spacer  

Generic Logo

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

Join our email announcement list to receive film festival updates

 

spacer

spacer

spacer

 


2022 Best in Category

Animation - Our America
Comedy Short - I'm Phil
Documentary Feature - Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC
Documentary Short - Bacon 'N' Laces
Drama Short - Glasgow
Experimental - Howl
Feature - Discontinued
Horror - RINGWORMS
Made in Coney Island - Did you ever Wonder
Music Video - Follicles 
Sci-Fi - The Malfunction

Mobile Friendly site here

2022 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)

FRI. SEPTEMBER 16, 2022    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $8
Back to the Drive-In

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman. Live Sideshow, Beer and Wine Open Bar (Beer from Coney Island Brewery) Food

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 17, 2022    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $8 - Doc Shorts
Keys to the City
Piled Up
Timber- A Sappy Holiday Story!
Bacon 'N' Laces
Emily's Do
Rearranging Skin: A Love Letter to the World
Small Hours
Covid Crusader: The Carla Brown Story

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $8 - Comedy Shorts
Curtains Down: The Last Rod I'm Phil
We Should Get Dinner!
I'm Not Nice
Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room
Unessential
Camp Greenwood

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $8 - Shorts
Limpia
Congratulations
Frankie
Getting There
At The Sea
How To Open A Clam

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $8 - Shorts
Mold of Malachi
What's the Mark?
Mama Duke
Glasgow
Amadi Comes Home Desmond's Not Here Anymore

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $8 - Shorts
Knightman
Prologue
The Late Set
Care
NORTH STAR



Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $8 - Sci-Fi
Chatsworth
Checkpoint
User Zero
The Malfunction
Death Valley
Amber
A Lone Star Love


 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $8 - Music Videos, Experimental Films
Steve Conte - Flying
Dirty Work
Follicles
Summa Bumma
Shimmy Doll Music Video Sweatshop Boogie
Zero Trust: "Clouds"
BRONX IS BURNING!
New York Conversations
Dead Man Rides Subway Eidolon
Beatings of the Devil
Howl
Secrets of the Galleries
Light as Paper
MARGINALITIES (How We Live Together)

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow

Program 8 - $8 - Horror
Siren
When You're Gone
Cameo
RINGWORMS
FINGER
There's Something in the Silence
White Eyes
Buzzkill


Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $8 - Feature
The Rest of Your Life

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 - $12
The Warriors


 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 18, 2022    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $8- Animation
The Sea Train
The Dance
Wishmaker
Don't Be Scared
Cherry On Top
Kerplunky!
Demi's Panic
Lipstick of the Brave
Our America
TIME
The Tenement
Losing It
In the Mountains
Memento Mori

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $8 - Shorts
Disaster Chasers
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY Fish Story
PAPER GEESE
Make Your Soul Grow


 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $8 - Feature Sold Out!
Discontinued

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $8 - Shorts
Riley
Let Me Go (The Right Way) How They Met Themselves Heir to the Throne Occupational Hazard

 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$8- Doc Feature
Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - $8 - Coney Island Films
I Grew Up Near the Sea Cinema Garcon
Coney Island Adventures Prince of Luna Park
THE DEMISE OF CONEY ISLAND
Did you ever Wonder


 

Sun. 8pm

Awards Ceremony: Eldorado Bumper Cars.

 

 

2021 Best in Category

Animation - Hey Poopy Podcast Cartoons
Comedy Short - How to be a Super Driver
Documentary Feature - Vinyl Nation
Documentary Short - MUDLARKER
Drama Short - xxVISIBLE

Experimental - Planet M in Outer Space
Feature - The Andy Baker Tape
Horror - HOUSEHOLD DEMONS
Made in Coney Island - Coney Island Locked Down
Music Video - Waiting Tables 
Sci-Fi - Standing Woman

2021 ARCHIVE 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)

SAT. SEPTEMBER 18, 2021    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $8 - Doc Shorts
Scary Times
Quarantine Crasher
House of Yes
ALIVE BY ACCIDENT: THE STORY OF MAYDAY HARDWARE
I Want Everything
By Way Of Canarsie
MUDLARKER

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $8 - Comedy Shorts
BioPetz
180 Seconds
Clark!
The Dogfriend
Sophie's Choices
ILLGIVING
Eggbert Finds Love
Buzz Kill
The Robbery
Worm

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $8 - Short and Narrative Feature
The Killer Across the Street
The Andy Baker Tape

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $8 - Shorts
I AM A MAN
Last Summer on Bainbridge Street
grist
How Much We Feel
xxVISIBLE
The Main Event
Floundering
Superstar

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $8 - Shorts
Fever Dream
THE BLIND SEER OF CONEY ISLAND


Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $8 - Sci-Fi Shorts
Fenestra
PROJECT-19
Standing Woman
Jasmine
Dearly Beloved
Donut Shop
Body of the Mined
BLUE FiRE


 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $8 - Music Videos, Experimental Films
Play Date "Surf's Up" Music Video
Snake Oil
Waiting Tables
Kalbells - Purplepink
Nation of One
AM Gold
Wilsen: Ruiner
95Bulls - Young Love
QUEEN V -- "STRONG"
HARDER THAN A HURRICANE
Free Time
Star Spangled Brighton Beach
Ordinary
Lost in Dust
Planet M in Outer Space

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow

Program 8 - $8 - Horror Shorts
HOUSEHOLD DEMONS
What's in the Woods?
Briar
Party Doll
Daytrip Massacre
In the Bowels of the Building
Hide or Seek


Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $8 - Doc Feature
Vinyl Nation

Sat. 10pm - Sideshow

Program 10 - $8 - Horror Shorts 2
Posted No Hunting
Exit 66
SUNDOWN TOWN
Bloodshed
Ipecac
Call for Me
Make A Wish
Koreatown Ghost Story

 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 19, 2021    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $8- Animation
Don't Touch Your Face
Barking Orders
First Class Ticket
Concoction
Z.O.I.
Inferno
HYBRID
Mad Alice
Bobby Pinwheel
The Mares Of Reckless Abandon
Our Bed Is Green
The Adventures of Theo’s Star
Katz of NY
Hey Poopy Podcast Cartoons

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $8 - Shorts
On the Sidewalk, at Night
Old Hen
My Name is Pip
16 WORDS OR LESS
The Love Spell
Cirqueros
Ordinary World

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $8 - Doc Feature
The History of Metal and Horror

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $8 - Shorts
Max is Bleeding
Girls Are Strong Here
Monsters and Muses
Fear of Open Spaces
Running Interference

 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$8 - Short and Narrative Feature SOLD OUT! THANK YOU!
How to be a Super Driver
Generation Wrecks

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - $8 - Coney Island Films
COMING SOON, CONEY ISLAND CRAB RIDE Kapustochka
Gender Clown "Cancer Moon Blues"
Summer is for Sandcastles
Coney Island Locked Down The Reopening of Coney Island
JUST ANOTHER BEACH DAY
Wata Gun & Funne Fatale Coney Island Sunset
"Shark Show, CI" Environmental Racism and the Coney Island Ferry


