NewFest - LGBTQ+ Film and Media

Oct 23, 7:00PM - SVA Theatre

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (Closing Night Film & Party)

Winner of the 2022 Golden Lion, the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival, this stunning documentary is an epic, emotional, and interconnected story about internationally…

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Multiple Showtimes

MY POLICEMAN (International Centerpiece)

Global pop star Harry Styles demonstrates he’s got leading-man chops in this story of forbidden romance and changing social conventions, also starring THE CROWN’s Emma Corrin, David Dawson, and queer…

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Multiple Showtimes

CHRISSY JUDY (New York Centerpiece)

Besties by day and cabaret drag partners by night, two longtime pals find themselves at a crossroads when one of them couples off and moves away from New York. As…

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Oct 13, 7:00PM - SVA Theatre

MAMA’S BOY (Opening Night Film & Party)

HBO original documentary MAMA’S BOY centers around the upbringing of the Academy Award®-winning screenwriter of MILK, Dustin Lance Black. Traveling back to the places where he grew up, Black explores…

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Multiple Showtimes

NELLY & NADINE (Documentary Centerpiece)

This extraordinary documentary follows opera singer Nelly Mousset-Vos and writer Nadine Hwang, who met and fell in love while imprisoned in Ravensbrück, a German concentration camp, in 1944. Despite being…

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Oct 20, 7:30PM - SVA Theatre

THE INSPECTION (U.S. Centerpiece)

Rejected by his mother and with few options for the future, a young gay Black man decides to join the Marines. Doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system…

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We bring together a diverse community of filmmakers and audiences, creating joyful spaces and meaningful conversations that celebrate the many facets of our lives.

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NewFest gives voice & visibility to the wide scope of LGBTQ+ experiences through films & programs that entertain, educate & empower

We bring together a diverse community of filmmakers and audiences, creating joyful spaces and meaningful conversations that celebrate the many facets of our lives.

About us