NewFest 2016: 10 Must-See Movies That Offer a Look at the Queer Latinx Experience

An undocumented queer man tells his story of living in North Carolina. Two boys lounge around in a dreamy dystopian future in Brazil. An Argentinean lesbian couple deal with their teenage daughter. A photographer follows aging female sex workers in Mexico. There’s only one place where you’ll find all of these stories back to back: NewFest.

The 28th edition of New York’s LGBT Film Festival is brimming with stories that cut across genres and genders, sexualities and nationalities. Opening with Russell Tovey’s soccer drama The Pass and including a screening of cinema’s first overt depiction of gay life (the German 1919 film Different From The Others) NewFest reminds us of the value and endurance of LGBT cinema.

With over 40 films as well as well as numerous panels and short film screenings, there’s maybe no way to catch everything at this year’s NewFest. That’s why we’ve combed through the entire program and singled out below our top Latino picks which feature the latest from Anna Muylaert as well as contemporary meditations on gay US Latinos in New York and Ohio.

NewFest runs October 20-25, 2016 in New York City.