Frameline49 returns to the Bay Area this June 18 to 28 with a lineup that puts the bold, brilliant, and beautifully queer visions of Latin American filmmakers front and center. From surreal pigeon races in Uruguay to queer teen diaries in Mexico, this year’s slate of films from the region is as fearless as it is unforgettable.

In Keep Coming Back, Uruguay’s Sergio de León debuts with a queer coming-of-age story that is feathered in magical realism and irreverent charm. From Brazil and Chile comes The Nature of Invisible Things, Rafaela Camelo’s poetic tale of childhood connection and healing in a hospital ward. Mexico and Germany team up for Niñxs, a boundary-pushing documentary that lets its charismatic trans teen subject take the lead. Brazil’s Daniel Nolasco returns to Frameline with Only Good Things, a decades-spanning, genre-defying gay romance that is sensual, strange, and steeped in longing. Rounding out the list is Thesis on a Domestication, an Argentine and Mexican drama starring Camila Sosa Villada as a trans woman redefining what it means to want love, sex, and family all at once.

With expected guests including directors, actors, and producers from across the continent, this is your chance to experience the pulse of contemporary queer Latin American cinema on the big screen. Don’t miss it.