Posted to the NBC News website…which says something about how far we’ve come…<\/p>\n
More than 100 features and short films are being shown at NewFest: New York’s LGBT Film Festival<\/a> this year, and the slate includes the largest offering of international films in the festival’s history.<\/p>\n “More filmmakers around the world are interested in telling LGBTQ stories, and they’re doing them better than ever,” NewFest Executive Director Robert Kushner told NBC OUT.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n NBC OUT<\/em>…wow. \u00a0Back when I was a gay teenager I would never have expected to read \u00a0those words on a network TV publication.<\/p>\n 18 countries are represented in the film fest. The article singles out 11 films to watch. This one…immediately caught my attention…<\/p>\n Would you risk it all for a second shot at love? That’s what “Esteros” explores. In the film, Mat\u00c3\u00adas and Jer\u00c3\u00b3nimo reunite more than a decade after their attraction first became apparent as teenagers. When family judgment got in the way, Mat\u00c3\u00adas was forced to move to Brazil. And while Mat\u00c3\u00adas has now returned to their hometown in Argentina, he’s brought his girlfriend along with him and complicated matters further. The men’s chemistry, however, remains. But whereas Jer\u00c3\u00b3nimo is a confident and out gay man, Mat\u00c3\u00adas has barely allowed himself to question his sexuality…<\/p>\nEsteros<\/a> (Argentina\/Brazil)<\/h4>\n