New York Film Festival Downtown

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Location New York City, United States

New York Film Festival Downtown was a New York based film festival founded by Tessa Hughes-Freeland and Ela Troyano in 1984.

Known for its independent and "positively avante-garde" programming, the festival came to prominence in the East Village art scene. The New York Film Festival Downtown ran for five years, ending in 1988.

1984

Judgment Day (Directed by: Manuel Delanda)

Between Two Fires (Directed by: Bradley Eros)

Blind Love (Directed by: Aline Mare)

Bargain Slide Show (Directed by: David Schmiddlapp)

Confidential (Directed by: Joseph Nechvatal)

Bored (Directed by: Karen Luna)

Chant Chant Amour Amour (Directed by: Haoui Montaug)

Sur Reel Selections (Directed by: Sur Rodney Sur)

Soul City (Directed by: M. Henry Jones)

Go go girl (Directed by: M. Henry Jones)

Someplace in Nowhere (Directed by: Joe Coleman)

Home Move of Warhol Shooting Unreleased Movie (Directed by: Taylor Mead)

Blue Pleasure (Directed by: FrAnco Marinai)

David Crocker as Venus (Directed by: Ela Troyano)

Pompeii: New York Pt. 1: Pier Caresses (Directed by: Ivan Galietti)

Slides (Directed by: Christof Kohlhofer)

Electric Pencil Performance #13 (Directed by: Dragan Ilic)

Show of Force - Blood Boy (Directed by: Richard Kern & Brian Moran)

No Guilt (Directed by: Nick Zedd)

Contortionist (Directed by: Greer Lankton)

Bandits (Directed by: Joey Ahlbum)

Invasion of the Amazons (Continued Erosion) (Directed by: Penelope Wehrli)

Joker (Directed by: Tessa Hughes-Freeland)

August 13th 1961 (Directed by: Kiki Smith)

City Maze (Directed by: Jane Dickson)

The Specialist (Directed by: Scott B.)

The Deadly Art of Survival (Directed by: Charlie Ahearn)

Not Quite Love (Directed by: David Schmiddlapp)

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Directed by: Nan Goldin)

Exotic Landlordism of Crab Lagoon (Directed by: Jack Smith)

Dagmar Poisoned the Pizza (Directed by: Anthony Chase)

Teddy Foot Beach Grov. (Directed by: Nile Southern & Phoebe Legere)

Priapic Violations (Directed by: Uzi Parnes with Carmelita Tropicana)

Poppo at 8BC (Directed by: Tessa Hughes-Freeland)

Portrait of Glenn Branca, Symphony #4 (Directed by: Arlene Schloss)

Kate Mannheim and Jack Smith (Directed by: Dan Ochiva)

A Walled City Documentary (Directed by: David West)

Mares (Directed by: Alex Steyermark)

Excerpts from Bubble People (Directed by: Ela Troyano)

This Object (Directed by: Jacob Burckhardt)

1985

Slide Performance (Directed by: Stephen Holman & Torture Chorus)

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Directed by: Nan Goldin)

Pyrotechnics (Directed by: Erotic Psyche)

The Outsiders (Directed by: Dan Ochiva)

Fall In A Faint (Directed by: Sokhi Wagner)

Last Nights (Directed by: Sandy Tate & Gretchen Bender)

Spectre Woman - On the Road (Directed by: Ellen Fisher, Mary Schultz, Tone Blevins & John Van Wagner)

Work At Nine (Directed by: Julius Klein)

Frankie Teardrop (Directed by: Edit Deak & Walter Robinson)

Spills & Thrills (Directed by: Sur Rodney Sur)

The Agent (Directed by: Mary Bellis)

A La Vueltecita (Directed by: Ileana Maria Montalvo)

The Day Koch gets Electrocuted (Directed by: David Schmidlapp)

Dead On My Arm (Directed by: Cassandra Stark)

Worm Movie (Directed by: Lung Leg)

Slight Show (Directed by: Christof Kohlhofer)

Simonland (Directed by: Tommy Turner)

Live Ammo (Directed by: Terry Stacey)

Chett Grant: A Portrait of the Man (Directed by: DirectArt Ltd Productions)

Thrust In Me (Directed by: Nick Zedd & Richard Kern)

Submit To Me or From Sex to Death (Directed by: Richard Kern)

Manhattan Love Suicides (Directed by: Richard Kern)

