TIGLFF 34 - St. Petersburg, FL
S&M Sally
When your S&M pseudonym is Sally, you are obviously not a top! Even if you want to be the butchest, badass in the room, you are in for a world of hurt as Sally. Sally aka Jamie’s new paramour is the lovely Jill who, much to Jamie’s chagrin, knows a thing or two about being the top…
Reel in the Closet – screening & panel – FREE!
Filmmaker Stu Maddux wants to bring us out of the closet, again. This delightful documentary explores the films, tapes and videos that are languishing in the closets and attics of so many LGBT people and their families. Reels and reels of home movies are showcased, from as early as the 1930’s, and they chronicle LGBT…
Akron
Benny and Christopher are young freshmen at their rural Ohio college when they meet playing football and begin to fall for each other--hard. But when Christopher's mother reveals a tragic past event shared by the two boys, their young love must endure an unexpected test. Will love be able to conquer their families' mutual pain? This sweetly…
Best of Fest Shorts
Closets (Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, 2015, UK, 19 min) The ultimate queer time machine is a life saver. Vagina Is the Warmest Color (Trailer) (Anna Margarita Albelo, 2015, USA, 2 min) Sound familiar? Heavenly Peace (Andreas Wessel-Therhorn, 2014, USA, 5 min) A celestial Rolf König animated mediator. Tomgirl (Jeremy Asher Lynch, 2014, USA, 14 min) Everybody loves…
Two 4 One
Adam is rationing his testosterone while saving up for genital reconstruction surgery when an unexpected and complicated fling with his ex-girlfriend Miriam leads to them both getting pregnant. As if parenthood weren't complicated enough already. Maureen Bradley’s heartfelt comedic debut film delves into issues of masculinity, love, and what it means to be a parent.…
Fourth Man Out
When Adam, an average Joe car mechanic from Anytown, America finally comes out to his best buds on his 24th birthday, they struggle to understand the surprising news. Ultimately, dudes will be dudes, and loyalty in friendship prevails. They man up, and get behind Joe’s mission, teach him how to use apps to pick up…
PARIS 05:59: THEO & HUGO
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesOlivier Ducastel et Jacques Martineau, 2016, France, 97 mins. Sponsored by: Paul Sponseller, CFP, Raymond James An orgiastic opening scene lures the viewer into an erotic hypnotic state. Eighteen minutes later, two men, Theo and Hugo, leave behind the heady electronic beat of a Paris club’s sex-for-sex’s-sake soundtrack and begin pursuing each other singularly, as…
Where Are You Going Habibi?
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesTor Iben, 2015, Germany, 79 mins. In this sweet coming out story a young Turkish man living in Berlin is outed by his spiteful sister and subsequently kicked out to live on his own. All is not lost, as he finds acceptance from one of his uncles and falls in love with a blond-eyed German…
Coming Out (Free – Youth Film)
Alden Peters, 2015, USA, 72 mins. Queer Youth Celebration! - Free Admission Filmmaker Alden Peters is coming out of the closet to his friends and family...on camera. Their filmed reactions range from happy tears to denial, but the overall result is acceptance of Peters’ formerly painful secret. As his story unfolds, Peters investigates his new…
LAZY EYE
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesTim Kirkman, 2016, USA, 90 min Sponsored by TransAmerica After Alex and Dean's great love slipped away in a New York studio apartment fifteen years ago, they never spoke again. That is, until now. Finding each other again on the internet, they decide to rekindle their long-lost love in the middle of the Mojave during…
Arianna
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesCarlo Lavagna, 2015, Italy, 84 mins. Coming of age almost always involves a treacherous journey into grasping how those we have depended on our entire lives have violated and failed us. Eventually those murky waters of confusion and shame give way to truth as Arianna, bereft by the ignorant betrayal of her parents and her…
Fire Song
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesAdam Garnet Jones, 2016, Canada, 96 mins. Filmmaker Adam Garnet Jones says that, "Two-Spirited" is a category that is intended to capture a spectrum of Queer Indigenous people, and one that acknowledges the male and female spirits that Queer Indigenous people carry with them." Jones’s film tackles this and so much more. Fire Song is…
STRIKE A POSE
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesEster Gould & Reijer Zwaan, 2016, Netherlands/Belgium, 85 min When it comes to Madonna, the male dancers who vogued and let their bodies move to the music (move to the music!) are just as iconic as her cone bra. When it was released, Truth or Dare offered a daring message entangled in their backstage shenanigans:…
