Some Of The Best LGBTQ+ Films Are Playing In NYC Right Now. Heres What To Add To Your Watch List.

LOADINGERROR LOADINGJonathan Groff and Karan Soni helped kick off NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film festival, Thursday with the East Coast premiere of their new romantic comedy, “A Nice Indian Boy.” Directed by Roshan Sethi, the film is a tender cross-cultural love story between an Indian American doctor, Naveen (Soni), and Jay (Groff), a white photographer who was raised by Indian parents.“A Nice Indian Boy” marks Groff’s much-anticipated return to the big screen following his Tony-winning run in the smash Broadway revival of “Merrily We Roll Along.” Advertisement NewFest’s closing night film, “Emilia Pérez,” is drawing similar levels of buzz ahead of its Oct.

22 screening.The dark comedy-musical hybrid stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña and is considered an awards season frontrunner.

Such starry screenings, however, are just a fragment of NewFest’s lineup.The 2024 festival includes a total of 143 feature films, documentaries and shorts, representing 30 countries from around the world.

HuffPost spoke to NewFest organizers about this year’s highlights and their personal recommendations."Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara." HuluAdvertisement “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara” “Our documentary centerpiece is an absolute must for lovers of Tegan and Sara and true crime storytelling.Directed with compassion by queer filmmaker and investigator Erin Lee Carr (‘Britney vs.

Spears’), this compelling documentary shares the intimate yet sprawling tale of identity hack and deceit that impacted the musician duo and numerous loyal fans of theirs.And let’s just say we’re expecting special guests to be there for a riveting Q&A!”— Nick McCarthy, director of programming“Shorts: Women’s Night Out” “Get ready for seven sapphic shorts by women and nonbinary directors, featuring a stuck snowbank, fraying friendship, hellish driving lesson, a self-assured sex worker, a sari st...