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Tune in at 10PM Eastern for the @chattfilmfest.org 2026 Awards Presentation. See who nabbed best of the fest with much love to all the rest! youtu.be/N-bY8U_LxC8

Award Presentation // Chattanooga Film Festival 2026

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Don’t know what we did to deserve the audience that show up for this festival but we’re awfully glad we did it. The generosity of all of you who’ve been a part of this year has us $700 from our fundraising goal and CFF2027 being a reality. Its lovely that so many of you seem to want us around.

We didn't cry AT ALL when we read this we were completely chlll and cooool. Thank you @philnobilejr.bsky.social we've truly never felt more understood. It means the world.

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Went to Tennessee, where @chattfilmfest.org reminded me why I love movies and movie fans. This week’s Terror Teletype: manage.kmail-lists.com/subscription...

Went to Tennessee, where @chattfilmfest.org reminded me why I love movies and movie fans. This week’s Terror Teletype: manage.kmail-lists.com/subscription...

One final photo dump from @chattfilmfest.org ,some fun red carpet shots w/ just a few good friends we reunited with and some new friends as well! Chattanooga Film Fest is truly a celebration of genre film and I hope more filmmakers & audiences get a chance to experience it. Thank you Chattanooga!!

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Yearslong Resident Evil mystery solved: Kyle MacLachlan revealed to be Jill Valentine's 'boyfriend'

Twin Peaks star has ties to STARS

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Horror comedy DEMONETIZE challenges a group of social media influencers to stay the night in a haunted house and all hell breaks loose. The killer teddy bear sequence made me laugh out loud. Over-the-top performances and some genuine scares. Very fun. @chattfilmfest.org 2026. #filmsky #chattfilmfest

Co-writer/star Dina Silva is fierce af (and she can sing!) in bloody, darkly funny feminist slasher FRANKIE, MANIAC WOMAN, which takes a brutal look at fat shaming and unrealistic beauty standards. From director Pierre Tsigaridis. Seek this one out. @chattfilmfest.org 2026. #filmsky #horrorsky

Here’s some impromptu Karaoke singing one of my favorite track from the seminal CLUELESS soundtrack, Smoking Popes “Need You Around” at @chattfilmfest.org Did NOT expect to go up there but hey, Liquid Courage does wonders! Photos by Toby Darling & Emily Bennett!

Our audience has shown up for us and we’re now just $1,900 from our fundraising goal and making CFF 2027 a reality. Even if we don’t get there what you’ve all done for us has been humbling. If you’re so inclined consider donating to our Venmo @cff2026 or patreon.com/ChattanoogaF...

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We're a nonprofit and we think money is DUMB. If we didn't need it to put on our event we'd make this shit free. Still we try to keep our pricing as punk rock as we can and that's why we are again offering our $65 Last Gasp Pass. An all you can eat buffet for your eyes as cheap as we can make it.

First film of Chattanooga Film Fest (virtual) was a doozy of a documentary. 1. American Theater | Dir. Nicholas Clark, Dylan Frederick boxd.it/eS1Y1j #cff2026

A ★★★½ review of American Theater (2025)

There's something so ironic about a group of people who truly believe they have suffered persecution (when in reality they've only barely been held accountable) putting on a musical retelling of the S...

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For @bloody-disgusting.com, I had the pleasure of chatting with Brea Grant and Ed Dougherty about their horror comedy anthology GRIND, a wild parody of our current economic nightmare, which plays Chattanooga Film Fest this weekend. #filmsky #chattfilmfest bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3...

The Work ‘Grind’ Is Hell, So Brea Grant & Ed Dougherty Made a Horror Anthology About It [CFF 2026 Interview]

Genre fans rejoice! Chattanooga Film Festival is back for its 13th year in 2026 with a killer lineup and once again offering audiences both in-person and virtual options. After having its World Premie...

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Day one at the Chattanooga Film Festival has been a blast: Got to hang out with C. Robert Cargill, Brea Grant, and Emily Bennett, plus sign some books compliments of A Little Bookish bookshop. Reading tomorrow at 3 PM. Hope you can make it!

Day one of Chattanooga Film Festival and I've seen a couple of fun horror movies, a documentary I loved, and a few great short films. So much more to see! Reviews coming soon! #filmsky #horrorsky #chattfilmfest

Day two of the Chattanooga Film Festival: Told three stories to a super supportive crowd, sweated so much, nearly had a coronary, look at that signing line!

On June 23, 2024, The Fix was screened at the Chattanooga Film Festival. Here’s a drawing of Grace Van Dien to celebrate! . #TheFix #Horror #HorrorArt #GraceVanDien #MutantFam #HorrorFans #Art

"combines coming-of-age and cannibalism in its post-apocalyptic terro(i)r": James Branson’s feature debut BUNNY RABBIT (2025) screens virtually at @chattfilmfest.org from 23rd June. Raw and recommended. projectedfigures.com/2026/06/18/b...

