BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TIGLFF - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:TIGLFF X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tiglff.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for TIGLFF REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211002T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211002T130000 DTSTAMP:20240329T021454 CREATED:20230910T135515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135515Z UID:10000846-1633179600-1633179600@tiglff.com SUMMARY:Mascarpone DESCRIPTION:Florida Premiere\nAlessandro Guida & Matteo Pilati\, 2021\, Italy\, 101 min \nAntonio is a 30-year-old family man\, whose life finds an unexpected twist when he’s suddenly dumped by his husband\, whom he depends both psychologically and economically. Antonio rents a room in an apartment and starts to work in a bakery while attending pastry school. With new friends and a renewed purpose in life\, he realizes his past error of giving up his independence for the sake of his relationship. However\, when a new guy comes along and tempts him to give it all up again\, he questions whether he can have his cake and eat it too. This insightful film is an Italian feast for the soul with plenty of delicious eye-candy. URL:https://tiglff.com/event/mascarpone/ LOCATION:Tampa Theatre\, 711 N Franklin St\, Tampa\, FL\, 33602\, United States CATEGORIES:Comedy,Drama,Foreign,Romance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tiglff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/marscapone.jpg GEO:27.950374;-82.458808 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St Tampa FL 33602 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=711 N Franklin St:geo:-82.458808,27.950374 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211003T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211003T133000 DTSTAMP:20240329T021454 CREATED:20230910T135442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135442Z UID:10000726-1633267800-1633267800@tiglff.com SUMMARY:Between Them (Toutes les deux) DESCRIPTION:U.S. Premiere\nNoël Mitrani\, 2021\, Canada\, 90 min. \nThis tongue-in-cheek homage to spy thrillers and screwball comedies follows a lesbian private eye who is hired by a desperately jealous Russian professor to follow his wife who he is convinced is cheating on him. Having to travel to Montreal for the stakeout\, she must sleep in her car since most hotels in Montreal were closed during lockdown. The rule-breaking detective complicates the case further when she develops a strong attraction to her masked target and decides to seduce her while giving her client the runaround. Shot during the pandemic\, the film integrates the laissez-faire rules into the background of the film without addressing it directly. URL:https://tiglff.com/event/between-them-toutes-les-deux/ LOCATION:Tampa Theatre\, 711 N Franklin St\, Tampa\, FL\, 33602\, United States CATEGORIES:Comedy,Foreign,Romance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tiglff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Between-Them_photo-still.jpg GEO:27.950374;-82.458808 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St Tampa FL 33602 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=711 N Franklin St:geo:-82.458808,27.950374 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211003T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211003T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T021454 CREATED:20230910T135442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135442Z UID:10000729-1633284000-1633284000@tiglff.com SUMMARY:Kiss Me Kosher DESCRIPTION:Shirel Peleg\, 2020\, Israel/Germany\, 101 min \nWhen two generations of Israeli women fall for a German and a Palestinian\, chaos follows in this romantic misadventure crossing all borders. After a string of casual ex-girlfriends\, Shira\, a flamboyant Israeli restauranteur\, finally finds her soul mate in Maria\, a quiet\, resolute German woman who has uprooted entirely just to be with her in Tel Aviv. Shira’s headstrong\, critical grandmother\, Berta\, openly disapproves of their relationship\, yet is secretly involved with her Palestinian neighbor\, Ibrahim. Their attempts to bridge cultures and navigate family mishigas while planning a wedding fuel a lot of “romp-com” hilarity