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An Evening with Kalup Linzy
Limited seating available for this event. Purchase Early! In partnership with the Museum of Photographic Arts, TIGLFF is thrilled to host one of the most exciting performative creators of our time, cutting edge video and performance artist - and Florida native - Kalup Linzy, who will present a collection of his short narratives and music based videos.…
EVA + CANDELA (¿Cómo te llamas?)
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FLTime is obviously synonymous with wear, and love is inherent in time. This is not a love story. It's a story of how love is transformed, of the relationship between two strong, independent women. It's the story of how everyday life takes its toll on two lives.
2018 Festival Launch Party
The Vault 611 North Franklin St, Tampa, FLCome join us for the 29th Annual Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TIGLFF) Launch Party. We’re kicking off our annual festival at The Vault, in downtown Tampa, with a dazzling evening of friends, cocktails, and more.
Frisky Friday Movie & Dance Party COMBO
Watch the opening night film, Wild Nights With Emily at Tampa Theatre, and then join us for the Frisky Friday Dance Party for a wild night with all the beautiful ladies at the Hilton in Downtown Tampa.
Frisky Friday Dance Party
Hilton Downtown Tampa 211 N Tampa St, Tampa, FLJoin us Friday, October 5th after the Opening Film (Wild Nights with Emily) for a wild night with all the beautiful women of Tampa Bay.
BELIEVER – (Youth Program-Free!)
Tampa Museum of Art 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FLDan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons) is a believer – he believes in the Book of Mormon, he believes in Jesus Christ, he believes in his “people.” He also believes that if he leads the charge, he can get people, his people (Mormons, and Christians in general), to start an important conversation about the role of LGBTQ people, especially youth, in the Church.
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
2019 Festival Launch Party
Rialto Theatre 1617 N Franklin St, Tampa, FloridaWe’re kicking off the 30th annual festival at the historic Rialto Theatre in north downtown Tampa's Heights District with a dazzling evening of friends, cocktails, and music. Be among the first to pick up your program and see trailers for this year’s film festival. So that you're ready for opening night, you will be able to purchase or pick-up your previously purchased Crown Circle or Simply Fabulous Passes.
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.
For They Know Not What They Do (Encore)
Metropolitan Community Church of Tampa 408 East Cayuga St., Tampa, FLFrom The Director of "For The Bible Tells Me So" This new documentary takes us on a journey of understanding and sheds light on religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation in America. At the core of the story are four families whose faith is their source of strength and, sometimes, a source of pain.
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.
Stories We Tell Film Series: Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINE“The Patron Saint of Pop Culture”: What do Dolly Parton, Beyoncé, and Cam Parker all have in common? They’ve all saved us from the clutches of basic-ness through pop culture! Follow the short of this Tampa-based artist who has provided artwork and designer jackets to artists like Lady Gaga, Lizzo, and Janet Jackson, all while…
STORIES WE TELL FILM SERIES: AGGIE
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEAggie is a feature-length documentary that explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes “Aggie” Gund’s life. Emmy-nominated director Catherine Gund focuses on her mother’s journey to give viewers an understanding of the power of art to transform consciousness and inspire social change. Aggie is internationally recognized…
Loading Events STORIES WE TELL FILM SERIES: CLEOPHAS AND HIS OWN
Museum of Fine Arts 255 Beach Dr NE, St Petersburg, FLCleophas and His Own: In September of 1943, the typescript of a private, unpublished narrative was discovered in Corea, Maine, among the belongings of the American modernist painter and poet Marsden Hartley — just a few days after his death. This powerful and poignant elegy called Cleophas and His Own and written by Hartley to assuage his grief…
2021 Launch Party
Straz Center for the Performing Arts 1010 N Macinnes Pl, Tampa, FLWe’re kicking off the 32nd annual festival at the historic Straz Center in downtown Tampa with a dazzling evening of friends, cocktails, and music. Be among the first to pick up your program and see trailers for this year’s film festival. So that you’re ready for opening night, you will be able to purchase or pick-up…
A Little Hocus Pocus
Palladium Theater 253 5th Ave N, St Petersburg, FLBreak out your best costume and join the sisters on Halloween for a treat you won’t soon forget! A Little Hocus Pocus is a 90 minute interactive tribute show that turns one of our favorite holiday classics (Hocus Pocus) on its head.

The 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival
Tampa Bay Trans Film Fest Online Screening Roomhttps://transfilmfest.eventive.org TIGLFF & St Pete Pride are excited to announce that the Trans Fest will be returning from November 19th - November 21st, 2021. The Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival is to highlight and elevate Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). To its Co-Founders, this Festival is an echo of the Netflix Documentary titled Disclosure. Have…

EYE CANDY: THE CRAZY WORLD OF DAVID LaCHAPELLE
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts 400 N. Ashley Drive Cube, 2nd Floor, TampaPortrait of photographer David LaChapelle, filmed over four years. Inspired by the great Andy Warhol, eccentric photographer David LaChapelle has created a surreal and boundless world where women are pictured swinging from crystal chandeliers, squashed by giant hamburgers and half-swallowed by sharks. The film tracks the input of his creative entourage as they transform studio surroundings and delves into LaChapelle's complex sources of inspiration as he grapples with the brutally commercialized and profoundly pornographic industry he both embodies and satirizes with one click of his shutter.

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.
33rd ANNUAL TAMPA BAY INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
AQRONYM: A Night of Queer Comedy
The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewery 1510 E 8th Avenue, Tampa, FLJoin our Master of Ceremony Shaine O'Laine as he leads you through an incredibly fun night of great humor and a good time with Melissa Nichols, featuring Kye Saunders, and headlining Jenn Snyder.
