A guide to creating full day at Frameline

During its 11-day run, the Frameline42 film festival will be showing movies all day long, so it’s the perfect time of year for cinephiles to indulge themselves — not only with films and fresh popcorn, but also with the ambiance of the Castro and Mission neighborhoods, where the festival action in San Francisco takes place.

With that in mind, we’ve come up with a sample itinerary of how to spend an entire day — Saturday, June 16 — at the festival.

We’ll start early and end late, giving you ample choices of films and enough time to get to each venue (everything is in reasonable walking distance):

9 to 10 a.m.: This is the time to get some breakfast and figure out your parking situation. This being San Francisco, parking is atrocious, but fortunately, the festival partners with Everett Middle School, which has a sizable lot on 17th Street between Church and Sanchez. For $10, you will get a spot all day, a bargain in these parts. And the parking lot is within walking distance of the Victoria, Roxie and Castro theaters. (From the city, East Bay and Peninsula, you can take BART to the 16th Street Mission Station and walk to the theaters.) After parking, indulge yourself in some quiche and pastries at Tartine Bakery (600 Guerrero St.) before walking to the theater (or taking a brief taxi ride).

11 a.m.: The first program, “Fun in Boys Shorts,” begins at the Castro Theatre, one of the most magnificent cinematic show palaces in the United States. These whimsical shorts are highly entertaining and the perfect way to get the day started.

12:30 p.m.: After the show, get a snack or quick lunch on Castro Street (the options are numerous) or hold out for a bag of fresh popcorn during the next program.

1:30 p.m.: “Fun in Girls Shorts” — the female version of the shorts program — begins in the Castro Theatre. Like the