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Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Thursday, 30 January 2025 until Sunday, 02 February 2025
We are now accepting submissions for the 35th Annual Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TIGLFF) taking place in St. Petersburg at GreenLight Cinema January 2025.
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.
2025 films...
Thursday, January 30th 2025
@ 7:30pm
Opening Night Shorts Program
“Just Jackie” – UK (12:18)
“Lesbophilla” – USA (15:05)
“MOTHER” – USA (23:04)
“Order for Ben” – USA (12:16)
“Gender Reveal” – Canada (12:32)
“White Glass Globe” – Iran (19:55)
“All the Mean I Met But Never Dated” – (10:00)
Total Run Time: 1:45:10
Friday, January 31st 2025
@ 7:15pm
“Drone”
Lesbian Drama Feature
Émilie, a young student, works as a cam-girl at night to make ends meet. One evening, a mysterious drone appears at her apartment window. From then on, whenever Emilie is alone, the drone appears and follows her.
Simon Bouisson, 2024, French, English Subtitles, 110 Min
Friday 1/31 @ 9:30pm
“Duino”
Male Narrative Feature
Actor and co-director Juan Pablo Di Pace (The Mattachine Family, Mamma Mia, TV’s Fuller House) draws on his own life for this film about the universal aching nostalgia of first love. Through flashback and meta-narrative, DUINO breathes fresh life into a classic gay coming-of-age tale by exploring the passionate memories of a just-out-of-reach lover that audiences will find both tender and crowd pleasing. Executive produced by the late TV legend Normal Lear.
Jaun Pablo Di Pace & Andres Pepe Estrada, 2024, USA, 108min
Saturday, February 1st 2025
@ 4:00pm
“One Day I May” (SHORT)
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“Pride/Prom”
Documentary
For ten years, the Andy Warhol Museum has hosted an LGBTQ+ Prom for students who aren’t comfortable – or perhaps aren’t welcome – attending their own school’s prom as their true, authentic selves. Courageous young people journey from every corner of the nation, converging on Pittsburgh to experience the freedom and joy that comes with unmasking in a truly safe space.
Sam McCoy, 2024, USA 75 min
Saturday 2/1 @ 6:00pm
“Safety State” – USA (15:37)
“Stateside” – USA (11:10)
“I don’t know if I’ll have to say everything again” – Brazil (14:10)
“Collage” – Spain (9:51)
“The Paradise Road” – USA (25:00)
“Finding My Voice” – USA (10:04)
“One For The Team” – USA (32:25)
Total Run Time: 1:58:17
Saturday 2/1 @ 8:30pm
“Clementine” (SHORT) 14:30
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“Out of the Woods” (SHORT) 6:09
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“Extremely Unique Dynamic”
Feature
In this (likely) first-ever and (possibly) award-winning Meta-Asian-Stoner-Coming-Of-Age-Bromantic Dramedy, bottled-up secrets arise as two best friends decide to make a movie… about two guys making a movie… about two guys making a movie.—Heroic Impact
Ivan Leung, Harrison Xu, 2024, USA, 75 min
Sunday, February 2nd 2025
@ 2:00pm
“Queen of the Night” (SHORT) 10:18
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“A House is Not a Disco”
Feature
What if you really did put all the gays on an island? In this kaleidoscopic portrait of queer paradise, Fire Island Pines, past and present blur as the iconic beach town bands together to celebrate its legacy and redefine itself for a new, more inclusive era.
Brian J. Smith, 2024, USA, 90min
Sunday 2/2 @ 4:00pm
“The Queen of My Dreams”
Feature
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS is a dramedy spanning 30 years in the life of a Pakistani-Canadian family, exploring intergenerational connections between mothers and daughters, East and West, and home and away. Infused with humor, romance, music, and Bollywood fantasy, and inspired by personal experiences, family stories, and intertwined with Pakistani history and collective memory, the film shows the expansive journey of women seeking to define and decide their own paths, while simultaneously learning—and remembering—how to love.
Fawzia Mirza, 2023, Canada/Pakistan, English/Urdu, 100min
Sunday 2/2 @ 6:00pm
Closing Night Shorts Program (TIGLFF35)
“A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian” – USA (7:56)
“Elijah” – USA (19:00)
“The Yellow Sponge is the Dish Sponge” – USA (16:39)
“Coffee Grapefruit Cacao” – France (23:32)
“The Last Take” – USA (14:17)
“CHOOSE YOU” – USA (11:57)
“Parker and the Green Dress” – USA (23:00)
Total Run Time: 1:56:21