SUMMERTIME (La belle saison)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesCatherine Corsini, 2015, France, 105 min Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co. “You’ve changed. More Parisian, maybe.” So says Antoine after Delphine returns for the summer to help her mother run the farm when her father has a stroke. Delphine had been in Paris attending the university, a bastion of feminism and change in the…
SHARED ROOMS
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesRob Williams, 2016, USA, 75 min Sponsored by Hyde Park Dental Prolific storyteller Rob Williams' latest festival hit returns to Tampa after the special sneak preview this past May. SHARED ROOMS follows the stories of three interrelated groups of friends and their unique holiday traditions. Two roommates are forced to share a bed when Dylan's…
THE GUYS NEXT DOOR
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesAmy Geller & Allie Humenuk, 2016, USA/Italy, 74 min. The Guys Next Door is an intimate portrait of a real “Modern Family:” Meet Erik and Sandro, a gay married couple whose friend Rachel is a surrogate for their two daughters. Rachel, who is in her 40s, is married to Tony and they have three…
I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY (Te prometo anarquía)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesJulio Hernández Cordón, 2015, Mexico/Germany, 100 min Middle-class skateboarder Miguel is having a torrid love affair with Johnny, the son of the family's maid. Johnny is bisexual and also has a girlfriend that Miguel is jealous of causing heightened tensions between them. The couple make their living in the gritty underbelly of Mexico City wrangling…
REAL BOY
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesShaleece Haas, 2016, USA, 72 min – DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT When you’re coming out as a trans boy, it can feel like opening a door to nowhere. Despite a family that misunderstands Bennett, a community of transitioning men offers support, through the internet. He finds friends who Skype their testosterone injections and mentors who teach him…
MILES
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesNathan Adloff, 2016, USA, 90 min. Sponsored by Tampa Hillsborough Film & Digital Media Commission Sometimes a film doesn’t have to bang a loud drum. Sometimes it is enough to enjoy a pleasing production, talented actors (Molly Shannon, Missi Pyle & Paul Reiser) and a charming, sweet, good looking gay kid with a dream. Miles…
AWOL
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesDeb Shoval, 2016, USA, 85 min Sponsored by Bright House Networks In rural poor Northeastern Pennsylvania a young lesbian has limited options. Falling for a capricious, straight, young mother whose trucker husband is out on the road a lot, our protagonist, Joey, is up against bad odds. As she plans for her future, enlisting in…
RETAKE
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesNick Corporon, 2016, USA, 98 min Sponsored by Watermark Magazine Not your typical road trip movie, in this dramatic journey a man who is broken by regret hires a young prostitute to help him relive the past by retracing a route he took with a former lover. The two worn souls dance between hope and…
CLOSET MONSTER
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesStephen Dunn, 2015, Canada, 90 min. Fantasy sequences, a talking hamster, and sometimes violent imagery sprinkle the film debut from director Stephen Dunn. Closet Monster follows Oscar from boyhood and his parents’ messy divorce to adulthood and sexual urges toward his coworker, aptly named Wilder. As a boy, Oscar witnesses three kids attacking another for…
SLASH
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesClay Liford, 2016, USA, 100 min. The Bronte sisters wrote erotic fantasy fiction! At least that’s what Neil tells his high school peers when they confiscate his own fan fic. Neil’s stories are erotic, or as erotic as a 15-year-old virgin can imagine. Neil is an introvert and finds his voice through writing. Julia, a…
HEARTLAND
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesMaura Anderson, 2016, USA, 100 min. Sponsored by Creative Loafing Heartland is wonderfully engaging story combined with the star power to make it a TIGLFF favorite. Lauren (Velinda Godfrey) is a young, beautiful artist who has moved back home with her mother to regroup after her partner dies. Navigating a bible belt Oklahoma town is…
TOMCAT (Käter)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesHändl Klaus, 2016, Austria, 114 min. In German with English subtitles.– DRAMATIC CENTERPIECE Sponsored by The Tampa Club In this Austrian domestic drama, winsome tomcat Moses lives a perfect little life. Orchestra musicians Stefan and Andreas love their cat with as much intensity as they do each other. In their impeccable home, Moses enjoys food…
