13th Annual Coney Island Film Festival September 20 - 22, 2013 At the legendary Sideshows By The Seashore and the Coney Island Museum in the historic Brooklyn neighborhood Coney Island, New York! Call for Entries Now Open! Late Deadline - June 28 Extended Late Deadline - July 12 Click here for our paper entry form. Click here for further entry info. Quotes from the 2012 filmmakers about our festival. 2012 Photo Gallery Click here to Nominate the Coney Island Film Festival for MovieMaker Magazine's 25 Coolest Film Festivals 2013. Thank You! 2012 Award Winners! Best Feature - Things I Don’t Understand, David Spaltro Best Documentary Feature - The Rise and Fall of The Clash, Danny Garcia Best Short - Faith - Erik Pagan Best Documentary Short - The Wonder Wheel, Lou Dembrow Best Horror Film - Meat Me in Plainville, Greg Hanson Best Experimental - This is Only a Test, Bill Sorice Best Music Video - Out To Sea, Jodie Rae Plaut Best Animation - Odokuro, Aurelio Voltaire Best Silent Film - The Ridiculous Romantic, Jim R. Moore Best "Made in Coney Island" - Lost in Coney Island, Eric Rivas Photos By Norman Blake CIFF named one of the 25 Festivals worth the entry fee and 25 Coolest Film Festivals by Moviemaker Magazine! Included in Filmmaker Magazine's Blog "My 10 Favorite Film Festivals of 2010!" 2010 Honoree Darren Aronofsky! 2011 Photo Gallery 2010 Photo Gallery! Coney Island Film Festival named one of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals" by MovieMaker Magazine! Click here to read the article. FEATURED IN FILMMAKER MAGAZINE'S BLOG "MY 10 FAVORITE FESTIVALS OF 2010"! Shop Our Store for Posters and DVD'S   2012 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ARCHIVE   DAY & TIME SIDESHOWS BY THE SEASHORE 1208 Surf Ave. Ground Floor CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM 1208 Surf Ave. 2nd Floor (please note: this venue is not wheelchair accessible) FRI. SEPTEMBER 21, 2012     Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum   Opening Night Screening - $7 Play Dead Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow Opening Night Party - $25 at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam The First Real Man. Live Sideshow and Burlesque (2 hour Open Bar (Beer and Wine) and Finger Food!   SAT. SEPTEMBER 22, 2012         Sat. 1pm - CI Museum   Program 1 - $7 Coney Island Dreams for Sale Sat. 2pm - Sideshow Program 2 - $7 Double or Nothing Life is What Happens... Staten Island Siren Life Etude While Henry Sleeps Blue Sheep Suit   Sat. 3pm - CI Museum   Program 3 - $7 Bettie Page Reveals All Sat. 4pm - Sideshow Program 4, CI Films, - $7 7 Minutes in Coney Fins of Fury: Tails of Glory in Coney Island's Mermaid Parade Young and High Music Video Forgotten New York. Yellow Submarine Dame Lo Lost in Coney Island   Sat. 5pm CI Museum   Program 5 - SOLD OUT! Robot Man Hanging Downtown And: A Fragmented Biography Warm Beer Lousy Food Sat. 6pm- Sideshow Program 6 - $7 The Rise and Fall of The Clash   Sat. 7pm - Museum Program 7 - SOLD OUT There’s a Dead Crow Outside AmLeftCrap Old Man Threadbare Alligator Man The Longshoreman's Doctor Bang Bang Love Animal Speed of Fencing This is Only a Test The Ridiculous Romantic Derelict Sat. 8pm - Sideshow 8pm - Party at the El Dorado Arcade, 1216 Surf Ave. Program 8 - The Horror - $7 The God Damn Hustle - "Dirty Little Pet Names" The Transmission Odokuro Danse Macumba Birthday Boys Just Like You Last Seen on Dolores Street Love Bug Bad Moon Rising Meat Me in Plainville Saturday Night Party - $10 At the El Dorado Arcade 1215 Bowery St. Featuring: The New York Variety All-Stars Adam RealMan, Cardone and Kryssy Kocktail. Plus Go Go dancers: Delysia LaChatte, Clara Coquette, Dolly Debutante, Wae Messed, Tawdry Owl. All attendees get one free ride on the El Dorado Bumper Cars! Sat. 9pm - CI Museum   Program 9 - Sold Out Helping with Travis Miami or BUST - A Hoboken Bet Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow Program 10 Special Screening THE WARRIORS         SUN. SEPTEMBER 23, 2012     Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum Program 11 - $7 Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow Program 12 - $7 Dreams Of A Reefer Fiend Eine Million The Elevator Everything you've always wanted to know about bagels, but were afraid to ask Gros The Pilgrim & The Private Eye Sharp Love, Sharp Kittens Logan's Power Dumb Dumbs   Sun. 3pm - CI Museum   Program 13 - SOLD OUT! Us. A Family Album Married and Counting Sun. 4pm - Sideshow   Program 14 - $7 Elko Faith Blood Country Manipulation 528 New York Caterpillar   Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum   Program 15 - SOLD OUT! Things I Don’t Understand Sun. 6pm - Sideshow Program 16, CI Films, $7 I dream of Genie II: the nightmare The Left Hook The Wheels The Longest Saturday of the Year Jimmy's Rant The Wonder Wheel Gotta Love Coney Island Mission of Mermaids Out To Sea