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Newfest presents The 36th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Newfest returns to Nitehawk with screenings in their 36th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival!

Poster for Gondola

Gondola

Fri, Oct 11

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 85 min.

In the mountains of Georgia, two cable car attendants pass one another every day

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Poster for Hidden Flora

Hidden Flora

Fri, Oct 11

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 93 min.

A lovelorn teen in New Mexico looks for romance and navigates the layers they must shed to embrace their true identity

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Poster for Newfest Shorts: TLC

Newfest Shorts: TLC

Sat, Oct 12

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 85 min.

This empowering shorts program celebrates transgender lives with unapologetic declarations of self

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Poster for The Silence of My Hands

The Silence of My Hands

Sat, Oct 12

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 80 min.

An immigrant living in California and a deaf law student in Mexico try to make a long-distance relationship work

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Poster for Newfest Shorts: Besties Brunch

Newfest Shorts: Besties Brunch

Sun, Oct 13

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 89 min.

Grab your best buds and join us to celebrate the vibrant and vital role friendship plays in our queer lives

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Poster for Rookie

Rookie

Sun, Oct 13

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 94 min.

A shy basketball player is recruited for volleyball against the wishes of popular team captain

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Poster for I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Mon, Oct 14

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 90 min.

A documentary on what it meant to be a queer artist during the fall of the Berlin Wall

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Poster for Queens of Drama

Queens of Drama

Mon, Oct 14

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 115 min.

An outrageous musical satire inspired by the American pop frenzy of the early 2000s

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Poster for The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Tue, Oct 15

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 139 min.

Join us for our fourth-annual Film Feast

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Poster for Newfest: New Voices Filmmaker Grant Showcase

Newfest: New Voices Filmmaker Grant Showcase

Tue, Oct 15

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 88 min.

NewFest is excited to celebrate the grant recipients of The New Voices Filmmaker Grant

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Poster for Newfest Shorts: T4TRANSGRESSIVE

Newfest Shorts: T4TRANSGRESSIVE

Wed, Oct 16

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 86 min.

This radical program showcases trans films that shatter expectations

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Poster for Carnage for Christmas

Carnage for Christmas

Wed, Oct 16

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 70 min.

A sharp-witted true crime podcaster returns to her conservative hometown for the first time since transitioning

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Poster for Tops

Tops

Thu, Oct 17

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 70 min.

“What TOP did you wanna wear after TOP surgery?”

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Poster for Extremely Unique Dynamic

Extremely Unique Dynamic

Thu, Oct 17

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 68 min.

Two friends decide to make a film together

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Poster for Newfest Shorts: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

Newfest Shorts: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

Sat, Oct 19

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 92 min.

Queer people are time travelers

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Poster for Somebody Somewhere: Season 3

Somebody Somewhere: Season 3

Sat, Oct 19

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Run Time: 58 min.

Brunch will be served at this screening, as it often is in the show, so come hungry!

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Our weekly schedule runs Friday through Thursday, and first run movies are scheduled every Tuesday for the next week. We screen films 365 days a year.

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