CLAMBAKE
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesAndrea Meyerson, 2015, USA, 96 mins. Sponsored by: ProSuzy Provincetown! Women’s Week! It didn’t just happen. It was a planned, entrepreneurial strategy by a group of motivated, brilliant women innkeepers in Provincetown 32 years ago. Clambake is a celebration of the “pushy innkeepers” who found a way to bring thousands of women to the cold…
An Evening with Leslie Jordan
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesHe is a HOOT!Leslie Jordan will be live at the Tampa Theatre as part of our 27th film festival. Join us for a great night celebrating CommUNITY and diversity on October 5th! Enjoy Leslie's unique style of entertainment for a night you won't forget. TICKETS: ***Simpley Fabulous or Visionary Level or Higher only need to…
SUICIDE KALE
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesCarly Usdin, 2016, USA, 78 min A macabre comedy about hot new lesbian love and long term commitment that makes fun of some of the sad but true dysfunction involved in both stages of relationships. The plot revolves around the discovery of a “suicide note” that creates a socially awkward dynamic between two couples and…
BEING 17 (Quand on a 17 ans)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesAndré Téchiné, 2016, France, 116 min Famed director Andre Techine's (WILD REEDS) latest coming-of-age masterpiece is an intimate portrayal of the 17 year old psyche. Thomas lives on the family farm and longs to be a veterinarian. His trek to school is a three-hour round trip adventure by bus and on foot through the visually…
THE FIREFLY (La Luciérnaga)
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesAna María Hermida, 2013, Colombia, 88 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. Sponsored by St. Petersburg/Clearwater Film Commission Lucia and Mariana have a common bond – Andres, Lucia’s brother and Mariana’s - fiancé. When Andres dies on the day of his wedding, Mariana falls into an inevitable pit of grief and despair. Lucia - whom…
THE FIREFLY (La Luciérnaga)
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesAna María Hermida, 2013, Colombia, 88 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. Sponsored by St. Petersburg/Clearwater Film Commission Lucia and Mariana have a common bond – Andres, Lucia’s brother and Mariana’s - fiancé. When Andres dies on the day of his wedding, Mariana falls into an inevitable pit of grief and despair. Lucia - whom…
FIRST GIRL I LOVED
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesKerem Sanga, 2016, USA, 91 min Sponsored by Equality Florida Do you remember her? Is someone remembering you as their first love? Surely, it wasn’t as hard as we remember. News flash – if it was in high school, it was definitely as hard as you remember. Bigger news flash – it is still that…
UNCLE HOWARD
Aaron Brookner, 2016, UK/USA, 97 min Sponsored by The UPS Store — Downtown St. Petersburg Howard Brookner was just camera-toting “Uncle Howard” to his nephew Aaron Brookner, until Aaron rediscovered reels of unused footage from his uncle’s first film about William S. Burroughs and other tapes and photos his late uncle left in storage. Through…
Seriously Shorts
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesGolden Golden Erica Cho, 2016, USA, 15 min Vanilla Juan Beiro, 2015, Spain, 10 min 1985 Yen Tan, 2016, USA, 9 min Balcony Toby Fell-Holden, 2015, UK, 17 min Thanks for Dancing Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, 2015, Norway, 19 min Mukwano Cecile McNair, 2016, Denmark, 20 min
Silly Shorts
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesSponsored by Punky’s Bar & Grill and Gay St. Pete House More Than God Kev Cahill, 2016, Ireland, 9 min MeTube 2: August Sings Carmina Burana Daniel Moshel, 2016, Austria, 6 min The Candidate Michael Hilf, 2016, USA, 6 min Tri-Curious Matt Guerin, 2016, Canada, 8 min The Second First Date Raquel Barrera, 2015, Spain,…
Bear City 3
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesDoug Langway, 2016, USA, 117 mins.Sponsored by: Tampa Bay Bears Bears will be bears in this sweet and funny slice of life in the woods. This being the third and final film that we’ve all been waiting for, the trilogy celebrates the lives of big, hairy, ruggedly masculine gay men – and the men who…
Women Who Kill
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesIngrid Jungermann, 2016, USA, 93 minsMetaphor, twisted queer humor, a morbid curiosity, or all of these? Commitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean, locally famous true crime podcasters, suspect that Morgan’s new love interest is a murderer. Common lesbian relationship dynamics such as living with exes, premature commitment, softball, co-ops, and ignoring one’s friends during…
FRONT COVER