Bunny Rabbit (2025) - Projected Figures

James Branson's feature debut BUNNY RABBIT combines coming-of-age and cannibalism in its post-apocalyptic terro(i)r

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An all girl metal band called Jump Scare find themselves stranded in the desert and have to battle a bunch of crazed cannibals to the death in the hilarious, trippy splatterfest JUMP SCARE. Playing the virtual portion of @chattfilmfest.org. This was fun. #filmsky #horrorsky #chattfilmfest

"follows a dreamy, dissociative journey through the cycles of trauma and recovery": @avalonfast.bsky.social’s witch-inflected woman’s picture CAMP (2025) screens 12.15pm today at @chattfilmfest.org projectedfigures.com/2025/09/24/c...

CAMP (2025) - Projected Figures

Avalon Fast's witch-inflected woman's picture CAMP follows a dreamy, dissociative journey through the cycles of trauma and recovery

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"sends an ambitious sound recordist into a crabby old sea yarn": Jake Kuhn & Noah Stratton-Twine’s hilariously camp moviemaking throwback THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT screens 4.15pm today at @chattfilmfest.org. Imagine Guy Maddin helming PotC. Love this. projectedfigures.com/2026/03/14/t...

The Peril at Pincer Point (2026) - Projected Figures

Jake Kuhn & Noah Stratton-Twine’s hilariously camp moviemaking throwback THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT sends a sound recordist into an old sea yarn

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"takes a blocked artist on a psychotherapeutic journey to forgotten trauma": Deanna Milligan and Ramsey Fendall’s retro freakout LUCID (2025) screens 7.35pm today at @chattfilmfest.org projectedfigures.com/2025/07/22/l...

Lucid (2025) at Fantasia - Projected Figures

Deanna Milligan and Ramsey Fendall's retro freakout LUCID takes a blocked artist on a psychotherapeutic journey to forgotten trauma

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"If Sherriff’s story does not exist within the genre, it does exist outside it, enveloping horror’s tropes with a universal story of loss." Harry Sherriff's MISPER is one of the standout features at this year's @chattfilmfest.org.

'Misper' Review: A Beautiful Ghost Story for the Living

Harry Sherriff's 'Misper' may only be horror-adjacent, but it deserves to be celebrated as a tender examination of what follows trauma.

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GRIND is a very funny gig economy horror anthology elevated by a terrific cast. Keep an eye out for it later this year (on screens and in Fango)! @chattfilmfest.org

ORFEO is a gorgeous little handmade thing. EVIL DEAD 2 by way of Wes Anderson x Švankmajer @chattfilmfest.org youtu.be/_QODnFNXYJQ?...

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Every year because we don’t ever want money to be a barrier to people having fun at our festival we launch our BACK HALF BADGE. $113 and your eyes get a whole ass buffet of badass genre cinema including five more of our nightly secret screening series REDEYE.

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The Back Half Badges are now on sale for @chattfilmfest.org! There is still time to join us and see lots of incredible films! Including 5 more Red Eyes! #ChattFilmFest2026 #FilmSky #RespectCinema www.chattfilmfest.org/2026-badges

"There are few things the horror genre loves more than hurt people hurting people – especially at a summer camp." I could talk for hours about Avalan Fast's CAMP and why it's a much-needed evolution beyond traumatic horror. @chattfilmfest.org is crushing it this year; what a beautiful film.

'Camp' Review: Avalon Fast Explores the Other Side of Trauma

Writer-director Avalon Fast explores what happens when a broken soul heals wrong in their fantastical summer horror film 'Camp.'

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A teenager summons an urban legend, with frightening consequences, in eerie YA supernatural horror THE MID-NIGHT DRIVER. My review from @chattfilmfest.org on @bloody-disgusting.com. #filmsky #horrorsky #chattfilmfest bloody-disgusting.com/news/3956860...

‘The Mid-Night Driver’ CFF Review: An Urban Legend Summons Creepy YA Horror

Long Island, NY, has a rich collection of folklore and urban legends that have been passed down over the years. Mount Misery Road is the location where some have reported seeing a ghostly lady in whit...

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New from @chattfilmfest.org, I reviewed @avalonfast.bsky.social's astonishing CAMP, a gorgeous piece of indie queer horror hitting select theaters on Friday. Full review at @popheist.com:

Avalon Fast's 'Camp' Is a New Heir to 'The Craft'

Filmmaker Avalon Fast creates a psychological horror dreamscape full of magic, sisterhood, and the ability to shed repression.

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