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NewFest returns to NYC on Thursday with over 140 queer titles for its 36th film festival

NewFest returns to NYC on Thursday with over 140 queer titles for its 36th film festival

Don’t miss out on the film festival celebrating queer artistry and get your passes today!

2023 Queer NewFest Portraits!

The festival may be over, but we're still living for these images from the event.

'Eileen,' 'Fellow Travelers' & 'May December' To Premiere At NewFest

The most talked about LGBTQ+ films of the year are showing at NewFest 2023.

NewFest & BAM Reveals Its Queering The Canon: Totally Radical Lineup

This year’s festival is taking place in-person and virtually nationwide. Here’s why you don’t want to miss it!

LGBT Film Fest Newfest to Merge with Outfest

New York's long-running LGBT film festival, NewFest, is merging with Outfest, organizers announced today.

10 LGBTQ+ Movies We're Excited To Watch At 2023 NewFest

We couldn’t be more excited about these films screening at the 35th NewFest!

Girls' Guide to Newfest 2012 - New York's LGBT Film Festival

NewFest 2012 is upon us, and there are a couple of new partnerships you need to know about before trotting over to New York’s premier LGBT Film Festival. The biggest change is the venue change. Due to a new partnership with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is heading to the esteemed venue.

NewFest LGBTQ+ Festival to Feature My Policeman, White Lotus S2 & More

NewFest 2022 will also premiere Dustin Lance Black’s Mama’s Boy.

NewFest Pride to Premiere 'Betty' S2, Trans-Led Legally Blonde Reading

Catch the virtual festival this weekend!

Win a Pair of Tickets to Chely Wright’s 'Wish Me Away' Doc at NYC's NewFest

SheWired is excited to offer 10 lucky New York fans a chance to win two passed to the 2011 NewFest screening of Beverly Kopf and Bobbie Birleffi's compelling documentary WISH ME AWAY. Plus, out country music artist Chely Wright will make a special appearance in person at the New York LGBT Film Fest screening!

Pretty Little Liars' Troian Bellisario Plays a Queer, Modern Juliet for the Ages  

The Pretty Little Liars star plays Juliet in a fascinating, super-queer short of Romeo and Juliet, which screens at Newfest this weekend. 

Here's How You Can Watch 'Brokeback Mountain' With an All-Trans Cast

The live table read wants to "reimagine typically white, straight, cis and male films into ones with diverse casts of various queer people."

'Girl Talk' Explores Intimate Relationships Between Queer Women

Erica Rose's new short film takes a look at casual relationships, and the differences between romantic and physical connections.

In Nana’s Boys, A Black Gay Love Story Is Put To The Test In Lockdown

Watch the trailer for the gay festival hit, finally making its way to a digital release next month.

Watch This Adorable Sapphic Meet-Cute From Netflix's New Film Mars One

"Eunice, falls in love with a free-spirited young woman and ponders whether it’s time to leave home."

'Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same' Coming to reRun NY Theater

This funny and sweet award-wining independent film that debuted at Sundance will have week-long run at Brooklyn reRun gastropub & theater.

'Fellow Travelers' Creator Had 'Rules' For Spicy Scenes On Set

The creator of the upcoming gay romance called the chemistry between the two stars "electric."

Nyala Moon's wall-breaking short explores dating for Black trans women

Nyala Moon’s How Not to Date While Trans not only breaks the fourth wall, but it also breaks down the humor and the hardships of dating as a Black trans woman.