Nick McCarthy: NewFest 2019
The Man Behind The Films
Director of Programming & Operations
Nick McCarthy has been with NewFest since 2016, and curates & manages the annual New York LGBTQ Film Festival in addition to NewFest’s year-round programming. Prior to NewFest, Nick served as the Film Curator at The Tank, and worked in academic publishing and international media, serving as a Production Coordinator of the female-led, MENA-region talk show NIDA’A. Nick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Writing, Literature, and Publishing and Visual Arts / Media Studies from Emerson College. Nick has written about film & media for publications including Slant Magazine, Time Out New York, NBC News, and the Boston Phoenix, and has served on multiple domestic and international film festival juries, including GAZE in Dublin, Columbia University’s CUFF in New York City, and Inside Out in Toronto.
NewFest runs October 23rd through the 29th 2019.
XO caught up with Nick at the opening night of NewFest 2019 in NYC — take a listen.
