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MISSION:
As New York City's premier LGBT film organization, NewFest empowers, educates, entertains, and provokes the culturally rich and diverse communities of the greater metropolitan region. Through our annual film festival and year-round programming, NewFest showcases international, US, and local film, video, and other media, fostering a greater sense of awareness and community among LGBT and LGBT-friendly audiences.

PROGRAMMING:
NewFest's year-round programming includes the annual NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, one of the most comprehensive showcases of international LGBT film/video in the world; NewFest's Filmmakers Forum, a panel and workshop series bringing audiences together with filmmakers and industry; NewFest@BAM, an annual "Best of NewFest" showcase at the landmark Brooklyn Academy of Music's Rose Cinemas; NewDraft, NewFest's screenplay competition and reading series; and The John Outcalt NewFest Lounge, a space where audiences, filmmakers, and attending film/TV industry can meet and network during NewFest.

The New Festival, Inc.
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New York, NY 10038
212.571.2170 phone
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STAFF


Basil Tsiokos
Artistic Director
Programming
basil(AT)newfest.org

Kerry Weldon
Administrative Director
Sponsorship/Advertising/Administration
kerry(AT)newfest.org

Cameron Yates
Program Coordinator
Shorts Programming/Operations
cameron(AT)newfest.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President
Louie Anchondo
The Actors Fund


Larry Burnett
HBO

Desi del Valle
Film Distribution Consultant

S Max Grenyo
Film Society of Lincoln Center

Brendan Kelly
New Line Cinema

Lesli Klainberg
Orchard Films

James Law
Ameriprise Financial Services

Marc Leonard
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Heather Matarazzo
Actress

Steve Mendelsohn
FilmAid

Antonia Polcini
General Electric

Josh Rosenzweig
here!

Rose Troche
Filmmaker

ADVISORY BOARD

Carol Alpert
Henry van Ameringen
Marc Berkley
Karen Bernstein
Peter Bowen
Nan Buzard
Daryl Chin
Alton Christensen
Carmen A Corrales
Dorothy Dembowski
Tina DiFeliciantonio
Suzanne Fedak
Ellen Flanders
Peter Fressola
Martha Gever
Catherine Gund
Bob Hawk
Tom Healy
Fred Hochberg
Robin Imandt
Isaac Julien
Arnie Kantrowitz
Jean Laberge
Terry Lawler
Hubert Lester
Sandy Mandelberger
Loring McAlpin
Craig Paull
Kimberly Anne Peirce
Laura Perry
Barbara Pfanz
Steven Raphael
B. Ruby Rich
Calogero Salvo
Stephen Soba
William Sofield
Michael Stimler
Jennifer Stott
Leslie Sullivan
Robyn Sunderland
Dorothy Thigpen
Julie Tolentino
Carmen Vazquez
Jane C Wagner
Sel J Wahng
Tom Watson
Patricia White
Tony Whitfield
Jim Williams
Lucy Winer
George C Wolfe




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