Film Crash
Film Crash is a California-based annual film festival and screenplay competition, programming independent, animated, experimental, low-budget and underground films. The programmers award prizes. In 1985 film director Matthew Harrison launched a floating film screening series in the East Village, Manhattan, adopting the name Film Crash and its associated logo in early 1988. He was joined later that year by film directors Karl Nussbaum and Scott Saunders. Film Crash grew, playing in venues such as 124 Ridge Street Gallery, Performance Space 122, R.A.P.P. Arts Center, Angelika Film Center, Shooting Gallery, São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. and Heliotrope Theater in Los Angeles. In 2014 Film Crash was held in Mid-City, Los Angeles on October 22.[1] In 2015 a Screenplay Competition component was added to Film Crash. The 2023 Film Crash festival and screenplay competition was held at the Laemmle Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles on October 14. As a collective of filmmakers, Film Crash also collaborated with the experimental theater group Ridge Theater [2], producing and directing films for several theater productions including Jack Benny at La Mama in 1988 and The Manson Family opera at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1990. In 2002 Film Crash presented Mark Christensen's debut feature film Box Head Revolution[3]. In 2006 Film Crash produced Ben Rodkin's debut feature film Big Heart City[4] starring Seymour Cassel and Shawn Andrews. = October 14, 2023 - Laemmle Royal, West Los Angeles = October 15, 2022 - Laemmle Royal, West Los Angeles = October 16, 2021 - Laemmle Royal, West Los Angeles = October 31, 2020 - Online event (due to COVID-19) = October 12, 2019 - Laemmle Royal [5], West Los Angeles = October 13, 2018 - Laemmle Royal [6], West Los Angeles = October 14, 2017 - Laemmle Royal [7], West Los Angeles = October 22, 2016 - MiMoDa Studio [8], Los Angeles = November 15, 2015 - MiMoDa Studio [11], Los Angeles September 26, 2015 - Undisclosed Venice Location, Los Angeles = October 19, 2014 - MiMoDa Studio [12], Los Angeles = December 3, 2007 - Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles = December 16, 1998 - Unterfuton Studios, New York City = June 20, 1997 - Den of Cin [13], New York City February 21, 1997 - Den of Cin [14], New York City = December 8, 1993 - Shooting Gallery, New York City = August 20, 1992 - São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo, Brazil January 12, 1992 - Anthology Film Archives, New York City = September 27, 1991 - Angelika Film Center, New York City September 27, 1991 - Limelight, New York City March 21, 1991 - Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C. January 21, 1991 - Sundance Film Festival Bootleg Film Crash, Park City, Utah = September 27, 1990 - Kampo Cultural Center, New York City July 13, 1990 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City June 29, 1990 - Angelika Film Center, New York City June 7, 1990 - Heliotrope Theater, Los Angeles June 6, 1990 - Heliotrope Theater, Los Angeles April 7, 1990 - Brand Name Damages, Williamsburg, Brooklyn April 2, 1990 - Performance Space 122, New York City March 20, 1990 - Dance Theater Workshop, New York City March 3, 1990 - Brand Name Damages, Williamsburg, Brooklyn January 21, 1990 - Gas Station 2B, New York City January 13, 1990 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City January 11, 1990 - Screening on side of building, East Village, New York City January 8, 1990 - Performance Space 122, New York City January 3, 1990 - Max Fish, New York City = November 6, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York City September 11, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York City June 14, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York City April 18, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York City January 18, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York City = November 12, 1988 - Gusto House, New York City September 24, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City July 7, 1988 - Cafe Bustelo, New York City May 26, 1988 - Cafe Bustelo, New York City May 22, 1988 - Socrates Art Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn April 16, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City March 19, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City February 18, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City February 12, 1988 - Minor Injury Gallery, New York City January 22, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City = November 21, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center [15], New York City November 14, 1987 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City November 1, 1987 - Gas Station 2B, New York City September 10, 1987 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City July 10, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center, New York City May 16, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center, New York City May 1, 1987 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City March 13, 1987 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City February 27, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center, New York City = December 12, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City September 27, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City July 10, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City June 14, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City April 12, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City May 17, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City March 15, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City = December 6, 1985 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City June 21, 1985 - Club Neither Nor, New York City February 6, 1985 - 130 East 7 Street, New York City Film Crash website Ridge Theater website