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FESTIVAL ARCHIVES

Coney Island Film Festival 2004
October 1st - 3rd 2004

Coney Island Short Film Festival 2003
Sat. Sept. 27th & Sun. Sept. 28th 2003

Coney Island Short Film Festival 2002
Saturday September 21st
Sunday September 22nd

Coney Island Underground Short Film Festival 2001
Saturday September 22st


CIFF in the Media:

MovieMaker Festival of the Week!

New York Post story about short film "Messenger"

Newsday

eMediaWire

Backstage

WNYC

New York City's Mayor's Office of Film Theatre and Broadcasting

Gothamist

24/7

The Reeler

indieWIRE

 

The Coney Island Film Festival was featured in an issue of SPIRIT, the inflight magazine of Southwest Airlines, as part of a quiz-style article by Jordan Rane entitled "Name That Indie Film Festival".
The Coney Island Film Festival was featured in the Fall 2003 issue of MovieMaker magazine. Christopher Zara's article described CIFF as diverse and unpredictable, "a showcase worthy of the neighborhood's amusement-rich history".

Read Feedback from filmmakers who participated in our previous festivals.

Coney Island Film Festival Photo Galleries: 2002 & 2003

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2008 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

This is an archive of our 2008 Festival

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. SEPT. 26    
Fri. 7:30pm

 

Opening Night Screening:
Down The Hatch & Sideshow Still Alive

Fri. 9:30pm

Opening Night Party at the Newly Renovated and Expanded Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore!
Hosted by The Great Fredini. Live performances by The Coney Island Circus Sideshow and Burlesque stars Bambi The Mermaid, Little Brooklyn and Legs Malone! Open Bar!

 


SAT. SEPT. 27    
Sat. 12pm

Program 1 - Family Friendly

The Ferris Wheel Song
Unexplained Incidents
Transit
Hopeful Home
Against The Wind
First Bass
Coney Island: Remnants
Walking Shadow
Frank Sidebottom: Frank's World

 

Sat. 1pm

 

Program 2

Luna Park
Bird Strikes
Brooklyn Baseball
Mermaids of New York: The Brooklyn Babydoll
Carlos Catani
Virgins of New York
Carny Girl

Sat. 2pm

Program 3

Okay: KaiserCartel
Pretty Lisa
Billboard Girl
Submerged
The Heart is a Hidden Camera
The Red Room
Treasure of Riverside Park
Gangster's Crib
The Last Freak Show
The Velocet: Concertina

 

Sat. 3pm

 

Program 4

Lucky Days

Sat. 4pm

Program 5

Serialist Art
Horsefingers 3: Starfucker
The Visitor
Euology For Jack
Sovereignty
Pumpkin Hell
Dream On Cupid

 

Sat. 5pm

 

Program 6

Around The World in 90 Seconds
Age Old Story

Three Minute Culture
One Little Step
Watching The Sun, 1 Wish
The Long Goodbye
Counting Waves
Detachment

Sat. 6pm

Program 7

The Upper Hand
Dead Boyfriends
Sexy Clown Bitch
Teat Beat of Sex - 8,9,10,11
Belvedere & Me - A Love Story
Swing Vote - what side are you on?
Butterfly Witch
Temporarily in Love

 

Sat. 7pm

 

Program 8
Watch Out


Sat. 8pm

Program 9 The Horror

Zombie Gets a Date
Little Snaps of Horror
Even
Family Affair
Happy Birthday
Security & Fee
The Walking Corpse
Zombie Jesus!
Abracadaver!
Apathy Breeds Contempt
The Pod
Eat Me

 

Sat. 9pm

 

Program 10
Probed
Dishwashers
Apex Predator
I Love You I Love You I love You
Getting Out
Mishka

Harvest
GothKill


Sat. 10pm

 

 

Sat. 10:30pm

Special Screening
THE WARRIORS

 
SUN. SEPT. 28    

Sun. 12pm - Sideshow
Sun 12:30pm
- Museum

Program 11 - 12pm

Brooklyn is Everything
Project Jenny, Project Jan's "Brooklyn"
Paint The Walls Red: Haunted
MC Extra Cheese: Very Lazy
One Word
Buskers

