NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ film and media organization, has announced its program for the 32nd New York LGBTQ Film Festival. This year’s event will feature virtual events, as well as dri…
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The latest player to hit the film-festival circuit may be a bit unexpected: Airbnb, the travel-accommodations booking marketplace, developed, financed and produced documentary film “Gay Chorus Deep South,” set to premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 29. 
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When the fear of their love being discovered proved to be too much, Rodrigo Bellott's boyfriend took his life. That tragedy inspired him to help others.
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A new and necessary film will explore the nature of femme identity among gay men, and the way men who have sex with men are expected to adhere to masculine stereotypes.
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Corey Camperchioli is the creator and star of “Femme: The Film,” a fictional story about a gay man navigating New York’s gay community and the challenges of love, friendship and dating in the Big Apple. Camperchioli, who identifies as femme, told The Huffington Post that he sees his film as a direct response to the rigid gender binary he sees reinforced every day by his gay peers.
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NewFest, New York’s LGBT film festival which runs Thursday through Oct. 25 at Cinépolis Chelsea Cinemas and other venues, is growing and shedding some of its indie edge.
Matt Skallerud's insight:
Although it spotlights filmmakers and stories of keen interest to LGBT audiences, the annual NewFest film festival is bigger than any perceived niche. This year’s event, which runs Thursday through Oct. 25 at Cinépolis Chelsea Cinemas and other venues, reflects the increasing presence of gay themes in popular culture.
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Making a landmark documentary about LGBTQ Americans before 1969 meant digging through countless archives to find traces of a forgotten subculture.
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It’s a well-known fact marginalized populations experience a dearth of representation in media, including works that portray these groups but do so in a misrepresented or negative light. While some films from the past released nationwide do depict marginalized groups, including LGBT people, it is also the 21st century and their portrayals may not hold up to modern scrutiny (i.e. 1980’s Cruising or 1997’s In & Out).
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Entering its 30th year, NewFest, New York’s LGBT film festival, is a space for film buffs, LGBT travelers, locals with a love for the arts and everyone in between to view the latest and best of new works relating to the LGBT community.
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There are echoes of “Paris Is Burning” in this documentary, which chronicles a tight-knit community in New York. Yet there is a striking absence of elder mentors.
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iHeartRadio took to the North American premiere of the film on Thursday
Matt Skallerud's insight:
On the same day that Spirit Day helped LGBTQ youth bask in everything that they represent, the Big Apple's NewFest, an annual six-day showcase of 102 LGBTQ films, kicked off on Thursday (October 20) with a variety of choices for cinema-goers, including the opening-night feature, The Pass, an adaptation of 2014 British play, starring Russell Tovey, of HBO's "Looking," and Arinzé Kene.
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Starting Thursday, film fans will get an opportunity to experience many aspects of queer life around the world from the comfort of a Manhattan movie theater. 2016’s NewFest, New York’s annual LGBT film festival, begins Oct. 20 with what organizers are calling “the largest and most diverse group of films” in the event’s 28-year history.
Matt Skallerud's insight:
The five-day festival kicks off with this year’s most buzzed-about film, “The Pass,” which stars “Looking” heartthrob Russell Tovey as a closeted soccer player struggling to come to terms with his sexuality.
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