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Please read this thoroughly as it should answer most of your questions. Festival Staff
Festival Director/Program Director: Rob Leddy
Q+A's/Assistant Program Director:
Technical Director/Projectionist: Dennis Catalfumo
House Manager: Patrick Wall
President of Coney Island USA and "Unofficial" Mayor of Coney Island : Dick D. Zigun
Opening Night and Saturday Night Party MC: Adam The First Real Man
Assistant House Manager: Laure Leber Aleshka Marquez
Official Photographer: Norman Blake Please spread the word as much as possible and help promote your film. Our press release will be sent out to over one hundred media outlets. Our email list is 23,000 strong and gets blasted weekly. Our parent organization Coney Island USA has a Facebook presence with over 18,000 fans. If you are bringing posters, one-sheets or postcards to the festival there will be designated areas where they can be placed. If you've never been here, please have a look at our Photo Gallery from last year to familiarize yourself with our festival.
Awards
Presentation Airports: Accomodations: There are no hotels in Coney Island proper. There are hotels in Brooklyn and some are reasonably close. Brooklyn will be less expensive than Manhattan in most instances. Although we don't endorse or recommend any specific hotel because we have not stayed at any of these, we have compiled a list of reasonably priced (for New York City) hotels and bed and breakfast inns. We recommend bed and breakfast inns as a cheaper and often times nicer alternative to hotels. Brooklyn Comfort Inn in Sheepshead Bay which is 3 miles from Coney Island. Best Western Brooklyn Bay in Sheepshead Bay which is 3 miles from Coney Island. The Blue Porch Bed & Breakfast Baisley House Bed and Breakfast The Park Slope Bed and Breakfast Saints and Sinners Bed and Breakfast Union Street Bed and Breakfast Manhattan Union Square Inn
You can also consult Trip Advisor which has user reviews of accomodations.
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Sideshows By The Seashore -1208 Surf Ave. Ground Floor, NY 11224 Coney Island Museum - 1208 Surf Ave. 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11224 (One flight up, please note the Museum venue is not wheelchair accessible, there is no elevator.) Venue phone number day of 718-372-5159 You will be standing or sitting in a very special place. Our building is one of the last remaining from Coney Island's heyday. Built in 1917 it originally was part of a restaurant chain in New York called "Child's Restaurant". It was for many years home to David Rosen's Wonderland Circus Side Show. Currently it houses Coney Island's not for profit arts organization Coney Island USA and houses the last remaining permanently housed 10 in 1 Circus Sideshow in the world as well as the Coney Island Museum. Festival Badges, Screenings, Badge Pickup, Q+A Each film gets TWO all access passes to the film festival which includes Opening Night Party and Screening, Saturday Night Party at the NY Aquarium as well as all screening blocks in the festival (except The Warriors on Saturday Night). The
reason that we limit the number of comp tickets we provide is that our
venues are 80 and 80 capacity and the mission of the festival is to raise funds for Coney Island
USA. a 501c3 not for profit arts organization. We also have to pay for operating costs and that isn't cheap in NYC! YOU MUST RSVP FOR THE FEST no later than Monday September 19th, 1PM ET. We will confirm your rsvp by email. Just send us two names. If you decide to hand your pass off to someone else involved with the film, just kindly hand them the pass with someone elses name. Bring a sharpie and cross it out and write in the new name or leave it as is and confuse people, it's up to you!.
