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Header image with four photos from different films - from left to right is a whit eperson with short hair and glasses and a black shirt looking contemplative, a photo of Selena Quintanilla smiling, a photo of a Black man in a black hat, glasses, with black and white facial hair, standing on a step and repeat, and a photo of two older white people, the man holding the woman, both with short hair. Both are smiling, and the woman is wearing a dark blue shirt.
White person with short curly dark hair lays with their head on a pillow.

Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?

Directed by Bec Pecaut

Starring Lío Mehiel – MUTT (NewFest Pride 2023) Played superbly by Lío Mehiel, Mad wrestles with turbulent emotions while recovering from top surgery at home with their partner and mother. Trailer
Two Indian men sitting under a tree cross legged, holding hands, and looking into each others eyes.

CACTUS PEARS

Directed by Rohan Kanawade

Producer Neeraj Churi and Lotus Visual Productions – A PLACE OF OUR OWN (#NewFest35) A thirty-year-old city-dweller compelled to spend a ten-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of Western India tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends he is forced to decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.
Two white people are laying on a hardwood floor with a fuzzy gray rug under their heads, smiling/laughing. There are two little golden fuzzy dogs laying around their heads. One person has short dark hair and a dark tshirt on, and the other person has longer dark hair with curtain bangs, a white tank top, and silver hoops.

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT

Directed by Ryan White

Director Ryan White – CODED: THE HIDDEN LOVE OF J.C. LEYENDECKER (Screening + Panel July 2023) and Producer Tig Notaro – AM I OK? (NewFest Pride 2024) Two poets, one incurable cancer diagnosis. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley go on an unexpectedly funny and poignant journey through love, life, and mortality.

An older white woman has pale blonde hair with bangs. She has on blue sunglasses with tinted blue lens, a purple turtleneck, and a cheetah print blazer on. She is sitting by a white piano.

ENIGMA

Directed by Zackary Drucker

Director Zackary Drucker – THE STROLL (NewFest Pride 2023) Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.

A young Hispanic goth girl stands in front of a window with her arms crossed. Her black hair is in two braids, and she has on all black, a black beanie, silver chain necklaces, large silver hoop earrings, and heavy black makeup around her eyes. She's frowning.

En memoria

Directed by Roberto Fatal

Director Roberto Fatal – Do Digital Curanderas Use Eggs in their Limpias? (#NewFest35) In a dystopian future, a mother struggles to finish making her daughter’s Quinceañera dress. Trailer

Two older Asian women smile as they look off beyond the camera. They are both wearing sunglasses, and collared button up short sleeve floral shirts. One is orange, the other is pink. They are standing outside in the sun, and there is a large building behind them.

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

Directed by Chheangkea

Director Chheangkea – Skin Can Breathe (#NewFest34) During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman. Trailer
A white man (Chase Strangio) with short black hair sits in a suit and tie outside, waiting for a subway.

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY

Directed by Sam Feder

Director Sam Feder – DISCLOSURE Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
Two older white people are smiling and holding each other. The man has white facial hair and a black tshirt on, and the woman has short dark hair and a blue turtleneck on, and is being hugged by the man.

JIMPA

Directed by Sophie Hyde

Director Sophie Hyde – 52 TUESDAYS (#NewFest26) Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim — lovingly known as Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay abroad with Jimpa for a year means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past.
Jennifer Lopez is a Puerto Rican woman wearing a white fedora, a white blazer, and white fishnet tights, holding a cigarette. She has a bright red lipstick on, and is looking off to her right. There is a spotlight on her.

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

Directed by Bill Condon

Director Bill Condon – GODS AND MONSTERS (#NewFest35) Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.
A group of young Black people stand outside, all holding various instruments.

MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE

Directed by Elegance Bratton

Director Elegance Bratton and Producer Chester Algernal Gordon – THE INSPECTION (#NewFest34) Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.
A white man with no facial hair and short black hair looks at himself in the mirror.

Pee-wee As Himself

Directed by Matt Wolf

Director Matt Wolf – THE STROLL (NewFest Pride 2023) A kaleidoscopic portrait told in two parts that traces the life of the imaginative artist.
A white man is leaning sideways on a bed, with a cigarette in his hand. He has brown hair, a gray undershirt, and a blue and gray flannel on. The wall behind him is dark green.

PETER HUJAR'S DAY

Directed by Ira Sachs

Director Ira Sachs – PASSAGES A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
A white man in a blue baseball cap is looking into a mirror at the reflection of an older white man walking past him, wearing glasses and a black coat.

PLAINCLOTHES

Directed by Carmen Emmi

Starring Russell Tovey – THE PASS (#NewFest28) A promising undercover officer assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target.
A film photograph of Selena Quintanilla, a Mexican American and Cherokee woman, smiling. She has long dark hair, bangs, and gold earrings on. The photo is slightly blurred, and has a purple, blue, green tint to the lighting.

SELENA Y LOS DINOS

Directed by Isabel Castro

Producer Daniel Torres – THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER FEATURING BRANDI CARLILE (#NewFest34) Selena Quintanilla’s journey from performing at local events to becoming the “Queen of Tejano Music” with her family band Selena y Los Dinos, culminating in sold-out stadium tours, is chronicled through personal archive footage.
Two men are seated in different colored stripped sweaters, looking forwards. They both have little green diamonds above their heads, like Sims. The white man on the left has very short dark hair, and no facial hair. The Asian man on the right has short wavy hair and a twinkle in his eye.

TWINLESS

Directed by James Sweeney

Director James Sweeney – STRAIGHT UP (#NewFest31) and Starring Dylan O’Brien – PONYBOI (#NewFest36) Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance.
A white woman with short curly dark hair sits behind two older white people, all with puzzled looks on their faces. The older person in the front left of the frame is a woman with long curly hair and glasses, and the man on the right has on a green coat and has black and white facial hair. The two in front of frame are slightly out of focus.

Unholy

Directed by Daisy Friedman

Director Daisy Friedman – As You Are (#NewFest35), Cinematographer Kevin Yu and Producer Arielle Friedman – Kasbi (#NewFest36) Noa attends her family’s Passover Seder for the first time since being put on a feeding tube for a gastrointestinal disorder. There, she is confronted with pushy family members, malfunctioning medical devices, and a room of food she can’t eat.
A blurry film photograph of three Asian people, two children and one woman, at their home in pajamas. The woman is smiling and wearing pink, one of the children is watching a TV partially out of frame, and the other child is wearing stripped pjs.

We Were The Scenery

Directed by Christopher Radcliff

Producer Jess X. Snow – Safe Among Stars (#NewFest31) In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were held in a refugee camp. During this time, along with nearly 100 other refugees, they were utilized as background extras in the filming of APOCALYPSE NOW.