Tender HB1 (Directed by: Dragan Ilic)

It Don't Pay To Be An Honest Citizen (Directed by: Jacob Burckhardt)

Pompeii New York, Part 1 (Directed by: Ivan Galietti)

Asparagus (Directed by: Suzan Pitt)

Excerpts From Apple, Heart , Daisy Film (Directed by: M. Henry Jones & Susan Tremblay)

Ism Ism (Directed by: Manuel De Landa)

Cyanide Time (Directed by: David West)

White Rabbit (Directed by: Andy Somma)

MasterRay (Directed by: Ruby Ray)

Loisada Lusts (Directed by: Uzi Parnes & Ela Troyano)

Stars & Stripes (Directed by: Uzi Parnes & Ela Troyano)

Revenge of the Dearest (Directed by: Anthony Chase)

Rhonda Goes To Hollywood (Directed by: Tessa Hughes-Freeland)

Mime 2 Mind (Directed by: Arleen Schloss)

Voyage To The Wall (Directed by: Johan Donner & Ulf Nilsson)

Rome '78 (Directed by: James Nares)

1986

A Presentation of 3D slides (Directed by: M. Henry Jones)

Parade (Directed by: Joey Ahlbum)

C'est la Guerre (Directed by: Karen Mandelbaum)

Alive With Pleasure (Directed by: Anthony Chase & the Avenue A Ladies' Auxiliary)

Demeter & Persephone (Directed by: Leslie Lowe)

Witness Chamber (Directed by: Ruby Ray)

8D (Directed by: Nile Southern)

White Rabbit (Directed by: Andy Soma)

Monsieur Albet's Kaleidoscope EROTICON (Directed by: Stephen Holman)

Corrective Measures: Politically Speaking (Directed by: Peter Cramer)

Titere (Directed by: Ileana Montalvo)

Bath House (Directed by: Ira Abromowitz)

I Ride a Pony Named Flame (Directed by: Peggy Ahwesh)

Performance (Directed by: Julius Klein)

A Suicide (Directed by: Richard Klemann)

Vampire Terror Party (Directed by: David Wicked)

Memorias De La Revolucion (Performance) (Directed by: Carmelita Tropicana)

The Black Monster (Directed by: Lung Leg)

Bad Blood for the Vampyr (Directed by: Lis-san Tibodo)

Coney Island (Directed by: Max Henry)

Parental Guidance Suggested (Performance) (Directed by: Amy Turner & Tommy Turner)

You Killed Me First (Directed by: Richard Kern)

Submit To Me (Directed by: Richard Kern)

Go To Hell (Directed by: Nick Zedd)

Kiss Me Goodbye (Directed by: Nick Zedd)

Human Waste (Directed by: Mark Zero)

The Deal (Directed by: Mad Max)

Pus (Directed by: John Spencer)

a place to beware (Directed by: David Schmidlapp)

Mild Seven: Cowboy Stories (Directed by: Kembra Pfahler)

Good Luvin' Guitar Man (Directed by: Direct Art Ltd.)

Heterosexual Love (Directed by: Direct Art Ltd.)

The Wages of Sin (Directed by: David Rutsala)

Devil's In The Dish (Directed by: Jo Andres)

The Girls Can't Help It (Directed by: Uzi Parnes)

Police Sexuality (Directed by: Manuel De Landa)

Black Cat Tea (Directed by: Marzy Quazar)

Pure War (part two of Amor Amore) (Directed by: Erotic Psyche)

Where Evil Dwells (Directed by: Tommy Turner & David Wojnarowicz)

Rat Trap (Directed by: Tessa Hughes-Freeland & Tommy Turner)

Wrecked on Cannibal Island (Directed by: Cassandra Stark)

Dumb Blond (Directed by: Ela Troyano)

Stone Age Lament (Directed by: Tony Caplan)

Tattoo Suite (Directed by: R.S. Wolkstein)

Fantasmagoria (Directed by: Richard Bruce Byron)

1987

Elusive Butterfly (Directed by: Andy Soma)

Dancenoise with Anthony Chase (Directed by: Dancenoise & Anthony Chase)

Catwalk (Directed by: Sue Graef)

Memento Mori (Directed by: Michael Brynntrup)

Pending (Directed by: Alyson Mead)

Rush (Directed by: Mary Patierno & Mo Angelus)

Butter Film (Directed by: Kiki Smith)

