in Mumbai, salsa music, The Strokes, and Erin Brockovich lead to queer romance? Come find out.

One of the most hotly anticipated LGBTQ+ films of 2024, Crossing is the latest feature from Swedish auteur Levan Akin (And Then We Danced). The film follows Lia, a retired schoolteacher, who makes good on a promise to trace the whereabouts of her long-lost niece Tekla, who she's told has fled their native Georgia for Istanbul, with the help of her neighbor and a lawyer fighting for trans rights.

Behold this exclusive, streaming-only shorts package which collects several of the bold, edgy, exciting short films screening before features at Frameline48 into a wickedly queer adventure.

When a chance encounter between a sexy go-go boy and a charming nursing student blossoms into a passionate affair, two young men must learn to carve out their own fate in bustling Mexico City. Director Julián Hernández's new film is a sensual, absorbing portrait of burgeoning love in a hostile world. 

Travel back in time to a steamy gay bathhouse in the ‘80s and deep dive into transmasculine desire for cisgender gay men in this sexy doc-fiction hybrid by Jules Rosskam. Cutting frank interviews between fictional storylines, this Sundance NEXT Special Jury Award winner celebrates following your authentic desire.