Program 12 - 12:30pm

Light Switch
Rock N Roll King of the Southwest: The Bobby Fuller Story
Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock & Roll Radio

Sun. 2:00pm

Program 13

The Brooklyn Way
North Brother
Where The Sky Meets The Sea
The Brother's In Trouble
Huey
The Note
I'm No Stud
Pickup And Return
English Language (With English Subtitles)
Vacation
Long Night Drone

 

Sun. 3pm

 

Program 14
Dawn Landes, Bodyguard
Hot Dog
The Maiden Voyage of Jimmy Swash
Erin
Come From Heaven
New Uke City
The Salvation Blues

Sun. 4pm

 

Program 15 - Coney Island Films Sold Out! Second Show added 6:15pm - Museum

January First
Coney Island's For The Birds
Coney
Wonder
Coney Island Saved Me!
Save Coney Island
Coney Island
Made in Coney Island
A Mermaid Cycle

 

Sun. 5:00pm

 

Program 16
Attackazoids!
Trek 183
Shore Thing

Sun. 6pm

Program 17
Hell Bent On It

Outside Agitator
Hot Stains
anybody
The Trouble With Summer
just one of the gynos
Denim
Dress Code
Out of Necessity
Helen's First Date in Two Years
Sodom By The Sea

 

Sun. 6:15pm

 

Program 18 - Coney Island Films - Second Show Added!

January First
Coney Island's For The Birds
Coney
Wonder
Coney Island Saved Me!
Save Coney Island
Coney Island
Made in Coney Island
A Mermaid Cycle

Awards Presentation: El Dorado Auto Skooters, 1216 Surf Ave. Sunday, September 28th, 8:00pm

2008 Press Release


2008 Award Winners

Best Feature: Lucky Days - Angelica Torn, Tony Torn

Best Short: The Heart Is A Hidden Camera - Gabriel Judet-Weinshel

Best Documentary Feature: Airplay - Carolyn Travis, Chris Fox Gilson

Best Documentary Short: Save Coney Island - Peter LiPera

Best Experimental: Carlos Catani - Marcos Meconi

Best Animation: Luna Park - Yuliya Vinokur

Best Music Video: Temporarily In Love - Randy Scott Slavin
Best Silent Film: The Visitor - Paul Andersen

Best "Made In Coney Island": Coney Island Saved Me! - Amanda Jencsik

Quotes from the 2008 filmmakers about our festival

2008 Photo Gallery


2007 Photo Gallery

2007 Award Winners

Best Feature: Two Tickets To Paradise - D.B. Sweeney

Best Short: Nature of the Beast- Nate Pommer

Best Documentary Feature: Blood, Boobs & Beast - John Kinhart

Best Documentary Short: Bally Master - Gary Beeber

Best Experimental: Blue Dreams Downtown - Raiya Corsiglia

Best Animation: Teat Beat Of Sex - Signe Baumane

Best Music Video: Jollyship the Whiz-Bang: Cleaning Up Coney Island - Noah Todd

Best "Made In Coney Island": Coney Island - Ramen Cromwell

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Don't miss our opening night celebration hosted by The Great Fredini. Featuring amazing performances by a bevy of sideshow & burlesque stars. COME OUT TO PLAAYY YAAAY for this very special event! Sat. Oct. 1st, 10:30pm.

2007 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

This is an archive of the 2007 Festival.

DAY & TIME

SIDESHOWS BY THE SEASHORE
3006 W. 12th St.

CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM
1208 Surf Ave.
(please note: this venue is not wheelchair accessible)

FRI. SEPT. 28    
Fri. 7:30pm

Opening Night Screening:
AMERICAN SCARY

 

Fri. 9:30pm

 

Opening Night Party
Hosted by The Great Fredini. Live performances by New York Burlesque Stars and performers from The Coney Island Circus Sideshow. Open Bar!


