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The San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is the oldest film festival devoted to Lesbian and Gay programming currently in existence.[1]
The festival's founding has been described in the San Francisco Chronicle as "begun as a storefront event in 1976",[1] whilst the official website for the Festival's organisers, Frameline, describes the festival as "Founded in 1977".[2]
In 2004 the festival changed its name to the shorter Frameline28,[3] the festival being the 28th annual event. Subsequent festivals have followed this naming pattern, with Frameline31 currently scheduled to take place over June 14 – 24, 2007.[4]
The festival has encountered difficulties through its lifetime, most notably the suicide of director Mark Finch in 1995.[1] Finch jumped to his death from the Golden Gate Bridge, an event which inspired former co-director Jenni Olson's film The Joy of Life.[5] Finch has been cited as instrumental as helping the festival achieve international stature, Tess Martin, then executive director of festival sponsor Frameline Films stating "It really is international, and Mark Finch made that happen because he was involved in the international film world. He was an expert, he had a vision about it."[1]
[edit] Awards
The festival makes four awards, the Frameline Award, the Best Documentary Award, the First Feature Award and an Audience Award.[6]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c d Stack, Peter, "Gay Film Festival to Go On Despite Director's Vanishing". San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, January 20, 1995, pp. D1.
- ^ About Frameline. Official Frameline website. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
- ^ Meyer, Carla, "Gay festival trims name, adds screens". San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, May 26, 2004, pp. E1.
- ^ Frameline homepage. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
- ^ Jenni, Olson. "Power Over Life and Death: Another toll goes up on the Golden Gate Bridge", San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, January 14, 2005, pp. B9.
- ^ Awards at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
[edit] External links
- Frameline homepage, organisers of the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
