The 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) revealed the winners of the juried and Audience Awards, with Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma receiving the Audience Award for Narrative Feature.
Schoenbrun was also honored at the film’s screening with the Frameline Queer Lens Award for Filmmaking for bringing their singular vision to the screen.
The Audience Award for Documentary Feature went to Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig’s Jaripeo, which had received a Frameline Completion Fund Grant ahead of its Sundance premiere earlier this year.
This year, the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) served as the jury for Outstanding First Narrative Feature since 2020, and after a statistical tie, presented the prize to Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus, starring Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen, and Sam McConnell’s Test, starring the film’s screenwriter, Brock Yurich.
The Outstanding Documentary Feature Award was given to Brydie O’Connor’s debut feature Barbara Forever, which centers on pioneering lesbian filmmaker and visual poet Barbara Hamme, an earlier recipient of the Frameline Completion Fund Grant. Mickey & Richard, directed by Ryan A. White and A.P. Pickle, received an Honorable Mention from the jury.
“Frameline50 proves the undeniable fact that queer film is the future of independent cinema,” said Allegra Madsen, Frameline’s Executive Director. “This is reflected by the record-breaking attendance of and unwavering support from our global community of industry professionals, filmmakers, and movie lovers. What’s unique about this festival is that our audience is our industry and always has been. The filmmakers, the distributors, the critics, and the fans are the same people, in the same rooms, arguing and debating and falling in love with each other’s work. Creating the circumstances for this collision is fundamental to what Frameline does. Movements coalesce around people bumping up against each other, generating friction, building something none of them could have built alone. Frameline50 was proof that queer community is still the most powerful creative infrastructure in independent film.”
The jury presented Morpheus & Charon (Morfeu e Caronte) by Luiz Ulian and Jocimar Dias Jr. with the Outstanding Narrative Short Award, with Shutterspeed, directed by Jasper De Maeseneer, and Yellow Bucket, directed by Simon Brooke, receiving Honorable Mentions. Doug + Me by Cecile Fountain-Jardim received the Outstanding Documentary Short Award, with Making It Fit, directed by Mariana Leal, and Oh Paulo, directed by Cam Archer, receiving Honorable Mentions.
Additionally, Frameline announced the winner of the annual Out in the Silence Award, which honors an outstanding film that highlights brave acts of LGBTQ+ visibility. This year’s recipient was Kai Stänicke’s Trial of Hein (Der Heimatlose), who received the award ahead of his screening on June 25 at The Castro Theatre. Also, in partnership with the Colin Higgins Foundation, Frameline awarded Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grants to franny trinidad and Kelly Liu for Babaylan, Edward Nguyen for Sweat (Mồ Hôi) and Matthew Sorgie for So Be It.
At the Festival, Emmy-winning actor, filmmaker, and playwright Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin, Euphoria) received the Variety Creative Conscience Award, at a packed Castro Theatre on June 27 ahead of his conversation with Variety’s Jazz Tangcay.
“Across the board, Frameline50’s award-winning films — whether selected by our juries or our audience — reflect something vital about this moment in queer and independent filmmaking,” said Kate Bove, Frameline’s Associate Director of Programs. “Jaripeo, Barbara Forever, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Leviticus, Test — all of these features create beautiful friction in their own ways, either by reinventing form, upending expectations, or leveraging genres to make space for bold queer art. Whether reflecting our stories or histories, these films also propel us forward and, as inventive and subversive queer films always have, these works show us what’s possible and help us build a movement both on and off screen.”
FRAMELINE50 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
AUDIENCE AWARD — NARRATIVE FEATURE
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
DIR Jane Schoenbrun 2026 Canada/USA/UK
AUDIENCE AWARD — DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Jaripeo
DIR Efraín Mojica & Rebecca Zweig 2026 Mexico/France/USA
FRAMELINE50 JURIED AWARD WINNERS
OUTSTANDING FIRST NARRATIVE FEATURE — TIE
Leviticus
DIR Adrian Chiarella 2026 Australia
Test
DIR Sam McConnell 2026 USA
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Barbara Forever
DIR Brydie O’Connor 2026 USA
Honorable Mention: Mickey & Richard, directed by Ryan A. White & A.P. Pickle
OUTSTANDING NARRATIVE SHORT
Morpheus & Charon (Morfeu e Caronte)
DIR Luiz Ulian & Jocimar Dias Jr. 2026 Brazil
Honorable Mentions: Shutterspeed, directed by Jasper De Maeseneer, and Yellow Bucket, directed by Simon Brooke
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Doug + Me
DIR Cecile Fountain-Jardim 2026 UK/USA
Honorable Mentions: Making It Fit, directed by Mariana Leal, and Oh Paulo, directed by Cam Archer
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