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesRay Yeung, 2015, USA, 87 min Sponsored by Macy’s Getting the coveted front cover is every stylist's goal, and Ryan is on track for the following issue. His dream gets delayed when Ning, a Beijing movie star hoping to crossover to US audiences, specifically requests a Chinese-American stylist for his next photo shoot. Already disgruntled…
REAL KINK
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesWill J Zang, 2016, USA, 68 min Sponsored by: Florida Leather & Fetish Club and Tampa Leather Club This documentary about the San Francisco kink scene makes master/slave dynamics look like mom and dad strolling through the park. Will Zang brings BDSM out of the margins into the mainstream through his non-prejudiced interviews with co-eds and…
THE PASSIONATE PURSUITS OF ANGELA BOWEN
freeFall Theatre 6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesJennifer Abod, 2016, USA, 76 min Sponsored by Metro Wellness & Community Centers Athlete. Dancer. Leader. Wife. Queer. Radical Activist. Angela Bowen comes of age in the 1950’s. Angela’s marriage to Ken Peters and to dance is radical by any standards - they form a dance company, they empower countless Black children to express themselves…
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.
LIKE FOAM (Como la espuma)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesA message circulates from mobile phone to mobile phone. A bunch of strangers meet in a mansion. They come searching for sex, but never has an orgy been so full of love. (Or feelings?)
CITY OF THE FUTURE (Cidade do futuro)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesA family formed by Milla, pregnant, and by the two parents of the child, Gilmar and Igor, faces life in Serra do Ramalho. A life that includes, in spite of the three, the prejudices and homophobia of Bahian society.
THE WOUND (Inxeba)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesXolani, a lonely factory worker, joins the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. When a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best kept secret, Xolani’s entire existence begins to unravel.
CHAVELA
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesChavela is the captivating look at the unconventional life of beloved performer Chavela Vargas, whose passionate renditions of Mexican popular music and triumphant return to the stage late in life brought her international fame.
ALASKA IS A DRAG
Tough, but diva fabulous, Leo, an aspiring drag superstar, is stuck working in a fish cannery. He and his twin sister are trapped in the monotony of fist fights and fish guts. He learned to fight back, which catches the attention of the local boxing coach.
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesSpring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
SIGNATURE MOVE
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesZaynab, a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, lesbian in Chicago takes care of her sweet and TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold and very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love and wrestling.
HAPPINESS ADJACENT
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesExplores the romance between Hank, a nice Jewish boy who definitely isn't looking for love, and Kurt, a Midwestern guy who desperately needs someone to break up the monotony of his stale marriage.
I DREAM IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE (Sueño en otra idioma)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesA linguist arrives in a small jungle settlement hoping to record a conversation between two elderly men, the last speakers of the Zikril language. Unfortunately the men are feuding and haven't spoken to each other in 50 years.
WHOSE STREETS
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesWhose Streets? is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.
SENSITIVITY TRAINING
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesSerena crosses a line with a colleague and is forced into sensitivity training with Caroline, a bubbly woman assigned to be her coach. While Serena does her best to get rid of Caroline, she may have finally met her match.
THE LAVENDER SCARE
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesAt the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be security risks. A vicious witch hunt ensues, ruining thousands of American lives.
TOM OF FINLAND
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesFilmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of twentieth century gay culture.
APRICOT GROVES
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesAram returns to Armenia for the first time to propose to an Armenian girlfriend Aram met and lived with in the US. Aram sees many cultural, religious, and national differences on the one day trip, but harder obstacles are ahead.
