NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival put on by The New Festival, Inc., is one of the most comprehensive forums of national and international

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in the world. Founded in 1988, The New Festival, Inc is a

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media arts organization dedicated to showcasing the newest and best LGBT

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. As a partner in the first national LGBTQ media arts organization, NewFest hopes to expand its goals all over the country. 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 the New Festival is the week long NewFest LGBT film festival. Additionally, year-round events include: ''NewFest@BAM'' an annual ''"Best of NewFest"'' showcase at the landmark Brooklyn Academy of Music's Rose Cinemas; NewDraft, a screenplay reading and competition; and the Logo Lounge, which provides a space for viewers, producers, screenplays, and filmmakers can mingle and network during the film festival. 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 ''Jules of Light and Dark'' is a 2018 American drama film directed by Daniel Laabs. It was screened at NewFest's 2018 film festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best U.S. Narrative Feature. Plot Two young lovers, Maya and Jules, are ...

'', ''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 transsexual prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an Internet porn star and meets Valerie, ...

'', and '' Be Like Others'' *2007: ''Times Have Been Better'' and ''Saving Marriage'' *2006: ''The Gymnast'', ''Go West'', and ''Camp Out'' *2005: '' A Year Without Love'' and ''Little Man'' *2004: ''

You I Love ''You I Love'' (russian: Я люблю тебя, Ya lyublyu tebya) 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 bisexual ...

'' and ''Garden'' *2003: ''Between Two Women'', ''I Exist,'' and ''The Gift'' *2002: '' The Ignorant Fairies'' 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 João Pedro Rodrigues (born 24 August 1966) is a Portuguese film director. He is considered to be part of ''The ...

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

Water Drops on Burning Rocks ''Water Drops on Burning Rocks'' (french: Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes) is a 2000 French romantic comedy drama film directed by François Ozon, based on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play ''Tropfen auf heiße Steine''. The plot concerns a 50 ...

'' and ''Our House: A Very Real Documentary About Kids of Gay & Lesbian Parents'' *1997: ''

Chocolate Babies ''Chocolate Babies'' is a 1996 American Cinema of France, film directed by Stephen Winter. The film follows a group of queer activists of color in New York City that implemented actions against conservative politicians in response to the Epidemiol ...

'' and ''You Don't Know Dick: Courageous Hearts of Transsexual Men''

Audience Award Winners

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Dating Amber ''Dating Amber'' (originally titled ''Beards'') is an Irish comedy-drama film directed by David Freyne. The film features two closeted teenagers in 1990s Ireland who decide to start a fake relationship. The film was produced with assistance fro ...

'' and '' Cured'' *2019: ''

And Then We Danced ''And Then We Danced'' ( ka, და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ, ) is a 2019 Georgian 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- ...

'' and '' A Night at Switch n' Play'' *2018: ''

Rafiki is a 2018 Kenyan drama film directed by Wanuri Kahiu. ''Rafiki'' is the story of romance that grows between two young women, Kena and Ziki, amidst family and political pressures around LGBT rights in Kenya. The film had its international prem ...

'' 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 Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Film. Thornton and his brother Colin adapted it from Yasmine Akram's one-woman play ''10 Dates with Mad Mar ...

'' 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'' and ''

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'' ( pt, Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho, lit=Today I Want to Go Back Alone) is a 2014 Brazilian Coming-of-age film, coming-of-age Romance film, romantic Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Daniel Ribeir ...

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

Out in the Dark ''Out in the Dark'' ( he, עלטה) 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 ...

'' and '' Valentine Road'' *2012: ''My Best Day'' and ''Love Free or Die'' *2011: '' The Wise Kids'', ''Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,'' and ''One Night Stand'' *2010: '' Children of God'' *2009: ''

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

'' 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 ''The Iron Ladies'' ( th, สตรีเหล็ก or ''Satree lek'') is a 2000 Thai comedy film directed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun and written by Visuttchai Boonyakarnjawa and Jira Maligool. It was Thongkonthun's directorial debut. The f ...

List of Events

Grand Jury Award Winners

Audience Award Winners

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