The Downtown Festival

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The Downtown Festival is a recurring event in the Collected Agenda archive, appearing 4 times across 4 issues between October 02, 2024 and October 13, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “present a selection of shorts at The Downtown Festival. Q&A to follow”; “premieres a slideshow titled “Hey Lover” at The Downtown Festival”; “Much more from The Downtown Festival”. It most often appears alongside Stephanie LaCava, Brooklyn, Celia.

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  • Category: Events
  • Mention count: 4
  • Issue count: 4
  • First seen: October 02, 2024
  • Last seen: October 13, 2025

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

October 02, 2024 · Original source
From 7 - 8:30pm — Stephanie LaCava, Daniel Arnold, and Alex Ross Perry present a selection of shorts at The Downtown Festival. Q&A to follow. Lots of wonderful feature films in this festival, mostly sold out for Friday evening, but tickets for The Filmmakers Co-Op Program are still available here. Screening ticket guarantees entry to the Opening Night Party, from 10:30pm to late.
October 14, 2024 · Original source
From 9pm at ROXY CINEMA — Marcus Maddox premieres a slideshow titled “Hey Lover” at The Downtown Festival.
October 06, 2025 · Original source
The Downtown Festival returns with an opening celebration
The Downtown Festival presents a series of screenings at The Roxy — At 4pm; Fior di Latte directed by Charlotte Ercoli, ft a Q&A with Charlotte Ercoli, Julia Fox, and Kevin Kline, moderated by Jeff Ross. At 6:30pm; End of the Night directed by Keith McNally, followed by a conversation between Keith McNally and Lisa Robinson, At 9:15pm; Atropia directed by Hailey Gates followed by a Q&A with Hailey Gates moderated by Douglas Keeve.
The Downtown Festival presents a series of screenings at The Roxy — at 2:30pm; Realities and Illusions - featuring works by Lily Lady, Alex O Eaton, Lisa Hammer, Andrew Norman Wilson, and more. At 5pm; Desperately Seeking Susan followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Susan Seidelman and actor Rosanna Arquette, moderated by Special Guest. At 7pm; New Rose Hotel followed by conversation with Abel Ferrara and Stephanie LaCava. At 10pm; Ryan Trecartin Movies; Selected Works 2009 - 2016
October 13, 2025 · Original source
From 4pm at Roxy Cinema — The Downtown Festival continues today and all week. At 6:15pm; world premiere of The Isdal Man by Gus Dapperton, with a Q&A moderated by Lucas Hedges. A film about Scandinavia and a vlogger (?) - I hope to make it to this. From 8:15pm; Love New York (Anthony Di Mieri). From 10:45pm; City Wide Fever.
From 4:15pm — Much more from The Downtown Festival.