New York Film Festival Downtown

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: Fabio P. Roberti for DirectArt Productions Ltd.)
 * 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 Lacquer)
 * 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)