 
   

 

 

2020 Best in Category

Animation - Low Down Larry Conquers The Moon Men
Experimental - American Quartet
Music Video - Ruby Bones "Don't Lose Your Head"
Sci-Fi - Moonwalk With Me
Horror - The Smiler
Comedy Short - Better Half
Drama Short - The Liberty
Documentary Short - COVID Nurses
Documentary Feature - Beer Boom
Feature - Middletown
Made in Coney Island - CYCLONE

2020 Archive Below

2020 VIRTUAL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

ONLINE AT XERB.TV - SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 2

 

 

 

     
 

 

Program 1 - Comedy Shorts - $7
StartlePlex Cinemas
People Are Only Interesting When You Get To Know Them GOING BOTH WAYS - The Doctor Visit
OMAKASE
Weezy Goes Outside
The Stunods
Waimea
Better Half

 

Program 2 - Comedy Shorts - $7
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Interview Pete's Valve
Wendy/Gigi
Tuesday Night Fever
The Truth Box
Barrel Full of Magic: The Beethoven Story
Unnatural

 


 

 

Program 3 - Drama Shorts - $7
Moonwalk With Me
The Liberty
Telephone
Fratello
Doesn't Fall Far
Go Ahead, Grab Time by the Throat

 

Program 4- Drama Shorts - $7
Real American Chicken
EXIT PACKAGE
Family Bond
ROSA
The Hour After Westerly

 

 

 

Program 5 - Drama Shorts - $7
Broken Bird
Driver
Home Room
Cotton Candy
Black
Blight
The Fix  

 

Program 6 - Feature Film - $7
Middletown

 



 

Program 7 - Feature Film - $7
Making Monsters

 

Program 8 - Horror Shorts $7
The Loop
It Can Walk!
Momma, Don't Go
Perfect
Like Me Deadly
Meat Lovers
Distant
Routine
Shut Eye
The Smiler
The Witches of Bushwick


 

 


Program 9 - Coney Island Films - $7
Coney Island From Above Artwork for the Aquarium Dreamland
SOME OTHER BAY
Snowfall
Polar Plunge
Tortuga Crawl
Summer Song
Mermaid Parade
2020 Mermaid Parade Beach Ceremony


Program 10 - Coney Island Films - $7
No Soy De Aqui
Rare Vibe
Cock Lock It
LET’S DO DRUGS
CYCLONE
PAPA LEGBA OF CONEY ISLAND


 

 

Program 11 - Doc Shorts & Doc Feature - $7
Rhythm’s Gonna Get Ya
PIANO CRAFTMAN
Welcome to the Sewer Den Beer Boom

 

Program 12 Doc Shorts & Doc Feature $7
Geronimo: Circus Trash Monster
From Page To Stage ... Michele Carlo and Fish Out Of Agua
Miss You
Fill The Frame


 

 


Program 13 - Animation, Experimental & Music Video
Social Distance: Maybe It's a Good Idea
Take Off Your Skin
Low Down Larry Conquers The Moon Men
The Rocky Roads in Just Enough Lentils
Izzy's Demons
SUCCOR
Night at the Museum
American Quartet
Unborn Rivers of Sky
Mx Saturn Rebirth Ritual Stairwell My Love
Hunting Ground
Sick Of It All - "Self Important Shithead"
Everything Breaks
The Space Merchants - City Lights
Ruby Bones: Don't Lose Your Head
The Chosen People
I Wanna Quarantine With You

 

Program 14 - Shorts - Pandemic Times - $7
In These Times
COVID NURSES
Frontliners | The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals
More Than Essential - Behind the Frontline: New York City
A Week In June
This Matters
One Day In June


 

2019 Best in Category:
Animation - Brooklyn Breeze
Comedy Short - Bygones
Documentary Feature - Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Documentary Short - The Magnitudinous Illuminous
Drama Short - Drown the Clown
Experimental - Subway Inferno
Feature - The Incoherents
Horror -Krampusnacht
“Made in Coney Island” - BARON SATURDAY OF CONEY ISLAND
Music Video - Don't Say Goodnight
Sci-Fi - JUNIPER

2019 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)

FRI. SEPTEMBER 13, 2019    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $8
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman. Live Sideshow and Burlesque 2 hour Beer and Wine Open Bar (Beer from Coney Island Brewery) and Food, catered by Gargiulo's!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 14, 2019    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $8 - Doc Shorts
The Company You Keep
The Magnitudinous Illuminous
Still Plays with Trains
sideshow on the mainstage
Signature
Tomorrow's Fish
Home Street Home


Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $8 - Comedy Shorts
Nuclear Knack Knacks
Joe Returns a Video
Drip
Crab Special
Best Wishes
Bygones
This Bra Is Killing Me
Bobo Touch Helpline - The Kisser

Donny and Clive
What's the 311?

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $8 - Feature
Treasure Trouble 

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $8 - Shorts
Sun Shine
LP
Zoe In Review
GYRL
Marisol
Know Me So Well
Champions

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $8 - Sci-Fi
Into the Dark
JUNIPER
Regulation
Canada
The Replacement
The $500 Dress
Caronte

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $8 - Coney Island Films
Don't Lie
Big Bad Wolves

Brighton
Le Meow Mort
Shakas
Miss Coney Island
Noa
The Daydream
Fun!

 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $8 - Music Videos, Experimental Films
Brooklyn
The Day the L Train Died (American Pie Parody)
Taco Night Material
Love's Not Enough
So Far No Luck
Zebra
Value
Line & the Letting Go
Day Drinking / Beer Pressure
ONE MORE TIME
Subway Inferno
Emergency Alert
Dull Hope
BROKEN MANTRA
Good Queen
Sunday's Girl
Marvin & Matilda Are Soap Bottles

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow

Program 8 - $8 - Horror Shorts
Zebra
THE DESECRATED
Too Late
Krampusnacht
The Chrysalis
The Dam
REAL WITCH HOURS
Matryoshka
TILLIE


Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $8 - Feature
The Incoherents

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening
The Warriors


 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 15, 2019    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $8- Animation
Fun More
HAPPY BULLET
Break the Fire
Brooklyn Breeze
Alone In America - an immigrant story
"Charles Darwin, Family Man"
Bristled
One Pill at a Time
The Happy Go Gang
Pine High
Skate Joan Of The Park
Ride
Miles Away
The Spirit Seam

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $8 - Shorts Drown the Clown
Skin the Wire
Murder... At The CIRCUS!
High Ground
Blue Reverie

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $8 - Doc Feature
Last Stop Coney Island: The Life and Photography of Harold Feinstein

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $8 - Shorts
The Lost Weekend
What Tomorrow Brings
The Housesitters
Let Mercy Come
Benim

 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$8- Burlesque and Sideshow Stars
Bloodbath of Terror
DLB Stag
Stripped
Around the World with The Squidling Brothers

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - $8 - Coney Island Films
Don't Say Goodnight
A CONEY FILM NOIR

BARON SATURDAY OF CONEY ISLAND
How the Trumps Brought Death & Destruction to Coney Island
Insectavora
Bears In Love
Majors, We Don't Want to Say Goodbye

 

Sun. 8pm

Awards Ceremony: Eldorado Bumper Cars.

