NEW YORK — Four emerging LGBTQ filmmakers, who were selected as the first-ever recipients of NewFest’s New Voices Filmmakers Grant, will showcase their work at this year’s New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
The initiative, a partnership of NewFest with Netflix in support of emerging LGBTQ talent, distributed a total of $100,000 in funds among the recipients, as well as one year of mentorship. The selected filmmakers will now have the opportunity to screen their work in one of the world’s largest queer film festivals.
The program aims to “continue making sure that filmmakers who have historically been kept away from the resources that they need to be able to tell their stories are starting to get more access to them,” NewFest Executive Director David Hatkoff told the Daily News.
