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  • aGLIFF: Prism Film Festival
  • Bangalore Queer Film Fest
  • Beijing Queer Film Festival
  • BFI London Film Festival
  • BIGff: Bari International Gender Film Festival
  • Black Alphabet Film Festival
  • Busan International Film Festival
  • Cine Movilh
  • Cineffable
  • Cinema Queer International Film Festival
  • Dayton LGBT Film Festival
  • Diverso Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT
  • ENDIMARIS - Sitges LGTBIQ+ Film Festival
  • Everybody's Perfect
  • Fabulous Independent Film Festival
  • Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival
  • festheart
  • Festival Massimadi
  • Gender Bender
  • Hamburg International Queer Film Festival
  • ImageOut: Rochester
  • Iris Prize
  • LA Queer Film Festival
  • LGBT Toronto Film Festival
  • Lust*streifen Film Festival Basel
  • Melt Open
  • MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
  • New Farm Queer Film Festival
  • NewFest
  • Norfolk Queer International Film Festival
  • OUT at the Movies
  • Out on Film
  • Outshine Film Festival - Fort Lauderdale
  • Perlen – Queer Film Festival Hannover
  • Pink Screens in Brussels
  • Pride Pictures: Karlsruhe
  • QFFM - Queer Film Festival München
  • Queer Film Fest Weiterstadt
  • Queer Film Festival Oldenburg: Rollenwechsel
  • Queer-Streifen Regensburg
  • QueerFilm Festival Bremen
  • QueerFilmFest Rostock
  • Reel Q
  • Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
  • San Antonio QFest
  • Scottish Queer International Film Festival
  • Soura Film Fest
  • Tels Quels Festival
  • tilde: Melbourne Trans & Gender Diverse Film Festival
  • TLVFest
  • Transweek
  • Utah Queer Film Festival
  • Vinokino Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  • Vues d'en Face - Grenoble
  • Way OUT West Film Fest
Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Thursday, 29 January 2026 until Sunday, 01 February 2026

TIGLFF is the oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in Florida and one of the oldest in the country. Films will be screened in-person at venues in Tampa and St. Petersburg and encompass the whole Tampa Bay area.

The mission of the Festival is to showcase a selection of compelling films by, for, or about the LGBTQ+ community that Entertains, Empowers, and Enlightens the festival audience, as well as establish a sense of community between the audience, filmmakers, and talent.

For 2025, TIGLFF is returning to a smaller festival model with a focus on re-centering with local community partnerships and grassroots community building.

The Friends of the Festival Fund was established in 2009 through the estate of Alan Ira Dusowitz. This endowment trust helps fund film programming content for TIGLFF. In honor of Alan, TIGLFF will give annual cash awards for Best Emerging Filmmaker in the categories of Full Length Feature Film and Short Film.

In addition, we give nominal Audience and Jury Awards in the categories of Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature and Short Film.