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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)

 

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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."

Festival Dates are May 2-4, 2025!

Tickets on sale now! See schedule below.

We strongly recommend advance purchase; many programs sell out prior to the festival dates.
Program 1 is Sold Out. Thank You!

Online Sales End on Thursday, May 1st at 10am, ET. Remaining Tickets (if available) can be purchased at the box office at 1208 Surf Avenue, first come first served, during festival hours.

Full Festival Pass - $50. Includes Admission to our opening night party and all screenings Friday, Saturday and Sunday (May 2rd though 4th), except for The Warriors on Saturday Night, May 4th at 10:00pm (which is a separate ticket event. Tickets available here.)

Opening Night Party - $25

Individual Screenings - $10

The Warriors Screening - $12

Previous Festival Photo Galleries here

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2025 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 2, 2025    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $10
Rebel with a Clause

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows by the Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman

 


SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

SOLD OUT! Program 1 - $10 - Doc Shorts
Replay
Teaser Reel: Before It Was Cool
Penny
RollerJam: The Last Roll
Stoop Chat with Maani & Mr. Sweat
The Life and Times of Tough Tony Pellone

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $10 - Comedy Shorts
Static Cling
GIBRANISTAN
Get a Real Job
Baldy The Film
Finish Him
Attack of the Yoga Zombies

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $10 - Coney Island Films
I'll Swim With You
The Sistas
Coney Island Then and Now

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $10 - Shorts
Alive & Well
Chateau Paradis
Elijah
Before You Go
Because I Love You
His Mother

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $10 - Sci-Fi
The Chronocular Device
The Hollowing
Generation Hack
Space Flower Eight
Driven Out

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $10 - Coney Island Films - Shorts/Feature
Furboo 2
MAGIC MOMENTS AT CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN!
Coney Island is the Home
Trust All Is Well
Stop Time

 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $10 - Music Videos, Experimental Films
Carney
CREAMRS - "Kokomo" Official Video
Beethoven Music Video
Feeding Fingers - Model Lives and Fallen Leaves
Ghost Funk Orchestra - Eyes of Love
MAXINE: Donny McCaslin
Jared Hada • THE GHOST
In Your Head
Old Violence
I F***** it up
How Very - Le Big Zero
Catamaran
SO LETS GO
A New York Covid Story
LOS
Fathom the Mermaid
PURPLE PATROL!

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow

Program 8 - $10 - Horror
The Pennsylvania Leaf Blower Massacre
Strange Creatures
The Widower
PANDORA, INC.
CRAWL SPACE
Up Close
Crōman
Wild Animals
Inheritance


Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $10 - Doc Feature
The Saint of Brooklyn

Sat. 10:00pm - Sideshow

Program 10 - $12
The Warriors

 

 

 

 
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $10 - Animation
Poppa
Confetti
VHX
"Staircase Stomp" by The Clamor
Nostril
A Walk in the Park
Sylvester of Gowanus Episode 1
Noise
Beacon 832
Reload
The Animated Adventures of Pokey The Penguin
Last Year...

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $10 - Comedy Shorts
Text Talk
Bird Poop
Mansplaining
She Ate That!
We Regret To Inform You
Incarnation
Stay At Home, Mom
TOTALLY SICK

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $10 - Feature
If That Mockingbird Don't Sing

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $10 - Shorts
Sweet Boys
Down The Avenue
Stain
Baquine Friends Forever
HARLEM FRAGMENTS

 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$10- Doc Feature
Fuzztones vs The World: A Tale of Sex, LSD & Rock 'N' Roll

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - $10 - Coney Island Films
Rollin' Coffin - "Heaven Knows"
Tiny Dancer
SAVING CONEY ISLAND
Strays
Dérive
Shangri-la

 

Sun. 8pm

Awards Ceremony: Location Eldorado Auto Skooters

 

 

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.




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