Thursday, June 12
Opening Night Film

Die Mommie Die
7:30 pm, Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street (near Market)
Join Frameline to kick off 18 days of the best new queer cinema with Sundance favorite DIE MOMMIE DIE, Charles Busch’s dazzlingly dizzy pastiche of 1960s camp classics-from WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? to VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and more. Busch purrs and growls his way through the movie as bitter fading chanteuse Angela Arden, whose family is out for murderous revenge after daddy turns up dead from a poisoned suppository. Natasha Lyonne oozes spite as Edith, Angela’s “daddy's girl” of a daughter; Stark Sands oozes budding sex appeal as Lance, her hot son who just got kicked out of college; and the cute-as-ever Jason Priestley just oozes all over the screen as Tony Parker, a well-hung gigolo with an agenda. Meanwhile, Frances Conroy, the funereal mom on “Six Feet Under,” spouts scripture as the family’s long-suffering maid, Bootsie.

Opening Night Gala
10:00 pm, The Ferry Building
To celebrate the Opening Night of the 27th Festival, join the cast of the Sundance Film Series release DIE MOMMIE DIE at San Francisco’s fabulously restored Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street. With delicious culinary delights from Pinot Blanc you won’t want to miss this exciting launch of the Festival and the unofficial kick-off of LGBT Pride.
Complimentary transportation via MUNI will be provided to Embarcadero station just a few short steps to the Ferry Building and the Opening Night Gala. No organized transportation will be provided for return to the Castro.