Additional Screening Tickets are $6 each and may be purchased in advance with a credit card online or in person (cash only) if available, during the festival. Note: We do not charge an advanced ticket service charge unlike Ticketmaster, etc. The advanced ticket purchases are "Will Call" only, held at the box office day of. No tickets will be mailed. We strongly recommend advance ticket purchases to avoid sellout. Last year 5 screening blocks sold out prior to the fest. Additional Opening Night Party Tickets are $25. Additional Opening Night film tickets are $6. Additional Saturday Night Party tickets at the NY Aquarium are $15. Online sales end Thursday 9/22 at 5pm ET. Any remaining tickets will be available at the box office during the festival , Friday 9/23 (6:00pm-11pm), Saturday 9/24 (12:00pm - 11:00pm) or Sunday 9/25 (12:00pm - 6pm). There are
no passes to our screening of The
Warriors on Saturday Night at 10:30pm.This is in agreement
with our contract to screen the film.Ticket price is $10. A great opportunity to to see a Coney Island classic in the neighborhood it was shot in. We are the only organization to screen this classic film in the amusement zone on the very streets it was filmed on. In the past 6 years that we have screened this film, we have sold out. Due to tight scheduling, all screenings start promptly at the scheduled time. There are q+a's immediately after each screening block. Special Events: 7:30PM, Friday, September 23rd OPENING NIGHT: Opening Night Film at the Coney Island Museum: Charles Denson's "The Last Immortal" 9:30pm - 12:30am - Party, ground floor at the Freak Bar, and Sideshows By The Seashore, 1208 Surf Ave. Featuring live performances by Coney Island Circus Sideshow performers Insectavora and Kryssy Kocktail, plus New York burlesque stars Lefty Lucy, Creamy Stevens and Sizzle Dizzle. Variety Act: Lady Scoutington, Go Go by Stella Chu and Dangrrr Doll. Live show begins at approximately 10pm. Hosted by Adam The First Real Man! Open bar (beer and wine, 21 and over), from 9:30pm - 11:30pm, cash bar after 11:30pm. Light finger food will be served. Saturday, September 24th, Party at the New York Aquarium, 602 Surf Ave., 7:00
pm - 11:00pm - Featuring
two bands Moto Wrays and Spanking Charlene. Burlesque by Little Brooklyn, Fem Appeal, Amelia Bareparts. Sideshow by Princess Pat and Lady Hourglass. Go Go by La Maia, Justina Flash, Dottie Dynamo. Please Note: This is a cash bar. Coney
Island Neighborhood Info Amusements: Coney Island's amusement parks & aquarium are scheduled to be open weather permitting. Visit their websites for more info: Deno's WonderWheel Park, Luna Park NYC, New York Aquarium, El Dorado Bumper Cars and Arcade, The Cyclone Roller Coaster, 12th St. Amusements, Coney Island Fun Guide Of course there's the world famous beach and boardwalk just one block up from our venue.
FOOD:
There are also food vendors along the boardwalk. Local Bars: Peggy O'Neill's Sports Bar at Keyspan Park - Surf Ave and West 16st. Ruby's Bar - Boardwalk between West 12st and Stillwell Ave. Cha Cha's - Boardwalk at Stillwell Ave. IMDB list of films shot on Coney Island. Coney Island History articles website list of films shot on Coney Island.
Travelling
to Coney Island: Allow at least 1 to 2 hours by subway from Manhattan and please check the MTA Website before heading to Coney Island for any scheduled weekend service changes. We STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you leave yourself ample time because subway service on weekends can be very eratic. Fare is $2.25 each way. We are a 2 minute walk from the subway. By
Car:Take the Belt Parkway to exit 6. Head south on Cropsey Avenue
to West 17th Street. Keyspan Park and the Parachute Jump will be in front
of you on Surf Avenue. Parking is available along most streets. There
are commercial parking lots on West 17th Street at Surf Ave and West 12th Street between
Mermaid and Surf, West 15th Street between the Boardwalk and Surf and
on Neptune Avenue between West 12th and Stillwell Avenue. Metered parking is available on Surf Ave. Stillwell Ave. 10th and 15th streets on Friday and Saturday. The meters run until 7pm. The police department is very diligent about writing tickets so make sure you plug the meters with quarters. Sundays you do not have to feed the meters (they are free). Via Brooklyn Buses
If you are using a GPS unit while driving, use 1208 Surf Ave. Brooklyn, NY as your destination. Car Service: From Manhattan, car service can range from $30 -50 each way. Local Coney Island Car Service: PDQ Car Service - 718-934-1111 Hopstop - Point to Point Subway and Bus travel directions. use 1208 Surf Ave. Brooklyn, NY as your destination.
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