2022 FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

A Run for More

October 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe goes on a personal journey and questions her relationship to her community as she runs for city council in San Antonio, Texas, and attempts to become the first openly elected transgender official in Texas.

Unidentified Objects

October 16, 2022 @ 4:45 pm
A curmudgeonly gay dwarf and his unstable, alien-obsessed neighbor are thrown together on an impossible road trip that will alter their strange friendship (and their sense of reality) forever.

The Butterfly Queen

October 16, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
Five years ago, best friends Casey and Robin parted ways. Casey wanted to draw cartoons and take over their grandparents’ sheep farm, Robin wanted to leave town and never look back.

Petit Mal

October 15, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
In director Ruth Caudeli's latest collaborative chronicle of queer life, three charismatic women living in an intimate, passionate partnership must learn to navigate the shift in their dynamic when one lover is called away for a long-term project.

Maybe Someday

October 15, 2022 @ 4:45 pm
Jay, a non-binary 40-something photographer, attempts to move across the country to start her life over again in the midst of separating from her wife.

Jeannette

October 15, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
The film begins in the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub massacre and follows Jeannette as she recovers, backslides, and eventually finds support and healing through community.

Documentary Shorts Program (ReDux – St. Pete)

October 15, 2022 @ 12:15 pm - 2:15 pm
A series of six documentary shorts.

It Is in Us All

October 14, 2022 @ 9:15 pm
A Londoner returns to his ancestral homeland of Donegal in the west of Ireland and is drawn in by a teenage boy who almost kills him in a car crash.

Chrissy Judy

October 14, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
When his best friend and creative partner suddenly couples off and moves away, an ambitious New York drag queen determined for the limelight must reinvent himself or risk becoming an irrelevant solo act both onstage and off.

Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way (Tampa)

October 13, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
The story of Pedro Zamora, the charming young activist who transformed the face of AIDS in America by allowing MTV's REAL WORLD to chronicle his joy, his influence, and his journey with a disease that would ultimately kill him.

Jimmy in Saigon

October 12, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Jimmy in Saigon is a documentary exploring the mysterious death of Peter McDowell's eldest brother, James, who died age 24 in Saigon. The film explores unspoken grief and family secrets, while honoring those lost long ago.

No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics

October 11, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
No Straight Lines chronicles the journeys of five scrappy queer artists from the margins of the underground comics scene to mainstream acceptance.

Pat Rocco Dared

October 10, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
In this colorful trip back in time, filmmaker and activist Pat Rocco shares his incredible life story as one of Hollywood's original boundary pushing gay pioneers.

Waking Up Dead

October 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Gorgeous, hard partying Danny Maldonado was once about to conquer Hollywood. But at 35, his acting career has flatlined, his boyfriend has dumped him, and his long estranged drug-addict mother is dying.

The Sixth Reel

October 9, 2022 @ 4:45 pm
When the death of a close friend unearths the long-thought-lost final reel of a classic film, Jimmy (drag legend Charles Busch) and his cohorts each concoct underhanded schemes involving false romances, drag personas and maybe even vampires to cash in on a big sale of the film.

Narrative Shorts Program

October 9, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
All The Awards I Never Gave You Caio Scot, 2021, Brazil, 17 min In the bathroom at an awards ceremony, an unexpected encounter between two young actors brings up unresolved…

Framing Agnes

October 9, 2022 - October 12, 2022
After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of trans actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access.

Lonesome

October 8, 2022 @ 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Fleeing a mysterious drama in his hometown, a country boy nearly loses himself in the easy sex and pervasive loneliness of the big city in this erotic and dark-hued drama from Craig Boreham.

All Man: The International Male Story

October 8, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
A nostalgic and colorful peek behind the pages and personalities of International Male, one of the most ubiquitous and sought-after mail-order catalogs of the 80s and 90s.

Documentary Shorts Program

October 8, 2022 @ 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
A series of six documentary shorts.

Thanks to Her

October 8, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
Thanks to Her is a film that focuses on the self, sexuality, and how that plays out in one's community.

Mama Bears

October 7, 2022 @ 7:30 pm
Mama Bears is an intimate exploration of two mama bears, conservative, Christian mothers who have become fierce advocates for LGBTQ+ people and a young lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance exemplifies why the mama bears are so important.