THE FEAR FOOTAGE (2018), USA

- Written/Directed by Ricky Umberger

THE FEAR FOOTAGE 2 - World Premiere (2020), USA

- Written/Directed by Ricky Umberger

MANIAC (2012), France/USA

- Directed by Franck Khalfoun, Written by Alexandre Aja

A schizophrenic young mannequin restoration business joins a dating site in hopes of finding companionship, but instead fuels his compulsion to stalk and murder women. But when he meets Anna, a photographer who specializes in humanizing mannequins, he feels a connection and does whatever he can to get close to her. A loving remake of William Lustig’s controversial 1980 film, MANIAC is shot entirely from the point of view of Frank Zito (Elijah Wood), putting the audience in place of the slasher with no place to hide.

TICKETS

LENSFACE - World Premiere (2020), USA

- Written/Directed by Travis Nicholas Zariwny

Filmmaker Travis Z (CABIN FEVER, BEHIND THE MASK, DIGGING UP THE MARROW) attended the Unnamed Footage Festival last year and was introduced to our Voyuer cyrptid Lens Face. We here at the Unnamed Footage Fest are not sure what's happened to Mr. Z since we last saw him, but he's sent us a feature worth of footage that we'll be showing to badge holders ONLY.

FERAL (2019), Mexico

- Written/Directed by Andrés Kaiser

A man discovers a feral boy in the wilderness of Oaxaca, Mexico in 1987, and takes it upon himself to raise the developmentally stunted pre-teen into a functional member of society, documenting the boy's progress on Betamax tapes. When more children are discovered, they are added to the same regiment, with the goal to shape the unruly kids into vessels worthy of god. But as patience begins to thin the man displays a savagery more malicious than the children he claims to love. Produced on a documentary grant, FERAL went under the radar believed by many to be a real achive of the existence and rehabilitation of a feral child.

SKYMAN (2020), USA

- Written/Directed by Daniel Myrick

Carl Merryweather had an encounter with an alien lifeform in his youth, and this brief interaction changed the direction and purpose of his entire life. With the support of his best friend and his reluctant, but supportive sister, Carl is set to rendezvous with the mysterious Skyman again. This is a beautiful and delicately crafted story about memories, family and moving forward from found-footage guru Dan Myrick. Myrick is no stranger to the found footage/faux documentary genre after co-directing THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and in SKYMAN, Myrick substitutes the scares for cares while Michael Selle’s portrayal of Carl Merryweather is heartbreakingly real and effective.

PHONY (2019), USA

- Written/Directed by David Bush

A struggling filmmaker, unlucky in love, enlists the aid of a womanizing friend to create an exploitative documentary about online dating, but he doesn’t expect that the subjects of his project will turn against him and seize control of his chauvinistic charade, transforming it into a hilarious meta-mockery of his self-serving worldview and the system that empowers it. This multi-layered meta experiment sets the stage for an IN THE COMPANY OF MEN of the social media age, and then pulls the rug out from under you, changing the rules again and again till the final titillating frame.

A VERY IMPORTANT FILM - Theatrical Premiere (2019), USA

- Directed by Shayna Weber, Written by Clarissa Jacobson

Clarissa Jacobson wrote and produced a short film called LUNCH LADIES. It is safe to say that the success and reception of the film changed her life, taking her all around the world and inspiring the filmmaker to write a book on the process of producing short films. Despite this success, Clarissa still wanted to make something truly important and substantial. She embarked on a personal journey, and documented that pursuit with A VERY IMPORTANT FILM. The Unnamed Footage Festival is proud to present this double billing of both films with director Shayna Weber and writer / producer Clarissa Jacobson in attendance.

Murder Death Koreatown - World Premiere (2020), USA

- Directed by Anon, Written by Anon

After his neighbor's real life murder, an unemployed young man began to investigate the loose threads of what he believed to be a conspiracy. As his investigation hit repeated dead ends, his obsession grew frightening. Two months later he disappeared. His documentation was found and edited by an unknown acquaintance, trying to make sense of the tapes. The murder is real. The footage is real. Is the conspiracy? A story steeped in strange, MURDER DEATH KOREATOWN uncovers dread in the rabbit holes one may fall into with too much time on their hands. Ethically muddled and potentially dangerous, MURDER DEATH KOREATOWN was submitted anonymously to the Unnamed Footage Festival and we do not condone the content of the film. This is the World Premiere.

THE LOST FOOTAGE OF LEAH SULLIVAN (2019), USA

- Directed by Burt Grinstead, Written by Burt Grinstead, Rob Runyeon, Anna Stromberg

Leah Sullivan has returned to her home town to film a documentary, the subject of which is an unsolved massacre decades old. Could the killer still be alive? Was it smart for Leah to involve her family? And where is Leah now? The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan takes the quirky charm of an investigative documentary and dangles it over a true crime nightmare, while utilizing a cast of likable characters and a handy tri-pod. THE LOST FOOTAGE OF LEAH SULLIVAN is sure to satisfy casual audiences as well as the thirstiest of voyeurs.

