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“Velvet Vision” Wins Best Documentary at 2026 Stavanger Indie International Film Festival, Norway
“Velvet Vision: The Story of Jim Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus” is screening at the 2026 San Francisco Queer Film Festival, August 21st to the 23rd.
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Accolade Global Film Competition 2025 Humanitarian Award
Congratulations to director, Bart Everly, on receiving an Accolade Global Film Competition 2025 Humanitarian Award for “Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus.”
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“Velvet Vision” at Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
June 2026 begins a series of screenings of the film, “Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus,” at the iconic Amsterdam Eye Filmmuseum in the Queer Power series.
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“Velvet Vision” Featured in WelSpotted Magazine, March Edition”
The March issue of WelSpotted Magazine, a sights and sounds biannual, contains a feature on the documentary, “Velvet Vision.” Check out the magazine.
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“Velvet Vision” Nominated for Best Documentary at The North Film Festival
“Velvet Vision: The Story of Jim Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus” has been nominated for Best Documentary at the The North Film Festival New York City Independent Film Festival, June 10th through June 13th.
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“Velvet Vision” at the 18th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival
“Velvet Vision: The Story of Jim Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus” plays at The 18th New York City Independent Film Festival. Sunday, June 7th, 2026 @ 4.15pm
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“Velvet Vision” at Woodstock Film Festival: Q&A with Director Bart Everly
Following the screening of “Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus” at the Woodstock Film Festival, there was a Q&A with director, Bart Everly, with guest MC, Jonathan Van Meter.
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“Velvet Vision – The Life and Legacy of James Bidgood” Feature in the Hudson Valley Chronograph
Chronograph editorial director, Brian K. Mahoney writes: “A Woodstock Film Festival screening on March 21 brings director Bart Everly to Woodstock to discuss his documentary on underground cinema pioneer James Bidgood, whose cult film Pink Narcissus reshaped the visual language of queer art.”
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Dances With Films, New York, Screening “Velvet Vision”
“Velvet Vision: The Story of Jim Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus” has its North East and New York premiere at the Dances with Films Film Festival New York, which runs January 1-18 at the Regal, Union Square, NYC.
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“Velvet Vision” Nominated for Best Feature at OMOVIES, Naples, Italy
“Velvet Vision: The Story of Jim Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus” is nominated for Best Feature at OMOVIES International LGBTQI+ Film Festival, Naples.
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Director Bart Everly Featured in The Lab Mag “Form” Issue
The new issue of The Lab Mag includes a feature on “Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus.” Director, Bart Everly talks about his tribute to the groundbreaking auteur and his journey to making the film.
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“Velvet Vision” The Laboratory Arts Collective
The beautifully cutting edge and forward thinking Los Angeles arts magazine, The Lab Mag, posted an online, on camera interview with director, Bart Everly.
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Documentaries Without Borders “Merit Award”
Congratulations to director, Bart Everly, on receiving the Documentaries Without Borders Merit Award for “Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus.”
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Revisiting a Variety Magazine Piece From April, 2025
Revisiting an excellent piece in Variety by Peter Debruge back in April about the legendary “Pink Narcissus.” “Ripe for Rediscovery, James Bidgood’s Ultra-Sexy Queer Classic ‘Pink Narcissus’ Blooms Again in 4K”
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Director, Bart Everly, at OutSouth Film Festival
Bart attended the “Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus” screening at the OutSouth Film Festival.
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Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ IFF “Velvet Vision” and “Pink Narcissus”
“Velvet Vision: The Story of Jim Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus,” in a world first, is playing as a double bill with “Pink Narcissus” itself. “Pink Narcissus” has been restored by the UCLA Film Archive and is now back in theaters for the first time in over fifty years.
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Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival “Emerging Filmmaker Award” for Director, Bart Everly
Congratulations to director, Bart Everly, on receiving the Honolulu Rainbow Emerging Filmmaker Award for “Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus.”
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“Pink Narcissus” First Theatrical Run in 54 Years
Writing in the The New York Times, J. Hoberman details the background to the newly restored film, work undertaken by the University of California, Los Angeles. The film has a week long run at the Metrograph in New York City through April 20th, 2025.
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Pink Narcissus | Official Trailer UHD | Strand Releasing
New 4K Restoration of the kaleidoscopic fever dream of queer desire, James Bidgood’s underground masterpiece, PINK NARCISSUS. An extremely handsome, brooding, self-absorbed young man escapes the realities of his real world through a progression of exotic fantasies. Obsessed with his own perfection, he lives in a dreamworld of intense colors, magnificent music, elaborate costumes and…
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“Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus” – Trailer”
The documentary feature, “Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus,” is now in post production and heading to festivals.