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NewFest · 2026

NewFest 2026

Retrospectives

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3 films

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Persona

A young nurse put in charge of a woman who doesn't speak finds her personality being submerged into Elisabeth's.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 1966; Director: Ingmar Bergman; Writer: Ingmar Bergman; Stars: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jörgen Lindström, Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jörgen Lindström)

Sacred Lives, Civil Truths

A documentary analysis of the US right and its broad-based agenda, analysing its campaigns for anti-gay initiatives in Oregon and Colorado in 1992, and examining issues of family and religion in lesbian and gay communities.

(Country: US; Year: 1993; Director: Catherine Gund, Cyrille Phipps)

Steel Magnolias

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.

(Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: Herbert Ross; Writer: Robert Harling; Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Sam Shepard, Dylan McDermott)