NewFest Pride 2023
Kick off Pride Month with NewFest Pride at SVA Theatre!
Showcasing film premieres, filmmaker Q&A's, and social events!
June 1 – 5, 2023
A 5-day festival event celebrating our community’s legacy and exciting contemporary stories! Featuring premiere screenings, conversations, and parties, NewFest Pride is a moment to gather and revel in our rich community’s past, present, and future.
LINEUP
FAIRYLAND (Opening Night Film & Party)
dir. Andrew Durham
A young girl recounts growing up with her queer father in ’70s and ’80s San Francisco in this star-studded drama
PROBLEMISTA
dir. Julio Torres
Writer/director/star Julio Torres and Academy Award®-winner Tilda Swinton team up for this New York-set absurdist comedy about career dreams, bureaucracy, and the art world.
ARISTOTLE & DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
dir. Aitch Alberto
Two teenage Mexican-American loners in 1987 El Paso explore a new, surprising friendship and the tough road to self-discovery.
BOTTOMS (Women's Night Out)
dir. Emma Seligman
Two unpopular queer high school girls start a fight club to hook-up with their cheerleader crushes before graduation in this raucous romp.
JEWELLE: A JUST VISION
dir. Madeleine Lim
This personal and moving documentary illuminates the decades-spanning work of author & activist Jewelle Gomez and her contributions to LGBTQ+ women of color communities.
MUTT
dir. Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
In this Sundance award-winner, Feña is swept through a day-long series of ups and downs as people who seemed to disappear when he transitioned are suddenly back in his life.
THE STROLL (Outdoor Screening)
dirs. Kristen Lovell & Zackary Drucker
This poignant and powerful documentary tells the history of New York City’s Meatpacking District from the point of view of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there.
BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND (Virtual Exclusive)
dir. Trevor Anderson
An androgynous teen forges a complicated bond with the bully at their new school in this retro 1980s throwback.
1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE (Virtual Exclusive)
This riveting documentary follows the story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of homophobia amongst Christians to a grave mistranslation of the Bible in 1946.
SAINT X: Conversation with Josh Bonzie (Virtual)
The series, which is told via multiple timelines, explores and upends the girl-gone-missing genre as it explores how a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth.
Tickets to select in-person films include a filmmaker Q&A
Individual Film Ticket – $18-$35 | $14-$30 for NewFest Members
In-Person access to a single screening.
In-Person All Access Pass — $85 | $75 for NewFest Members – SOLD OUT
All in-person screenings including Opening Night Film & Party, and Women’s Night Out. Learn how to fulfill passes here.
VIP All Access Pass — $145 | $135 for NewFest Members
All in-person screenings and events (including Opening Night Film & Party, Closing Night Party, and Women’s Night Out) and virtual screenings. Early access to theater and reserved seats. Learn how to fulfill passes here.
Virtual Pass — $25 | $20 for NewFest Members
Virtual access to select screenings. (Includes BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND ; 1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE ; JEWELLE: A JUST VISION ; MUTT ; Authentic Voices of Pride, Presented by Chevrolet); Does not include Q&A’s
All films screening virtually are available June 1 at 12 PM EST through June 5 at 11:59 PM EST.
Streaming anywhere in the United States. Individual tickets are not available for virtual screenings.
* Virtual passes and individual tickets are discounted for NewFest Members. Haven’t joined yet? Become a member today!
STREAMING
JUNE 1-5
Streaming films do not include filmmaker Q&A’s
All films screening virtually are available June 1 at 12 PM through June 5 at 11:59 PM EST. Streaming anywhere in the United States.
Individual tickets are not available for virtual screenings.