NewFest shines a spotlight on queer movies and media, juxtaposing big names such as Demi Moore and Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black with indy darlings like Drew Droege and The Cockettes. Last year's highlights included Authentic Voices of Pride presented by Chevrolet, a 360-degree program tackling some of the LGBTQ+ community’s most important issues, All Man: The International Male Story, which explored the homoerotic clothing catalog that provided a generation of gay teens ...
NewFest shines a spotlight on queer movies and media, juxtaposing big names such as Demi Moore and Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black with indy darlings like Drew Droege and The Cockettes. Last year's highlights included Authentic Voices of Pride presented by Chevrolet, a 360-degree program tackling some of the LGBTQ+ community’s most important issues, All Man: The International Male Story, which explored the homoerotic clothing catalog that provided a generation of gay teens with masturbatory material, and Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora, a documentary about the eponymous gay Real World alum.
Since festival venues are spread across NYC, NewFest creates many opportunities to explore Manhattan as well as Brooklyn in between showtimes. As a longtime homo-haven, Brooklyn provides an apt backdrop for NewFest, reaching back to the 1800s when poet Walt Whitman spent the bulk of his career writing in the borough. This queer tradition continues into contemporary times, where it serves as stomping grounds for Gotham's edgier LGBTQ+ communities, providing a counterbalance to the more mainstream 'mos of Chelsea and Hells Kitchen.
Although the bulk of NewFest's programming will be during October, usually around the second and third weeks of the month, the organization hosts social events, filmmaker Q&As, and queer narrative workshops throughout the year.
Since festival venues are spread across NYC, New Fest creates many opportunities to explore Manhattan as well as Brooklyn in between showtimes. As a longtime homo-haven, Brooklyn provides an apt backdrop for NewFest, reaching back to the 1800s when poet Walt Whitman spent the bulk of his career writing in the borough. This queer tradition continues into contemporary times, where it serves as stomping grounds for Gotham's edgier LGBTQ+ communities, providing a counterbalance to the more mainstream 'mos of Chelsea and Hells Kitchen.
Although the bulk of New Fest's programming will be during October, the organization hosts social events, filmmaker Q&As, and queer narrative workshops throughout the year.
