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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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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