Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival
Friday, 27 March 2026 until Sunday, 29 March 2026
This festival emerged in 2020 through a partnership between the Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TIGLFF) and St. Pete Pride.
Driven by local trans+ community advocates and inspired by the Netflix documentary "Disclosure," the Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival aims to foster positive awareness of transgender and gender non-conforming communities.
At its core, this festival centers around film to raise awareness and nurture community bonds. It acknowledges the urgent need to highlight the range of authenticity and experiences of the transgender and gender non-conforming community, recognizing the potential of media to entertain, empower, and enlighten (www.tiglff.com). Alongside our film screenings, we host local events that focus on elevating all forms of trans+ art and building positive community.
We embrace all forms of film and media that explore the themes of transgender and gender diversity. Films are meticulously chosen by a committee comprising local transgender and gender-diverse community members and showcased both in-person and online nationally throughout the weekend of Transgender Day of Visibility.
2026 films...
Directed by Sophie Hyde, 2025, Australia/Netherlands/Finland, 123 Min
John Lithgow and Oscar winner Olivia Colman star in Sophie Hyde's funny and heartfelt tale of a queer family reunion, as three generations of an Australian family reconvene in Amsterdam. In a bold and unforgettable performance, Lithgow plays the titular Jimpa, an HIV-positive academic at the end of his tenure in the Netherlands, whose filmmaker daughter (Colman) comes to visit with her non-binary teenage child (Aud Mason-Hyde), just as they’re coming into their sexuality and contemplating a move to Europe. Synopsis – Joe Bowman/Frameline
Flamingo Camp / The River and the Glen: Camp Trans Scotland
Flamingo Camp
Directed by Chris Coats, 2025, USA, 80 min
Set in the off-grid squatter town known as Slab City, “Flamingo Camp” documents the thriving golden days of a queer and trans community on the fringe of society and its sudden fracturing when an unthinkable tragedy strikes.
The River and The Glen: Camp Trans Scotland
Directed by Jules Lacave-Fontourcy, 2025, United Kingdom, 30 Min
The First Scottish Camp Trans happened in September 2024, near Aberfeldy. Cradled by the mountains, far from cis-society for a weekend. Far from being a commodified retreat, Camp Trans was a coming together of trans people to rest and restore strength. This documentary explores how community care, trans ancestry were the pillars of Camp Trans.
The film follows 3 leading performers from Southeast Asia’s ballroom scene. Teddy from Malaysia who ran away from his homophobic father, Xyza from the Philippines who found beauty in herself after being rejected by the modeling world and Sun who was born to a Thai sex worker mother and European father. 10s Across the Borders is a pan-Asian queer film that confronts homophobia, transphobia, and racism while celebrating the region’s underground ballroom culture, interwoven with New York’s legendary ball scene.
Trans And Pregnant / MĀHŪ: A Trans Pacific Love Letter
Trans And Pregnant
Directed by Ramon Te Wake, 2025, New Zealand, 58 Min
A thought provoking and inspiring documentary about two men who are on a journey to parenthood. Not by adoption or surrogacy, but by Frankie, a trans man, carrying the baby.
Wait, Wait, Now!
Directed by Ramon Te Wake, 2025, New Zealand, 13 Min
When best friends are left at home for the night, they do what all teenage boys do.
MĀHŪ: A Trans Pacific Love Letter
Directed by Lisette Marie Flanary, 2025, USA, 30 Min
A Beautifully made short documentary about an innovative theater production by master hula teacher, Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakane, which aims to reclaim and celebrate the traditional place of honor and respect given to mahu (transgender) people. The concept of gender fluidity from a Native Hawaiian perspective is explored in a multi-media stage performance featuring acclaimed transgender artists such as Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Iwalani Ho'omanawanui Apo, and Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole.
Tiffany – SHADES: Amplify Her
Directed by Cece Chow, 2025, Canada, 3:22 Min
Tiffany speaks to the beauty of growing older as a trans person, a subject rarely celebrated.