 

2018 Best in Category:
Feature - Staring at the Sun
Documentary Feature - Ape Girl
Short (Tie) - Man with Beard, The Boy in the High Window
Documentary Short - Deporting Myself
Horror - The Son, the Father...
Experimental - No Man's Land
Music Video - Closer
Animation - DEATH VAN
"Made in Coney Island" (Tie) - BK Stories: Keeping Coney Island Freaky with Dick Zigun,
The Infamous Mermaid Uprising of 2017

2018 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

 

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. SEPTEMBER 14, 2018    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $8
Tigger!
Obscene Beauty

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman. Live Sideshow and Burlesque 2 hour Beer and Wine Open Bar (Beer from Coney Island Brewery) and Food, catered by Gargiulo's!


 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 15, 2018    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $8 - Doc Shorts
Egg Cream
A Train to Rockaway
Sweet Soul in Exile
Deporting Myself
Houdini Girl
Super 8 Daze
Once Around is Never Enough


Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $8 - Comedy Shorts
Susanne and the Man
Man with Beard
High Tide
Sac de Merde
Brown Fish
Waste
BFF Girls

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $8 - Feature
Dean Darling 

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $8 - Shorts
Jabari Keating
Fade: Freedom Against Dark Enemies
White Man's Curse
Fevah
Civic Mind
IN THE FIELD
The Final Mission


 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $8 - Sci-Fi
AFTERMATH:THE SEEDS OF ARMAGEDDON
PROGRAM
Kill Al
One Day the Sun Turned Black
Toll Switch: In Development Presents "Blood Red White and Blue"
THE CLASS ANALYSIS
Stevie's Aliens


Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $8 - Coney Island Films
Julia and the Island
Queens of Coney Island
The Blurry World of Marcello Casagrande
The Sword Swallower
Crazy Night
Run Until You're Out
Normal


 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $8 - Music Videos, Experimental Films
Don't You Spit On My Pussy
The Emoji Song
Oso Oso - Reindeer Games
Key Largo
ODE TO THE SINGING BUTLER
DUMB DUMB
ALEX - Youth (ft. Rachel McAlpine) Official Video
Closer
"Irritation" Music Video
Gods of Fire - Werewolf of Brooklyn
Collapsing
No Man's Land
Imagine
The Strapless Brain
Say No to Drift Walking
Allen Anders - Live at the Comedy Castle (Circa 1987)

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow

Program 8 - $8 - Horror Shorts
MIDNIGHT DELIVERY
Goodbye Old Friend
Venus
Driver
Midnight Broadcast
The Son, the Father...
The Music Lesson
Teaser
Unexpected Company



Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $8 - Feature
Staring at the Sun

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening
The Warriors


 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 16, 2018    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $8- Animation
Next Stop
Not Everyone Wants to Be Your Friend
Dr. Mantis
The Velvet Underground Played at My High School
DEATH VAN
Oh my dog!
Blind Mice
The Rocky Roads Return!
Bright Lights, Bad City
What's That in the Ground?
SIGNAL
Carnival Entropic
Scraps
Tidal Wave

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $8 - Shorts Entanglement
Old Habits
Mania
Blue Threshold

Ascension

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $8 - Amusement Docs
Ape Girl
East Coast Thrills 2!

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $8 - Shorts
Runaway
Earn The Season
A Thursday In December
Roaming
The Boy in the High Window


 

Sun. 5:30pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$8- Doc Feature
Standing Up

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - $8 - Coney Island Films
NIGHT LIGHTS
Straighten Up and Fly Right
CONEY ISLAND SUNRISE
ZONE 1 CONEY ISLAND
BK Stories: Keeping Coney Island Freaky with Dick Zigun 
Pandemonium - Mermaid Parade
The Infamous Mermaid Uprising of 2017
Winter Wonder Wheel
Coney Island Loves 2007 – 2009


 

Sun. 8pm

Awards Ceremony: Eldorado Bumper Cars.

 

2017 Best in Category:
Feature - What Children Do - Dean Peterson 
Documentary Feature - Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape - Zack Taylor 
Short - Fry Day - Laura Moss 
Documentary Short - A GARBAGE STORY - Olivier Bernier 
Horror - A Peculiar Thud - Ross Morin 
Experimental - Live Your Light - Jendra Jarnagin
Music Video - Dog in the Night - Fletcher Wolfe 
Animation - IDIOT KING - Steven Lapcevic
"Made in Coney Island" - Cyclone: 90 Years of History on Wheels - Frank Posillico

2017 Photo Gallery

2017 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Click here to find all films alphabetized by title and program number

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. SEPTEMBER 8, 2017    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $8
What Children Do

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman. Live Sideshow and Burlesque 2 hour Beer and Wine Open Bar (Beer from Coney Island Brewery) and Food, catered by Gargiulo's!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 9, 2017    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $8 - Doc Shorts
Life & Sand
Tav Falco: Make Me Know You're Mine
In Love and Death
Earn Your Salt
A GARBAGE STORY
The Tables
$15 Kicks


Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $8 - Comedy Shorts Adults Only!
Hardly Waiting
Le Creuset
Cake
Bun in the Oven
Be Sexy
Stowaway
Sexual Healing
Pee Sitting Down

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $8 -Docs
Dead Man's Carnival: A Conversation With Pinkerton Xyloma
P.T. Barnum The Lost Legend

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $8 - Shorts
See You Yesterday
Brooklyn Bred
Brooklyn In July
White Face
Brian Mickler
Jake
Night Rider


 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $8 - Doc Feature
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $8 - Coney Films
Fly By Wire
Coney Island
BUBBLES BY THE SEA
Looking Up
The Blazes and The Brooklyn Yeti

Avocado
CONEY ISLAND SIREN
Shell Game
The Mystery Gang

 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $8 - Animation Music Videos
Pittari
Birthday Boy
The Magical Mystery of Musigny
New York City Sketchbook Dating Apocalypse
IDIOT KING
Evocation of a Nightmare
The Rocky Roads
Dog in the Night
Amazon Reviews: THE MUSICAL
Big Bliss - High Ideal
Burn the River Down
The Jazz Passengers: What A Crowd
#Taplife - Eyes

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow

Program 8 - $8 - Horror Films
WE TOGETHER
Mockside 2.0 (Episode 1) Fluffernutter
Brown Evil
The Call of Charlie
Holiday Fear
The Jeweled Heart Murders
A Peculiar Thud
BURN


Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $8 - Experimental Films
SOULFINGER vs GOLDFINGER Live Your Light
Aquacade
Troubled Waters
Breathe in, Breathe Out
The Five Boroughs
In the Sky
NYC Flow
Winter Meditations
Chrysalis
Two
One Million Years
140 Characters
Fetishes
A Sweet Lorraine Christmas Mechanical Circle

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening
The Warriors


 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 10, 2017    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $8- Feature
From Hollywood to Rose

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $8 - Comedy Shorts
Shy Guys
The Finger
Prerequisite
WILLY
Gym Class Stories
The Tramcar Girl
Toll Switch: Make-Up
Terry: The Serious Actor


 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $8 - Adults Only
Unattended Baggage
Character

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $8 - Shorts
Fry Day
The Other Side Of Love
The Last Hundred Feet
Jack and Jill
Deadbeat
The Johns Bar


 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$8- Shorts
Pickup
Eight of Spades
God's Country
Hotel Room
Don't Think About It

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - $8 - Coney Island Films
Gideon's Army "Roll On" - Official Music Video
Christina Rubino - Down to the Sea
Origami
Bacon, Egg, and Love Runaways
Coney Island Trash
Bear Life
Cyclone: 90 Years of History on Wheels
Hot Diggity Dog of 1916
Polar Bears Baby, Happy New Year 2009


 

 

Awards Ceremony: Deno's Wonder Wheel Park Bumper Cars.