NOBODY’S WATCHING (Nadie nos mira)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesA film about the struggle of self-imposed exile; how the pleasures of anonymity and freedom contrast with the pain of loneliness and loss that shapes immigrant experience.
ALABAMA BOUND
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesAlabama Bound explores the roller-coaster ride of being gay in the South over the last decade, following the stories of two lesbian families as they fight for their children and the only openly-gay state legislator in Alabama.
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.
UNCLE GLORIA: ONE HELLUVA RIDE!
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesUncle Gloria is a darkly funny film full of drama and family fireworks about the macho owner of an auto wrecking company in Florida who goes into hiding from the law as a woman setting off a bizarre journey of self discovery.
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.
SOMETHING LIKE SUMMER
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesSomething Like Summer traces the tumultuous relationship of Ben and Tim, secret high school sweethearts who grow over the years into both adulthood enemies and complicated friends.
TORREY PINES
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesBased on a true story, the animated film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in the early 1990's. Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen's life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events.
ABU (Father)
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesUsing family archives and animation, Arshad Khan shares a deeply personal story of migration from Pakistan to Canada, self-discovery and familial reconciliation.
THE CONSTITUTION (Ustav Republike Hrvatske)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesThe story follows four people who live in the same building, but avoid each other because of the differences in their assets, sexual habits, nationality and religion.
AFTER LOUIE
Empath Partners in Care 3050 1st Ave S, St. Petersburg, FLAfter Louie explores the contradictions of modern gay life and history through Sam, a man desperate to understand how he and his community got to where they are today.
4 DAYS IN FRANCE (Jours de France)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesPierre leaves the Parisian home that he shares with his lover Paul and leaves on a seemingly endless road-trip, guided only by Grindr hook-ups and bathroom stall phone numbers.
THE FEELS
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesAndi and Lu are excited to celebrate their upcoming wedding with a joint bachelorette weekend in wine country. On the first night, things get off to a rocky start when one of the brides admits that she's never had an orgasm.
FAMILIES LIKE YOURS
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesFollows six families as they attempt to balance work and school. From all across the nation and in all different stages of family life, these families represent a cross-section of the modern American family-- the only difference is that they are LGBT families.
SOME LIKE IT HOT
North Straub Park 400 Bay Shore Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FLSOME LIKE IT HOT bucked convention and broke boundaries when it was released in the late 1950’s. Starring Marilyn Monroe and featuring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag throughout the entire film, it was unlike anything cinema had seen before – and it remains a favorite to this day.
SCREWED (Pihalla)
Screwed (orig. Pihalla) is a Finnish drama film, where seventeen year old’s Miku and Elias find themselves and each other during a summer in the Finnish countryside. Love is not as easy as it seems.
PRINCESS CYD
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesEager to escape life with her depressive single father, 16-year-old athlete Cyd Loughlin visits her novelist aunt in Chicago over the summer. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
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.…
CLOSE KNIT (Karera ga honki de amu toki wa)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesAfter being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.
DATING MY MOTHER
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesIn this festival favorite, the complex relationship between widowed mother and single gay son is explored with comedy and sincerity. Danny is an unemployed screenwriter and has recently moved from LA to stay with his mother Joan.
THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThe documentary celebrates one of the world's most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to re-claim their lives.
A MILLION HAPPY NOWS
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesA veteran soap opera star retires to a beach house with her publicist and partner, but her Early Onset Alzheimer's will strain the couple's relationship until they find the strength to redefine themselves and what they mean to one another.
A DATE FOR MAD MARY
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United States"Mad" Mary McArdle is released from prison and tries to reconnect with friends in Drogheda. Her best friend Charlene is getting married and Mary seeks a date to bring to her wedding.
SATURDAY CHURCH
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesA 14 year-old-boy, struggling with gender identity and religion, begins to use fantasy to escape his life in the inner city and find his passion in the process.
RIFT (Rökkur)
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesYou know when you get a bad feeling and you just can’t explain it? You feel that something is just not quite right and you can’t shake the bad feeling. Gunnard is getting that feeling, big time. His ex-boyfriend cryptically calls in the middle of the night from a remote cabin.
