Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival

The Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (PUFF) is gearing up for its fourth year in Philadelphia, PA. Last year's festival brought an eclectic mix of horror, science fiction, action, documentary and bizarre films to movie fans at the beautiful Proscenium Theater at The Drake Hotel in the heart of Philadelphia. This year we have teamed up with Father Evil and are moving to the trendy neighborhood of Fishtown at the Fishtown Theater.

This year PUFF is looking for more feature films and shorts to fill our International, Horror, Bizarre, and Local shorts programs. We are also bringing back our micro-shorts category for 1-3 minute films.

PUFF was founded to bring the best new and undiscovered genre films to fans in Philadelphia. The festival has previously featured such notable films as Tragedy Girls, Witch in the Window, Imitation Girl, and Karate Kill. We tout an excellent success rate for our selections, with 95% of our feature films from the first few years of the festival receiving independent distribution.

The festival is not only focused on only delivering an alternative film festival to the local movie fanatics of the city, but we also work to connect upstart filmmakers with distribution outlets by working with local independent film distributors.

Festival Director Alex Gardner offers a long history of film festival and horror journalism experience, working with other film festivals in the past such as Another Hole in the Head, Buffalo Dreams and the Bay Area’s SiliCon.

In addition to the annual festival, PUFF has also partnered with South Street Cinema to offer a weekly screening series, and give independent filmmakers an opportunity to showcase their films with its "PUFF Presents" series.

PUFF's aim is to grow into a multi-media experience where people can enjoy our great city while experiencing the best in new cinema, and we'd be thrilled to have you be a part of the fun.