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NewFest Pride 2026
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7 Films at NewFest That Celebrate Rural LGBTQ+ Communities Rotten Tomatoes
Catherine OâHara Became a Mock Doc Muse While âWaiting for Guffmanâ The Hollywood Reporter
Lists
Queering the Canon: We're Out Here 2026 7 films
Queer folks are everywhere â from small towns to the âburbs to vast rural areas.
Discover connection and identity inâŚ
NewFest Pride 2026 14 films
All aboard! NewFest Pride 2026 is about to be major.
In-person across New York City and virtual nationwide.
newfest.org
Lesbian Visibility Week 2026 20 films
Explore a selection of lesbian cinema from the NewFest Canon. What are some of your favorite films by or aboutâŚ
THE FEMININE GAYZ: Celebrating Lesbian Stories 6 films
Join the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center and NewFest for a special edition of The Queer Lens on March 23,âŚ
Three Black Queer Filmmakers You Should Know 11 films
Read more about these queintessentional filmmakers on substack.com/@newfest đ§Ą
HEAR US, RISE UP: Films for World AIDS Day 2025 9 films
Join the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center and NewFest for a special edition of The Queer Lens to make WorldâŚ
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Recent reviews
Fourteen-minute standing ovation following the North American Premiere at NewFest Pride.
Introduction and Q&A with Jane Schoenbrun, Hannah Einbinder, Jack Haven, Willy McGee, and Eric Yue
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When a catastrophic âStormaganzaâ threatens to derail the high-speed train, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first class attendants (Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia) and President Gagwell (RuPaul) to save the day in this wild roller-coaster of gags, camp, and nonstop hilarity. Full speed ahead!
Introduction by Adam Shankman & RuPaul
NewFest Pride 2026
Opening Night Film + Party
New York Premiere
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Co-Presented at Anthology Film Archives
Part of the Series BLACK TIME, QUEER TIME: PART 2 running April 8 â April 19 at www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/61110
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Selected by Mexico in 1978 as its Oscar entry, Arturo Ripsteinâs formidable film follows Manuelaâthe owner of a bordello in remote El Olivoâas a returning outsider awakens buried memories that threaten the tumbleweed townâs fragile peace.
The in-person screening will be followed by a Q&A with Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer (Screen Slate, Le CinĂŠma Club)
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North American Premiere: Closing Night at New Fest Pride w/ Q&AÂ
Oh itâs Carol for freaks!Â
At the end of the day sexuality is about âflesh and fluidsâ. It was so beautiful to watch this with my partner and reckon with the physical embodiment of queerness and the self on the first day of pride.
Also bloody, sexy and a great time - Jane spoke about how this was a move away from the grief and pain of figuring outâŚ
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Sleepaway camp still proving itâs one of the greatest horrors ever
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bravo les lesbiennes
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So while I still haven't seen any of the Friday the 13th movies, describing this as a "Friday the 13th movie set inside Portrait of a Lady on Fire* still makes sense, and I'm sure you could switch out to other slashers to make it work inside your head. Jane delivers their best movie yet.
Hannah and Gillian are freaking amazing as the two leads, testing each other to see if they'd fit on remaking a classic slasher franchise thatâŚ
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All aboard! NewFest Pride 2026 is about to be major.
In-person across New York City and virtual nationwide.
newfest.org