 

2016 Best in Category:
Feature - Flatbush Luck - Casper Andreas 
Documentary Feature - PlayMe Burlesque - Malgorzata Saniewska 
Short - PORGIES & BASS - Thomas Barnes  
Documentary Short - Dunk Tank Clowns - Daniel McGuire 
Horror - The Fisherman's Wife - Ben Leonberg 
Experimental - BITS and PIECES - Howie Alex
Music Video - I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreamin' - Bill Poznanski 
Animation - Our Crappy Town - Andy London
"Made in Coney Island" - Coney Island Dreaming - Vagabond Beaumont


2016 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

 

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. SEPTEMBER 16, 2016    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $8
Flatbush Luck
Sold Out, Thank You!

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman. Live Sideshow
 and Burlesque 2 hour Beer and Wine Open Bar (Beer from Coney Island Brewery) and Food, catered by Gargiulo's!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 17, 2016    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $8 - Doc Shorts
Robot Soliloquies: Tima 
Single Asian Female Online
Tommy and David
Dunk Tank Clowns
Magic Man 
Legacy
Booklyn
home slice
One Man's Trash


Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $8 - Comedy Shorts
Flight Fright
Killing the Coat
Sucklepump
Sleep On It 
The Last Deli in Brooklyn
#Anatomy of the Romantic Comedy
Honk! Honk!
Love, New York
Jef Needs Ice Cream

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $8 - Shorts
I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreamin' 
You by Pearl and The Beard
Vulva Face (Parody of "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga)
Glamour & Glitz!
Mostly Merril 
The Catcallers
A David Lynch Movie
Superboob

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $8 - Shorts
Regulars
Be Good 
New Year's Eve @ Sunny's 
Strangers 
Hello 
Caitlin Among the Beasts


 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum 

 

Program 5 - $8 - Doc Feature
PlayMe Burlesque

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $8 - Coney Films 
Coney Island Dreaming
Birth Day
Soledad 
A Night With a Stranger
Wade
A large sky without people carries the birds in its balloon
Brothers In Arms
The Blue Balloon
Chasing 
A Mermaid Tale

Nazimova's Dream (Within A Dream)

 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $8 - Music Videos- Experimental Films
Creature at The Bates Motel
L'Assassins: Fire Of Love
Arms "Stellary" 
Conditions Wild
Night Moves "Denise, Don't Want To See You Cry" 
OWEL: Every Good Boy Does Fine Music Video 
Stiff Arm
The Force - Only Human
Flesh of the Fresh, Blood of the Dove
Take the High Line
HOUDINI...talks Houdini
Scratchorama (Cameraless Cinerama)
PLANE STRIKE 
half still 
Life
Mère d'Inri 

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow
8pm - Party at the Shooting Gallery/Arts Annex!

Program 8 - $8 - Horror Shorts
Gwilliam
Hunter’s Moon
The Fisherman's Wife 
When the Night Falls
Selfie
Consommé
PLAYBACK
DON'T DO LAUNDRY IN THE BASEMENT WHEN YOU LIVE IN A HAUNTED HOUSE AND SATAN IS YOUR LANDLORD
Ventriloquism Vengeance in Coney
Burnt Popcorn
I Want You Inside Me

Saturday Night Party
at the Eldorado Arcade, 1215 Bowery Street. Free Admission! 8pm - 10pm, Live Show! Hosted by Adam Realman!

Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $8 - Doc Feature
Brooklyn Basketball

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening 
The Warriors

 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 18, 2016    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $8- Animation
Garlic on Trial
Light Drifter 
The Surreal Sideshow
Where R U From
A Subway Story
Under the City the Blue Bag Dropped
Personal Effects
Player Two
DRONE
Ring Around the Mulberry Bush
There's Too Many Of These Crows
Our Crappy Town

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $8 - Shorts
Daria the Great
PORGIES & BASS
Grow'n 
Walden Pink
Squeeze


 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $8 - Feature
Sweet Lorraine

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $8 - Shorts 
The Treatment
Man with a Gun
In for Business
Chambers
If We Must Die
By Blood 


 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$8- Shorts
Almost One
In The Deep 
Last Stop Coney Island
Under The Heavens 

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - $8 - Coney Island Films
A Day at Coney Island 
BITS and PIECES
Just in Love For the Summer
Coney
The Dress
Bread 
Board
BLUE 
Sarah Beetson's Coney Island Painted Polaroids
The Sideshow You Didn't Know
The Great Coney Island Egg Toss II
The Wonder Wheel Gets Ready for Season 2008


 

 

Awards Ceremony: Eldorado Auto Skooter 1216 Surf Ave., 8:00pm

 

2015 Best in Category:
Feature - The Cruel Tale of the Medicine Man - James Habacker
Documentary Feature - Us, Naked: Trixie & Monkey Kirsten D'Andrea Hollander
Short - Spit - Mtume Gant
Documentary Short - This Side of Dreamland - Patrick Reagan, Joshua Glick 
Horror - Larry Gone Demon - Matthew John Lawrence 
Experimental - Licht - Charly Wenzel
Music Video - No One Here But Us Bones - Allan Piper
Animation - My Kingdom - Debra Solomon
"Made in Coney Island" - The Longest Friday of the Year - Jim McDonnell


Shop Our Store for Posters and DVD'S

posters

2015 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FILMS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE

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. SEPTEMBER 18, 2015    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $8
Birthday
Us, Naked: Trixie & Monkey

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman. Live Sideshow
and Burlesque 2 hour Open Bar (Beer from Coney Island Brewery and Wine from The Red Hook Winery) and Food, catered by Gargiulo's!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 19, 2015    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $8 -Comedy
Glory Days
What to Expect...
The Ramens
Moving On
Miss Mystery
"Rock N Roll Ghost Town" Cubed
The Propmaster
Train Approaching
Perry Strong Comedian. Music video
My Boyfriend is a Blimp

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $8 - Shorts
The First Pitch
Alexandros The Great
The Plight Of Cecil
Spidora
Sold Out
Off-Road: The Continuing Adventures of Dorothy & Toto
Last Call at Ruby's
WHEN.
For Better and Worse

