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 LGBT

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

/ video in the world. Founded in 1988, The New Festival, Inc is a non-profit media arts organization dedicated to showcasing the newest and best LGBT media for the greater

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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 Outfest is an LGBTQ-oriented nonprofit that produces two film festivals, operates a movie streaming platform, and runs educational services for filmmakers in Los Angeles. Outfest is one of the key partners, alongside the Frameline Film Fest ...

, the Frameline Film Festival and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival, in the North American Queer Festival Alliance, an initiative to further publicize and promote LGBT film.Jeff Ewing
"Major LGBTQ Film Festivals Partner To Create The ‘North American Queer Festival Alliance’ (NAQFA)"
'' Forbes'', June 17, 2020.

Grand Jury Award Winners

*2020: '' Cowboys,'' ''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'', and ''

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

'' *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'' ( es, Un año sin amor) 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 dealin ...

'' 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 ''The Ignorant Fairies'' ( it, Le fate ignoranti; 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 ...

'' and ''Out in the Cold'' *2001: '' O Fantasma'' and ''Bombay Eunuch'' *2000: '' Water Drops on Burning Rocks'' 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 ''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 ''

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 documenta ...

'' *2018: '' Rafiki'' 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 ''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, Chris Conroy, Allison Mackie, and Max Jenkins. ...

'' and '' The Same Difference'' *2014: '' The Way He Looks'' *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 d ...

'' and '' Valentine Road'' *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 you ...

'', ''Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,'' and ''One Night Stand'' *2010: '' Children of God'' *2009: '' Mississippi Damned'' 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 ''Girl Play'' is an independent film produced in 2004 by Gina G. Goff and Laura A. Kellam of Goff-Kellam Productions. The feature film was directed by Lee Friedlander (film director), Lee Friedlander. The film premiered at Outfest in 2004, and h ...

'' *2003: ''Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin'' *2002: ''Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House'' *2001: '' The Iron Ladies''

List of Events

Grand Jury Award Winners

Audience Award Winners

See also

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