TIGLFF 34 - St. Petersburg, FL

FREAK SHOW

Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United States

Billy Bloom is a transplanted gay teen whose fabulousness doesn't play so well in the red state South until he takes a stand by running for homecoming queen.

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HEARTSTONE (Hjartasteinn)

Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United States

A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend.

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TORREY PINES

AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Based on a true story, the animated film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in the early 1990's. Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen's life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events.

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Zen In The Ice Rift (Zen sul ghiaccio sottile)

Metro Wellness and Community Center 3251 3rd Ave N, St Petersburg, FL, United States

Maia (who prefers to go by Zen) is a walking cube of ice, freezing out the world. Zen plays hockey on the high school boys’ team to hone the skills needed to land a place on the national women’s team. She is constantly bullied by her teammates.

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This is Not Berlin (Esto no es Berlín)

Metro Wellness and Community Center 3251 3rd Ave N, St Petersburg, FL, United States

In high school Carlos is an outsider who likes unpopular music and building robotic sculptures. But one night when he gains entrance to the unique El Azteca nightclub in Mexico City, he suddenly finds himself to be at home among a crowd of outsiders.

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José

Metro Wellness and Community Center 3251 3rd Ave N, St Petersburg, FL, United States

José fills his free moments playing with his phone and having random sex with other men, arranged on street corners and dating apps. When he meets attractive and gentle Luís, a migrant from the rural Caribbean coast, they pursue an unexpected relationship with more emotion than José has ever felt.

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Paradise Hills

Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United States

In this futuristic fairy tale, Uma (Emma Roberts) wakes up in a rose- and tulle-filled boarding school for wayward young women, whose families pay big bucks for their daughters to emerge perfect. With the love and support of the women in this beautiful prison, she must find a way to escape, or risk being erased.

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Clementine

Metro Wellness and Community Center 3251 3rd Ave N, St Petersburg, FL, United States

Heartbroken Karen becomes unwittingly entangled with the younger Lana after breaking into her ex's lake house on a bender of passion and without much forethought. She comes to find that Lana is a loose cannon, and with a little weed and nothing better to do, the women grow a friendship that might be another bad idea.

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Knives and Skin

Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United States

Carolyn, Joanna, Laurel, and Charlotte are your average teenage girls in rural Ohio: they front afro punk bands, make out with fellow cheerleaders in the woods, and deal with unstable parents. But when Carolyn disappears one night, the town must come together to investigate this unimaginable trauma.

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TIGLFF: Next Scene – FREE!

Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United States

A new initiative to offer viewing and filmmaking experiences to our younger audience members who live their lives online and stream On Demand. We are offering opportunities for these young filmmakers, activists, and audience members.

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Potato Dreams of America

AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Wes Hurley’s autobiographical dark comedy about growing up gay in the Soviet Union and emigrating to America with his mail-order bride mother is divided into two strikingly different halves featuring two different pairs of actors playing the nick-named Potato and his mother.

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33rd ANNUAL TAMPA BAY INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Thanks to Her

Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United States

Thanks to Her is a film that focuses on the self, sexuality, and how that plays out in one's community.

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The Butterfly Queen

AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

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.

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Big Boys

AMC West Shore - Theatre 8 210 Westshore Plaza, Tampa, FL, United States

Big Boys is a sweet and humorous story about the awkwardness of growing up and feeling different from your peers. Jamie is an anxious and chubby, 14-year old. While he’s not the least bit interested in sports, he might just be a culinary master.

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The Lost Boys (Le Paradis)

AMC West Shore - Theatre 7 210 Westshore Plaza, Tampa, FL, United States

Featuring an invigorating original score by Bachar Mar-Khalife and engaging performances, Lost Boys boldly explores ideas of freedom, the human need for love, and the ever-lingering effects that experiences in the juvenile detention system have on young people.

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Jewelle: A Just Vision/Swimming in the Dark

Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina,) says of Jewell Gomez’s The Gilda Stories, “Why hadn’t it occurred to anybody that the perfect vampire would be a Black Lesbian?” Why, indeed! After graduating from Columbia School of Journalism Jewelle started writing poetry and plays. Screening with Swimming in the Dark.

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Barrio Boy

Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Barrio Boy is a coming of age story with an edge and with heart. Quique is surrounded by machismo at the Nuyorican barber shop where he cuts hair. One summer day while playing ball with his coworkers, he has a chance encounter with an Irish stranger.

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Golden Delicious

Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Everyone wants something from high school senior Jake: his father is pushing him to try out for the basketball team—an abandoned dream of his own—and his girlfriend wants to take their relationship to the next level. But it’s not until Aleks, an openly gay teen with a love for basketball, moves in across the street that Jake begins to struggle with his own desires.

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Before I Change My Mind

Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

It’s 1987, and while the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.

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Rivière

Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Seventeen-year-old Manon leaves the Swiss mountains to head out in search of her father, who is nowhere to be found. As she forms new bonds and encounters her first love , she is determined to follow the path she has set herself on the ice: to become a professional hockey player.

SPONSORED BY: St. Pete Clearwater Film Commission

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