SANTA Y ANDRÉS
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThe story of an improbable friendship between a revolutionary country girl and a noncompliant gay writer she has to watch over for three consecutive days.
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.
REBELS ON POINTE
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesCelebrating Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo -- the all male, drag ballet company founded over 40 years ago on the heels of New York's Stonewall riots.
A Little Drama Shorts (Shorts Program)
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesOur program of dramatic shorts.
A Little Happiness Shorts (Shorts Program)
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesSome great comedy shorts.
HELLO AGAIN
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesA musical ode to love and lust. Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained exploration of love's bittersweet embrace.
SUSANNE BARTSCH: ON TOP
Tampa Museum of Art 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, United StatesA feature documentary exploring NYC culture through the influence of nightlife legend Susanne Bartsch.
Wild Nights With Emily
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesFinally, Emily Dickinson as we always knew she must be - a passionate, funny, endearing woman in love with Susan Gilbert. Molly Shannon’s Emily throws her bloomers over her head and dives into the pleasures of stolen kisses and red-hot passion, despite the trappings of petticoats and the oppressive roles for women.
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, FL, United StatesJoin us Friday, October 5th after the Opening Film (Wild Nights with Emily) for a wild night with all the beautiful women of Tampa Bay.
Hard Paint (Tinta Bruta)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesSocially awkward Pedro escapes his melancholy life in Brazil’s southern city of Porto Alegre by becoming his on-camera persona “Neon Boy.” He comes alive on camera, known for painting himself in vibrant neon colors and performing sex acts for his many paying viewers.
At The End of The Day
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesAfter losing his wife and counseling practice, the only thing Dave Hopper has going for him is a part-time professorship at his alma mater, a growing Christian college in Lakeland, Florida. The college’s plans for growth hit a snag when the property they plan to develop has been promised to a gay support group that intends to open a LGBTQ homeless youth shelter.
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.
Kiss Me (Embrasse-Moi!)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesKiss Me! is an ordinary rom-com with a typical rom-com story … except it is about lesbians. Brava! It is about time lesbians were featured in a feel-good romcom, and we can thank French comedian and director, Océane Rose Marie for the good time. The story centers around Océanerosemarie (yep, that’s her name), a chiropractor with a big heart and a very active sex life.
Riot
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesIn 1978, when the push to decriminalize homosexuality in Australia stalled, a group of activists decide they must make one final attempt to celebrate who they are. They get a police permit, spread the word.and on a freezing winter's night, cloak themselves in fancy dress, join hands, and parade down oxford street. But they have no idea what is to come and that the courage they find that night will finally mobilize the nation..
Kill the Monsters
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesThree hunky men in a polyamorous relationship - Frankie (the young one), Patrick (the practical one), and Sutton (the hot, impulsive one) - travel across the country to start a new life. One of the most unique films of the festival, the story is about the “democracy” of a triad and the men’s belief that, no matter what, this is the best and only way to have a successful relationship.
Making Montgomery Clift
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesMontgomery Clift was one of the most influential actors in the history of cinema, bucking traditions on and off screen, but countless biographies have reduced him to labels like “tragically self-destructive” and “tormented.” Now, nephew Robert Clift and Hillary Demmon rigorously examine the flawed narratives that have come to define Monty’s legacy.
Reinventing Marvin (Marvin ou la belle éducation)
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesMarvin Bijou is sensitive, creative boy living in, what he will later in life identify as, exile. He knows at a young age that he is gay and that he is completely alone when facing the sexual and physical abuse of bullies and the oppressive ignorance of his family.
Tucked
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesThere 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.
Freelancers Anonymous
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesBillie is in a dead-end job that she hates, is engaged to Gayle whom she adores and is wound up tighter than a top. When she has a chemically induced epiphany, she quits her job and makes a dramatic exit, only to realize she has no job, a wedding to plan, and a fiancé who is going to be super pissed.
Studio 54
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesIan Schrager and Steve Rubell made magic happen when they opened Studio 54 in New York City in 1977. By 1978, Studio 54 was the most famous nightclub in the world. Matt Tyrnauer’s excellent and entertaining documentary explores the enchantment behind the madness that took Manhattan by storm.