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June 2019
OutCinema Opening Night Film & Party
Adam
Dir. Rhys Ernst, USA, 2019, 95 mins
New York Premiere
Hot off its World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival, this highly anticipated comedy from Emmy-nominated director Rhys Ernst (TRANSPARENT) and the Oscar-nominated producers of SHORTBUS and BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is a new queer classic in the making. It’s 2006 and awkward high schooler Adam decides to spend the summer in New York City with his cool older sister, who is highly engaged in the queer activist scene. And even though school is out, Adam receives an edifying crash course on friendship, romance, and community through a distinctly queer lens in this crowd-pleasing coming-of-age tale. Featuring an exciting fresh ensemble including Nicholas Alexander, Margaret Qualley, Leo Sheng, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Chloë Levine, and MJ Rodriguez (FX’s POSE).
Q&A with director Rhys Ernst and select cast
*All tickets include screening, talkback and open bar afterparty*
OutCinema Film & Party
Deep in Vogue
Dirs. Amy Watson & Dennis Keighron-Foster, UK, 2019, 61 mins
East Coast Premiere
Inspired by the 80s ball scene in New York City–which was made iconic by the 1990 documentary PARIS IS BURNING–there’s a thriving Northern Vogue ball scene flourishing across the pond in Manchester, UK. This electrifying documentary celebrates the personal and political stories behind the thriving scene, and how we seek aspirational outlets, safe spaces, respect, and visibility in the face of marginalization. Meet the House Mothers and members who go to battle on the runway, all the while exploring personal and political issues. But no matter who takes the crown, DEEP IN VOGUE reminds us of the inherent joy within the freedom to express oneself fully. And turn some stunning looks while doing so.
Q&A with filmmakers and talent, moderated by special guest Twiggy Pucci Garçon (KIKI)
Preceded by short: Invisible Women Dir. Alice Smith, 25 mins
*All tickets include screening, talkback and open bar afterparty*
OutCinema Film & Party
Wig
Dir. Chris Moukarbel, USA, 2019, 90 mins
Featuring Lady Bunny, Charlene Incarnate, Flotilla DeBarge, Kevin Aviance, Neil Patrick Harris, Willam, Linda Simpson, Naomi Smalls, and Tabboo!
Wigstock was an annual drag festival which glamorously signaled the end of summer for the gay community in NYC for almost twenty years. Late one night in 1984, Lady Bunny and a few friends drunkenly wandered from the Pyramid Club in the East Village to Tompkins Square Park and staged an impromptu drag show in the bandshell. This would soon become an annual drag bacchanal, that lasted up until 2001. And now, Lady Bunny has brought it back. This past summer, the festival returned, bringing together legendary queens with some of the new children of drag, into one of the largest drag performances ever staged. WIG is a fascinating documentary that explores the origins and the influence of the historic festival through rich archival footage, as well as provides a look into the contemporary drag movement that the festival served as a foundation for. WIG is a celebration of New York drag culture, and those personalities and performances that contribute to the ways we understand queerness, art, and identity.
Q&A with Lady Bunny, director Chris Moukarbel, and more!
*All tickets include screening, talkback and open bar afterparty*
Hosted Screening
A Bigger Splash (1974)
Dir. Jack Hazan, UK, 1974, 106 mins
New 4K Restoration
An intimate and innovative film about English-born, often California-based artist David Hockney and his work, honoring its subject through creative risk-taking. Hazan creates an improvisatory narrative-nonfiction hybrid featuring Hockney, a wary participant, as well as his circle of friends, capturing the agonized end of the lingering affair between Hockney and his muse, an American named Peter Schlesinger. The result is at once a time capsule of hedonistic gay life in the 1970s, an honest-yet-tender depiction of gay male romance that dispenses with the then-current narratives of self-hatred and self-pity, an invaluable view of art history in action, and a record of artistic creation that is itself a work of art.
Introduction by NewFest’s director of programming, Nick McCarthy
Coming Out Again
Gay USA (1977)
Dir. Arthur J. Bressan Jr., 1977, USA, 78 mins
Filmed in a single day on June 26, 1977 in multiple locations throughout the country, this tremendous time capsule captures a variety of pride parades across the landscape of American and offers an overview of the issues facing the community. A myriad of camera operators and interviewers took to the streets in New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles, and the footage was lovingly compiled and edited together by Arthur J. Bressan Jr. (BUDDIES), creating a kaleidoscopic portrait that continues to prove why celebrating our collective pride, and expressing it to the world, still matters.
