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{{Infobox organization|founded = 1988|location = Cinépolis Cinema in Chelsea: 260 W23rd St, NY 1001; Brooklyn Academy of Music|language = International|website = http://newfest.org/|name = NewFest: New York LGBT Film Festival}}'''NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival''' put on by The New Festival, Inc., is one of the most comprehensive forums of national and international [[LGBT]] [[film]]/[[video]] in the world.
{{Infobox organization|founded = 1988|location = Cinépolis Cinema in Chelsea: 260 W23rd St, NY 1001; Brooklyn Academy of Music|language = International|website = http://newfest.org/|name = NewFest: New York LGBT Film Festival}}'''NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival''' put on by The New Festival, Inc., is one of the most comprehensive forums of national and international [[LGBT]] [[film]]/[[video]] in the world.


Founded in 1988 ([[LGBT history]]), The New Festival, Inc is a [[non-profit]] media arts organization dedicated to showcasing the newest and best [[LGBT]] [[Mass media|media]] for the greater [[New York City|New York]] [[metropolitan area]].
Founded in 1988, The New Festival, Inc is a [[non-profit]] media arts organization dedicated to showcasing the newest and best LGBT [[Mass media|media]] for the greater [[New York City|New York]] [[metropolitan area]].


As a partner in the first national LGBTQ media arts organization, NewFest hopes to expand its goals all over the country. NewFest strives to encourage and foster environments for LGBTQ and allied filmmakers and viewers to represent the diversity and complexity of voices in the LGBTQ community, and to amplify those voices across the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|title = NewFest|url = http://www.outfest.org/newfest/|website = Outfest|access-date = 2016-02-22|language = en-US}}</ref>
As a partner in the first national LGBTQ media arts organization, NewFest hopes to expand its goals all over the country. NewFest strives to encourage and foster environments for LGBTQ and allied filmmakers and viewers to represent the diversity and complexity of voices in the LGBTQ community, and to amplify those voices across the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|title = NewFest|url = http://www.outfest.org/newfest/|website = Outfest|access-date = 2016-02-22|language = en-US}}</ref>
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NewFest has partnered with the [[Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center|LGBT Center]] in NYC to screen films on a monthly basis at the Center. Screenings to include discussions with the filmmakers.<ref>{{Cite web|title = NewFest at The Center|url = http://newfest.org/newfestatthecenterpresents}}</ref>
NewFest has partnered with the [[Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center|LGBT Center]] in NYC to screen films on a monthly basis at the Center. Screenings to include discussions with the filmmakers.<ref>{{Cite web|title = NewFest at The Center|url = http://newfest.org/newfestatthecenterpresents}}</ref>


In 2020, the festival was one of the key partners, alongside [[Outfest|Outfest Los Angeles]], the [[Frameline Film Festival]] and the [[Inside Out Film and Video Festival]], in the North American Queer Festival Alliance, an initiative to further publicize and promote LGBT film.<ref>Jeff Ewing, [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffewing/2020/06/17/major-lgbtq-film-festivals-partner-to-create-the-north-american-queer-festival-alliance-naqfa/#497c15f9633c "Major LGBTQ Film Festivals Partner To Create The ‘North American Queer Festival Alliance’ (NAQFA)"]. ''[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]'', June 17, 2020.</ref>
== 2018 Festival ==

*Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Narrative – Jules of Light and Dark
== Grand Jury Award Winners ==
*Grand Jury Prize: International Narrative – [[Retablo (Film)|Retablo]]
*2020: ''[[Cowboys (2020 film)|Cowboys]],'' ''Welcome to the USA,'' and ''[[Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story]]''
*2019: ''[[Tremors (2019 film)|Tremors]]'' and ''Queen of Lapa''
*2018: ''[[Jules of Light and Dark]]'', [[Retablo (film)|''Retablo'']], and ''Sidney & Friends''
*2017: ''[[The Feels (film)|The Feels]]'', ''The City of the Future,'' and ''Alabama Bound''
*2011: [[Circumstance (2011 film)|''Circumstance'']] and ''Gone''
*2010: ''[[The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls]]''
*2009: ''{{ill|Light Gradient|de|Rückenwind (Film)}}'' and [[Prodigal Sons (film)|''Prodigal Sons'']]
*2008: ''The Lost Coast,'' ''[[The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela]]'', and ''[[Be Like Others]]''
*2007: ''Times Have Been Better'' and ''Saving Marriage''
*2006: [[The Gymnast (film)|''The Gymnast'']], [[Go West (2005 film)|''Go West'']], and ''Camp Out''
*2005: ''[[A Year Without Love]]'' and [[Little Man (2005 film)|''Little Man'']]
*2004: ''[[You I Love]]'' and ''Garden''
*2003: [[Between Two Women (2000 film)|''Between Two Women'']], ''I Exist,'' and [[The Gift (2003 film)|''The Gift'']]
*2002: ''[[The Ignorant Fairies]]'' and ''Out in the Cold''
*2001: ''[[O Fantasma]]'' and [[Alexandra Shiva#Filmography|''Bombay Eunuch'']]
*2000: ''[[Water Drops on Burning Rocks]]'' and ''Our House: A Very Real Documentary About Kids of Gay & Lesbian Parents''
*1997: ''[[Chocolate Babies]]'' and ''You Don't Know Dick: Courageous Hearts of Transsexual Men''

