TIGLFF 34 - St. Petersburg, FL
Youth
FREAK SHOW
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesBilly 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.
HEARTSTONE (Hjartasteinn)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesA 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.
SEVENTEEN (Siebzehn)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesPaula, an above-average intelligent student, is in love with her classmate Charlotte. At the same time she feels permanently provoked by dissolute Lilly to challenge her limits.
JUST CHARLIE (Queer Youth Celebration! – FREE!)
Tampa Museum of Art 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, United StatesA teen football star who is being courted by a top club is torn between wanting to live up to his father's expectations or shedding his ill-fitting skin.
Drama In Your Shorts
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesJoin us for a collection of seven short films that celebrate queer and trans people of diverse backgrounds and experiences.
BELIEVER – (Youth Program-Free!)
Tampa Museum of Art 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, United StatesDan 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.
Zen In The Ice Rift (Zen sul ghiaccio sottile)
Metro Wellness and Community Center 3251 3rd Ave N, St Petersburg, FL, United StatesMaia (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.
This is Not Berlin (Esto no es Berlín)
Metro Wellness and Community Center 3251 3rd Ave N, St Petersburg, FL, United StatesIn 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.
Billie and Emma
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesBillie and Emma are sent to a Catholic high school for very different reasons. Set in the Philippines of the mid-1990’s, Billie is banished by her city parents to get her away from her girlfriend. Emma is brilliant, overachieving, popular, and on course for a bright future.
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.
Paradise Hills
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesIn 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.
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?
Knives and Skin
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesCarolyn, 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.
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.
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, FL, United StatesJoin 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.
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.
Jewelle: A Just Vision/Swimming in the Dark
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesDorothy 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.
Golden Delicious
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesEveryone 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.