Subway Cars. Graffiti. Comedy Clubs. Cocaine. Skate Parks. Dog Parades. This is our New York. Celebrate the faces, places, and stories of our city, through the eyes of these New York filmmakers.

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.