NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, put on by NewFest (legal name The New Festival, Inc.), is the largest LGBTQ film festival in the United States and one of the most comprehensive forums of national and international

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in the world. David Hatkoff has been Executive Director of NewFest since 2019. Founded in 1988, The New Festival, Inc is a

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media arts organization dedicated to showcasing the newest and best LGBT media for the greater

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. NewFest strives to encourage and foster environments for LGBTQ and allied filmmakers and viewers to represent the diversity and complexity of voices in the LGBTQ community, and to amplify those voices across the nation.

List of Events

The largest and most popular program from NewFest is the 12-day New York LGBT Film Festival. Additionally, year-round events include: the five-day Queering the Canon, the five-day NewFest Pride, and many advance screenings with various studios and streamers. NewFest also has three artist development programs: The New Voices Filmmaker Grant, supported by Netflix; Sound & Scene, in partnership with Concord Originals; and the Black Filmmakers Initiative. NewFest works with the NYC Department of Education on programs for high school students. NewFest has partnered with the LGBT Center in NYC to screen films on a monthly basis at the Center. Screenings to include discussions with the filmmakers. In 2020, the festival was one of the key partners, alongside Outfest Los Angeles, the

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, in the North American Queer Festival Alliance, an initiative to further publicize and promote LGBT film.Jeff Ewing
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Grand Jury Award Winners

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,'' ''Welcome to the USA,'' and '' Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story'' *2019: '' Tremors'' and ''Queen of Lapa'' *2018: '' Jules of Light and Dark'', ''Retablo'', and ''Sidney & Friends'' *2017: '' The Feels'', ''The City of the Future,'' and ''Alabama Bound'' *2011: ''Circumstance'' and ''Gone'' *2010: '' The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls'' *2009: ' and ''Prodigal Sons'' *2008: ''The Lost Coast,'' ''

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela ''The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela'' is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson. Premise Raquela, a Filipino Transsexualism, transsexual Prostitution, prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an Internet ...

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Be Like Others ''Be Like Others: The Story of Transgendered Young Women Living in Iran'' (also known as ''Transsexual in Iran'') is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Tanaz Eshaghian about trans people in Iran. It explores issues of gender and se ...

'' *2007: ''Times Have Been Better'' and ''Saving Marriage'' *2006: ''The Gymnast'', ''Go West'', and ''Camp Out'' *2005: ''

A Year Without Love ''A Year Without Love'' () is a 2005 Argentine drama film directed by Anahí Berneri, and written by Berneri and Pablo Pérez, adapting Pérez's autobiographical novel of the same title. The plot follows Pablo, a writer dealing with loneliness a ...

'' and ''Little Man'' *2004: ''

You I Love ''You I Love'' () is a 2004 Russian comedy melodrama directed by Olga Stolpovskaja and Dmitry Troitsky. It was the first ever film to come from Russia on the subject of homosexuality or bisexuality. Cast * Damir Badmaev as Ulyumdzhi * Lyubov To ...

'' and ''Garden'' *2003: ''Between Two Women'', ''I Exist,'' and ''The Gift'' *2002: ''

The Ignorant Fairies ''The Ignorant Fairies'' (; released on DVD in the US as ''His Secret Life'') is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Turkish-Italian film director Ferzan Özpetek. The story follows a woman who discovers that her recently deceased husband ha ...

'' and ''Out in the Cold'' *2001: ''

O Fantasma ''O Fantasma'' (English: ''The Phantom'' or ''The Ghost'') is a 2000 Portuguese erotic drama film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by the independent production company Rosa Filmes. Premise Young ...

'' and ''Bombay Eunuch'' *2000: ''

Water Drops on Burning Rocks ''Water Drops on Burning Rocks'' () is a 2000 French romantic comedy drama film directed by François Ozon, based on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play ''Tropfen auf heißen Steinen''. The plot concerns a 50 year old businessman in 1970s Germany, wh ...

'' and ''Our House: A Very Real Documentary About Kids of Gay & Lesbian Parents'' *1997: '' Chocolate Babies'' and ''You Don't Know Dick: Courageous Hearts of Transsexual Men''

Audience Award Winners

*2020: '' Dating Amber'' and '' Cured'' *2019: ''

And Then We Danced ''And Then We Danced'' ( ka, და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ, ) is a 2019 drama film directed by Levan Akin. It was premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where it received a fifteen-minute st ...

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A Night at Switch n' Play ''A Night at Switch n' Play'' is a 2019 American documentary film produced by Chelsea Moore and directed by Cody Stickels. The film is about the long-running, Brooklyn based drag and burlesque artist collective, Switch n’ Play. The documentar ...

'' *2018: ''

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'' and ''Man Made'' *2017: ''

A Date for Mad Mary ''A Date for Mad Mary'' is a 2016 Irish drama film directed by Darren Thornton. It won two 14th Irish Film & Television Awards, Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Film. Thornton and his brother Colin adapted it from Yasmine Akram's on ...

'' and ''Hot to Trot'' *2016: ''

Suicide Kale ''Suicide Kale'' is a 2016 American dark comedy film, directed by Carly Usdin and written by Brittani Nichols.

'' and ''Political Animals'' *2015: ''

Those People ''Those People'' is a 2015 American romantic drama film written and directed by Joey Kuhn and starring Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, and Haaz Sleiman. The cast also includes Britt Lower, Meghann Fahy in her film debut, Chris Conroy, Daniel Ger ...

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The Same Difference ''The Same Difference'' is a 2015 documentary, directed by Nneka Onuorah. The documentary provides an insightful look at lesbians who discriminate against other lesbians based on gender roles. The film follows a series of lesbian women stories, dis ...

'' *2014: ''

The Way He Looks ''The Way He Looks'' () is a 2014 Brazilian coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Daniel Ribeiro, based on his 2010 short film '' I Don't Want to Go Back Alone'' (''Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho''). The film stars Ghilherme L ...

'' *2013: ''Free Fall'', ''

Out in the Dark ''Out in the Dark'' () is a 2012 Israeli romantic drama film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012 and in Israel in the Haifa International Film Festival in October 2012. It is the directorial debut of Micha ...

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Valentine Road ''Valentine Road'' is a documentary film by director Marta Cunningham. In 2008 Cunningham read a Southern Poverty Law Center article about the murder of an openly gay non-conforming 15-year-old, Lawrence King. He was shot and killed in his middle ...

'' *2012: ''My Best Day'' and ''Love Free or Die'' *2011: ''

The Wise Kids ''The Wise Kids'' is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Stephen Cone and starring Molly Kunz, Tyler Ross, Allison Torem, Matt DeCaro, Sadieh Rifai, and Stephen Cone. An ensemble, coming-of-age piece, the film follows a group of yo ...

'', ''Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,'' and ''One Night Stand'' *2010: '' Children of God'' *2009: ''

Mississippi Damned ''Mississippi Damned'' is a 2009 American drama film written and directed by Tina Mabry and starring Tessa Thompson, D. B. Woodside, Malcolm Goodwin, Malcolm David Kelley and Michael Hyatt. The film was based on Mabry's life growing up in Tupel ...

'' and ''Florent: Queen of the Meat Market'' *2008: ''Pageant'' *2007: ''Out at the Wedding'' *2006: ''Cruel and Unusual'' *2005: ''Left Lane: On the Road with Folk Poet Alix Olson'' *2004: '' Girl Play'' *2003: ''Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin'' *2002: ''Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House'' *2001: '' The Iron Ladies''

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The New Festival, Inc.
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List of Events

Grand Jury Award Winners

Audience Award Winners

See also

References

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