Caroline Lindy’s Your Monster took home Best of Fest and Pete Ohs’ Love and Work received Best Feature Film at the 2024 Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF).
L.E.S* Film Festival | Lower East Side Film Festival
L.E.S* Film Festival | Lower East Side Film Festival
SINCE: 2001
WHERE: New York, NY, USA
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Lower East Side Film Festival in New York City creates a special experience for both filmmaker and audience through amazing events, neighborhood engagement, free industry panels, and BYOB screenings of the best and brightest up and coming filmmaking talent.
L.E.S* Film Festival | Lower East Side Film Festival
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‘Your Monster’ and ‘Love and Work’ Win Top Prizes at Lower East Side Film Festival 2024
(Photo credit Alex Mendoza)
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‘Your Monster’ Starring Melissa Barrera Opens 14th Lower East Side Film Festival Lineup
Your Monster (courtesy LESFF) Caroline Lindy’s debut feature film Your Monster starring Melissa Barrera opens the 14th Lower East Side Film Festival (“LESFF”) taking place Thursday, May 2 – Monday, May 6 at Village East Cinema and DCTV Firehouse Cinema in New York City.
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NY Premiere of Shaina Feinberg’s SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE to Kick off Lower East Side Film Festival
SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE The 9th Lower East Side Film Festival will open on June 6th with the New York Premiere of Shaina Feinberg’s Senior Escort Service written & directed by Shaina Feinberg and starring Chris Manley, Shaina Feinberg, Chris Roberti (High Maintenance, Broad City), Jeff Seal, Mona Chalabi, and Drae Campbell. “After the sudden death of her father, filmmaker Shaina Feinberg goes on a tour of grief in this genre-bending feature film. Blending archival footage with a series of journeys – both real and imagined – Senior Escort Service is a funny and sad meditation on loss.”
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“HAVING YOU,” and “HOW TO FOLLOW STRANGERS” Awarded Top Honors at 2013 Lower East Side Film Festival
HAVING YOU“HAVING YOU,” and “HOW TO FOLLOW STRANGERS” were awarded top honors at the 2013 Lower East Side Film Festival (L.E.S* Film Festiva), which ran June 13 – 23 in New York City.
Prix D’or Winner, “HOW TO FOLLOW STRANGERS” is directed by Chioke Nassor and stars Broad City’s Ilana Glazer. There is a true story of a woman who died in her apartment and it took people a year to find her body decomposing in a crisp Chanel suit. A young man becomes obsessed with this urban tragedy and disappears, wondering if anyone will notice. A young woman who shares his commuting schedule DOES notice…
Best Feature Winner, HAVING YOU, is directed by Sam Hoare and stars Golden Globe Nominated Anna Friel, Golden Globe and BAFTA Nominee Romola Garai, and BAFTA Nominee Phil Davis. Jack has finally managed to propose to his infertile girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
The Full List of Winners are:
PRIX D’OR – Best of Fest – How To Follow Strangers. Dir. By Chioke Nassor
BEST FEATURE – Having You. Dir. By Sam Hoare
AUDIENCE AWARD – i hate myself 🙂 Dir. By Joanna Arnow
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT – The Caretaker. Dir. Lauren Lillie
BEST DOC SHORT – Wright’s Law. Dir. By Zack Conkle
BEST ANIMATION – Fear of Flying. Dir. By Conor Finnegan
L.E.S* NEIGHBORHOOD AWARD – The Birdman. Dir. By Jessie Auritt.
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L.E.S* Film Festival to Kick off First Weekend With Block Party & Drive In
The L.E.S* Film Festival is partnering with ZipCar to kick off its first festival weekend with a FREE old fashioned Block Party & Drive-In. Food, film and surprise performances. The 3rd annual L.E.S* Film Festival will run June 13th – 23rd, 2013.
The schedule of events:
June 13th – Opening Night – How To Follow Strangers dir. by Chioke Nassor feat. Ilana Glazer
June 14th – Sneak Peek Night – Joanna Arnow’s documentary i hate myself 🙂
June 15th – Mind F*ck Night- A series of shorts that will definitely F*CK with your mind.
June 16th – Zipcar Presents L.E.S* Drive-In – FREE with music by DJ’s AndrewAndrew, food, and live performances, 6pm – 9pm. Parking Lot at 88 Ludlow St (and Broome). ZipCars reserved exclusively for ZipCar members. To book a car email:nycmarketing@zipcar.com or tweet at @ZipcarNYC
June 17th – Animation Night and WGA East Chat: Writing the Real
June 18th – Shorts Showcase Sponsored by The Low Down and IFP Presents: Digital Distribution Panel
June 19th – Twisted Love and Doc Night Sponsored by VIMEO
June 20th – Gay Night Sponsored by LOGOTV
June 21st – Award Ceremony & Having You
June 22nd – Special Screening – History of Future Folk
June 23rd – Best of Fest
VENUES
Films will be shown at Sunshine Cinemas, Anthology Film Archive, The Crosby St. Hotel and downtown spaces Casa Mezcal and Katra Lounge.
JUDGES
Sundance Winning writer and director Rebecca Miller, SAG Award winner and comedian Judah Friedlander, Academy Award Nominees Dan Janvey (“Beasts Of The Southern Wild”), Travis Knight (“ParaNorman”), David France (“How To Survive A Plague”), producers Lars Knudsen and Jay VanHoy, (“Beginners”), Emmy Winner Jerry Kupfer (“30 Rock”), Bladimiar Norman of The Weinstein Company, Jason Janego of TWC Radius, documentary filmmaker Mark Becker, cinematographer Clyde E. Bryan and DJ’s AndrewAndrew.
L.E.S* CHATS
FREE!
June 17th: WGA at WGA East (250 Hudson St).
June 18th: IFP Presents :Digital Distribution Chat” moderated by Chris Rovzar of Vanity Fair. Panelists from A24, Filmbuff, Starz and VHX, 6pm at Casa Mezcal’s Obra Negra (80 Orchard St).
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“How To Follow Strangers” Set to Open 2013 L.E.S* Film Festival
“How To Follow Strangers” directed by Chioke Nassor and starring Ilana Glazer, co-creator/star of the cult web series, Broad City, will open the 2013 L.E.S* Film Festival on June 13. 2013. The L.E.S* Film Festival shows low budget independent films in all categories: features, shorts, documentaries, experimental, foreign and animation.
“How To Follow Strangers” is the true story of a woman who died in her apartment and it took people a year to find her body decomposing in a crisp Chanel suit. A young man becomes obsessed with this urban tragedy and disappears, wondering if anyone will notice. A young woman who shares his commuting schedule DOES notice. And when he resurfaces, she decides to follow him setting of a chain of events that may eventually bind them together…
The L.E.S* Film Festival runs June 13 – 23rd at Landmark Sunshine Cinemas, Anthology Film Archives, The Crosby St Hotel and other Lower East Side venues in New York City.
How to Follow Strangers: Trailer from Chioke Nassor on Vimeo.