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $8 - Feature
Altered Minds

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $8 - Shorts
The Bravest, the Boldest TOUGH
The Devil Goes Down
Standing8
Spit
The Trade

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $8 - Doc Shorts
Bryan Zanisnik Keeps it in the Family
It Moves
The Greatest
The Boats of Jamaica Bay
"Old Days"
Sideshow Of The Absurd
Eric, Winter to Spring

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $8 - Feature
Vamp Bikers Dos

 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $8 - Music Videos- Experimental Films
GALAXY NYC
No One Here But Us Bones
Licht
Big Lazy - Avenue X
Pas de Feu
Talkin' To A Pretty Blonde Girl Race Up Race Down
The Naked Heroes - Blue Medusa
Your Direction
"Hillside" by Lost Children BLOOD by Sidewalks and Skeletons
Asesinos Music Video
Double-Blind No.1
NEW AMSTERDAM
The Ocean
C-SHELLS C-SHORE

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow
8pm - Party at the Shooting Gallery/Arts Annex!

Program 8 - The Horror $8
CROW HAND!!!
Knock, Knock...
Fresh Meat
Postpartum
The Minions
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir Night of the Slasher
Snap
Larry Gone Demon
And Heav'n and Nature SCREAM!

Saturday Night Party
At Coney Island USA's Shooting Gallery/Arts Annex, 1214 Surf Avenue,
Free Admission! 8pm - 10pm, Live Show! Hosted by Adam Realman!

Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $8 - Doc Feature
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim Vanbebber

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening
The Warriors

 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 20, 2015    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $8- Animation
Late
An Ape Walk Into a Bar: A True Story
In the Moog
The Ballad of Holland Island House
Give Luci
The Alphabetical Adventures of Zelda Zingaro
Beatniks
I have to Poop
My Kingdom
Jim Vagabond No. 7: Stuff Your Eyes
Beauty Sacrifice
Fish Cake Zombie Sex LOWBROW UTENSILS

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $8 - Shorts
Bloody Mary
Finger Painting
OkStupid
Some Guys Are Bigger Than Others
Barry's Hand
Love & A Lug Wrench
The Last Taxi Driver

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $8 - Shorts
Obituaries
Father Like Son
Dennis Is Dead
The Cycle
Harry & Judy
Mug

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $8 - Shorts
Sin Matador
Pepper and the Salt Sea
Dead Water
NO MILK
Zerogon
Iris
Fiji Mermaid

 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$8- Short & Feature
Nefertitty in Space
The Cruel Tale of the Medicine Man 

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16, Coney Films, SOLD OUT! THANK YOU!
I'm a City
Coney Island
Deno's 2007, A Kaleidoscope View
Heart Strings
Greetings from Coney Island This Side of Dreamland
The Longest Friday of the Year

 

 

Awards Ceremony: Eldorado Auto Skooter 1216 Surf Ave., 8:00pm

 


2014 Best in Category:
Feature - Samuel's Game - Jared Outten
Documentary Feature - Famous Nathan - Lloyd Handwerker
Short - Down In Flames: The True Story of Tony "Volcano" Valenci - William J. Stribling
Documentary Short - The Birth and Death of the BTK Band - Amy Grumbling
Horror - The Heebie-Jeebies - Todd Slawsby
Experimental - The Next Stop - Peter Meng
Music Video - Vamp Bikers Music Video - Eric Spade Rivas
Animation - Fifi Va A La Plage - Kathryn Roake
"Made in Coney Island" - Thunderbolt - Jim McDonnell

2014 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FILMS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE

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. SEPTEMBER 19, 2014    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $8
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie 

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman. Live Sideshow
and Burlesque 2 hour Open Bar (Beer and Wine) and Finger Food!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 20, 2014    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $8
scent_mem 
The Slip-Up
Operation Elephant Ears
Walls
Holy Shite
Tyco Parks the Car
Hypothetically
You Good!
Sheltered Love

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $8
Juice It
Monsura is Waiting
Going Up?
Down in Flames: The True Story of Tony "Volcano" 
Mabel's Dressing Room

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $8
Looking for Johnny

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4, CI Films $8
Conundrum Nine – Suzy's Rollercoaster
 
Global Warming
Except for Us
Coney Island Dreams
Little Trilogy
Circus Dreams
Forget Me
The Waves/Les Vagues

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $8
Brooklyn Slice
Keep it Real Banksy NYC
C-Rock
The Birth and Death of the BTK Band

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $8
Famous Nathan

 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - Sold Out!
Aerial NYC
Subtunes
The Next Stop
Sex at Dawn
Bullet Time
Tiny, Biting, Festering Nervous Tic
Korn - Never Never
Vamp Bikers Music Video
Eye to I
Love in the City
The 9 Month Pinch (Grindhouse Cut)

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow
8pm - Party at the Eldorado Arcade!

Program 8 - The Horror $8
Welcome to Dignity Pastures
The First Step
Teasers
Ticket to the Haunted Mansion
Playing with the Devil
Meat Cycle
The Heebie-Jeebies
A New Age
The Crawling Parasite
La Belle Grotesque

Saturday Night Party
At Eldorado Arcade, 1215 Bowery St. 
Free Admission! 8pm - 10:30pm, Sideshow,
Burlesque, Go Go, Lasers, Cash Bar, Hosted by Adam Realman!

Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $8
Samuel's Game

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening
The Warriors


 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 21, 2014    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $8 Adults, $5 Kids, Family Friendly Screening
Revive
Charlee and Jonas go to Coney Island

The Butcher's Key
Secret Decoder Ring
The Invaders
Hansel and Grethel
Superdate
ROCKETSHIP
Jet

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $8
The Fisherman's Wife
Just Ask...
A Good Fish
Onion Boy
The Caddywhompus Years
The Dahl House
Trapped Girl 
Waiting for a Train

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $8
Twiller Parkour #2
Smart Chimp
Dreamers in the Dark
Drag Me
A Life with Asperger's
How to Avoid Annoying People
Moons
Bo The Cow
Dorian Green
Eye in Tuna Care
Beating Death
The Vermeers
Girl in Progress
Jesus is Moving Out

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $8
The Fly Must Die
The Man from the City
Man in the Trunk
Bodies In Irreversible Detriment 
Only Solomon Lee
Dreams of the Last Butterflies
Into the Dark

 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$8
Redemption 

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16, Coney Films,$8
The King of Merriment
Fifi Va A La Plage
Wet Side Story
Thunderbolt
Passage to Coney Island
Last Night in Astroland Redux
The Rocket Has Landed

 

 

Awards Ceremony: Eldorado Auto Skooter 1216 Surf Ave., 8:00pm

 



2013 Best in Category

Feature - Stay Cold, Stay Hungry - Eric Branco 
Documentary Feature - More Than the Rainbow - Dan Wechsler
Short - Sea Pig - Andrew Gilchrist, Jesse Allen
Documentary Short - Scattered - Lindsay Lindenbaum
Horror - From the Woods - Nicolas Wendl 
Experimental - Coney Island Sinking - Harriet Feigenbaum
Music Video - Luz Mob - Huerfano - Jeff Bernier 
Animation - The Undertaker and the Lifeguard - Matthew Booras 
"Made in Coney Island" - Shoe Shine Chicken - Fernando Cuestas
Festival Appreciation Award - Vamp Bikers - Eric Spade Rivas

2013 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FILMS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE

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. SEPTEMBER 20, 2013    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - Sold Out!
More Than The Rainbow

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam Realman. Live Sideshow
and Burlesque 2 hour Open Bar (Beer and Wine) and Finger Food!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 21, 2013    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $7
A Devil’s Wrap in Coney Island
A Clowns Recovery

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $7
Heartbreak Pills
Headbanger
Alternate Sides
Courage
I Hear You
Adonis
Foodie
Vamp

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $7
Lit
One Wall: Kings of Coney Island

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4, CI Films,
Sold Out!

