SHORTS: QUEER KID POWER Runtime: 70min
Presented in Partnership with
For the fourth consecutive year, NewFest is collaborating with NYC’s Department of Education on this program curated specifically with LGBTQ+ youth and teen audiences in mind. These affirming short films provide access for queer young folks to see themselves reflected in film across genres and themes – including inspirational stories about first crushes, gender expression, navigating multiple identities and finding one’s voice through it all.
CARINO (CARIÑO)
Dir. Carlos Taborda, Ashley Williams, & Roshel Amuruz, USA, 4 mins A young boy on a mission to help out a boy he admires returns a picture that had fallen from the boy's pocket.
GROWING FANGS
Dir. Ann Marie Pace, USA,18 mins Val García, a Mexican American teen who is half human/half vampire, has had to keep her identity a secret from both worlds.
PURE
Dir. Natalie Jasmine Harris, USA, 12 mins On the eve of her cotillion ball, a young Black girl grapples with her queer identity & questions her purity. Closed Captioning will be available for the virtual screening of this film
THE LITTLE PRINCE(SS)
Dir. Moxie Peng, USA, 17 mins When Gabriel, a 7-year-old Chinese kid who loves ballet, becomes friends with Rob at school, Rob’s dad gets suspicious about Gabriel's “feminine” behavior.
HOW TO RAISE A BLACK BOY
Dir. Justice Jamal Jones, USA, 13 mins An imaginative, free-spirited fairytale about love, secrets, & breaking away.
WHO HOLDS US (FROM REEMERGENCE: A QUEER VISUAL ALBUM) Dir. Zhailon Levingston, USA, 5 mins A short musical about a future where love & community are supreme.
Closed Captioning will be available for the virtual screening of this film
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