Frameline50 Announces ‘Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma’ as the Closing Night Film, Honoring Jane Schoenbrun with the Queer Lens Award
The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, known as Frameline, has announced its closing night film for its landmark 50th edition.
Fresh from its world premiere at Cannes, Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma will serve as the festival’s final screening, scheduled for June 27. The film’s writer and director, Jane Schoenbrun, will receive the Frameline Queer Lens Award for Filmmaking prior to the screening at the Castro Theatre, which will also feature star Hannah Einbinder in attendance.
Schoenbrun’s third feature, Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma, tells the story of Einbinder as an enthusiastic young director tasked with reviving the Camp Miasma slasher franchise, which has suffered from lackluster sequels and waning popularity. Her journey leads her to the original film’s star, Gillian Anderson, a now-reclusive actress steeped in mystery. Their encounter plunges them into a chaotic world of desire, fear, and delirium.
“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a truly staggering achievement in filmmaking — one that could only be shaped by the singular Jane Schoenbrun,” stated Kate Bove, Frameline’s associate director of programs. “Jane and their work reflect so much of what makes queer and trans cinema so vital: An uncompromising vision, a celebration of collaboration, and the desire to give voice to experiences that feel at once achingly familiar and startlingly unspoken. We’re honored to present Jane with the Frameline Queer Lens Award, and can think of no better venue to do so than the Closing Night of the world’s first LGBTQ+ film festival to reach its half-century milestone.”
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Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma will premiere in theaters on August 7 through Mubi, marking Schoenbrun’s third project following We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021) and I Saw the TV Glow (2024).
Frameline50 has previously announced an extensive lineup of 140 films from 35 countries over 11 days, kicking off on June 17 with D’Arcy Drollinger’s Lady Champagne and spotlighting Brydie O’Connor’s Barbara Forever as the centerpiece film.