Un Pas Deux (Directed by: Cassandra Stark & Haldor Enard)

You'll Get Yours (Directed by: Jonathan Quinn)

Electramorphic (Directed by: Erotic Psyche)

Whipoorwill, Whip-or-will, Whip-poor-will (Directed by: Carl George)

The Escape (Directed by: Philly)

Siegfried (Directed by: Jack Waters)

Untitled (Directed by: Cheryl Dyer)

The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (Directed by: Ira Cohen)

Shadows (Directed by: Brad Taylor)

Moxie (Directed by: Adrienne Altenhaus)

Pay To Live (Directed by: Richard Klemann)

Police State (Directed by: Nick Zedd)

Bloodlust (Directed by: Michael Gabriele & Ghislaine Chantel Jourden)

Astroturf (Directed by: Jourdan Schwartze & David Markey)

Fingered (Directed by: Richard Kern)

Death Valley '69 (Directed by: Richard Kern)

Film/Performance (Directed by: Julius Klein)

Marilyn (Directed by: Nile Southern)

The Doorman (Directed by: Dee D. Bache)

Berlin New York (Directed by: Penelope Wehrli)

Getting Over Getting Over (Directed by: David Schmidlapp)

Coney Island (Directed by: Peter Cramer)

Fifth, Park and Madison (Directed by: Dragan Ilic)

A presentation of 3D slides (Directed by: M.Henry Jones, Joey Ahlbum & Robert Munn)

Nocturnes (Directed by: Leslie Lowe & Jack Waters)

Film Performance (Directed by: Ellen Fisher)

Perils (Directed by: Abigail Child)

Bali 1930's (Directed by: Suzanne Pillsbury)

A-B-City (Directed by: Dieter Hormel & Brigitte Buhler)

Der Elvis (Directed by: Jon Moritsugu)

Maneaters (Directed by: Uzi Parnes)

Fire in my Belly (Directed by: David Wojnarowicz)

Or Beautiful People (Directed by: David Wojnarowicz)

Hollow Be Thy Name (working title) (Directed by: Tommy Turner)

Craftmatic Dreamin (Directed by: Kembra Pfahler)

Going Jane (Directed by: Tessa Hughes-Freeland)

Blonde Voodoo (Directed by: Ela Troyano)

1988

Flag (Directed by: Jonathan Quinn)

Go-Go Girls (Directed by: M.Henry Jones & Joey Ahlbum)

Pachanga En Dos Medios (Directed by: Marian Soto)

The Circle Game (Directed by: Andy Soma)

Hollow Be Thy Name (Directed by: Tommy Turner)

Son of Craftmatic Dreamin' 1988 Sequel (Directed by: Kembra Pfahler)

Untitled (Directed by: Anthony Chase)

Spectre Woman Chronicles- Involuntary Possession (Directed by: Spectre Woman)

Trash/Mull (Directed by: Lisa Laquer)

Candela (Directed by: Carmelita Tropicana, Uzi Parnes & Ela Troyano)

Betaville (Directed by: Alyce Wittenstein)

Café Notre Y Sur (Directed by: Maria Victoria Maldonado)

Family Jewels (Directed by: Leslie Lowe & Jack Waters)

The Golden Bowl or Repression (Directed by: Chris Krauss)

Wishes (Directed by: Alessandra Bergero)

Welcome To The Jungle (Directed by: Mark Zero)

Which Turn? (Directed by: Sandy Tait)

Bloodbath (Directed by: Ghislaine Jourden)

Submit To Me Now (Directed by: Richard Kern)

Film from performance piece Lucid Possession (Directed by: Jo Andres)

Maneaters 3 - Squalid Salad (Directed by: Uzi Parnes)

Sleazy Rider (Directed by: Jon Moritsugu)

Exploding Limo Show (Directed by: Nile Southern)

Untitled (Directed by: Steve Gallagher)

What I did this Summer (Directed by: John Whitehead)

Plastered (Directed by: Lorraine Llamas)

Frannie (Directed by: Adrienne Altenhaus)

Mayhem (Directed by: Abigail Childs)

900 Pounds (Directed by: Alan Abrams)

Apartment Eight (Directed by: Matthew Harrison)

Politics of Deed (Directed by: Cheryl Dyer)

Perry (Directed by: Cheryl Dyer)

References

New York Film Festival Downtown Wikipedia

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