NewFest to Offer Dustin Lance Black, Brandi Carlile, & More
NewFest has announced the lineup for its New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, with a selection of documentaries and narrative features, U.S.
and international films, and world premieres and anniversary screenings.The festival will run October 13-25 with both in-person and virtual screenings of more than 130 films from 23 countries.
In-person screenings will be held at the SVA Theatre and the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan and at Nitehawk Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn.
Virtual screenings will be available via the fest’s on-demand platform.The opening night film will be the world premiere of director Laurent Bouzereau’s HBO documentary film Mama’s Boy, the story of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk).