This Moment By Up for Nothing
Jamaica and the Wishing Shrine
Guy with a door
Shoe Shine Chicken
The Undertaker and the Lifeguard
Cyclone forever
Coney Island Sinking
Breathe
Mermageddon: Tails of Glory

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - $7
Ben In The Mind’s Eye
Mad Santa
Just Passing By
Scattered
Brad’s Book
No Pizza for Sandy
Hurricane@NYC 2012
Ricki Ticki

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - Sold Out!
Vamp Bikers

 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - $7
Woman Who Hates Plants
Skinny
Sidewalk
Cee Cee’s Bedtime Stories
Drunker than a Skunk
Mr. Hublot
Watercolors
Little Kaiju
Make a Wish
Transmission
Empire Escorts – The Weather
Goodie Mob ft. Janelle Monae 'Special Education'
Luz Mob - Huerfano

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow
8pm - Party at the Shooting Gallery - Arts Annex, 1214 Surf Ave.

Program 8 - The Horror - Sold Out!
Scorned as She
Ask Grandpa
Pedestrian
Welcome to Madness
Carrying Place
Abyssus Abyssum Invocat
From the Woods
Awake

Saturday Night Party
At Shooting Gallery - Arts Annex, 1214 Surf Ave
Free Admission! 8pm - 10:30pm
Burlesque, Lasers, DJ Stereo Mike, Cash Bar, 21 and over.

Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - Sold Out!
Stay Cold, Stay Hungry

Sat. 11:00pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening
THE WARRIORS

 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 22, 2013    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $7
Handball Legend Brought Back to Life
The Commander in Chief

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $7
Give Chase
Every Story Ends in Stone
The Last Mermaids
Invisible X
Beyond Belief
Girls Who Smoke
37
Wren

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $7
The Jules Verne Project Bending Steel

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

 

Program 14 - $7
Sea Pig
The Days God Slept
Night & Day
Krutch
Are We Not Cats
Facial
Loathsome Malady
Girls Before Swine
J – 1

 

Sun. 5:15pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 -$7
Smile High
The Down Home Daredevils
Rehearsal
World Circus

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16, CI Films, Sold Out!
Paley Whaley Beaches Himself
Break Through it All
The B&B Carousell at Coney Island
Lighting The Jump
Coney Island Memories
Opening Day at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park and The Cyclone 2009
Sammy's 80th Birthday Party at Ruby's 2007
The Storm
Last Ride...First Ride

 

 

Awards Ceremony: Eldorado Auto Skooter 1216 Surf Ave., 8:00pm

 

 

2012 Award Winners!
Best Feature - Things I Don’t Understand, David Spaltro
Best Documentary Feature - The Rise and Fall of The Clash, Danny Garcia
Best Short - Faith - Erik Pagan
Best Documentary Short - The Wonder Wheel, Lou Dembrow
Best Horror Film - Meat Me in Plainville, Greg Hanson
Best Experimental - This is Only a Test, Bill Sorice
Best Music Video - Out To Sea, Jodie Rae Plaut
Best Animation - Odokuro, Aurelio Voltaire
Best Silent Film - The Ridiculous Romantic, Jim R. Moore
Best "Made in Coney Island" - Lost in Coney Island, Eric Rivas

2012 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)

FRI. SEPTEMBER 21, 2012    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening - $7
Play Dead

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam The First Real Man. Live Sideshow
and Burlesque (2 hour Open Bar (Beer and Wine) and Finger Food!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 22, 2012    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - $7

Coney Island Dreams for Sale

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - $7

Double or Nothing
Life is What Happens...
Staten Island Siren
Life Etude
While Henry Sleeps
Blue Sheep Suit

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $7

Bettie Page Reveals All

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4, CI Films, - $7

7 Minutes in Coney
Fins of Fury: Tails of Glory in Coney Island's Mermaid Parade
Young and High Music Video
Forgotten New York. Yellow Submarine
Dame Lo
Lost in Coney Island

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum

 

Program 5 - SOLD OUT!

Robot Man
Hanging Downtown
And: A Fragmented Biography
Warm Beer Lousy Food

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $7
The Rise and Fall of The Clash

 

Sat. 7pm - Museum


Program 7 - SOLD OUT
There’s a Dead Crow Outside
AmLeftCrap
Old Man
Threadbare
Alligator Man
The Longshoreman's Doctor
Bang Bang Love
Animal
Speed of Fencing
This is Only a Test
The Ridiculous Romantic
Derelict

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow
8pm - Party at the El Dorado Arcade, 1216 Surf Ave.

Program 8 - The Horror - $7

The God Damn Hustle - "Dirty Little Pet Names"
The Transmission
Odokuro

Danse Macumba
Birthday Boys
Just Like You
Last Seen on Dolores Street
Love Bug
Bad Moon Rising
Meat Me in Plainville

Saturday Night Party - $10
At the El Dorado Arcade 1215 Bowery St. Featuring: The New York Variety All-Stars Adam RealMan, Cardone and Kryssy Kocktail. Plus Go Go dancers: Delysia LaChatte, Clara Coquette, Dolly Debutante, Wae Messed, Tawdry Owl. All attendees get one free ride on the El Dorado Bumper Cars!
tickets

Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - Sold Out
Helping with Travis
Miami or BUST - A Hoboken Bet

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening
THE WARRIORS


 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 23, 2012    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $7

Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $7

Dreams Of A Reefer Fiend
Eine Million
The Elevator
Everything you've always wanted to know about bagels, but were afraid to ask
Gros
The Pilgrim & The Private Eye
Sharp Love, Sharp Kittens

Logan's Power
Dumb Dumbs

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - SOLD OUT!
Us. A Family Album
Married and Counting


Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

Program 14 - $7

Elko
Faith

Blood Country

Manipulation

528 New York
Caterpillar


 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 - SOLD OUT!
Things I Don’t Understand

Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16, CI Films, $7
I dream of Genie II: the nightmare
The Left Hook
The Wheels
The Longest Saturday of the Year
Jimmy's Rant
The Wonder Wheel
Gotta Love Coney Island
Mission of Mermaids
Out To Sea


