Rafiki
The Portico 1001 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FLWe are honored to be screening this film before its release in April.
Rafiki (lit. "Friend") is a 2018 Kenyan drama film directed by Wanuri Kahiu. Inspired by Ugandan Monica Arac de Nyeko's 2007 Caine Prize-winning short story "Jambula Tree", Rafiki is the story of friendship and tender love that grows between two young women, Kena and Ziki, amidst family and political pressures. The film had its international premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Tucked -Encore Presentation
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FLThere are those of us who believe that people come into our lives at exactly the right time, just when we need that particular person, that particular light. Jackie and Faith find themselves together at the precise moment they both needed the other.
Evolution of Drag – Drag Through the Decades
Palladium Theater 253 5th Ave N, St Petersburg, FLGlamazon and drag performer/producer Daphne Ferraro brings her smash hit multi-media drag extravaganza to St. Pete
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FLIn this powerful documentary, renowned filmmaker, Tom Shepherd follows the intense struggles of four LGBT+ refugees from Africa and the Middle East. Cheyenne and Mari (Angolan), Subhi (Syrian), and Junior (Congolese) have fled homophobic violence and are starting over in San Francisco.
Being Impossible (Yo impossible)
Metro Wellness and Community Center 3251 3rd Ave N, St Petersburg, FLAfter attempting her first sexual experience with her boyfriend, Ariel discovers that she is different. Her gynecologist reveals that her sex life may be complicated by "corrective" surgery and a strictly gendered upbringing by her family and religious societal norms of Venezuela. Now, as she discovers her body for the first time, Ariel must decide who she wants to be.
Circus of Books
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FLKaren and Barry Mason were just looking for a way to support their young family when they became distributors for Hustler Magazine. When they took over the renowned LA sex toy and video store Circus of Books, they became fully immersed in the gay community and became a safe place for queer people.
Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival
Tampa Bay Trans Film Fest Online Screening RoomThe intention of this year’s Inaugural Festival is to highlight and elevate Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). We hope for this festival to help celebrate transgender lives & experiences, further creating a safe world for our transgender family to live in. Please join us virtually during the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20th, through November 22nd to participate in this historic event.
Life’s a Drag – Shorts Program
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEDrag Life Documentary Shorts
2022 Launch Party & Fundraiser
The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewery 1510 E 8th Avenue, Tampa, FLJoin us for a good time with food, drink, and music as you learn what the Festival has coming up in October with old and new friends.
For the Bible Tells Me So
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FLAn exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
Mambo Italiano
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FLThe son of Italian immigrants to Canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay.