New York Women in Film & Television is excited to share that 7 of our members are involved in films that have been selected for the 37th annual NewFest New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
This year’s NewFest will take place October 9-21, 2025 in person at venues throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn and streaming virtually throughout the US.
Tickets and passes are currently on sale and can be purchased here.
See the full programming lineup here.
Other People’s Bodies
Stephanie Holbrook – Casting Director
Married couple Olivia and Seb are enjoying a secluded vacation in a country estate when they receive an unexpected visit from Olivia’s former dance partner — who also happens to be Seb’s old lover. They haven’t seen each other since a painful rupture in their friendship, and as the weekend unfolds and more guests arrive, old grudges and sexual tensions rise to the surface.
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Shaina Holmes – Digital Artist Supervisor
Get ready to sing, dance, and have the time of your life in our first-ever audience-chosen musical screening! In this modern classic of (not so) guilty-pleasure cinema, a young bride invites the three men that could potentially be her father to her wedding in a Greek island, all through the toe-tapping tunes of worldwide Europop sensation ABBA.
The Misadventures of Bucky & Beene
Lisa Thomas – Director
Joumana Rizk – Script Supervisor
The lives of two campy pirate radio DJs, — former Miss Gay USA Pepper Buckthorne and her sassy sidekick Jelly Beene — who threaten the locals in upstate New York with their WRU-GAY in the morning radio show and befriend Sharon their free spirited neighbor in the process.
Purple Patrol!
Emily Friedman – Producer
A vigilante trio summons an otherworldly power to help protect the queer community.
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Sheila Nevins – Executive Producer
Based on the landmark book from pioneer Vito Russo, THE CELLULOID CLOSET is an exuberant, eye-opening documentary from 1995 that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of LGBTQ+ representation on the silver screen.
Christy
Monica Anderson – RMS Producer
Based on remarkable true events, CHRISTY is a rare sports film with a queer real-life figure at its center — a gripping story of resilience, courage, and the fight to reclaim one’s life against all odds.
Photos courtesy of NewFest
