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Coney Island Film Festival named one of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals" and "25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" by MovieMaker Magazine!

"Without a doubt The Coney Island Film Festival has the greatest location in the world.  It also gives out the best trophy I've ever received." Darren Aronofsky (Director Black Swan, The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream, Pi)

"The beach, the boardwalk, great stars, great movies, great filmmakers...the Coney Island Film Festival has everything that Cannes has, plus Nathan's hotdogs!" Barry Strugatz (Director The Transformation Writer: Married to the Mob)

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The 2009 Coney Island Film Festival was covered by MovieMaker Magazine.
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The 2008 Coney Island Film Festival was covered by MovieMaker Magazine.

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The 2007 Coney Island Film Festival was covered by MovieMaker Magazine.

Click here to read the article. (pdf)

 

A must for any Coney lover! Six historic Coney Island short subjects on one tape or disc. From Edison films of 1903 to 1954's "Coney Island USA." Some of the very best historic Coney stuff you'll ever see. DVD-R $15.00 (includes shipping in the USA & Canada. Overseas please email us first for shipping rate.

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Coney Island Film Festival Voted "One of MovieMaker Magazine's Coolest Film Festivals in the World" and "25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee."

Call for entries is now open!
Festival Dates are May 3-5, 2024

 

Earlybird Deadline - September 8, 2023
Regular Deadline - November 10, 2023
Late Deadline - January 12, 2024
Extended Deadline - February 9, 2024

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2023 Archive Below

Best in Category
Animation - Deep Field
Comedy Short - It's a Dog
Documentary Feature - Circus of the Scars
Documentary Short - Astor Place, The American Dream
Drama Short - Aaron With 2 A's
Experimental - THE LAST REBEL OF HISTORY
Feature - eVil Sublet
Horror - Split Second
Made in Coney Island - Coney Island Baby
Music Video - Ghost Funk Orchestra - Scatter
Sci-Fi - Villain

2023 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

 

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)

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2023    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $10
Circus of the Scars - The Insider Odyssey of the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Shooting Gallery Arts Annex! Hosted by Adam Realman.

 


SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2023    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $10 - Doc Shorts
Los Jibaros De Nueva York
The Sixth Borough
The Duck of New York
Who's Calling Me at 2am?
Astor Place, The American Dream
Evan Ever After

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Sold Out! Program 2 - $10 - Comedy Shorts
Snail Mail
It's a Dog
The Karens
Ellen Waits
Wicked Image
Olivia!
Puppet Seizure
the hardest button to button
Auto Body
Let My Grandpa into Heaven

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $10 - Feature
The Dancing Monkey

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Sold Out! Program 4 - $10 - Shorts
Blame
The Greenwood Twins
Aaron With 2 A's
Love's Baby Soft
Rookie Card
Baseball with Dad

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Sold Out! Program 5 - $10 - Sci-Fi
Villain
Polybius
Crossing Acheron
Zero Method
Higher Grounds



Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Sold Out! Program 6 - $10 - Shorts
Sand Mama
Where the Light Enters
Stay With Me A Little While
A Lot of You Are Asking
Driving Force
Skin Kligman
Rains Drive


 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Sold Out! Program 7 - $10 - Music Videos, Experimental Films
Goth Beach
Life Twice
All The Boys Want To Be My Girl
Mess
Charming Disaster - "Disembodied Head"
ANIMA Works presents "She Said" by John DeNicola
Thirsty for Blood - Kat Redlus Ghost Funk Orchestra – Scatter
BODY BLOW - Donny McCaslin
The Villains Code
Sally
Formerly Known as D
Permission to land
Keys to the City
Silver
Light Leak
The Bride of Chickenstein
THE LAST REBEL OF HISTORY

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow

Program 8 - $10 - Horror
Caregiver
THE UNQUIET DEAD
Split Second
Shallow Water
The Businessman
PART-TIME
The Door
CONTENT: The Lo-Fi Man


Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Sold Out! Program 9 - $10 - Feature
eVil Sublet

Sat. 10:00pm - Sideshow

Program 10 - $12
The Warriors


 

 

 

 
SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2023    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $10 - Animation
Buildings
Trapped
The Grudge: Ghoul Edition
The Beatles Vs The Stones Powers of 10
Love Letters for the Subway ASK AGAIN LATER
Frontier
Deep Field
Loup Garou
Little Hurts
My Dear Mr. Whitman
There's a Bison on The Prairie, Chihuahua Drama
Misophonia

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $10 - Shorts
Under Thy Wings
Hawawshi
Good Lok
Two Wrongs
5 Feet Away
Hoar

Recoba

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $10 - Doc Short, Doc Feature
Joey Skaggs: Celebrity Sperm Bank
The Book of Harth

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $10 - Shorts
Bushwick Jodi
Young Mom
Hidden
Escape From Canal Street
Sugar

 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$10- Feature
Buzzill


Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - $10 - Coney Island Films
Halle Mone' - What It Is (Official Music Video)
Looka Looka
Dry Beach
Parental Orbit
MORPHEUS OF CONEY ISLAND
Heptapus
Wonder Wheel
Joey & Sarah Go to Coney Island
Coney Island Baby


 

Sun. 8pm

Awards Ceremony: Location TBA

 

 

Coney Island Film Festival has been "Voted One of MovieMaker Magazine's Coolest Film Festivals in the World".

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2010 Honoree Darren Aronofsky!

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"!




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