New York Film Festival Downtown was a New York-based film festival founded by Tessa Hughes-Freeland and Ela Troyano in 1984.[1] [2] East Village art scene and ran for five years, ending in 1988.
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New York Film Festival Downtown First program, October 1984
Location New York City , United StatesEstablished October 1984 Founded by Tessa Hughes-Freeland, Ela Troyano Disestablished 1988
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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 and 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 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 and 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)
Festival directors Ela Troyano and Tessa Hughes-Freeland at 8BC for the 1985 New York Film Festival Downtown. Slide Performance (Directed by: Stephen Holman and Torture Chorus)The Ballad of Sexual Dependency 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 and Gretchen Bender)Spectre Woman - On the Road (Directed by: Ellen Fisher, Mary Schultz, Tone Blevins and John Van Wagner)Work At Nine (Directed by: Julius Klein)Frankie Teardrop (Directed by: Edit Deak and 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: Fabio P. Roberti for DirectArt Productions Ltd.)Thrust In Me (Directed by: Nick Zedd and 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 and Susan Tremblay)Henry VIII (Directed by: 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 and Ela Troyano)Stars & Stripes (Directed by: Uzi Parnes and 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 and Ulf Nilsson)Rome '78 (Directed by: James Nares)
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 and 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 and 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 and David Wojnarowicz)Rat Trap (Directed by: Tessa Hughes-Freeland and 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)
Elusive Butterfly (Directed by: Andy Soma)Dancenoise with Anthony Chase (Directed by: Dancenoise and Anthony Chase)Catwalk (Directed by: Sue Graef)Memento Mori (Directed by: Michael Brynntrup )Pending (Directed by: Alyson Mead)Rush (Directed by: Mary Patierno and Mo Angelus)Butter Film (Directed by: Kiki Smith)Un Pas Deux (Directed by: Cassandra Stark and 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 and Ghislaine Chantel Jourden)Astroturf (Directed by: Jourdan Schwartze and 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 and Robert Munn)Nocturnes (Directed by: Leslie Lowe and 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 and 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 DreaminGoing Jane (Directed by: Tessa Hughes-Freeland)Blonde Voodoo (Directed by: Ela Troyano)
Flag (Directed by: Jonathan Quinn)Go-Go Girls (Directed by: M.Henry Jones and 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 Lacquer)Candela (Directed by: Carmelita Tropicana, Uzi Parnes and Ela Troyano)Betaville (Directed by: Alyce Wittenstein)Café Notre Y Sur (Directed by: Maria Victoria Maldonado)Family Jewels (Directed by: Leslie Lowe and 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 Matthew Harrison )Politics of Deed (Directed by: Cheryl Dyer)Perry (Directed by: Cheryl Dyer)
J. Hoberman,"Festival Kiss-Off", The Village Voice , October 23, 1984
Thomasin Lansing, "Film in Limbo", East Village Eye , December/January 1984/5