THE LOCK IN (2014), USA

- Directed by Rich Praytor, Written by Beverly Banks

In 2014, a group of Protestant Christians decided to make a found footage horror film about a pornographic magazine that possesses any person who falls into its smutty grasp. This sincere work of religious propaganda only caught the attention of those who scrape the bottom of the ocean floor of trash cinema, resulting in this outlier of the sub-genre being grossly under seen and misunderstood. We here at UFF use the word "under seen" to also describe the filmmaker of THE LOCK IN, who has removed himself from any discussion about the film and certainly did not answer any of our attempts to contact him. The mystery behind this feature only adds to the mystique and reputation of this Evangelical oddity.

NOROI: THE CURSE (2005), Japan

- Directed by Kôji Shiraishi, Written by Kôji Shiraishi, Naoyuki Yokota

Japanese paranormal expert Masafumi Kobayashi has disappeared, but not before completing his most disturbing documentary, The Curse. Kôji Shiraishi's NOROI: THE CURSE pushes the boundries of J-Horror and Faux-documentary with a cast of over 20 characters, a runtime of almost 2 hours, and a master's understanding of an In-World-Camera Narrative. Don't miss UFF3's first of two rare screenings celebrating Kôji Shiraishi's Found Footage Horror work -- never before screened in the Bay Area!

FRAUD (2016), USA

- Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp

A family is struggling to pay their bills, so they opt to get creative on how to make ends meet, embarking on a cross-country road trip to avoid the law. Manipulating hours and hours of real home videos from a real, middle-class, American family uploaded to YouTube, director Dean Fleischer-Camp constructs a BONNIE AND CLYDE style anti-capitalist narrative that demonstrates the raw power of editing. Missed by many upon release, FRAUD is a fresh and inventive take on the sub-genre of found-footage.

THEY’RE INSIDE (2019), USA

- Directed by John-Paul Panelli, Written by Schuyler Brumley, John-Paul Panelli

When two sisters go to an isolated cabin in the woods to film a passion project, family secrets start to get in the way, as do masked strangers filming a passion project of their own. Elevating the Home Invasion horror subgenre with its use of an In-World-Camera narrative, THEY'RE INSIDE stands as a brilliant example of thoughtful horror film making. Don't miss this rare theatrical presentation of a massively misunderstood film.

PEEPING TOMMY (2019), USA

- Written/Directed by James Schmitz

Footage from a video camera found at the homicide scene of a John Doe is matched with obtained footage from surveillance cameras to partially reconstruct the final days of the victim. PEEPING TOMMY is a faux presentation of "3rd_i" neural network soft biometric search results. Filmed in 2014, the work is a mixed media buffet, presented in the form of an internal video demonstrating the effectiveness of soft biometric search analysis using convolution neural networks. The film uses screenshots of the fictional software, juxtaposed with the video voyeur’s footage, in an attempt to track him through Time and Space and identify him and his killer... and if that makes no sense to you, just know that PEEPING TOMMY is a snapshot of San Francisco 6 years ago -- which may sound like yesterday, but looks like an entirely different world.

UFO ABDUCTION (1989), USA

- Written/Directed by Dean Alioto

On a typical fall evening in 1983, a young man was videotaping his niece's 5th birthday party. As the night's strange occurrences took place, he kept his video camera running, recording the entire event. One of the first found footage films to exist, UFO ABDUCTION was believed to be actual footage of an alien invasion and was defended by the extra-terrestrial community for many years. The Unnamed Footage Festival is proud to screen this film in the original city where it screen for the first time, thirty years ago.

A RECORD OF SWEET MURDER (2014), Japan/South Korea

- Written/Directed by Kôji Shiraishi

A journalist is offered an exclusive interview with a murderer who police believe has killed people. The killer claims he's killed 25, with 2 left to complete his ritual, resurrect his dead friend, and all 27 victims. Filmed almost entirely in one shot, A RECORD OF SWEET MURDER is the found footage horror, psychodrama, action film you didn't know you needed and only Kôji Shiraishi could make. Don't miss UFF3's second rare screenings celebrating Kôji Shiraishi's Found Footage Horror work -- never before screened in the Bay Area!

HEAD CASE (2007), USA

- Written/Directed by Anthony Spadaccini

When Wayne settled down and started a family with Andrea, he put his hobby on hold. But once the kids grew up and suburban life got boring, he decided to pick up where he left off, this time with his wife by his side to capture every gruesome moment of their depraved killing spree on tape. Now for the first time in years, the Delaware serial killers’ unedited home movies will be shown to the public. Celebrate the closing night of UFF 3 with this blood splattered retro screening and be glad you're not part of the Montgomery family!