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EXCLUSIVE: NewFest has revealed the 2024 recipients of the New Voices Filmmaker Grant, an effort in partnership with Netflix to support LGBTQ+ filmmakers. In its third year, the artist development initiative program awards each of the four recipient filmmakers with a $25,000 grant to support their…

EXCLUSIVE: Concord Originals, the production arm of Concord, has announced a partnership with NewFest to launch Sound & Scene: NewFest x Concord QTBIPOC Short Film Initiative, the next round of the short film financing and intellectual property licensing initiative to support up-and-coming LGBTQIA+…

NewFest, a New York LGBTQ+ film and media organization, revealed the full lineup for their fourth annual NewFest Pride summer film series. NewFest's five-day festival kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month from May 30 – June 3, 2024, in-person in New York and streaming throughout the United States, and will feature…

NewFest, the LGBTQ+ film festival, has announced the award winners for the festival's 35th anniversary run. The Grand Jury prizes included Erica Tremblay's Fancy Dance for Narrative Feature, Goran Stolevski's Housekeeping For Beginners for International Feature, Daniel Goncalves's Acsexybility for…

NewFest has announced its full lineup for the 35th milestone anniversary year of its annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival. The announcement was made today by NewFest's Executive Director David Hatkoff and Director of Programming Nick McCarthy. The 2023 special 35th anniversary edition of NewFest's…

New York’s NewFest has announced the full lineup for their third annual NewFest Pride Summer Film Series. The event kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month from June 1-5 in New York, and will feature a mix of exclusive in-person premieres/panels, virtual screenings, and social events. The announcement came today…

NewFest said Thursday that HBO’s upcoming Mama’s Boy, the documentary about the life of Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, will be the opening-night film for the New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival. The fest, which also announced its full lineup, kicks off its 34th edition October 13. Laurent Bouzereau's…

NewFest, the New York film and media organizations has announced the full lineup for its second annual NewFest Pride event – a summer film series returning this year from June 2-6 in a hybrid format featuring a mix of exclusive in-person premieres/panels and virtual screenings. The announcement was made today by…

NewFest, New York's LGBTQ+ film and media organization, on Friday unveiled the spring lineup for "NewFest Presents," its monthly screening series taking place in-person at The LGBT Community Center in NYC, and streaming virtually through NewFest's Virtual Screening Room nationwide. The announcement was made today by…

EXCLUSIVE NewFest, New York's leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization, today announced the New Voices Filmmaker Grant, a new initiative in partnership with Netflix to support emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers. "NewFest is thrilled to partner with Netflix in launching the New Voices Filmmaker Grant to equip emerging LGBTQ+…

NewFest, New York's LGBTQ+ film festival, kicks off tonight with one of the most prominent documentaries of the fall. Mayor Pete, directed by Jesse Moss, goes behind the scenes and on the stump with Pete Buttigieg as he became the first openly gay major presidential candidate, vying for the Democratic nomination…

EXCLUSIVE: New York’s LGBTQ media and film organization, NewFest, has revealed the lineup of free panels and events for the flagship festival, happening in-person and virtually from October 15-26. The festival will host screenings and conversations for many anticipated LGBTQ+ television shows, including Season 2 of…