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January 2024: NewFest Alum Celebration 🎉

See a selection of NewFest Alum that will be at Sundance this Month!

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A white Chilean trans woman is center frame. She has brown medium length hair and bangs, and is wearing an open gray/brown collared shirt.

BUST

Directed by Angalis Field





In BUST, a trans cop with the New York City Police Department goes undercover to make a drug bust. Staring Lux Pascal and friend of NewFest Cole Doman (MUTT, STARFUCKERS) don’t miss Angalis Field’s (THE DALLES, Jury Special Mention NewFest35) latest.



Two white Iranian American masculine people stand looking at each other. The lighting is purple and blue, with a bright red/orange light hitting the person on the right. The person on the left is balding, buff, and has full facial hair. The person on the right has a trendy haircut (buzzed on the sides, longer on top) and has no facial hair. The person on the right is reaching out to the person on the left, with a hand on their chest.

DESIRE LINES

Director by Jules Rosskam

Watch Jules Rosskam’s (DANCE DANCE EVOLUTION, NewFest31) newest feature DESIRE LINES — which follows an Iranian American trans man time-traveling through a queer archive into his dizzying sexual desires.
A white man lays on his back, shirtless, looking up at an unseen person whose body is taking up most of the frame. The lighting is slightly blue/purple. The man laying down is thin and has curly brown hair.

DIDN’T THINK I’D SEE YOU HERE

Directed by Dylan Guerra

After NewFest35, DIDN’T THINK I’D SEE YOU HERE (Dylan Guerra) is screening at Sundance and is a must-see.
In a black and white photo, four femmes are laying down with their heads angled towards each other. Three are white and one is Black. They are all looking inwards towards each other.

GO FISH

Directed by Rose Troche

In celebration of its 40th Anniversary, Sundance is screening classics from across the canon. The new 4K restoration of Rose Troche’s GO FISH (30th anniversary) portrays five twenty-something gals navigating a resoundingly lesbian universe of dating, fashion crises, love, and desire. GO FISH screened at NewFest6. Read more about other cannon queer films NewFest has screened over the past 35 years.
Two Black women face each other, framed by a doorway. Outside behind them are trees in various shades of green and yellow. The woman on the left looks younger, and has on a sleeveless white dress with blue flowers. Her hair is in a low bun and she has a blue headband on. The woman on the right is wearing a pink collared short-sleeved shirt, blue denim overalls, and an apron around her waist. Her hair is straight, and just below her shoulder.

GRACE

Directed by Natalie Jasmine Harris

From the director of PURE (New York City Premiere, NewFest32), Natalie Jasmine Harris’ second short GRACE shares a 1950s Southern teen as she questions her faith and sexuality. 
Two people sit next to each other against a beige wall outside. The one on the left has long hair tied back in a low bun, with long bangs across their forehead. They have on large gold hoop earrings and a gold pendant necklace. They have black eyeliner, orange/brown eyeshadow, and lipliner on. They are wearing a white tanktop and a black bra with the straps showing. The person on the right has short messy brown hair, sticking up on the right side of their face. They have on a green/gray tshirt.

IN THE SUMMERS

Staring Lío Mehiel

Following the success of their 2023 performance in MUTT (NewFest Pride 2023) Lio Mehiel stars in director Alessandra Lacorazza’s IN THE SUMMER, also staring Residente and Sasha Calle.
Two people sit next to each other on a stripped couch, with a green-lit big fishtank behind them. The person on the left is Black and masculine, with short hair and a white t-shirt with a yellow and orange sun graphic on it. They have brown corduroy pants on. They are side-eyeing the person on the right, a white woman with medium length brown hair and red/brown bangs, staring with their mouth partially open at something off screen in front of them. They are wearing a silver chunky chain necklace and a blue and black short sleeve top. The overall lighting of the image is purple/blue.

I SAW THE TV GLOW

Directed by Jane Schoenbrun

Friend of NewFest Jane Schoenbrun (Moderator at Queering the Canon: THE DOOM GENERATION) releases their anticipated follow-up to WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR titled I SAW THE TV GLOW starring Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Helena Howard, and Phoebe Bridgers.
The upper body of a female Black mannequin sits on top of a marble slab on top of a white table, center frame. The walls of the room are completely white. The mannequin has a white bob hairstyle, big pearl earrings, and an orange collared button up with vertical textured-strips on. There is some sort of cord coming from the left side of the mannequin leading off the table and out of frame.

LOVE MACHINA

Directed by Peter Sillen

Peter Sillen (BENJAMIN SMOKE, NewFest12) turns from documenting human to AI humanoid Bind48 in his latest, LOVE MACHINA.
A woman and young boy are standing outside. The woman has brown long curly hair, and is yelling at someone/thing off screen to her right. She has on gold hoops, multiple gold and/or beaded necklaces, and a floral tank top. She is carring a blue handbag over her thin shoulder. The boy has short, dark messy hair, and is looking down.

LA MESÍAS

Directed by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Iconic directing duo Los Javis (Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo) — responsible for Max’s Veneno — are showcasing their latest episodic work, La Mesías, at Sundance.
A Black woman in a baseball hat over a brown durag is sitting on a bus. She is looking seriously out the window, and her reflection in the bus window is looking at the viewer of the image. The overall lighting of the image is green, with additional texture on the right side of the image.

PARIAH

Directed by Dee Rees

In addition to GO FISH, the canonical PARIAH (Dee Rees) returns to Utah after a long history with the festival. In 2021, we had a 10th Anniversary screening of the film at NewFest33.
Two people are looking at each other, the person on the left standing behind the person on the right. The image shows them from the collar up. The person on the left is a young white man with a short buzzcut, facial hair, and two eyebrow slits on his right brow. He has sunglasses sitting on top of his head. The person on his right is young, intersex, and femme. The have long dark hair with a blonde highlight, blue eyeshadow, and gold triangle bamboo earrings. Their top is blue and sleeveless, and their necklace says

PONYBOI

Written, Co-Produced & Starring River Gallo

Following the celebrated short with the same name, PONYBOI (Esteban Arango) brings back River Gallo (POOL BOY, NewFest33, and EVERY BODY) in a big way as a writer, co-producer, and star. Add Dylan O’Brien, Murray Bartlett, and Indya Moore and you’ve got one of the most anticipated queer films of the year.
Two white men are in frame, with the person closest to the frame on the right side out of focus. He is older than the man behind him, who is in focus. The young man has brown short hair and a white t-shirt, and is staring attentively at the man in front of him. The background of the image is also out of focus, and is blue/gray.

SEBASTIAN

Directed by Mikko Mäkelä

From Mikko Mäkelä (A MOMENT IN THE REEDS, NewFest30) SEBASTIAN follows Ruaridh Mollica (TELL IT TO THE BEES) as Max, who begins sex work to research for his debut novel.
A white man with dirty blonde hair (both the color and the state of his hair) is leaning out of an open window of a concrete building. He is wearing a dirty blue/gray shirt, and his hands on the windowsill are also dirty. He has blonde facial hair, and appears distressed.

STRESS POSITIONS

Directed by Theda Hammel

STRESS POSITIONS is the latest from Theda Hammel (MY TRIP TO SPAIN, NewFest34). This dramedy follows comedian John Early (THE DISASTER ARTIST, Search Party) as Terry, who is quarantining with his 19-year-old Moroccan model nephew that everyone is dying to meet.
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