but also generate moments that bravely confront emotional wounds of the past. URL:https://tiglff.com/event/kiss-me-kosher/ LOCATION:Tampa Theatre\, 711 N Franklin St\, Tampa\, FL\, 33602\, United States CATEGORIES:Comedy,Foreign,Foreign Language,Lesbian,Romance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tiglff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Kiss-Me-Kosher_photo-still.jpg GEO:27.950374;-82.458808 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St Tampa FL 33602 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=711 N Franklin St:geo:-82.458808,27.950374 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211010T230000 DTSTAMP:20240329T021454 CREATED:20230910T135442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135442Z UID:10000855-1633334400-1633906800@tiglff.com SUMMARY:Sugar and Spice - Shorts Program DESCRIPTION:A series of women’s shorts. \n\nWings\nJamie Weston\, 2020\, UK\, 18 min. \nSpanning over six decades\, this lesbian love story between two Land Army girls during World War II is a partially silent film starring two BAFTA award-winning actresses. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nRoadkill\nAliza Brugger\, 2020\, USA\, 16 min.\nTillie’s lonely life as a roadkill removal worker is destabilized when Wanda\, a lively stranger\, comes to town. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nTotal Catch\nSarah Clark\, 2021\, USA\, 2 min. \nDating is hard… Zoom dating is harder. \nClick to View Media \n\nBonsoir\nAthina Gendry\, 2021\, France\, 17 min.\nSuzanne is a successful lawyer who is skeptical of dating apps\, but she finally decides to go on her first date with Lucille. \n\nCocoon Love\nXiaowen Wang\, 2021\, China/USA\, 15 min. \nSent to stay with her grandparents in her hometown village\, a teenager begins a budding friendship with her classmate and is forced to confront her past. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nFour B (Cuarto B) \nPaloma Coscia de Luque\, 2021\, Argentina\, 10 min.\nAfter a drunken night\, a couple of women return to their apartment and hear their neighbor Camila in Apt. 4B having sex with a man which leads to a hostile situation. \n\nAimee Victoria\nChrystee Pharris\, 2021\, USA\, 10 min.\nSeparated on their anniversary due to the pandemic\, two profoundly deaf women have their relationship tested. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nLaura’s Voice\nGiuseppe Bucci\, 2021\, Italy\, 20 min. \nA queer take on the legendary monodrama “The Human Voice” by Jean Cocteau. In this version\, a woman has her last phone conversation with the woman she loves. \nAvailable online: Oct. 4th 8:00am – Oct. 10th 11:00pm URL:https://tiglff.com/event/sugar-and-spice-shorts-program/ LOCATION:TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINE CATEGORIES:Asian,Comedy,Drama,Foreign,Foreign Language,Lesbian,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tiglff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/wings.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211010T230000 DTSTAMP:20240329T021454 CREATED:20230910T135442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135442Z UID:10000853-1633334400-1633906800@tiglff.com SUMMARY:It’s A Queer World After All…Shorts Program DESCRIPTION:A series of international shorts. \nBefore the Eruption (Antes de la Erupción)\nRoberto Pérez Toledo\, 2020\, Spain\, 9 min. \nDespite different types of warnings\, a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal. This group of friends did not see it coming. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nGod’s Daughter Dances\nSungbin Byun\, 2020\, South Korea\, 25 min.\nShin-mi\, a transgender female dancer at a gay club in Korea\, gets called in for a mandatory Military Service Examination. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nNight Ride (Nattrikken) \nEirik Tveiten\, 2020\, Norway\, 15 min.\nDuring a cold night in December\, Ebba waits for the tram home but an unexpected turn of events will test her mental and emotional fortitude. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nUnlonely \nNatalia Lampropoulou\, 2021\, Greece\, 9 min.\nDuring the pandemic lockdown\, an unemployed actor works at an online companionship service. One day a lonely middle-aged gay man calls him with a strange request. