TIGLFF 34 - St. Petersburg, FL
Trans
Adam
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesIn the summer of 2006, Adam escapes another boring family vacation to stay with his cool older sister Casey in NYC. Adam's horizons rapidly expand as he follows Casey to lesbian bars and gay marriage rallies, but it isn't until he is mistaken for a trans guy that he really gets a crash course in LGBT vocabulary.
For They Know Not What They Do
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesFrom 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.
Seahorse
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesThis thoughtful documentary about a transgender man named Freddy who undertakes to start a family by becoming pregnant. Though Freddy yearns to raise his own child, pregnancy challenges his understanding of masculinity, gender, and parenthood more than he could have ever imagined.
Changing The Game
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesFor young transgender athletes, the sport they love often turns into a minefield of controversy. Decried as cheaters if they excel or barred from competing among the gender they identify with; positive outcomes are rare. But when a sport is a lifeline, what is fair?
History Lessons (Shorts)
Metro Wellness and Community Center 3251 3rd Ave N, St Petersburg, FL, United StatesJoin us for a collection of six short films that celebrate the history of queer people from long before Stonewall to the present day.
TIGLFF: Next Scene – FREE!
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesA 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.
SHORTS PROGRAM #6: ROLE REVERSAL
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEIn these inspiring documentaries, change-making role models use their ingenuity and integrity to disrupt the status quo and help define a “new normal.”
SHORTS PROGRAM #5: IDENTITY CRISIS
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEIt’s not me…it’s YOU. These perceptive shorts show that sometimes the only identity crisis that’s going on is the one that’s happening in someone else’s judgmental mind.
ALICE JÚNIOR
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEIn this uber hip, pop culture film laced with electrifying emojis, the stunningly gorgeous Anna Celestino Mota stars as Alice Junior - a high octane social influencer and Teen Top Model trans girl – who panics when she finds she must move to the Brazilian hinterlands to attend a Catholic school.
UNSOUND
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEThere’s a silent synchronicity on the screen when Noah, a disillusioned musician, returns home to Australia for some soul searching and falls for Finn, a deaf trans DJ.
Life’s a Drag – Shorts Program
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEDrag Life Documentary Shorts
Activist Heroes Double Feature:
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEAIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman and Yes I Am – The Ric Weiland Story
Portraits of two activist heroes.
33rd ANNUAL TAMPA BAY INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Documentary Shorts Program
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesA series of six documentary shorts.
Framing Agnes
TIGLFF SCREENING ROOM-ONLINEAfter discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of trans actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access.
Documentary Shorts Program (ReDux – St. Pete)
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesA series of six documentary shorts.
Paris Is Burning
Screen Door: An Ybor City Microcinema 1624 E 7th Ave #228, Tampa, FL, United StatesA chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
At the End of the Day
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesA conservative, Christian professor experiences a profound change when he finds himself planted in a gay support group to stop their plans to open an LGBTQ youth shelter in their small town.
Mutt
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesMutt follows Feña (Lio Mehiel) through a stress-filled New York City day, as he anticipates his estranged Chilean father’s visit. In his feature debut, Vuk Lugulov-Klotz, who is also trans, builds the story by consistently adding unfair burdens onto Feña’s shoulders.
Before I Change My Mind
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesIt’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.
Peafowl
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesMyung is a transgender woman who cut ties with her family and hometown because she needs to live authentically. Now, all she wants is gender affirmation surgery, but the only way to earn money is by winning the Waacking dance competition, which was a disaster.
SPONSORED BY: Creative Loafing
Greetings from Queertown: Orlando
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesIn the aftermath of the Pulse horror, Rick Todd (Watermark) watched the Orlando community coalesce around the outpouring of grief and deepening sadness. Those reflections led to a sense of pride and homage for his beloved Orlando, and for those who paved the way toward a thriving LGBT community, even in the face of tragedy.
SPONSORED BY: Watermark Publishing Group