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Newbies (2025)
Short | 17 min | Short, Drama

Newbies (2025)

Short | 17 min | Short, Drama

Two broken strangers wrestling with their queer identities meet on the subway just after midnight. A poignant, poetic journey through the past few hours of their night reveals how they got here, and what broke them.

Directors

Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence | Megan Trufant Tillman

Writers

Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence | Megan Trufant Tillman

Producers

Melissa Louis-Jacques | Stephanie Roush

Composers

BLK Odyssy | Megan Trufant Tillman

Cinematographer

Ray Huang

Editor

Laurent Dupepe

Casting Director

Charlotte Arnoux (casting by)

Production Designer

Carol Hee Kim

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 7, 2025

Release date

Mar 7, 2025 (United States)

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Josiah Cross Moses Moses See fewer	Masters of the Air (2024)
Danny Glover Older Man Older Man See fewer	Lethal Weapon (1987)
Mia Isaac Kai Kai See fewer	Don't Make Me Go (2022)
Nathaniel D. Lee Moses's Queer Love Moses's Queer Love See fewer	Newbies (2025)
Renita Lewis Kai's Queer Love Kai's Queer Love See fewer	Newbies (2025)
Kamari Love Social Worker Woman Social Worker Woman See fewer	Val (III) (2021)
Macoy Stewart Kai's Hookup Kai's Hookup See fewer	Squeeze (2023)
Ocean VanExel Queer Bodega Partner 1 Queer Bodega Partner 1 See fewer	Bodega (2024)
Kennedy Whittington-Cooper Queer Bodega Partner 2 Queer Bodega Partner 2 See fewer	Newbies (2025)