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Frameline · 2024

Frameline 2024

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1-800-ON-HER-OWN

Ani DiFranco was an unmistakable talent who shook the Nineties alternative music scene. This documentary follows her life today.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Dana Flor)

After The Snowmelt (Xue Shui Xiao Rong De Ji Jie)

Filmmaker Yi-Shan's friends Chun and Yueh were trapped in a Nepal cave. Chun died before Yueh's rescue. Yi-Shan retraces their steps to the cave where Chun perished, confronting her grief through exploring the setting of their final adventure.

(Country: Taiwan, Japan; Year: 2024; Director: Lo Yi-shan)

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

Story of the trailblazing trans soul musician.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee; Writer: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, Alison Duke; Stars: James Baley, Bobby Dean Blackburn, Rob Bowman, Sandra Caldwell, Jimmy Church, Makayla Couture, Rodney Diverlus, Andrenee Majors Douglas, Elaine Gaber-Katz, Howard Gentry, Michael Gray, Vonnie Moore, Marisa Richmond, Jackie Shane, Raymond Summerour)

Desire Lines

Past and present collide when an Iranian American trans man time-travels through an LGBTQ+ archive on a dizzying and erotic quest to unravel his own sexual desires.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jules Rosskam; Writer: Nate Gualtieri; Stars: Theo Germaine, Aden Hakimi, Grant Carriker, Larry Dane, Chevon Dortch, Mike Geraghty, Emilie Modaff, Brandon Rivera, Emj Saab, Steve Silver, Diego Torrado)

Fragments Of A Life Loved (Frammenti Di Un Percorso Amoroso)

Starting in her late teens, Chloé Barreau documented each of her many romantic partners on film. This footage from her past serves as the groundwork for a project about identity formed through romance, but Barreau knows that there are (at least) two sides to every story. Here she invites each of her exes to divulge their side of the story

(Country: Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Chloe Barreau; Writer: Chloe Barreau, Marco Perez, Giulia Sbernini; Stars: Sébastien Ryckelynck, Jeanne Rosa, Laurent Charles-Nicolas, Ariane Deboise, Rebecca Zlotowski)

Helen And The Bear

In 1970s California, a Republican Congressman and environmental activist form an unlikely romance, inspiring collaborative efforts to protect nature while she navigates her queer identity through another relationship.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Alix Blair; Writer: Alix Blair, Katrina Taylor)

The Herricanes

The Houston Herricanes were a part of the first women's full tackle football league in the 1970s. Despite adversity and hardship, they fielded a team purely for the love of the game.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Olivia Kuan; Stars: Jen Welter, Collette V Smith, Annise Parker, Dan Pastorini, Phoebe Schecter, Linda Carpenter, Vivan Acosta)

A House Is Not A Disco

Review preview for A House Is Not A Disco

There is a sense of living in the moment but for the future, a deep connection with nature and a willingness to face whatever happens together.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
What if you really did put all the gays on an island? In this vibrant portrait of queer paradise Fire Island Pines, past and present blur as the iconic beach town bands together to celebrate its legacy and redefine itself for a new, inclusive era.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Brian J Smith; Stars: Doug Harris, Scott Bromley, Marc Christensen, Crayton Robey)

Full review See: Interview with Brian J Smith about A House Is Not A Disco

If I Die, It'll Be Of Joy (Si Je Meurs, Ce Sera De Joie)

An exploration of ageism in the LGBTQ+ community, and the positive realities of ageing.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Alexis Taillant)

Lady Like

London-born San Francisco-based drag queen Lady Camden is catapulted into the spotlight when she becomes a contestant on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race. As she struggles to manage the demands of her newfound fame, she must come to terms with a traumatic childhood

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Luke Willis; Writer: Luke Willis; Stars: Lady Camden, Nina West, Tye Olson, Shiloh Brody-Clarke, Adriana Roy, Rosie Petals)

Lesvia

Review preview for Lesvia

An assured feature debut that’s confident enough to explore the sometimes complex dynamics at work while celebrating the community at its heart.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The history of the lesbian community that sprang up on Lesbos in the 1970s.

(Country: Greece; Year: 2023; Director: Tzeli Hadjidimitriou)

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Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning

Review preview for Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning

Takes a team approach to the material, using a group of documentary participants as a collective.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Consideration of the historic bias against female Black and queer athletes.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Julia Fuhr Mann; Writer: Julia Fuhr Mann)

Full review See: Julia Fuhr Mann on scrutinising sporting bias in Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning

The Life Of Sean DeLear

A multidisciplinary artist and scene queen in a variety of different circles from the beautiful elite to the queer punks of LA in the Nineties, Sean DeLear broke the mold when it came to being Black and gay in the art world and in the music scene.

(Country: Austria; Year: 2024; Director: Markus Zizenbacher)

Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero

A documentary following rapper Lil Nas X as he embarks on his first live tour.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Carlos López Estrada, Zac Manuel; Stars: Lil Nas X)

Linda Perry: Let It Die Here

An intimate look at Linda Perry's personal and professional life as a multi-faceted singer, songwriter and producer.

(Director: Don Hardy; Stars: Linda Perry, Sara Gilbert, Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, Brandi Carlile)

Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story

An exploration of Coward's expansive career which features credits across the stage and screen, including Brief Encounter, Blithe Spirit, and Private Lives.

(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Barnaby Thompson; Writer: Barnaby Thompson; Stars: Noël Coward)

Meanwhile

Review preview for Meanwhile

Gund’s poetic approach enables this documentary to go where others could not, to capture the existential effects on people of colour of day to day life in a white supremacist culture.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A poetic, non-linear journey that explores the impact of white supremacy on connection, relationships, and life.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Catherine Gund)

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Merchant Ivory

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Whether you’re a fan of the company’s work specifically or simply interested in the history of cinema, this portrait of its longest-lasting partnership will delight and entertain you.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
The story of cinema's longest lasting partnership.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Stephen Soucy; Stars: James Ivory, Simon Callow, Vanessa Redgrave, Madhur Jaffrey, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Helena Bonham-Carter, James Fox, Rupert Graves)

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Pumping Iron II: The Women

Judges and bodybuilders try to redefine femininity at the 1983 world championship, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

(Country: US; Year: 1985; Director: George Butler; Writer: George Butler, Charles Gaines; Stars: Rachel McLish, Bev Francis, Carla Dunlap, Lori Bowen Rice)

Sally!

Sally Gearhart was a radical lesbian feminist (not to mention something of a sapphic Casanova) whose trailblazing vision and ebullient personality were the spark for movements with far-reaching impacts, yet her legacy has also largely been erased from history.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Deborah Craig)

Second Nature

A documentary and sexual and gender diversity across different species.

(Country: US, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Drew Denny)

Teaches Of Peaches

Documentary charts the journey of Canadian Merrill Nisker into the internationally acclaimed cultural powerhouse that is Peaches.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer; Stars: Peaches, Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Shirley Manson, Charlie Le Mindu)

The World According To Allee Willis

Songwriter/artist Allee Willis began filming her life as a kid in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. She pursued creative expression at all costs while struggling to fit established gender and sexual norms - until she found a path to love.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Alexis Spraic; Writer: Pamela Adlon, Stephen Bray, Julie Brown; Stars: Allee Willis)