A lonely young man meets someone new online who seems to be everything he's looking for.  More...

A film about love (a couple of men making love) and about editing.  More...

In this funny and moving film, acclaimed documentarians Bailey and Barbato ask gays and lesbians to recall the moment they realized they were different - from the man who fell in love with the Doan’s backache logo, to the woman who envisioned her crush’s face in a psychedelic landscape.  More...

A young man is accompanied by his friends in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.  More...

A young couple and a prostitute play S&M games...  More...

In this funny and moving film, acclaimed documentarians Bailey and Barbato ask gays and lesbians to recall the moment they realized they were different - from the man who fell in love with the Doan’s backache logo, to the woman who envisioned her crush’s face in a psychedelic landscape.  More...

A woman travels with her lover to NYC in this film essay.  More...

AJ, a rebellious oil wrestler, uses her prize money to enter herself into an anti-gay conversion therapy program in order to break her girlfriend out of the institution.  More...

Two 70-year-old women swim daily and meditate on friendship, love, and becoming older.  More...

Lior is finally taking steps to fully transition to a male identity, and can’t understand why his mother is having such a hard time letting go of the daughter he used to be. Meanwhile, his lover, Yuval, to all appearances a gay male, is also a transman, having transitioned long ago – but he struggles to gain legal recognition of his gender. This unique and ingratiating couple supports one another as they face resistance to change from families, friends, and society.  More...

Two women reunite after the passing of many years.  More...

Two women reunite after the passing of many years.  More...

NewFest is pleased to present this special screening of the French television miniseries, What Love Means. Spanning 20 years over the course of two extended parts, the series follows the lives, loves, and tragedies of an extended family beginning in the early 1980s. Siblings Nicholas and Isabelle are both in love with Bruno, but his heart belongs to Isabelle. As this triangle plays out against the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic, none will survive unscathed, drawing in other family members and friends as they confront homophobia, illness, parenthood, and new relationships over the years. Immediately addictive from the first scene, and featuring brilliant acting and believable characters, What Love Means is an intelligent, heartfelt, and romantic drama that is not to be missed.  More...

About memories, ghosts, and ancestors.  More...

Bisexuality has long been the subject of suspicion and dismissal by some lesbians, gays, and straights. But are perceptions of bisexuality changing, in part due to pop cultural influences? Are younger people in American today embracing the idea, if not the exact label, of bisexuality? Bi the Way takes an entertaining and informative trip around the US to find out, stopping at various points along the way to explore the opinions of a variety of people, including Michael Musto and Dan Savage, while focusing the camera on five main subjects who each have been open to exploring relationships with both men and women.  More...

Facing the inevitable head-on, two men agree to set a pre-determined end date before they begin a relationship.  More...

Facing the inevitable head-on, two men agree to set a pre-determined end date before they begin a relationship.  More...

Based on the best-selling novel, Dream Boy tells a story of awakening adolescent desire against the backdrop of dark family secrets and small-town repression. 15-year-old Nathan is new in town, a boy whose awkward shyness stems from an abusive family situation. He longs for escape, and finds it in the older boy next door, 17-year-old Roy, an attractive and ostensibly straight jock. As Nathan pursues his crush, a secret relationship forms – but when others learn of their forbidden desires, things take a sinister turn.  More...

A young time traveler is confronted by an arrogant future version of himself.  More...

Noah and Gus hang out and smoke weed after school, but Noah feels compelled to share a secret desire.  More...

A documentary honoring the life of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year old aggressive who was killed in a gay hate crime, Dreams Deferred investigates the effects of her loss on family, friends, and other LGBT youth of color.  More...

Two antique dolls confront their feelings for each other after a night of unexpected passion.  More...

As we see LGBT people coming out at ever-earlier ages as society changes its perceptions of sexuality, we may forget that it wasn’t always so easy. For the five subjects featured in the inspirational Out Late, various factors led them to wait until they were in their 50s, 60s, and even 70s to publicly state they were gay, lesbian, or transgender. Having spent a lifetime in denial of their true identities, they now face a second chance, experiencing both the joys and challenges of starting over, living their lives with newfound candor and pride.  More...

A trilogy exploring the emotional state of being a gay immigrant in NYC.  More...

Adaptation of a letter written by William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg in 1953.  More...