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Unnamed Footage Festival 2024 Teases Initial Lineup of Found Footage Films Featuring ‘Frogman’ and ‘High Desert 3’
The Unnamed Footage Festival has unveiled the initial lineup for its seventh annual installment, featuring a diverse selection of Found Footage Horror, First Person POV, and Faux Doc films.
The festival’s programming team expressed their excitement for this year’s offerings, stating, “Every year, our programmers scour the globe for the greatest, weirdest, and most obscure films in the In-World camera genre, and this year is shaping up to be our best and biggest year yet, complete with cryptids, liminal horror, possession, and live streaming.”
The festival will kick off with two nights of pre-fest events. On Tuesday, March 26th, the festival will present a special 10th Anniversary screening of “AS ABOVE SO BELOW” at Terror Tuesday in collaboration with the Alamo Drafthouse at their New Mission location. The following day, Wednesday, March 27th, will feature the festival’s first-ever badgeholder-only pre-festival event & mixer at the Artists’ Television Access in the Mission district.
The opening night festivities on Thursday, March 28th, will commence with the annual Recalibration Party, followed by a weekend packed with in-world camera films, including premieres of “HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 3: FIREWATCH” and the latest offering from the creators of “STRAIGHT EDGE KEGGER,” titled “LOOKY-LOO.” Additionally, the supernatural mystery “DO NOT WATCH” will make its festival debut after a sold-out premiere at Screamfest LA, and the long-awaited screening of the Timur Bekmambetov produced internet thriller, “#BLUE_WHALE,” will finally take place after disappearing into obscurity following its 2021 Fantasia Film Festival premiere. The lineup also includes “MIND BODY SPIRIT,” a smash hit from the last #UFF24hr virtual festival.
The festival’s complete schedule and second wave of films will be announced soon, promising more premieres, special events, and retro screenings. Badges are currently available for purchase via FilmFreeway.
Among the first wave of UFF film selections are:
– “HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 3: FIREWATCH” (2024, dir. Dutch Marich)
– “FROGMAN” (2023, dir. Anthony Cousins)
– “FLESH GAMES” (2023, dir. David Dawson)
– “LOOKY-LOO” (2024, dir. Jason Zink)
– “#BLUE_WHALE” (2022, dir. Anna Zaytseva)
– “DO NOT WATCH” (2023, dir. Justin Janowitz)
– “MIND BODY SPIRIT” (2023, dir. Alex Henes, Matthew Merenda)
– “LIVESCREAMERS” (2023, dir. Michelle Iannantuono)
The Unnamed Footage Festival is set to run from March 26th to 31st, 2024, in San Francisco, CA.