New York Film Festival Downtown

New York Film Festival Downtown
First program, October 1984
LocationNew York City, United States
EstablishedOctober 1984
Founded byTessa Hughes-Freeland, Ela Troyano
Disestablished1988

New York Film Festival Downtown was a New York-based film festival founded by Tessa Hughes-Freeland and Ela Troyano in 1984.[1]

Known for its independent and "positively avante-garde" programming,[2] the festival came to prominence in the East Village art scene. The New York Film Festival Downtown ran for five years, ending in 1988.

  1. ^ J. Hoberman,"Festival Kiss-Off", The Village Voice, October 23, 1984
  2. ^ Thomasin Lansing, "Film in Limbo", East Village Eye, December/January 1984/5