Really Happy Someday
Directed by J Stevens, 2024, Canada, 90 Min
Z lives to sing — musical theatre is his whole world, and his star is rising fast. But when a big audition goes off the rails, he’s left questioning everything: his career, his relationship, his voice, and how his identity as a newly trans masc performer fits into it all. Just when it seems like curtains, Z meets a warm, no-nonsense vocal coach who helps him rediscover his sound. Add a new gig as a barback and a charming boss named Santi into the mix, and suddenly life is hitting a different kind of high note. As Z finds a new voice that reflects who he is now, the story becomes a celebration of resilience, self-discovery, and newfound identity. Synopsis – Kathleen Mullen/Frameline
Shorts Program 2 – St. Petersburg
A New Creation
Directed by Diane Figeruoa Edidi, J Mase III & Audria LB, 2025, USA, 6:23 Min
Since the ancient world, Creation Stories have been told to help us not simply imagine the way the world was formed, but our divine place within it. Blending, animation, poetry, music, stories rooted in various cultures and live elements, A New Creation celebrates Black Trans community and retells the making of the Universe.
Clutter
Directed by James Card, 2025, United Kingdom, 14:36 Min
Clutter examines how loss affects us all, whether gay, straight, queer or Trans.
Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania
Directed by Hansen Bursic, 2025, USA, 12 Min
The short explores the untold story of legendary, weekend-long partied that saw hundreds of trans women and self-identified crossdressers take over the town.
Be Not Afraid
Directed by Maxwell Senter, 2025, USA, 12Min
Oliver must either confront his religious fears immortality or succumb to the grim fate of eternal damnation that awaits him.
Please Mistress
Directed by Alia Ramna, 2025, United Kingdom, 14Min
Based on a true story, a trans woman of color finds confidence in her identity through becoming an online sex worker.
Mood Memory
Directed by Gloria Pritchard, 2025, USA, 18 Min
I went most of high school and all of college talking to my camera about some of my most personal and volatile emotions and beliefs.
Voice Shift
Directed by Robert Duque, 2025 United Kingdom, 24:48 Min
Voice Shift follows trans femme individuals as they seek a voice that reflects their gender Identity.
Room for the Rest
Directed by Angelika Padberg, 2025, Canada, 7:47 Min
Leo’s struggle to function with a shy bladder in a public washroom is exacerbated by multiple interruptions.
Anadromous
Directed by Ari Grubb, 2025, USA, 5 Min
When they find themselves evolving out of their aquarium home, two fish set off on a musical journey of self-acceptance and queer joy.
Jordan
Directed by Patricio Mosse, 2025, Spain, 18:28
Jordan, a 9-year-old intersex child faces a life decision: to be a girl or a boy, between expectation of a binary society.
How to Find a Career That Loves You Back
Directed by Ethernet Wang, 2025,USA, 25 Min
Khloe and Joyce, both trans women, work for Scryr, a defense tech startup. After a work weekend together, they become close. However, one finds stability with the company, the other turmoil.
Not Exactly Strangers
Directed by Ryan Rox, 2025, USA, 15 Min
A tipsy hookup between a Latine transwoman a rough-edged skater boy from her past becomes a comedic, yet intimate deep dive into post-surgical sex.
Gift Card
Directed by Alyssa Neece, 2025, USA 11:34 min
A short queer comedy about a hopeless romantic simply needs the balance of their gift card.
Revenge
Directed by Mari Penteado & Eduardo Campos, 2025, Brazil, 19 Min
Virginia is a 43-year-old trans woman who work as a community health agent in Guarulhos, Brazil. The film follows a day in her life.
Dread
Directed by Loren Loubser & Gabe Gabriel, 2025 South Africa/United Kingdom, 9:26 Min
A Black transmasc Uber drive’s car becomes possessed when a German hippie offloads her trauma demon on a ride through the racially segregated, tour-infested Cape Town.
Dolls
Geena Rocero, 2025, USA, 19 min
Yan, a junior private investigator, goes undercover to attend a dating workshop for trans women. Written, directed, and starring Geena Rocero and executive produced by Lily Wachowski.
Outerlands
Directed by Elena Oxman, 2025, USA, 100 min
In a San Francisco losing its soul to rapid gentrification, nonbinary newbie Cass (Asia Kate Dillon, in a breakout performance) barely scrapes by nannying for wealthy kids, waiting tables, and dealing just enough party drugs to cover rent on a small apartment. A one-night stand with coworker Kalli (Louisa Krause) sparks something real, but when Kalli disappears — leaving her 11-year-old daughter, Ari (Ridley Asha Bateman), in Cass’ hands — the seams start to come undone. Synopsis – Jared Abbott