Gunhill Road
Thursday, Oct 6, 2011 7:45 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: ALandCHUCK.travel

Gun Hill Road is the story of a family in transition. It is the story of a young man exploring his sexuality in an intolerant and judgmental world and the impact on his relationship with his pa... [MORE]

How Are You
Friday, Oct 7, 2011 6:30 PM Tampa Museum of Art

“Art isn’t supposed to start a revolution,” Ingar Dragset says. Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset may not claim responsibility for starting any culture wars, but these two Danish-Norwegian art... [MORE]

Jamie & Jessie Are Not Together
Friday, Oct 7, 2011 7:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Got it bad for the wrong girl? From the Director of last year’s Hannah Free, Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together is a slick indie love story about two queer girls whose co-dependent, loyal friend... [MORE]

Gone
Friday, Oct 7, 2011 8:00 PM Tampa Museum of Art

When asked to describe her son in one word, all Kathy Gilleran can say is "gone." Thus begins the gripping confessional documentary of the disappearance of her son, Aeryn. Aeryn was living in ... [MORE]

Dirty Girl
Friday, Oct 7, 2011 9:00 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida

It's 1987 and sassy, precocious and shameless Danielle (Juno Temple) is the dirty girl of her Norman, Oklahoma high school. When Danielle’s misbehavior gets her banished to a remedial class, sh... [MORE]

The Green
Saturday, Oct 8, 2011 1:00 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: Trenam Kemker Attorneys

Having left behind a life in New York City for the village charm of shoreline Connecticut, Michael Gavin (Jason Butler Harner of “Law & Order” and The Changeling), a drama teacher at a progress... [MORE]

Hit So Hard: The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel
Saturday, Oct 8, 2011 3:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Hit So Hard follows the journey of Patty Schemel, the openly gay drummer of Courtney Love's seminal rock band “Hole.” As a young girl who always knew she was “different” from the other kids in ... [MORE]

Kink Crusaders
Saturday, Oct 8, 2011 5:00 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: Tampa Bay Leather n Fetish Pride

Kink Crusaders chronicles the 33-year history of the annual International Mr. Leather gathering in Chicago, from its beginnings as a local contest at Chicago's Gold Coast bar, to its growth as ... [MORE]

Going Down in La La Land
Saturday, Oct 8, 2011 7:00 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: Florida Wellness and Rehab

Get ready for a good old fashioned love story, one with rent boys and TV sitcom celebrities, set against a San Fernando Valley gay porn industry backdrop and sun-drenched West Hollywood. A cand... [MORE]

Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
Saturday, Oct 8, 2011 9:00 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: Creative Loafing

Shy greeting card store employee Jane was walking home from work one day when a note dropped out of the sky reading, “What are you doing later?”… or so she tells her therapist. But maybe it was... [MORE]

Gen Silent
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 12:00 PM Tampa Museum of Art

Both a celebration of LGBT elders and a call to action, Gen Silent explores the disturbing phenomenon of elder LGBT folks going back into the closet in order to avoid abuse and homophobia in nu... [MORE]

We Were Here
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 1:00 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: AIDS Service Association of Pinellas

A deep and reflective look at the “avalanche of death” that hit San Francisco in the early 1980’s with the arrival of AIDS. This riveting documentary describes the devastating impact AIDS had o... [MORE]

I Am
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 1:30 PM Tampa Museum of Art

Sonali Gulati never came out to her mother and, after her passing in India, Gulati wondered what it would have been like. The longing to know about how her mother may have reacted became so str... [MORE]

Rent Boys
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 3:00 PM Tampa Museum of Art

First inspired to investigate the lives of rent boys by the murders of high profile johns like Versace and Pasolini, controversial Director Rosa von Praunheim gives us a fascinating documentary... [MORE]

Best of the Fest
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 3:00 PM Tampa Theatre

A HEART FELT (Jingyang Cheng, 2011, US, 13 min.) A man given a second chance seeks to thank those responsible and discovers what is now beating inside him. LETTER FROM LORCA (Gregory Torr... [MORE]

Cancerpants
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 4:45 PM Tampa Museum of Art

At the crossroads of life and breast cancer, with her partner at her side and a strong lesbian community behind her, Rochelle Poulson became a warrior. Just back from the Michigan Womyn’s Music... [MORE]

Private Romeo
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 5:00 PM Tampa Theatre

