NEWFEST 2021 — MIGUEL’S WAR
A celebration of self-dramatization as theory, practice, and salvation, MIGUEL’S WAR is the story of Miguel Jelelaty Obeid—conference interpreter, singer, musician, provocateur. Growing up queer in Lebanon, he was a young militia member in the 1980s during the country's civil
LYLE KASH — DEATH AND BOWLING
In the name of finding himself, X (Will Krisanda) is disappearing. An unsuccessful actor who typically auditions for bit parts in indie productions as "sad trans" or "trangender best friend," he chose his moniker not as a conversation starter, but
NEWFEST PRIDE 2021 — REBEL DYKES
REBEL DYKES is a terrific documentary about the large cohort of pre-Riot Grrrl BDSM lesbians who carved out spaces of action, creativity, and pleasure in Great Britain in the 1980s and ’90s. Interviews, vintage footage and photographs, and innovative animation take
BOY MEETS BOY
BOY MEETS BOY—an ambulatory, Gen Z My Dinner with Andre on 2C–B and cheap sparkling wine—unwinds over the course of a long summer’s day in Berlin. Two beautiful boys—Johannes, a native, and Harry, a tourist from London—cross paths on a
