Film Crash Explained

Film Crash
Location:	Santa Monica, CA, U.S.
Website:	http://www.filmcrash.com/

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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,^[3] Shooting Gallery, São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. and Heliotrope Theater in Los Angeles.^[4] In 2014 Film Crash was held in Mid-City, Los Angeles on October 22.^[5] http://renegadecinema.com/33927/film-crash-launches-new-annual-festival-in-mid-city-los-angeles 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 http://www.ridgetheater.org/index.html, producing and directing films for several theater productions including Jack Benny^[6] at La Mama in 1988 and The Manson Family^[7] 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 Revolutionhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328905/. In 2006 Film Crash produced Ben Rodkin's debut feature film Big Heart Cityhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230364/ 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 http://www.laemmle.com/theaters/1, West Los Angeles

2018

• October 13, 2018 - Laemmle Royal http://www.laemmle.com/theaters/1, West Los Angeles

2017

• October 14, 2017 - Laemmle Royal http://www.laemmle.com/theaters/1, West Los Angeles

2016

• October 22, 2016 - MiMoDa Studio http://mimodastudio.com/, Los Angeles

2015

• November 15, 2015 - MiMoDa Studio http://mimodastudio.com/, Los Angeles

• September 26, 2015 - Undisclosed Venice Location, Los Angeles

2014

• October 19, 2014 - MiMoDa Studio http://mimodastudio.com/, 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20081113131619/http://gothamist.com/2008/11/10/rip_two_boots_pioneer_theater_east.php, New York City

• February 21, 1997 - Den of Cin https://web.archive.org/web/20081113131619/http://gothamist.com/2008/11/10/rip_two_boots_pioneer_theater_east.php, 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, Brazil

• January 12, 1992 - Anthology Film Archives, New York City

1991

• 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

1990

• 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

1989

• 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

1988

• 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

1987

• November 21, 1987 - RAPP Arts Center http://streetsyoucrossed.blogspot.com/2005/07/rapp-rapp-rapp-they-called-it-rapp-uh.html, 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

1986

• 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

1985

• 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

External links

• Film Crash website
• Ridge Theater website

Notes and References

1. Eric Norcross, "Film Crash 2014 Award Winners", Renegade Cinema, October 20, 2014
2. Manohla Dargis, "Survive and Dissent", The Village Voice, June 21, 1988
3. Melissa Pierson, "Crash Groove", Off Hollywood Report, Winter 1990/1991
4. Mary Beth Crain, "Crash Course", LA Weekly, June 1, 1990
5. Eric Norcross, "Film Crash launches new annual festival in Mid-City, Los Angeles", Renegade Cinema, October 16, 2014
6. M. George Stevenson, "Well, This is a Different Side of Benny", New York Newsday, September 28, 1989
7. John Rockwell, "A Theater Work About Charles Manson", New York Times, July 22, 1990