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nLioness (Löwin)\nAlexander Conrads\, 2020\, Germany\, 15 min.\n11-year-old Leo has to deal with her depressive father while secretly falling in love with her best friend Isabell. \n\nAs Simple As That (Simples Assim) \nLuciana Bitencourt\, 2021\, Brazil\, 19 min.\nSuspicious that her son is gay\, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise\, the boy’s father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. \n\nSwingin’\nShang-Sing Guo\, 2020\, Taiwan\, 23 min.\nWhen sixth-grader Qiu is bullied in school for having gay dads\, his stepfather Howard\, a flamboyant jazz trumpet player\, comes to the rescue. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nAvailable online: Oct. 4th 8:00am – Oct. 10th 11:00pm URL:https://tiglff.com/event/its-a-queer-world-after-allshorts-program/ LOCATION:TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINE CATEGORIES:Comedy,Drama,Foreign,Foreign Language,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tiglff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/night-ride.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211010T230000 DTSTAMP:20240329T021454 CREATED:20230910T135442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135442Z UID:10000858-1633334400-1633906800@tiglff.com SUMMARY:Life’s a Drag - Shorts Program DESCRIPTION:Drag Life Documentary Shorts \n\nThe Beauty President\nWhitney Skauge\, 2021\, USA\, 9 min.\nIn 1992\, drag queen Joan Jett Blakk made a historic bid for the White House as an openly queer write-in candidate. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nThe Story Queens (Las Reinas de los Cuentos)\nPaul Detwiler\, 2021\, USA\, 13 min.\nA Latinx drag queen activist couple in San Diego use storytelling to educate and empower children\, foster community\, and inspire a love of reading. \n\nA Job Like Any Other (Un métier comme un autre) \nAnnick Roussy\, 2021\, Canada\, 21 min.\nA tribute to Pierre Lauzon\, an ordinary shy 55-year-old man who has worked for the past 30 years as a Drag Queen Barmaid in Montreal known as “Aunt Gaby”. \n\nMan Up in Lockdown\n2021\, UK\, 20 min.\nAt the start of the pandemic\, Janina Smith invented Richard Energy\, a provocative non-binary digital drag king\, and manages to get their job back on stage just as the second lockdown threatens. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nWhen I’m Her\nEmily Schuman\, 2021\, USA \nMichael was a ballet prodigy who transformed into a Russian ballet instructor named Madame Olga as a way to both embrace himself as an artist and reconcile with the trauma from his past. \n\nRed Masisi (Masisi Wouj)\nZé Kielwagen\, Marcos Serafim\, Steevens Simeon\, 2021\, Haiti\, 22 min.\nHaitian artist and activist Sanba Yonel comments on the plight of the masisi (a slur used to describe feminine gay men\, transvestites and non-binary folks in Haiti) who are faced with prejudice and hostility and find shelter in the religious context of Vodou. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nParalelo \nSantiago Echeverry\, 2021\, USA\, 9 min.\nA filmmaker’s empowering drag performance in tribute to his mother who suffered from dementia and cancer and died of COVID-19 complications in 2020. \n\nAvailable online: Oct. 4th 8:00am – Oct. 10th 11:00pm URL:https://tiglff.com/event/lifes-a-drag-shorts-program/ LOCATION:TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINE CATEGORIES:Documentary,Foreign,Queer,Shorts,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tiglff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/A-Job-Like-Any-Other_photo-still.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211010T230000 DTSTAMP:20240329T021454 CREATED:20230910T135442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135442Z UID:10000856-1633334400-1633906800@tiglff.com SUMMARY:Snips and Snails - Shorts Program DESCRIPTION:A series of mens’ shorts. \n\nComplicated\nIsak Kohaly\, 2020\, Israel\, 22 min.\nA chubby and depressed young man returns to his childhood home in the suburbs following a mental breakdown. Under the care of his quirky and overprotective mother\, old tensions about his sexual orientation arise and leads him to confront his body image issues. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nVirgin My Ass\nAdar Sigler\, 2020\, Israel\, 17 min.