When eight cadets are left behind at an isolated military high school, the greatest romantic story ever written seeps out of the classroom and permeates their lives. The drama plays out across ... [MORE]

This is What Love in Action Looks Like
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 6:30 PM Tampa Museum of Art

In an early example of the power of social media to spark change, this documentary tells the story of how Zach Stark, whose posts on Myspace about being forcibly sent to Love In Action (LIA), c... [MORE]

So Hard To Forget
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 7:00 PM Tampa Theatre

In Rio, English literature professor, Julia, is struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after the heartbreak of a long, intense relationship that ended when ... [MORE]

The Ballad of Genesis & Lady Jaye
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 8:30 PM Tampa Museum of Art

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye is a fascinating doc about a devoutly pandrogynous couple that illustrates the transformative powers of love and art. One of the couple is Genesis P-Orridge,... [MORE]

Ecupid
Sunday, Oct 9, 2011 9:00 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: Chelsea Bar & Nightclub

Beautiful guys in a seven-year relationship, Marshall and Gabe seem to have it all. But Marshall's upset that he’s not gettin’ any, so he begins to carelessly and half-heartedly look elsewhere.... [MORE]

The Sisterhood
Monday, Oct 10, 2011 6:30 PM Tampa Museum of Art

Among the vineyards of Stellenbosch, South Africa, exists The Sisterhood of Pietie, Hope and Rollie- farmhands by day, divas by night. Hope aspires to win the local drag queen pageant, Rollie d... [MORE]

Women's Shorts
Monday, Oct 10, 2011 7:00 PM Tampa Theatre

CYCLICITY (Jason Knade, 2011, US, 10 min.) A girl meets girl love story told from romantic hello to painful goodbye. FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS (Joe Windish, 2011, US, 10 min.) The story of an ... [MORE]

Hollywood to Dollywood
Monday, Oct 10, 2011 7:30 PM Muvico Baywalk

Twin brothers Gary and Larry Lane embark on a cross-country trip from Dolly Parton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to Pigeon Forge, TN, home of Dollywood. Driving an RV aptly named Jolene,... [MORE]

Photos of Angie
Monday, Oct 10, 2011 8:30 PM Tampa Museum of Art

This moving and powerful documentary chronicles the life and death of Angie Zapata, a transgender teen who was murdered in rural Colorado in 2008. In a tragic real life courtroom drama, it docu... [MORE]

Romeos
Monday, Oct 10, 2011 9:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Twenty-year-old Lukas is in the thick of male puberty - medically triggered – for he was in fact born a girl. Full of zest for life, he enters big-city life, but immediately encounters a major ... [MORE]

Orchids: My Intersex Adventure
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 6:30 PM Tampa Museum of Art

Gen X filmmaker Phoebe Hart always knew she was different growing up – but she didn’t know why. This award-winning documentary traces Phoebe’s voyage of self-discovery as an intersex person (fo... [MORE]

Men's Shorts
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 7:00 PM Tampa Theatre

IN THE BEGINNING (Laurent Leprince, 2011, Belgium, 6 min.) A fast-paced animated view of the beginning of life. SPRING (Hong Khaou, 2011, UK, 13 min.) A man delves into an unfamiliar world a... [MORE]

Wish Me Away
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 7:30 PM Muvico Baywalk
Sponsored By: Sylvia P Rusche State Farm Insurance

Chely Wright seemed to have it all- Academy of Country Music Awards, #1 singles, popular music videos, and a high-profile relationship with superstar Brad Paisley. What she also had was guilt a... [MORE]

Advocate for Fagdom
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 8:00 PM Tampa Museum of Art

Bruce La Bruce is a father of transgressive gay cinema. But who is he really? In Advocate for Fagdom testimonies are combined with rare archival images that trace La Bruce’s homocore past in To... [MORE]

The Wise Kids
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 9:00 PM Tampa Theatre

At the heart of this thoughtful coming-of-age drama are the three main characters: Brea, the pastor's daughter experiencing religious doubt and questioning her faith; Laura, Brea's best friend ... [MORE]

Tomboy
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 7:00 PM Tampa Theatre

In this quiet, pretty, and unique coming of age story, ten-year-old tomboy Laure (Zoé Héran) moves with her family to a big new apartment building on the edge of a forest. She introduces hersel... [MORE]

Madame X
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 7:30 PM Muvico Baywalk