== Audience Award Winners ==
*2020: ''[[Dating Amber]]'' and ''[[Cured (film)|Cured]]''
*2019: ''[[And Then We Danced]]'' and ''[[A Night at Switch n' Play]]''
*2018: ''[[Rafiki (film)|Rafiki]]'' and [[T Cooper|''Man Made'']]
*2017: ''[[A Date for Mad Mary]]'' and ''Hot to Trot''
*2016: ''[[Suicide Kale]]'' and ''Political Animals''
*2015: ''[[Those People]]'' and ''[[The Same Difference]]''
*2014: ''[[The Way He Looks]]''
*2013: [[Free Fall (2013 film)|''Free Fall'']], ''[[Out in the Dark]]'' and ''[[Valentine Road]]''
*2012: ''My Best Day'' and ''Love Free or Die''
*2011: ''[[The Wise Kids]]'', ''Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,'' and ''One Night Stand''
*2010: ''[[Children of God (film)|Children of God]]''
*2009: ''[[Mississippi Damned]]'' and ''Florent: Queen of the Meat Market''
*2008: [[Pageant (film)|''Pageant'']]
*2007: [[Lee Friedlander (film director)|''Out at the Wedding'']]
*2006: [[Cruel and Unusual (2006 film)|''Cruel and Unusual'']]
*2005: ''Left Lane: On the Road with Folk Poet Alix Olson''
*2004: ''[[Girl Play]]''
*2003: [[Brother Outsider|''Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin'']]
*2002: [[Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz#Film and papers|''Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House'']]
*2001: ''[[The Iron Ladies]]''


== See also ==
== See also ==
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NewFest: New York LGBT Film Festival
Founded1988
Location
  • Cinépolis Cinema in Chelsea: 260 W23rd St, NY 1001; Brooklyn Academy of Music
Official language
International
Websitehttp://newfest.org/

NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival put on by The New Festival, Inc., is one of the most comprehensive forums of national and international LGBT film/video in the world.

Founded in 1988, The New Festival, Inc is a non-profit media arts organization dedicated to showcasing the newest and best LGBT media for the greater New York metropolitan area.

As a partner in the first national LGBTQ media arts organization, NewFest hopes to expand its goals all over the country. NewFest strives to encourage and foster environments for LGBTQ and allied filmmakers and viewers to represent the diversity and complexity of voices in the LGBTQ community, and to amplify those voices across the nation.[1]

List of Events

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The largest and most popular program from the New Festival is the week long NewFest LGBT film festival. Additionally, year-round events include: NewFest@BAM an annual "Best of NewFest" showcase at the landmark Brooklyn Academy of Music's Rose Cinemas; NewDraft, a screenplay reading and competition; and the Logo Lounge, which provides a space for viewers, producers, screenplays, and filmmakers can mingle and network during the film festival.[2]

NewFest has partnered with the LGBT Center in NYC to screen films on a monthly basis at the Center. Screenings to include discussions with the filmmakers.[3]

In 2020, the festival was one of the key partners, alongside Outfest Los Angeles, the Frameline Film Festival and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival, in the North American Queer Festival Alliance, an initiative to further publicize and promote LGBT film.[4]

Grand Jury Award Winners

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Audience Award Winners

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NewFest". Outfest. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  2. ^ "NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival New York City.com : Profile". NYC.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  3. ^ "NewFest at The Center".
  4. ^ Jeff Ewing, "Major LGBTQ Film Festivals Partner To Create The ‘North American Queer Festival Alliance’ (NAQFA)". Forbes, June 17, 2020.
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