Unnamed Footage Festival

The Unnamed Footage Festival showcases features and short films all in the genre of found footage horror or in-world camera. With this event, we want to present these films as a legitimate cinematic movement, not a mere subgenre of horror, to a live audience. Spanning from shot on video experiments of the early 90s to new unreleased and underseen features, and not focusing specifically on horror, the Unnamed Footage Festival is set on opening a dialogue regarding the entertainment and artistic values of first person narrative filmmaking.

The slate of films will consist of narratives shot in the first person, and show the exciting diversity within the medium that has gone uncelebrated until now. While THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY defined the genre, many others have expanded and explored it more yet remain off the radar. UFF will offer audiences the chance to revisit older titles and discover new ones, while exploring comedy, science fiction, and drama, with an emphasis on the genre most often linked to found footage — horror movies.

UFF is looking for films made by anyone, from anytime — there are no limits regarding completion date, or release status. Due to the nature of this genre, sometimes films take years to complete and slip through the cracks, and UFF’s goal is to hunt down and revive these movies, and give new films the chance to screen theatrically, but even if they cannot fit into the in-person lineup, we have added a virtual option.

Since 2021, when an in-person event was not an option, UFF went virtual (Read more on Rue Morgue: https://rue-morgue.com/unnamed-footage-festival-24hr-announces-final-wave-of-titles-and-badge-sales-for-upcoming-webathon-on-march-26th/). After a fantastic reception, UFF24HR has become a permanent part of the year. Submissions that cannot screen in-person for whatever reason may be offered a space in UFF virtual, a unique 24 hour live stream that takes place in the fall.

Read more about the Unnamed Footage Festival on
Fangoria: https://www.fangoria.com/unnamed-footage-festival-2026-lineup/
Dread Central: https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/560634/unnamed-footage-festival-announces-stunning-second-wave-exclusive/
Screen Anarchy: https://screenanarchy.com/2026/03/unnamed-footage-festival-2026-final-wave-gallery.html
Horror Press: https://horrorpress.com/?s=unnamed+footage+festival
Bloody Disgusting: https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3939719/found-footage-sequel-looky-loo-part-ii-to-premiere-at-unnamed-footage-festival/
Horror Fuel: https://horrorfuel.com/?s=unnamed+footage+festival