SHORTS: Black Queer Pride Mixtape (with Vimeo)

Join NewFest & Vimeo for a celebratory short film collection that exudes Black LGBTQ+ joy, friendship, love, and excellence — from SXSW award winners to Vimeo Staff Picks to NewFest festival favorites. Presented in partnership with Vimeo.

CITY OF DREAMZ
Dir. Imani Celeste, 12 min, USA
Four Black art students tell stories of community, divine intervention, and the artistry that led them to this very moment…smoking weed in a cramped apartment trying not to get caught.

DENIM
Dir. TEDRA, 10 min, USA
DENIM is a fantastical doc series illuminating the brilliant minds of LGBTQIA+ creatives

NEWBIES
Dirs. Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence & Megan Trufant Tillman, 17 min, USA
Two broken strangers wrestling with their queer identities meet on the subway just after midnight. A poignant, poetic journey through the past few hours of their night reveals how they got here, and what broke them.

MISS HONEY: THE CATSUIT
Dir. Brandon R. Nicholas, 7 min, USA
Douglas Says experienced a fashion mishap which “spirit” then led him to create his signature cut-out catsuit that was worn by NYC nightlife staple Moi Renee for the performance of his catchy bitch-track “Miss Honey”.

MUNCHIES
Dir. Brittany Alexia Young, 11 min, USA
After lighting up and getting the munchies, a group of stoned college girls with a complicated history stumble into a botched robbery at their local convenience store, forcing them to squash their giggles to make it out alive.

A SYNONYM FOR ART: ANDRINIKI
Dir. Kasey L. Martin, 5 min, USA
A visual poetry on Blackness and trans identity, where tattoos serve as markers of self-expression, transformation, and the quiet revolution of being.

GRADUATION DAY
Dir. Jordan Aaron Hall, 15 min, USA
“Graduation Day” is a heartfelt and comedic coming-of-age short where Cheech, decked out in a red sparkly suit, navigates his identity, a love triangle with his best friend Sparkes and longtime crush Jayla, and a party bus ride gone off the rails.

Screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A

Presented in Partnership with

Imani Celeste, TEDRA, Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence & Megan Trufant Tillman, Brandon R. Nicholas, Brittany Alexia Young, Kasey L. Martin, Jordan Aaron Hall