Our mission is to amplify the voices, vision and works of film that would otherwise struggle to find a mainstream audience but have a significant impact in raising awareness around lives and issues of queer people and queer communities of color. This event will bring people together while celebrating the rich history and bright future of artistic contributions from the LGBTQIA+ BIPOC community in Newark and beyond.
Newark LGBTQ Film Festival
April 26-28, 2023
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Opening Night!
The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Friday, 4/26 @ 5:00 pm - Newark Museum of Art
Opening Reception – free with RSVP!
Opening Night Film!
Friday, 4/26 @ 7:15 pm - Newark Museum of Art
The Stroll + panel discussion
plays w/MnM
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Location:
Newark Express
54 Halsey Street, Second Floor
Sat 4/27 @ 12:00 – Newark Express
Filmmaker Meet & Greet Luncheon
Free with RSVP!
Sat 4/27 @ 1:00 - Newark Express / Lecture Hall
Local Shorts
Split|Filter
Hold On to Me
Girl Blunt
Portrait on the Wall
Dear Vanessa
Spells for Safety
Femme
Sat 4/27 @ 2:45 - Newark Express / Lecture Hall
Barrio Boys
plays w/Junito
Free – Live Performance!
Sat 4/27 @ 5:00 - Newark Express / Lobby Space
New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
Featuring the opera film ‘Opulent’
Free!
Sat 4/27 @ 6:00 - Newark Express / Lobby Space
Dreams Resurrected: The Other Lives of Sakia Gunn
Premiere screening of two short films inspired by Sakia Gunn
Sat 4/27 @ 7:00 - Newark Express / Lecture Hall
Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later
plays w/2 Dollars
Sat 4/27 @ 9:10 Newark Express / Lecture Hall
Date Night (shorts program)
Split|Filter
Across the Street
A Suit We Wear
Only the Lovers
Cab Ride
Dilating For Maximum Results
Sis
Emerald City
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
Location:
Rutgers Paul Robeson Center
350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Newark
Free to students!
Sun 4/28 @ noon - Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #1
Egghead & Twinkie
plays w/Cover Up
Sun 4/28 @ 12:15- Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #2
Be-Longing (shorts program)
Asylum
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Belonging: A Trans Immigrant Story
Sun 4/28 @ 2:00 - Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #1
Being & Becoming (shorts program)
Proud
Who Am I Becoming
He They
Code Switch
RAM (Like the Verb)
Femme
Sun 4/28 @ 2:15 - Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #2
Filmmaker Workshop
Free w/RSVP!
Closing Film!
Sun 4/28 @ 3:45 - Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #1
Our Son
plays w/Pacemaker
Locations:
Express Newark
54 Halsey Street
Newark, NJ 07102
The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Rutgers Paul Robeson Center
350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Newark, NJ 07102