SAT. SEPT. 29    
Sat. 12pm

Program 1 - Kid Friendly

Sideshow
A Triplet Affair
End of the Sawdust Trail
The Little Gorilla
Dear Lemon Lima,
Brooklyn Boy
One Little Step

 

Sat. 1pm

 

Program 2

Charge For That
“Indian Larry” Memorial Field

Sat. 2pm

Program 3

Dirty Whirl
The Toll
Nature of The Beast
Anniversary Present
Face Value
Off Hour
No Destination
151617

 

Sat. 3pm

 

Program 4

King Of Sorrow

Sat. 4pm

Program 5

Coffee Time
Slice
Club Soda
Security
The Unknown Coppola
Ode to Fredo

 

Sat. 5pm

 

Program 6

Two Tickets To Paradise

Sat. 6pm

Program 7 - Coney Island Films

Jollyship the Whiz-Bang
Coney Island of The Mind
Coney Island, USA
Freak Dream
Eternal Flame
Coney Island
Keep it Clean

 

Sat. 7pm

 

Program 8 - Let's Go Mets!

Mathematically Alive: A Story of Fandom - SOLD OUT!

By popular demand, new screening added 7:30pm Sunday.


Sat. 8pm

Program 9 - Horror and more...

The Sandman
Broken Clocks
The Insane
Night of the Living Gay
Heading Home
The Apartment
The Day All Women Loved Me
A Yellow Brick Road

 

Sat. 9pm

 

Program 10
Henry The Otter
Celluloid #1


Sat. 10pm

 

 

Sat. 10:30pm

Special Screening
THE WARRIORS

 
SUN. SEPT. 30    

Sun. 1pm

 

Program 11

Art’s Desire
Mirror Madness
Blue Dreams Downtown
As A Cloud
Crazy Lovin’
George
Messenger
Open Wide

Sun. 2:00pm

Program 12 - SOLD OUT!

Adventures on a Tzitza String
Little Pink Medicine
Circus Amok
Bally Master
Coney Island Cyclone
The History Of Vaudeville
Shadows in Narrioch


 

Sun. 3pm

 

Program 13 - Underground
Teat Beat of Sex
Licked
Llik Your Idols

Sun. 4pm

 

Program 14

Shuteye Hotel
Take Out
Joseph Henry
Pop Foul
Sunset Park
Sangam
The Intruder

 

Sun. 5:00pm

 

Program 15 - The Horror
The Eyes of Edward James
Pretty
Blood, Boobs & Beast
Deleted Scenes

Sun. 6pm

Program 16 - Hip Hop plus

The Space Burger
A Man in The Attic
Stomping Grounds
And She Don’t Stop
Rhyme Animal
Clam Heads

 

Sun. 7:30pm

 

Program 17 - Let's Go Mets!

Mathematically Alive: A Story of Fandom

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE


This is an archive of our 2006 Festival.

 

 

DAY & TIME

SIDESHOWS BY THE SEASHORE
3006 W. 12th St.

CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM
1208 Surf Ave.
(please note: this venue is not wheelchair accesible)

FRI. OCT. 6    
Fri. 7:30pm Opening Night Screening:
AMERICAN CARNY: True Tales of the Circus Sideshow
 

Fri. 9:30pm

 

Opening Night Party
Hosted by The Great Fredini. Live performances by Insectavora, Serpentina, Roc Roc It, Little Brooklyn, Dottie Lux, Lady Satan, Balloonhedz with Mini Malicious, Bambi the Mermaid and Bunny Love!

SAT. OCT. 7    
Sat. 12pm

Program 1

Itsy Bitsy
The Guide Still Standing
Midsummer Dream
Passion to the Max
Open Air
Sofa King
 

Sat. 1pm

 

Program 2

MY LIFE AS AN UNDERDOG
Some Dreams Come True
The Story of Bubbleboy

Sat. 2pm

Program 3

CONEY ISLAND FILMS Twistin' Gorilla
The Green Flash
Astella Development
I Wonder
Avenue X
Curse Of Coney Island
The Mirmaids
Red Meat
I Live in Brooklyn

 

Sat. 3pm

 

Kill Your Darlings: A Panel Discussion on Editing
FREE ADMISSION

Sat. 4pm

Program 4

Walk
Pitch
Guide Dog
Messenger
The Tourist
Lyra Lezama

 

Sat. 5pm

 

Program 5

AMERICAN STAG
Available Men
Shuffle Mode

Sat. 6pm

Program 6

The Clean Machine
130 Seconds
Smile
Misfortune Cookie
Pride and Passion
The Falcons are 3
Home Delivery
Sideshow Attraction
Surf Gang

 

Sat. 7pm

 

Program 7

PISSER

Sat. 8pm

Program 8

Public Bath
Day Of The Grackle
Little Brooklyn
Girlfriend in a Kimono
Dawn Of The Flies
Team Queen
Heaven
Tales Of Times Square
Perfidia
Chingaso The Clown

 

Sat. 9pm

 

Program 9
PERVERT!

