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Frameline members get early bird access to purchase Frameline36 Opening Night, Closing Night and Centerpiece Tickets! Read film descriptions here and purchase tickets using the order form below in the Pass Section of our Shop.

Festival Passes

Simplify, and get more from your Frameline36 experience with a Gold Card or Castro Pass. With these passes you won't have to wait in box office lines or keep track of individual tickets. Daytime moviegoers will want to nab a Weekday Matinee Pass!

A generous allotment of seats at every screening are reserved for passholders. While a pass (with the exception of Platinum) does not guarantee seating, passholders are allowed priority entry up to 20 minutes before showtime or until the passholder seat allotment has been reached.

Note: Frameline36 passes will be mailed in May 2012.
 

Platinum Cards

Platinum Cards are presented in appreciation of Frameline members at the Visionary Director ($5,000) level. Platinum Cards provide priority admission to all Frameline36 screenings and reserved seating for all screenings at the Castro Theatre, including Opening and Closing Nights.

Gold Cards 

Gold Cards are presented in appreciation of Frameline members at the Benefactor ($725) and Visionary ($1,500-$2,500) levels. Gold Cards provide priority admission to all Frameline36 screenings! Reminder: Gold Cards serve as your ticket to Opening and Closing Night Films & Parties.

Castro Passes

Castro Passes, good for admission to all Castro Theatre screenings, excluding Opening Night and Closing Night are available to members-only until June 1 (available to the general public, starting June 1, 2012).

Weekday Matinee Passes

Weekday Matinee Passes, good for admission to all weekday daytime screenings at the Castro Theatre, starting no later than 5pm, are available for a steal. With more than a dozen programs to see, you'll save plenty purchasing a pass instead of individual tickets!

NOTE TO ALL PASS HOLDERS: Arrive early! Seating is guaranteed only up to twenty minutes before the published showtime, or until pass holder allotment has been reached. Twenty minutes after the program has commenced, no one will be admitted into the theatre.

Service fees are non-refundable. The service fee for online, fax, or mail orders is $2.00 per ticket or pass, up to a maximum fee of $8.00 per order. Returned checks are subject to a $25.00 fee.

Pass Description Price Select
Castro Pass
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Castro PassThe Castro Pass grants you admission to over 100 movies at the historic Castro Theatre!

The Castro Pass is good for admission to all Festival screenings at the Castro Theatre (except Opening and Closing Night). Passholders are allowed entrance into the theatre, via the membership line, only up to 20 minutes before showtime or until passholder allotment is reached • Early arrival at screenings is recommended, as passes do not guarantee seating.

(Available to the general public, starting June 1, 2012)
$200.00
For Members Only
Centerpiece Ticket: Keep the Lights On
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Film Screening
Wednesday, June 20 @ 6:30 pm
Castro Theatre

Keep the Lighs OnIra Sachs’s ambitious and intense depiction of the fraught relationship between a lawyer with substance abuse issues and a documentary filmmaker is one of the most honest and moving films in years. Through an autobiographical prism, the film refracts powerfully to convey a larger and revelatory lesson about the secrets gay people keep.more »

Currently available to Frameline Members only: login, join, or renew your membership to purchase tickets.
$12.00
For Members Only
Centerpiece Ticket: Call Me Kuchu
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Film Screening
Tuesday, June 19 @ 7:00 pm
Castro Theatre

Call Me KuchuThe first openly gay man in Uganda, activist David Kato boldly fights homophobia and a new bill that would make homosexuality punishable by death. It’s a remarkable portrait of courage, and the inspiring final testimony of a true David fighting a vociferous Goliath. more »

Currently available to Frameline Members only: login, join, or renew your membership to purchase tickets.
$12.00
For Members Only
Closing Night Film & Party Ticket: Cloudburst
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Film Screening & Party
Sunday, June 24 @ 7:30 pm
Castro Theatre

CloudburstStella and Dot (Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker, respectively), a lesbian couple who have been together for thirty years, break out of a nursing home and run for the border to get married. Closing Night Party to follow at Temple Nightclub. more »

Currently available to Frameline Members only: login, join, or renew your membership to purchase tickets.
$50.00
For Members Only
Opening Night Film & Gala Ticket: Vito
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Film Screening & Gala
Thursday, June 14 @ 7:00 pm
Castro Theatre

VitoWe could think of no better way to begin this year’s Festival than with a film about one of the most influential people in the history of queer cinema—Vito Russo, a moving and gorgeous documentary about the inexhaustible gay activist who wrote The Celluloid Closet and changed LGBT cinema forever.Opening Night Gala to follow at Temple Nightclub. more »

Currently available to Frameline Members only: login, join, or renew your membership to purchase tickets.
$75.00
For Members Only
Weekday Matinee Pass
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Weekday Matinee PassWhile away your weekday afternoons in the plush luxury of the Castro Theatre, where many of the Film Festival’s hidden treasures screen Monday through Friday before 5pm. With more than a dozen programs to see, you’ll save plenty purchasing a pass instead of individual tickets, and enjoy queer film gems while your less-fortunate friends are stuck at their day jobs.

Pass-holders gain admission to all Frameline35 weekday matinee screenings at the Castro Theatre; please note that pass-holders will NOT be admitted to Castro weekday screenings starting after 5pm, all Castro weekend screenings, or screenings at other venues.

Present your pass at the Members Door for admission • Castro Weekday Matinee Pass holder may be accompanied at the Members Door by ONE guest with a valid ticket • Arrive early! Seating is guaranteed only up to 20 minutes before the published showtime, or until pass-holder allotment has been reached • 20 minutes after program has commenced, no one will be admitted into the theatre.
$40.00
Member: $35.00