With Roe Bressan in person
Recent Events
Partner Screening
Queer Brunch with Nitehawk: PUNKS (2000)
Nitehawk Cinema
Dir: Patrik-Ian Polk, USA, 2000, 104 mins, 35mm NewFest partners up with Nitehawk Cinema to present a special Queer Brunch 35mm screening of PUNKS, the rarely seen iconic film from 2000. Each audience member will receive a complimentary copy of the b...
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Queer Shorts with Vimeo
Cinépolis Chelsea
Pride screening in partnership with Vimeo Vimeo and NewFest are delighted to present this wide-ranging blend of documentary and narrative films revolve around gender and identity, showing an inclusive array of protagonists facing personal obstacles &...
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Lianna (1983)
Quad Cinema
Dir. John Sayles, 1983, USA, 110 mins, 35mm Lending unfussy naturalism and emotional heft to its central lesbian relationship, Sayles’ sophomore feature remains a rarely-screened landmark of Sapphic cinema. Faculty wife and mother Lianna (Linda Gri...
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50 Years of Fabulous
Screening Room at The Center
New York Premiere Dir. Jethro Patalinghug, USA, 2018, 82 mins 50 YEARS OF FABULOUS recounts the rich history of the Imperial Council, the oldest LGBT charity organization in the world. Founded in San Francisco by renowned activist, drag queen and per...
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Rafiki
Quad Cinema
Dir. Wanuri Kahiu, Kenya/South Africa/Germany/Netherlands/France/Norway/Lebanon, 2018, 83 mins Fresh from its triumphant Cannes premiere, RAFIKI is a must-see film that delivers a beautifully acted, nuanced portrayal of being queer in Nairobi. This v...
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Fun Down There (1989)
Quad Cinema
Dir. Roger Stigliano, 1989, USA, 89 mins, 16mm 30th Anniversary screening in 16mm Winner of Berlinale’s prestigious Teddy Award in 1989, Roger Stigliano’s debut film takes a charmingly droll and optimistic approach to the coming-out-while-coming-...
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Sauvage / Wild
Film Forum
Dir. Camille Vidal-Naquet, France, 2018, 99 mins “The kindness – and unkindness – of strangers looms large in the life of a feral male prostitute in SAUVAGE / WILD, an incredibly frank and involving immersive portrait impressively anchored by a...
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Wild Nights With Emily
Screening Room at The Center
Dir. Madeleine Olnek, 2018, USA, 84 mins Free Pre-Release Screening In quiet mid-19th century Amherst, Emily Dickinson (Molly Shannon) is writing prolifically, baking gingerbread, and enjoying a passionate, if clandestine affair with her sister-in-la...
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Paternal Rites
Museum of Moving Image (MoMI)
Dir. Jules Rosskam, 2018, USA, 82 mins Paternal Rites is a first-person essay film that examines the secret underbelly of a contemporary Jewish American family as they grapple with the aftereffects of physical and sexual abuse on their present-day li...
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The Most Dangerous Year
Screening Room at The Center
New York Premiere Dir. Vlada Knowlton, USA, 2018, 90 mins As a dark wave of anti-transgender “bathroom bills” began sweeping across the nation, The Human Rights Campaign published a report identifying 2016 as the most dangerous year for transgend...
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Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)
Quad Cinema
Dir. Douglas Hickox, 1970, UK, 94 mins, 35mm Joe Orton’s dark comedy made his career in its 1964 UK stage premiere; proved too hot for Broadway; and posthumously made it to the screen as a career boost for helmer Hickox (soon to direct Theater of B...
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Knife+Heart
Roxy Cinema Tribeca
Dir. Yann Gonzalez, France, 2018, 103 mins A Cannes 2018 Official Selection, this steamy and seedy ode to cinema and postured pulp comes from visionary director and NewFest alum Yann Gonzalez (YOU AND THE NIGHT). Vanessa Paradis stars as a no-nonsens...
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Winter Kept Us Warm (1965)
Quad Cinema
Dir. David Secter, 1965, Canada, 81 mins, 16mm The first English-language Canadian film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, this endearing University of Toronto-set debut focuses on the blooming relationship between shy freshman Peter (Henry Tarva...
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The Gospel of Eureka
Screening Room at The Center
Dirs: Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher, USA, 2019, 75 mins Pre-Release Screening Welcome to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a one-of-a-kind oasis in the Ozarks where Christian piety rubs shoulders with a thriving queer community in this celebratory and hu...
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Dallas Doll (1994)
Quad Cinema
Dir. Ann Turner, 1994, Australia, 104 mins, 35mm In this riotous riff on Pasolini’s TEOREMA that deserves be a cult classic, the incomparable Sandra Bernhard stars as an American golf pro in Australia seducing her way through a bourgeois family and...
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