The Threat From Behind

Sat. 10pm

 

 

Sat. 10:30pm

Special Screening
THE WARRIORS
 
SUN. OCT. 8    

Sun. 1pm

 

Program 10

Crooked Mick
Winged Victory
Conjuring Elf, Que Payasos!
License To Play
Audition

Sun. 1:30pm

Special Screening
BOARDWALK
q&a with director Stephen Verona

 

Sun. 3pm

 

Program 11
CREATING KARMA

Sun. 4pm

 

Program 12

Orange Boy
Sammy and Marry
Kali Ma
Beatgirl
Yellow Belly
Zombie-American
World's Worst Job, Danny and the Ocean
Disconnected Images
Tulips for Daisy
New York

Special Event
WALKING TOUR
Famous Coney Island film locations. Departs from the street level entrance of the Coney Island Museum at 4pm sharp! Free with a ticket stub from any of our festival programs.

Sun. 5:30pm

 

Program 13
HOLES IN MY SHOES

Sun. 6pm

Program 14

Moving Picture Makers
Dentist
Happy Trails
The Tutu Fairy
Hold
Linger On
Copperhead Road
Half-Hearted Escape
Six-Minute Shootout
Secondhand Smoke
Intro

 

Sun. 7:30pm

 

Awards Presentation
FREE ADMISSION

2006 Award Winners

Best Feature: Pervert! - Jonathan Yudis

Best Short: The Day of the Grackle - Michael Berry

Best Documentary Feature: Holes In My Shoes - David Wachs

Best Documentary Short: Messenger - Gary Beeber

Best Experimental: I Live In Brooklyn - Bombonia

Best Animation: Guide Dog - Bill Plympton

Best "Made In Coney Island": I Wonder - Chris DePierro & Amanda Jencsik

The Coney Island Film Festival thanks you for making this our most successful festival ever!

Quotes from the 2006 filmmakers about our festival

2006 Photo Gallery

 

Coney Island Film Festival 2005 Photo Gallery!

2005 Award Winners

Best Feature: Hot Lunch - Rory Kindersley

Best Short: Who Makes Movies? - Christopher Luccy

Best Documentary Feature: A Flash Of Light - Will Kelty

Best Documentary Short: City Of Mermaids - Leah Wolchok

Best Experimental: Tin Town - Rachel Smith

Best Animation: Somethin's Fishy In Coney Island - Bob Mataranglo

Best "Made In Coney Island": Under The Roller Coaster - Lila Place

Don't miss our opening night celebration hosted by The Great Fredini. Featuring amazing performances by a bevy of sideshow & burlesque stars. COME OUT TO PLAAYY YAAAY for this very special event! Sat. Oct. 1st, 10:30pm.

2005 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
CLICK HERE TO VIEW A LIST OF THE FILMS BY TITLE.

DAY & TIME

SIDESHOWS BY THE SEAHORE
3006 W. 12th St.

CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM
1208 Surf Ave.

FRI. SEPT. 30    

Fri. 9pm

 

Opening Night Celebration

SAT. OCT. 1    

Sat. 1pm

 

Program 1

Sat. 2pm

Program 2

 

Sat. 3pm

 

Program 3

Sat. 4pm

Program 4

 

Sat. 5pm

 

From Other Worlds

Sat. 6pm

Program 5

 

Sat. 7pm

 

Hot Lunch

Sat. 8pm

Program 6

 

Sat. 9pm

 

Program 7

Sat. 10pm

 

 

Sat. 10:30pm

Special Screening  
SUN. OCT. 2    

Sun. 1pm

 

Program 8

Sun. 2pm

Program 9

 

Sun. 3pm

 

Program 10

Sun. 4pm

Program 11

 

Sun. 5pm

 

Searching for Bobby D.

Sun. 6pm

Program 12

 

Sun. 7pm

 

Program 13

Sun. 8:30pm  

Awards Presentation