LESFF will open its 15th year with the New York Premiere of The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, directed by Pete Ohs (Love and Work) and starring Zoë Chao (Nightbitch), Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play on Broadway, Zola), Callie Hernandez (La La Land), and James Cusati-Moyer (Maestro). The film follows a weekend retreat gone unsettlingly wrong—homemade meals, parlor games, and an ominous tick bite that unravels reality.
After the film, the Village East Cinema transforms into our Opening Night Party. Ticket includes film + party with open bar from our sponsors, Live DJ, special guests, and party favors.
A haunting documentary, Not One Drop of Blood unravels a decades-long mystery of unexplained cattle mutilations in rural Oregon—reigniting conspiracy theories, local fear, and a relentless search for answers.
The film marks the debut Stay Indie Project Spotlight from LESFF, launched in collaboration with BFD Productions, a direct pipeline to connect bold, independent filmmakers with development, financing, and production support—and to make sure their stories actually make it to the screen.
Not One Drop of Blood, the directorial debut from filmmakers Jackson Devereux, Lachlan Hinton, with producers Anna King, Tony Castle and Roxy Hunt, will screen (out of competition) at LESFF following its World Premiere at Filmfort and East Coast Premiere at the Florida Film Festival.
LESFF wraps it’s 15th year with NY Premiere of The Big Johnson, director Lola Rocknrolla’s electrifying documentary about NYC legend Dean Johnson—drag queen, rock star, LGBTQI activist, junkie, genius, escort then…John Doe. This glam-punk, rock-doc explores the incredible highs and the crushing lows of Dean Johnson’s life and untimely death. Was it an accident, or something more sinister? What is for sure is that Dean and “the Big Johnson” changed New York City and everyone who knew him forever.
Then, join us for the Closing Night Party at The Slipper Room
5 DAY ALL ACCESS PASS INCLUDES ENTRY TO:
Opening Night Film + Party (open bar included)
The Filmmaker Reception (open bar & bites included)
All Feature Films and Short Showcases (w/ open bar reception)
DOC DAY @ DCTV (shorts & features)
Anniversary Screenings
Closing Night Film + Party (open bar included)
More screenings and events to be announced soon
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— COOL HUNTING