 

 

 

 

2011 Award Winners!
Best Feature - Somebody's Hero - Darin Beckstead
Best Documentary Feature - The Last Immortal - Charles Denson
Best Short - Impostor - Marc Masciandaro
Best Documentary Short - Two's a Crowd - Tom Isler, Jim Isler
Best Horror Film - An Evening With My Comatose Mother - Jonathan Martin
Best Experimental - Dame Factory - Melanie Abramov
Best Music Video - Suck It! - John DesRoches
Best Animation - Devil Town - Victoria Cook
Best Silent Film - Fallen - Ashley Zahorian
Best "Made in Coney Island" - A Day In The Life Of Coney Island - Daniel Turkewitz

2011 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FILMS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE

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. SEPTEMBER 23, 2011    
Fri. 7:30pm - CI Museum

 

Opening Night Screening: $6
The Last Immortal

Fri. 9:30pm - Sideshow

Opening Night Party - $25
at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by Adam The First Real Man. Live Sideshow
Featuring: Insectavora, Kryssy Kocktail, Burlesque Featuring Lefty Lucy, Creamy Stevens, Sizzle Dizzle, Variety Act: Lady Scoutington, Go Go:
Stella Chu, Dangrrr Doll. 2 hour Open Bar and Finger Food!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 24, 2011    
 


 

Sat. 1pm - CI Museum

 

Program 1 - SOLD OUT!

Skate
Somebody's Hero

Sat. 2pm - Sideshow

Program 2 - Sold Out!

Floyd The Android
Guard Dog Global Jam
Place Stamp Here
Delilah, Before
Daydreamed
Perspective
Three Things
Last Words of the Holy Ghost
Aurora Borealis

 

Sat. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 3 - $6

Nefertitty
Love is Hard: A Burlesque Fairytale

Sat. 4pm - Sideshow

Program 4 - $6

Goodbye Winter
Posthumous Proposal
After – School Special
The Virgin Forest
The Robber Barons of Wall Street
Impostor

 

Sat. 5pm CI Museum
Saturday 5:30pm NY Aquarium

Special Screening at the NY Aquarium's 4D Theater, 602 Surf Ave., 5:30pm, Free (First Come First Served) Atlantic Crossing: A Robot's Daring Mission

Program 5 - $6

The Super

Sat. 6pm- Sideshow

Program 6 - $6
Devil Town
Hesta Prynn
Climb
Radio Girl Underground Melody
Carny
Holes for Eyes
A Fable about Beauty
Good Taste
The Dinner Meeting
15:2
What Remains

 

Sat. 7pm
Party NY Aquarium
Program 7 Museum

New York Aquarium Film Fest Party, 7pm-11pm, 602 Surf Avenue, $15
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. Cash Bar.

Program 7 - $6
They Call Me Pubefinger
Vacuum Attraction
Blame Cupid Stupid
Mondo Claymo
Neal
The Open City
How (Not) To Borrow a Car
Terrestrial Violence
Hey Rube

Sat. 8pm - Sideshow

Program 8 - The Horror - $6

Martian Precursor
Waffle
Incubator

Nice Guys Finish Last
Sophie Gets Ahead
Ad Noctum
Cabine of The Dead
Eat Me
An Evening with My Comatose Mother

 

Sat. 9pm - CI Museum

 

Program 9 - $6
Ode to Charlie
Boys from Coney Island
The Craving

Sat. 10:30pm - Sideshow

Program 10 Special Screening
THE WARRIORS SOLD OUT!


 

 

 

 
SUN. SEPTEMBER 25, 2011    

Sun 1:00pm - CI Museum


Program 11 - $6

Oh luv
Us
December 15th
Fish
A Finger Two Dots, Then Me
Atlantis
Ma In Her Kerchief
Tom and Sabrina
Divorce

Sun. 2:00pm - Sideshow

Program 12 - $6

The Hidden Sister
Dame Factory
First Kiss
Bathing and the Single Girl
Heart Break
Street Pillow or the Sidewalk Sleep
Flagpole

Suck It

 

Sun. 3pm - CI Museum

 

Program 13 - $6
Airhead
He Shoots He Scores
The Fabulous Jalopy
Two’s a Crowd
Doctor Kong
I Rub NY
Desert of the Real
New New York
Feedback
Who I Am

Sun. 4pm - Sideshow

 

Program 14 - SOLD OUT!

The Hush
Surfer’s Way

Rumbleseat

Just Noodlin

Frustrated
Mercury in Tuna

The Day That We Got Married

Ronan and Alyssa are about to break up
Fallen
Tommy’s Pumpkin

Hansel and Gretel
Death of a Popstar

 

Sun. 5:00pm - CI Museum

 

Program 15 - $6
Greatest Disaster
Long Island Uncovered
Heavy Metal Picnic


Sun. 6pm - Sideshow

Program 16 - Sold Out!
Take Me There
Neptune Jam
The Blue Umbrella
Save Coney Island
I Dream of Genie
Shoot The Freak
Ic Waters
A Cornucopia Of Characters:The Queens Polar Bears
A Day in the Life of Coney Island
The Great Coney Island Egg Toss
John Dorman The Candy Man

 

 

 

 

 

2010 Award Winners

Best Animation - Birth - Signe Baumane
Best Experimental - My Own Private March - Howie Alex
Best Silent Film - Loop-da-Loop and Giuseppe - Jason R. Jaworski

Best Horror Film - Alice Jacobs is Dead - Alex Horwitz
Best Music Video - "This Town" Gambit - Randy Scott Slavin
Best Documentary Short - The Faux Real - Suzanne Hillinger
Best Documentary Feature - Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque - Gary
Beeber
Best Short - Flat Love - Andres Sanz
Best Feature - Satan Hates You - James Felix McKenney
Best "Made in Coney Island" - Last Summer at Coney Island - JL Aronson

2010 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FILMS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE

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. SEPTEMBER 24, 2010    
Fri. 7:30pm

 

Opening Night Screenings:
Museum of Wax, Shape of the Shapeless, Dirty Martini and The New Burlesque

Fri. 9:30pm

Opening Night Party at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by The Great Fredini. Live Sideshow and Burlesque Featuring: Insectavora, Serpentina, Bambi, Miss Tickle and the Japanese Pole Dancing sensations Cay Izumi and Tokyo Dolores. 2 hour Open Bar and Catered Food!

 


SAT. SEPTEMBER 25, 2010    
 


 

Sat. 1pm

 

Program 1

The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger
American Brooklyn
Ministry in the Subway

Sat. 2pm

Program 2

"Ray Condo's Crazy Mixed Up World"
Banana Bread
We Could Be Ninjas
With Anchovies...Without Mamma
Alienated
Thy Kill Be Done
Bobby Visits The Library
Paradise Beach

 

Sat. 3pm

 

Program 3 - SOLD OUT!

