NewFest Shorts Program 1

From love in the barrio to Pride Day in Naples, from a gay rapper in New Jersey to a German-Bolivian Mennonite, this program of shorts explores the diversity of LGBT lives.

Barrio Boy
Dennis Shinners | USA | 2013 | 8m
A Latino barber secretly falls in love with a handsome Irish stranger over the course of a haircut during a hot and sweaty summer afternoon in a macho Brooklyn hood.

Who Do You Think You Are
Marie Loustalot | France/Germany | 2013 | 9m
French with English subtitles
Arnaud, a trans man, is taken aback when his ex-girlfriend doesn’t recognize him.

Home from the Gym
Robert Hawk | USA | 2014 | 6m
A young man returns from the gym, alone.

Luigi and Vincenzo
Giuseppe Bucci | Italy | 2013 | 4m
Italian with English subtitles
Long-time clandestine partners Luigi and Vincenzo journey through Pride Day in Naples and are forced to face a harsh reality of their lives.

Cakes da Killa
Ja’Tovia Gary | USA | 2014 | 13m
Cakes da Killa is a young up-and-coming rapper who also happens to be an out and proud gay man.

Be Here Nowish – Episode 2
Alexandra Roxo | USA | 2014 | 7m
A girl gets way more than she bargained for when her one-night stand refuses to leave and throws a party.

Unicorn
Rodrigo Bellott | Bolivia | 2013| 30m
Spanish with English subtitles
A young German-Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious community to find love and freedom in the city.