Last October, Sherwin Akbarzadeh’s experimental film “I Had A Dream I Went to Coney Island” came all the way from Australia to premiere in Brooklyn at the 2009 Coney Island Film Festival. Now this evocative eight millimeter movie is up on YouTube as a submission for Berlin’s Road Junky Film Festival. You’ll catch a glimpse of the stars shining on Astroland’s vanished Surf Ave. Gate at 2:20…
The Road Junky Travel Film Festival is offering 1500 euros in prizes for five minute films that change the way we see the world. On May 28, travelers and film makers will converge in Berlin to screen their documentaries and stream them live over the internet as they’re shown. Submission deadline: April 10, 2010.
Call for entries for the 2010 Coney Island Film Festival, named one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals” by MovieMaker Magazine, is open as well. The 10th annual event is set for September 24-26, 2010 at Sideshows by the Seashore and the Coney Island Museum. Submission deadlines: April 23, 2010. Late deadline: June 25, 2010. Extended deadline: July 2, 2010. Check festival website for details.
Related posts on ATZ…
February 24, 2010: Step Right Up! Coney Island Documentary Film Seeks 20 More Backers
February 3, 2010: New in 2010: Coney Island Fun Phone Addition to CI Fun Guide
September 28, 2009: Q & A with Filmmaker Craig Butta: “Sea Legs” at the Coney Island Film Festival
May 21, 2009: Astroland Closed But Your Kid Can Still Ride the USS Astroland This Summer!
Hi,
What a beautiful, mesmerizing film. Thanks for posting . . .
T.
Thanks, T. You have some lovely photos on City of Strangers. Perhaps we’ll meet at the upcoming Brooklyn Blog Fest?
http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com/2010/03/27/save-the-date-june-8th-is-the-5th-annual-brooklyn-blogfest/
[...] thanks to Amusing the Zillion for posting it – as one commentator wrote ‘the eerie trippiness IS Coney Island’. [...]