Vinny Vino
Rocking Horse Winner
Watching
Rain Dog
Poetry Man
Utopia Lies at the Horizon
Til My Voice is Gone

Sat. 4pm

Program 4

Why is Blue Man Blue?
Amant De Chaussure (Shoe Lover)
Career Advice
Socarrat
Birth
Love Comes Out of The Butt
Olive Coney Island
"This Town" Gambit

 

Sat. 5pm

 

Program 5

Satan Hates You

Sat. 6pm

Program 6

Last Summer at Coney Island

 

Sat. 7pm

 

Program 7 - SOLD OUT!
Flushed
Hairnimation #2
'Va Fa Napoli, Hipster'
New York Trilogy
Snapshots
Two
Midlife
Bay Rizz: The Man For You
Loop-da-Loop and Giuseppe
8bit GHOST HOP!

Sat. 8pm

Program 8 The Horror

DemiUrge Emesis
Vision
Happy Face
Tub
Alice Jacobs is Dead
Flowers for Norma
Parking Space
The Devil's Toy

 

Sat. 9pm

 

Program 9 Coney Island Films
Panache
Coney Ideal
Springtime in November
The Sparrow and the Tigress

Sat. 10:30pm

Program 10 Special Screening
THE WARRIORS

 

Sat. 10:40pm

 

  Program 11
Cellar
SUN. SEPTEMBER 26, 2010    

Sun 1:00pm


Program 12

'Hey Rachel...'
What About the Father?
Hoop Springs Eternal
A Fool's Idea - An Exploration of Clown
Mermaids of New York
The Faux Real
Hell on Wheels: Gang Girls Forever

Sun. 2:00pm

Program 13 Sold Out!

Gizmo Kaleidoscope
The Waking Artist
Coney Island: Secrets of the Universe
My Own Private March
Night Falls on Coney Island
Saving the Sideshow
Last Night in Astroland with Jimmy Prince

 

Sun. 3pm

 

Program 14
The Skisherman
Tiger Ted Lowry
Enter the Beard
1939 I have Seen the Future
Moby: One Time We Lived

Sun. 4pm

 

Program 15

Slap Back Jack 'High Five Master'
Gelber & Manning in Pictures
Road Less Traveled
Land Without Shadows
The Cycle
Empire Corner
Final Weapon

 

Sun. 5:00pm

 

Program 16 SOLD OUT
Special Event - Honoree Darren Aronofsky and Requiem for a Dream Screening.

Sun. 6pm

Program 17
Albert

Jules and Candy
Flat Love
Butterflies of Trip City
Tollbooth Motel
Blindsided
Le tramway fantôme de Marseille
You're Here

 

 

 

 



2009 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FILMS BY TITLE

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. OCTOBER 2, 2009    
Fri. 7:30pm

 

Opening Night Screening:
Step Right Up & The Prince of Mermaid Avenue

Fri. 9:30pm

Opening Night Party at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar and Sideshows By The Seashore! Hosted by The Great Fredini. Live performances by Legs Malone, Nasty Canasta, Miss Cherry Delight, Cherry Pits, Billy The Id, Gary Ray, Donny Vomit, Scott Baker, Alejandro. Live Music from Fisherman and Jeff the Skilletlicker. Open Bar!

 


SAT. OCTOBER 3, 2009    
 


 

Sat. 1pm

 

Program 1

Flying Pumpkins: The Legend of Punkin Chunkin

Sat. 2pm

Program 2

Somewhere Between Here and There
The Double
What Is She To You?
I Don't Sleep I Dream
Damaged
The Beneficiary
There's No Justice, It's Just Us

 

Sat. 3pm

 

Program 3

Brooklyn Force
Small Time
Silent Treatment
Around the Block
The Vaudevillian
Draw
Got A Mind

Sat. 4pm

Program 4 Coney Island Films

Koolkidz Music Video: Positive
The Tin Soldier
Who Shot Coney Island?
I Had a Dream I Went to Coney Island
The Heart of Coney Island
Woman on a Train
The Mermaid Parade 2008
Presque Isle
Jigsaw Soul - 'Cockroach Hotel'
It's All Here, It's All Real, It's All Alive!!!
Frank Sidebottom Saves Coney Island
Palmflower - Buried Under
Coney Island 2057

 

Sat. 5pm

 

Program 5

Friends (with benefits)

Sat. 6pm

Program 6 - SOLD OUT!

Horn Dog
Art Film
Turf
Circus
Attackazoids, Deploy!!
Silent Film Star vs The Undead
Las Historias Mas Sexy Del Mundo! No.2 aka The Sexiest Stories on Earth!
Blood
Rising Up: The Story of the Zombie Rights Movement
Piece of Meat

 

Sat. 7pm

 

Program 7
The Release of Jan
Sea Legs

Sat. 8pm

Program 8 The Horror

X-Mess Detritus
The Institute of Seance
The Babysitter
Wilted
The Fairy Princess
Dead Sucks
Death In Charge
Dealbreaker
Survivors
Self-Inflicted
Paper Dolls Live in Glass Houses
Ice Cream Sunday

 

Sat. 9pm

 

Program 9
Bad Day at Red Hook
Red Hook

 

 

 

Sat. 10:30pm

Program 10 Special Screening
THE WARRIORS

SOLD OUT!

 
SUN. OCTOBER 4, 2009    

Sun 1:00pm


Program 11

Fight Day
Are You Happy?
Finding Meeky: A Fragmentary History
Bay Rizz "Rescue"
Outside the Last Game at Yankee Stadium
The Retired Chef
No Strings Attached

Sun. 2:00pm

Program 12 Coney Island Films

'Blue Sky' KaiserCartel
End of the Line
Against The Tide
Young At Heart
The Poor Man's Follies

 

Sun. 3pm

 

Program 13
Here's Herbie
8 Days Later
Real Gone
Far From Home
Mermaids of New York: Bambi the Mermaid
The Dishwashers "Sweetcheeks"
Ed Hamell Rant & Roll

Sun. 4pm

 

Program 14

The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!
Slim and Lena
True Beauty This Night
Shoebox Redhead
Pirates of the Broadway: Part Deux
Good Old Days
Cesar Salad
Intervention
Test Music Video

 

Sun. 5:00pm

 

Program 15
Strongman


Sun. 6pm

Program 16
Mother

Medicine Man
Basket Bronx
Misunderstood
Father's Day
Maharishi
Mugs
F... That
Sensations of the Season

 

 

 

 


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

2009 Award Winners

Best Feature - Sea Legs - Craig Butta
Best Short - Basket Bronx - Martin Rosete
Best Documentary Feature - The Prince Of Mermaid Avenue - Charles Denson
Best Documentary Short - Young at Heart - Brian Paccione
Best Experimental - Who Shot Coney Island? - Howie Alex
Best Silent Film - The Institute of Séance - Kevin Corcoran
Best Animation - The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9! - Jake Armstrong
Best Music Video - "Blue Sky" KaiserCartel - Grizlet
Best "Made in Coney Island" - The Poor Man's Follies - Micropunta

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

Join our email announcement list to receive film festival updates

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

Shop Our Store for Posters and DVD'S