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.
== History ==
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.
== Expansion ==
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.
== Theater collaboration ==
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.
== Film production ==
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.
== Film Crash Programs ==
=== 2023 ===
October 14, 2023 - Laemmle Royal, West Los Angeles
=== 2022 ===
October 15, 2022 - Laemmle Royal, West Los Angeles
=== 2021 ===
October 16, 2021 - Laemmle Royal, West Los Angeles
=== 2020 ===
October 31, 2020 - Online event (due to COVID-19)
=== 2019 ===
October 12, 2019 - Laemmle Royal [5], West Los Angeles
=== 2018 ===
October 13, 2018 - Laemmle Royal [6], West Los Angeles
=== 2017 ===
October 14, 2017 - Laemmle Royal [7], West Los Angeles
=== 2016 ===
October 22, 2016 - MiMoDa Studio [8], Los Angeles
=== 2015 ===
November 15, 2015 - MiMoDa Studio [11], Los AngelesSeptember 26, 2015 - Undisclosed Venice Location, Los Angeles
=== 2014 ===
October 19, 2014 - MiMoDa Studio [12], Los Angeles
=== 2007 ===
December 3, 2007 - Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles
=== 1998 ===
December 16, 1998 - Unterfuton Studios, New York City
=== 1997 ===
June 20, 1997 - Den of Cin [13], New York CityFebruary 21, 1997 - Den of Cin [14], New York City
=== 1993 ===
December 8, 1993 - Shooting Gallery, New York City
=== 1992 ===
August 20, 1992 - São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo, BrazilJanuary 12, 1992 - Anthology Film Archives, New York City
=== 1991 ===
September 27, 1991 - Angelika Film Center, New York CitySeptember 27, 1991 - Limelight, New York CityMarch 21, 1991 - Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.January 21, 1991 - Sundance Film Festival Bootleg Film Crash, Park City, Utah
=== 1990 ===
September 27, 1990 - Kampo Cultural Center, New York CityJuly 13, 1990 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityJune 29, 1990 - Angelika Film Center, New York CityJune 7, 1990 - Heliotrope Theater, Los AngelesJune 6, 1990 - Heliotrope Theater, Los AngelesApril 7, 1990 - Brand Name Damages, Williamsburg, BrooklynApril 2, 1990 - Performance Space 122, New York CityMarch 20, 1990 - Dance Theater Workshop, New York CityMarch 3, 1990 - Brand Name Damages, Williamsburg, BrooklynJanuary 21, 1990 - Gas Station 2B, New York CityJanuary 13, 1990 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityJanuary 11, 1990 - Screening on side of building, East Village, New York CityJanuary 8, 1990 - Performance Space 122, New York CityJanuary 3, 1990 - Max Fish, New York City
=== 1989 ===
November 6, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York CitySeptember 11, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York CityJune 14, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York CityApril 18, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York CityJanuary 18, 1989 - Performance Space 122, New York City
=== 1988 ===
November 12, 1988 - Gusto House, New York CitySeptember 24, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityJuly 7, 1988 - Cafe Bustelo, New York CityMay 26, 1988 - Cafe Bustelo, New York CityMay 22, 1988 - Socrates Art Park, Williamsburg, BrooklynApril 16, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityMarch 19, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityFebruary 18, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityFebruary 12, 1988 - Minor Injury Gallery, New York CityJanuary 22, 1988 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City
=== 1987 ===
November 21, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center [15], New York CityNovember 14, 1987 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityNovember 1, 1987 - Gas Station 2B, New York CitySeptember 10, 1987 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityJuly 10, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center, New York CityMay 16, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center, New York CityMay 1, 1987 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityMarch 13, 1987 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityFebruary 27, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center, New York City
=== 1986 ===
December 12, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CitySeptember 27, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityJuly 10, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityJune 14, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityApril 12, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityMay 17, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityMarch 15, 1986 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York City
=== 1985 ===
December 6, 1985 - 124 Ridge Street Gallery, New York CityJune 21, 1985 - Club Neither Nor, New York CityFebruary 6, 1985 - 130 East 7 Street, New York City

== External links ==
Film Crash website
Ridge Theater website