Green Light Cinema
Events at this venue
I Wish You All The Best
After being kicked out of their house, a teen embarks upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship and family.
Lights, Camera, Connection – A Queer Screen Social at Green Light Lounge & Kitchen
A Queer Screen Social at Green Light Lounge & Kitchen (next door to the cinema)
Best of the Fest – Summer Edition Shorts
The best short films from our Summer Edition.
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not exclusively gay, but it is deeply rooted in queer culture due to its exploration of sexual liberation, gender fluidity, and its features of numerous openly gay, bisexual, and gender nonconforming characters. The film's themes, characters, and its dedicated fanbase have cemented its status as a landmark for the LGBTQ+ community. The 2025 Documentary is a wild journey into the origins of The Rocky Horror Picture show, the biggest cult film of all time, its impact on popular culture and socio-political resonance to this day.
Birthright
João Cândido Zacharias, Brazil, 80 min
After receiving news about his mother’s death, Thomas returns to Brazil with his partner, Beni. Once there, he learns of a country house belonging to a grandmother he never met. Curious to reconnect with his family history, they visit the house and Thomas is welcomed by two elderly aunts that treat him like their long-lost child. As Thomas becomes increasingly enchanted with the place, Beni begins to suspect that something evil lurks beneath the façade of a tranquil country life.
Preceded by:
They Slay
Maddie Macloud, USA, 25 min
Longtime friends begin to butt heads at a Halloween party when an unruly demon unearths the group’s uncomfortable truths.
But I’m a Cheerleader
Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she isn't that crazy about him. So she's stunned when her parents decide she's gay and send her to True Directions, a boot camp meant to alter her sexual orientation. While there, Megan meets a rebellious and unashamed teen lesbian, Graham (Clea DuVall). Though Megan still feels confused, she starts to have feelings for Graham.
Can’t Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines
As Florida's violent legislation dominates headlines, LGBTQ2S+ communities are also on the frontlines of accelerating climate change. Can’t Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines weaves interviews with 15 LGBTQ2S+ artists, organizers, and educators across Florida (and the new Florida diaspora) into an intersectional climate justice narrative.
Lez Bomb
A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.
The Aggressives Double Feature
The Aggressives Filmmaker Daniel Peddle follows a group of masculine-presenting queer people of color who were assigned female at birth. They hide the feminine aspects of their bodies and often adopt male personas but don't always feel included or represented by the LGBTQ world. Beyond The Aggressives - 25 Years Later Several of the queer…
Moonlight
Three time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented.
Moonlight
Three time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented.
Rivière
Seventeen-year-old Manon leaves the Swiss mountains to head out in search of her father, who is nowhere to be found. As she forms new bonds and encounters her first love , she is determined to follow the path she has set herself on the ice: to become a professional hockey player.
SPONSORED BY: St. Pete Clearwater Film Commission
A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where The Bears Are: The Documentary
Rick Copp, Ben Zook and Joe Dietl are friends and colleagues who have been in “the business” for decades. Between them they have worked on Golden Girls, Scooby Doo, The Brady Bunch Movie, Two and a Half Men, The Thin Pink Line, and Jack and Jill. As does happen in Hollywood, there came the inevitable lapse for all of them.
Greetings from Queertown: Orlando
In 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
Peafowl
Myung 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
Saturday Night Shorts
A series of short films. Filmmakers will be in attendance!
SPONSORED BY: Russell Property Group
Lie With Me
Based on the bestselling French novel, Lie With Me is a story about lost love and the importance of being true to yourself. Established author Stéphane Belacourt (Guillaume de Tonquédec) returns to his beautiful hometown to promote a renowned local cognac distillery and deliver a keynote speech.
SPONSORED BY: Love the Golden Rule
Before I Change My Mind
It’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.
1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted A Culture
“My Christian friends rejected me because I am Gay. My Gay friends were angry with me for being a Christian.” So says Ed Oxford, a Gay theologian and researcher in how the Bible has been weaponized against LGBT people.
Norwegian Dream
Set against the majestic beauty of the Norwegian Island of Sotra, immigrant and newly hired 19-year-old Robert (Hubert Milkowski) navigates the racist and homophobic world of the fish factory camaraderie against the undeniable intrigue for his mentor, Ivar (Karl Bekele Steinland). Both men are young, beautiful, and quietly raging...
SPONSORED BY: The Knights of The Krewe of Cavaliers
The Venus Effect
Liv is in her early twenties. She works at her family’s garden center in the province. Totally unprepared, she falls in love with the chaotic but spirited Andrea. Andrea has sought refuge at her uncle’s idyllic apple plantation because of stress.
SPONSORED BY: Savvy Mortgage
Opening Night Shorts
A series of short films. Filmmakers will be in attendance!
SPONSORED BY: Bell Pharmacy
Mutt
Mutt 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.
Golden Delicious
Everyone 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.
Barrio Boy
Barrio Boy is a coming of age story with an edge and with heart. Quique is surrounded by machismo at the Nuyorican barber shop where he cuts hair. One summer day while playing ball with his coworkers, he has a chance encounter with an Irish stranger.
Jewelle: A Just Vision/Swimming in the Dark
Dorothy 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.
Black Barbie (Reprise screening!)
“It took 21 years for one black fashion doll to be worthy of the Barbie name.” So says award winning Queer director, Lagueria Davis (Maid of Dishonor) who decided to make “Black Barbie” after spending time with her Aunt Beulah Mae Mitchell, a 45-year employee at Mattel. Those conversations sparked a curiosity about the evolution of Black Barbie leading to complex conversations of race, body image and social influence.
Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn
“Let people who are closest to the pain, be closest to the power.” So says Malcolm Kenyatta, State Representative from the North Philly district of Pennsylvania and the first Queer person of color in the Pennsylvania State House. Executive Producer, Al Roker (and others) and filmmaker Timothy Harris chronicle Malcolm’s quest for the U.S. Senate amid the stark reality of the blatant racism and homophobia engrained in the political process of this country.
Jimmy in Saigon
Jimmy in Saigon is a documentary exploring the mysterious death of Peter McDowell's eldest brother, James, who died age 24 in Saigon. The film explores unspoken grief and family secrets, while honoring those lost long ago.
No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics
No Straight Lines chronicles the journeys of five scrappy queer artists from the margins of the underground comics scene to mainstream acceptance.
Pat Rocco Dared
In this colorful trip back in time, filmmaker and activist Pat Rocco shares his incredible life story as one of Hollywood's original boundary pushing gay pioneers.