Get ready for the world’s first Indonesian transgender superhero! Everything about this story is fantastic. When Capital City is threatened by a hostile takeover by Mr. Storm, his three wives a... [MORE]

Harvest
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 9:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Marko has just started to work on a large farm in a small rural community south of Berlin. If he passes his exams, he will be able to call himself a farmer. Whether he actually wants that or no... [MORE]

The Love Patient
Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 7:00 PM Tampa Theatre

The Love Patient is the story of a selfish executive who will go to any lengths to win his ex-back, including faking a major illness. Paul now realizes after almost a year of breakup that he mi... [MORE]

Bumblefuck USA
Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 7:30 PM Muvico Baywalk

Distraught by the hotel-room suicide of her gay friend Matt, Alexa travels from Amsterdam to her dead friend’s small Iowa town, hoping to uncover the reasons that led Matt to take his own life.... [MORE]

Absent
Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 9:00 PM Tampa Theatre

In this dark, subtle and well-crafted story by Marco Berger (the creator of last year’s Plan B), the young Martin finds a whole series of excuses to subtly invade his teacher Sebastian’s privac... [MORE]

3 (THREE)
Friday, Oct 14, 2011 5:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Hanna and Simon are a contented couple in their early forties in Berlin. By chance, Hanna starts a flirtation with the younger Adam, whom she meets at a press conference, and it turns into a on... [MORE]

We Have to Stop Now 2
Friday, Oct 14, 2011 7:15 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: Vivian Braaksma State Farm

Last season we watched hot lesbian therapists Kit (Jill Bennett) and Dyna (Cathy DeBuono) struggle to keep up the pretense of staying together when a documentary film crew invaded their home af... [MORE]

Longhorns
Friday, Oct 14, 2011 9:30 PM Tampa Theatre

As college buddies Kevin and Justin head to Austin on “wear blue jeans if you’re gay day,” Kevin exclaims, “pickups, pussy and Longhorn football- it don’t get any better than that!” This, from ... [MORE]

Bashment
Saturday, Oct 15, 2011 11:00 AM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: "Youth Showcase with Community Tampa Bay, USF Pride and local youth and GSA's"

A riveting lesson in our human commonalities marks this year’s return of TIGLFF favorite Rikki Beadle-Blair (FIT, METROSEXUALITY) with the thought-provoking and intensely entertaining Bashment.... [MORE]

August
Saturday, Oct 15, 2011 2:00 PM Tampa Theatre

A beautifully shot expansion of the award-winning short film Postmortem, August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long-ago painful breakup. After spen... [MORE]

Married in Spandex
Saturday, Oct 15, 2011 4:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Amanda Kole and Rachel Turanski met, fell in love, and decided that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. But what they really wanted was to get married, to declare their love ... [MORE]

Circumstance
Saturday, Oct 15, 2011 6:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Living in the false bubble of liberty that their wealth affords, a cosmopolitan Iranian family finds ways to express personal freedom within the severe constraints of culturally acceptable beha... [MORE]

Bite Marks
Saturday, Oct 15, 2011 8:15 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: JP Morgan Chase

An homage to the mid 80's horror film Fright Night, this movie has some surprise scenes that link back to that earlier release. Two gay lovers are hiking across America when a trucker picks the... [MORE]

Angel
Sunday, Oct 16, 2011 1:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Living as a transvestite prostitute in Paris for five years, Angel finally got papers so she could return home to Guayaquil in Amazonian Ecuador to visit her family. She is the matriarch of the... [MORE]

Judas Kiss
Sunday, Oct 16, 2011 3:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Starring TIGLFF fan favorite Charlie David (A Four Letter Word, Mulligans), Richard Harmon (AMC's “The Killing”), and adult film star Brent Corrigan (Milk and Another Gay Sequel), Judas Kiss is... [MORE]

Walking Twoard
Sunday, Oct 16, 2011 5:00 PM Tampa Theatre

Bosnian immigrant Emina hides an obscure secret from the past that darkens her spirit. She finds a cure for her loneliness in roommate Antonia who feels hopelessly attracted to Emina’s aura of ... [MORE]

Leave It On The Floor
Sunday, Oct 16, 2011 7:00 PM Tampa Theatre
Sponsored By: AlandChuck.Travel

Sheldon Larry, 2011, US, 101 min. You’ll laugh and cry and not be able to get songs out of your head throughout this exciting rollercoaster of a musical drama. Because he is gay and she is cru... [MORE]