\nOphir asks his friend Harel for a favour that might make him feel like a normal gay guy. They both learn a small lesson in intimacy and community. \n\nGetting Closer\nEthan Roberts\, 2020\, USA\, 6 min. \nTwo stoned boyfriends navigate unexpected vulnerability (as well as the giggles) while attempting to get off. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nHard \nChristian Jacob Ramón\, 2021\, USA\, 12 min.\nAn unexpected bout of performance anxiety throws a wrench into the plans of two men on their first night together. \n\nin[APP]licable\nCam Owen\, 2020\, USA\, 11 min.\nAfter moving from small-town Louisiana to New Orleans\, Ted navigates the city using a dating app. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nPrivate Photos (Fotos Privadas)\n Marcelo Grabowsky\, 2020\, Brazil\, 20 min.\nRafa and Matheus face the excitement and weirdness of having a third member inside their apartment. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nPeace\n Adomako Aman\, 2020\, USA\, 11 min.\nA love story that dives into the complexities of a down-low queer relationship and really questions what it means to be at peace. \n\nFrankie\nJames Kautz\, 2020\, USA\, 11 min.\nFrankie\, a non-binary trans person\, crashes their ex-partner’s men-only 12 step meeting\, determined to be heard… no matter the cost. \n\nGraduation\nRobin Wang\, 2020\, USA\, 6 min.\nFollowing a graduation celebration\, a Chinese couple must navigate their relationship’s future as dictated by the circumstances of life and their families. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nAvailable online: Oct. 4th 8:00am – Oct. 10th 11:00pm URL:https://tiglff.com/event/snips-and-snails-shorts-program/ LOCATION:TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINE CATEGORIES:Asian,Comedy,Drama,Foreign,Foreign Language,Gay,Romance,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tiglff.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hard_photo-still-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211010T230000 DTSTAMP:20240329T021454 CREATED:20230910T135442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135442Z UID:10000854-1633334400-1633906800@tiglff.com SUMMARY:Pride and Prejudice Shorts Program DESCRIPTION:A series of documentary shorts. \n\nA Big Fat Taiwanese Same-Sex Wedding \nLarry\, Tung\, 2019\, Taiwan\, 4 min. \nIn celebration of becoming the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage\, Taiwan threw a big wedding banquet in front of its Presidential Office Building in Taipei. \nClick to View Trailer \n\nBelonging \nMatt Scholten\, 2020\, Australia\, 22 min. \nTwo generations of gay activism are demonstrated when young LGBTQI+ campaigner Sam Watson takes a road trip from Hobart to the North West to learn more about the history of Tasmania’s gay law reform with Rodney Croome. \n\nNo Man’s Land\nAnna Andersen\, Gabriella Canal\, 2021\, USA\, 28 min.\nThe 1970s saw the birth of womyn’s lands\, communities where lesbian separatists could live together\, away from a patriarchal society. A handful of these womyn formed Alapine in rural Alabama\, where no men are allowed. \nClick to View Video \n\nCaro Comes Out\nBrit Fryer\, Caro Hernandez\, 2020\, USA\, 12 min \nThis film is an experiment\, but it’s also a comedy\, but it’s also a short film about coming out to your entire Cuban family. \n\nWe Are Not Who They Say We Are \nManu Valcarce\, 2020\, Honduras/UK\, 18 min. \nArcoiris is a group of LGBTQI+ human rights defenders in Honduras that has endured public abuse\, stigmatization\, threats\, and attacks that go largely unpunished due to a prejudiced police force and judiciary. \n\nThe Leaf\nWilliam J. Zang\, 2021\, USA\, 4 min.\nA personal\, poetic\, documentary about a filmmaker’s experience as a gay Asian immigrant during the pandemic. \n\nLet There Be Colour\nAdo Hasanovic\, 2019\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, 15 min.\nOn September\, 8 2019 Sarajevo hosts its first Pride March. But are the people in their country ready for this event? \nClick to View Trailer \n\nTaiwan Pride for the World\nLarry Tung\, 2020\, Taiwan\, 3 min. \nLast year\, more than 400 pride events around the world were canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But Taiwan was fighting the virus effectively and decided to host a pride parade for the world. \n\n