Posts by Ben Tozour
OPENING Night Films – 10/05 Tampa Theatre
THE MATTACHINE FAMILY – 7pm
BIG EASY QUEENS – 9:30pm
Join us for our opening night films at Tampa Theatre. Guests from “Big Easy Queens” will be in attendance and will provide a cabaret pre-show!
Read MoreDocumentary Spotlight Film – 10/06
CHASING CHASING AMY 9:00pm at AMC Westshore
Filmmaker Sav Rodgers, a young filmmaker from Kansas, did a Ted Talk about how Chasing Amy literally saved his life. Grappling with his own queerness while suffering bullying, Chasing Amy opened a door for young Rodgers that started his journey to coming out as queer and eventually, trans.
Read MoreNarrative Spotlight Film – 10/06
OUR SON – 7:00pm at AMC Westshore
Featuring great lead performances by two talented gay actors, Our Son is an absorbing exploration of parenthood and family. Gabriel (Pose’s Billy Porter) and Nicky (Beauty and the Beast’s Luke Evans) share a life in a spacious city apartment with their sweet 7 year old son, Owen (Christopher Woodly).
Read MoreCLOSING Night Films – 10/08
IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL– 3pm
GLITTER AND DOOM 6:30pm
Join us for the closing night films at AMC Westshore featuring an acclaimed documentary about the iconic Indigo Girls and a musical film featuring new arrangements and mashups of their classics.
Read MoreTampa Bay Transgender Film Festival
We are excited to announce our first Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival in partnership with St Pete Pride! The vision for the Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival, is to create…
Read MoreCreative Loafing’s Best Of The Bay: Best Film Festival Nomination!
It’s time again to vote for the 30th Annual Best of the Bay Readers’ Pick Award! We are so excited to announce that we’ve been nominated for Best Feature Film…
Read MoreNew Program Director – Derek Horne
We are excited to announce our NEW Program Director, Derek Horne. Derek has an exciting vision for the future of TIGLFF programming, where we will showcase, fun, exciting, touching, raucous,…
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