Schedule Of Events

June 19, 2025

7:00 PM : Special Screening: Utopia Presents Pavements

Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of songs from their discography.

Year: 2024, Runtime: 128 minutes, Language: English, Director: Alex Ross Perry

June 20, 2025

10:00 AM : CFF Salutes Your Shorts

12:15 PM : I Hate Myself and I Want to Die

I Hate Myself and Want to Die is a dark comedy about a depressed young guy whose attempts to kill himself keep getting interrupted by his family and friends. Unaware of his intentions, they pull him into increasingly bizarre adventures over the course of a single night, while he looks back on his life and decides whether or not to go through with his deadly plan.

Year: 2024, Runtime: 85 minutes, Language: English, Director: J. Davis

1:50 PM : The Harbor Men

During a waterfront viral outbreak, dock worker Steven Dorre witnesses a strange murder that puts him in possession of a case - the contents of which bring into question everything he thought he knew to be true.

Year: 2025, Runtime: 85 minutes, Language: English, Director: Casey Malone

3:35 PM : The Misadventures of Vince & Hick

A recently released-from-prison car thief gets roped in with an overly ambitious con man and must help him deliver a prized car to a dangerous kingpin within 48 hours.

Year: 2025, Runtime: 109 minutes, Director: Trevor Stevens

5:45 PM : Hot Spring Shark Attack

In a small hot spring town in Japan, a ferocious ancient shark reawakens and begins terrorizing the local hot spring facilities. As the threat escalates, the townspeople band together to protect their beloved town from the menacing predator, leading to a fierce and thrilling battle.

Year: 2024, Runtime: 70 minutes, Language: Japanese, Subtitle Language: English, Director: Morihito Inoue

7:15 PM : NOCLIP 2: Return to Lunchland

In this sequel to the award-winning found-footage film NOCLIP, the two explorers return from the void in search of even more liminal spaces. In the process, they find backrooms which lead to multiple new surreal locations, plus some familiar ones..

Year: 2025, Runtime: 63 minutes, Language: English, Director: Gavin Charles, Alex Conn

8:45 PM  : The Beldham

At the edge of postpartum psychosis, a new mother Harper moves in with her own mother to their family's rural farmhouse. Soon she finds herself hunted by a threatening monster who has designs on her child.

Year: 2024, Runtime: 85 minutes, Language: English, Director: Angela Gulner

10:25 PM : Good Night

A young Brazilian girl travels to Argentina to visit her aunt, but after a misunderstanding and the loss of her belongings, she must kill time until the next morning.

Year: 2025, Runtime: 92 minutes, Language: Spanish, Subtitle Language: English, Director: Matías Szulanski

June 21, 2025

10:00 AM : Dangerous Visions

12:10 PM : OBEX

Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.

Year: 2025, Runtime: 91 minutes, Language: English, Director: Albert Birney

1:50 PM : I Really Love My Husband

Just one year into her marriage, Teresa (she/her) hopes her honeymoon in the tropical paradise of Bocas del Toro, Panamá will be the pinnacle of her relationship thus far. Yet, upon arrival, her perception of her husband Drew (he/him) as a people-pleasing golden boy begins to push her to the edge. Stripped of the routines that barely sustain their newlywed bond and unwilling to confront her true feelings, Teresa becomes captivated by Paz (they/them), a free-spirited expat who manages their vacation rental. In an impulsive attempt to reignite their fading connection, Teresa suggests a wild way to spice up their marriage.

Year: 2025, Runtime: 79 minutes, Language: English, Director: G.G. Hawkins

3:40 PM : House of Ashes

Still reeling from a miscarriage, Mia grieves her husband Adam, found dead at the veterinary clinic they owned. She’s been acquitted of Adam’s death, but is under public scrutiny and must serve a house arrest sentence due to living in a state where miscarriage carries heavy punishment. Enter Marc, an old friend who loves and protects Mia. Not long after he moves in, the new couple endure challenges: things go missing and they’re attacked by an unseen force. Mia is sure that the culprit is a supernatural entity, but Marc’s convinced that humans are the problem. A security expert by trade, he installs a home surveillance system to help keep them safe — but soon finds out that this is an issue he can’t fix. Under all these pressures, Mia must call on her buried strength to move on with her life — or risk death herself.

Year: 2024, Runtime: 95 minutes, Language: English, Director: Izzy Lee

5:45 PM : An Evening with James Adomian

The Chattanooga Film Festival has often brought the world of stand-up comedy into the mix over the years with luminaries like Bobcat Goldthwait and Eddie Pepitone gracing the festival grounds. And this year, during a time when we could all use a few more laughs in our lives, the CFF returns to that tradition with nothing short of one of the world’s greatest living comedians. Whether he’s giving the keynote address to SXSW as the ghost of Orson Welles, breaking bread with the late great Anthony Bourdain, or appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live as My Pillow founder Mike Lindell, actor/comedian James Adomian has truly done it all—and done it hilariously. James’s recent special PATH OF MOST RESISTANCE with its deep reverence for classic cinema and its perfectly crafted bits about everything from airline loyalty programs to the horrors of comedy crowd work is pure magic, and CFF is proud to bring Adomian in for an evening of stand-up and a special screening of filmmaker Hughes Ransom’s brilliant short film SICK DAY which stars James…and lots of locusts.

7:00 PM : Portal to Hell

After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding it sinners to save his neighbor’s soul, maybe even at the expense of his own.

Year: 2025, Runtime: 93 minutes, Language: English, Director: Woody Bess

9:00 PM : Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma

Based on true events: When their $20K home deposit is stolen by Florida’s most elusive Hacker - The Chameleon - the Rumble family snaps and goes full “John Wick” …Except with way worse planning, more stupidity, and a 5 foot tall battle axe. It’s a revenge mission so insane, it might actually work.

Year: 2025, Runtime: 93 minutes, Language: English, Director: Shane Brady

10:55 PM : The Craft

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.    

Year: 1996, Runtime: 101 minutes, Language: English, French, Director: Andrew Fleming

June 22, 2025

9:00 AM : Hung Up on a Dream

A journey trough the 60 year career of The Zombies documenting the formation of the band in the 1960s and their hits “She’s Not There” and “Time Of The Season." It will also follow the solo careers of the band members and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Scheduled to be released in the summer of 2023.

Year: 2024, Runtime: 109 minutes, Language: English, Director: Robert Schwartzman

1:20 PM : The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man

A paranoid young man launches a bizarre crime spree against the citizens of Toronto.

Year: 2024, Runtime: 79 minutes, Language: English, Director: Braden Sitter Sr.

2:50 PM : Circle Collective Presents King Baby

A warped modern fairytale plays out in a crumbling "kingdom" populated only by a king and a servant. The arrival of a mannequin queen throws their carefully constructed world into isolation, madness, and murderous megalomania.

Year: 2024, Runtime: 91 minutes, Language: English, Director: Kit Redstone, Arran Shearing

8:25 PM : Self-Help

The members of an underground online community attend a secret weekend retreat to confront their fears and regain their sense of self. Little do they know that the unusual methods of their enigmatic leader may be deadly.

Year: 2025, Runtime: 85 minutes, Language: English, Director: Erik Bloomquist

Date : June 20-28, 2025

Location :

Chattanooga Theatre Centre
400 River St, Chattanooga, TN 37405

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