The Unnamed Footage Festival Lineup
A look at the found footage horror movies featured in this year's genre festival and how you can attend
It’s almost time for this year’s Unnamed Footage Festival, and as a found footage horror fan, I’m very much looking forward to checking out this year’s entries. Let’s take a quick look at the event and the films to look forward to.
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What is the Unnamed Footage Festival?
A look at the films premiering at the event
How can I attend?
What is the Unnamed Footage Festival?
The Unnamed Footage Festival (UFF), now on its 8th year, is a film festival created to showcase some of the best short and feature-length found footage horror films and faux documentaries. Although there’s an emphasis on horror, it also offers films in comedy, science fiction, and drama to showcase the diversity of first-person storytelling
Attendees of the festival get the chance to revisit old classics of the subgenre and discover new films in the various styles of found footage, including faux documentary, mockumentary, pov cinema, screenlife, ARG, and hybrid found footage.
The festival takes place this year from March 25-30, 2025.
Films Screening at UFF8
Noroi: The Curse (2005)
To celebrate the opening of the event, the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission Theatre will be hosting a special screening on March 25th of Koji Shiraishi’s Noroi: The Curse (2005).
This found footage classic follows a prominent paranormal journalist, Kobayashi, who goes missing shortly after completing a documentary. What begins as an investigation into strange noises soon evolves into the chilling mystery of a demonic entity named Kagutaba.
If you’ve never seen Noroi: The Curse (or frankly any of Koji Shiraishi’s other genre films), I highly recommend you make time for this one or search them out if you’re not attending the event.
Souvenir (2024)
Director Dustin Tamplen (Lights Over Montgomery County) will debut his next feature, along with a simultaneous premiere to streaming on the service Found TV.
Not familiar with Found TV? It’s a brand new streaming service that launched last year dedicated to found footage horror films. You can watch free with ads or ad-free for $4.99/mo. on their website or through the app on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon Fire devices, iOS, and Android. If you’re interested, you can check it out here: https://foundtv.com/
In March 2024, a man receives devastating news and heads to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to face an internal battle.
The Ruck March (2025)
Along with Souvenir, another film at the festival, The Ruck March, will also premiere on Found TV. This one comes from a veteran found footage director, Michael Rock (Tahoe Joe, The Murder of the Monster).
When two women sign up to participate in a group endurance event in the unforgiving desert, they expect a challenging but rewarding experience. As the group ventures deeper into the desolate landscape, things take a sinister turn.
Tinsman Road (2025)
Tinsman Road is the second premiere for director Robby Banfitch, who made waves on social media with his last release The Outwaters (2022).
A young man searches for the body of his sister years after her tragic disappearance. Shot fully on gritty 4:3 Mini-DV, the story takes us on an emotionally winding voyage into the wilderness of death and sorrow.
You may be wondering, “Where’s the trailer for this one?” Well, it’s the only one I couldn’t find. It was taken down from the UFF8 site by the uploader and I couldn’t find it elsewhere. So you’re just going to have to go in blind for this one (which is my personal preference anyway).
Leech (2024)
Leech is a dark horror comedy from director David M. Dawson (Flesh Games, The Long Weekend). It follows the trials, tribulations, and trolls of a YouTuber who calls himself The Dark Lord of Loves Park.
The Dark Lord of Loves Park live streams regularly in hopes of receiving donations from his viewers who are only watching to see him self-destruct. Inspired by King Cobra JFS, this one is a mumblegore, screenlife film that explores the internet phenomenon of LOLCOWS.
Solvent (2024)
Another veteran to the festival, director Johannes Grenzfurthner (Masking Threshold, Razzenest), will wrap up his loose trilogy of films this year with Solvent.
While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunner S. Holbrook becomes obsessed with solving the mystery, and as his sanity wanes, he must confront an insatiable evil.
I Don’t Like It Here (2025)
Robbie Smith (Grieve) will premiere his second directorial film, I Don’t Like It Here, a hybrid found footage film featuring elements of voyeuristic camera work as well as faux documentary.
A recently paroled outsider returns to his desolate hometown, only to find a community plagued by a disturbing darkness. As he grapples with his own past and the town's sinister secrets, he becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.
What Happened to Dorothy Bell? (2024)
The festival will wrap up with a screening of What Happened to Dorothy Bell?, which first premiered last year at Fantastic Fest. From director Danny Villanueva Jr. and featuring a star-studded cast including Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 & 5) and Michael Hargrove (2021's Candyman, The Express), this found-footage film examines generational trauma through the lens of demonic possession.
After uncovering disturbing revelations from her early childhood involving her late grandmother, Dorothy Bell, Ozzie Gray sets out to video document her investigation into these past events. Desperate for answers, she attempts to communicate with Dorothy's spirit but unwittingly awakens something malevolent.
How Can I Attend UFF8?
The Unnamed Footage Festival takes place this year from March 25-30, 2025 in San Francisco. You can purchase tickets to the event here: https://filmfreeway.com/UnnamedFootageFestival/tickets.
The festival badge gives you access to all Unnamed Footage Festival screenings and events at the ATA, Balboa, and 4-Star Theaters. This includes opening and closing night screenings, parties, panels, and the annual Don't Stop Recording Power Hour. Screenings hosted by UFF at the Alamo Drafthouse require a separate ticket.
Find more information about UFF8 at https://unnamedfootagefestival.com/.
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