Chattanooga Film Festival Unleashes Their First Wave of 2025 Programming
The Chattanooga Film Festival—affectionately known to its fans as “Summer Camp for Cinephiles”—returns from June 20 to June 28 for its 12th annual event! According to the team, this year’s fest is already shaping up to be one of the most jam-packed in the history of a festival famous for jam-packing! In anticipation of the 2025 festival, we’re sharing the first wave of their programming!
This year’s Chattanooga Film Festival will host the world premieres of director Shane Brady‘s horror comedy Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma; Trevor Stevens’ crime comedy The Misadventures of Vine & Hick; and Casey T. Malone’s wonderfully weird The Harbor Men.
Chattanooga Film Festival continues its commitment to audience accessibility with a full virtual and hybrid slate including the third year of its wildly successful fan-favorite late-night secret screening series, the Red Eye. In addition to their audience accessibility initiatives, CFF organizers strongly believe in the power and importance of human creativity over soulless technologies often taught using the pirated works of creators of all types, and with this in mind made the decision to ban films made with the use of generative AI software.
These events, along with more than 40 additional features and dozens of short films, live podcasts, and the fest’s infamous nightly secret screening series (the Red Eye), are sure to please longtime fans and newcomers who can access the festival’s virtual offerings from anywhere in the U.S. Badges are available for sale now at https://chattfilmfest.eventive.org/.
Check Out The First 2025 Chattanooga Film Festival 2025
CROSSWORD (d. Michael Vlamis)
Following the death of their daughter, Tessa pours herself into her best-selling children’s book series, “Lily Learns,” while her husband, James, attempts to find solace in the daily crossword but quickly unravels as the puzzles seem to take on a mind of their own.
GOOD NIGHT (d. Matías Szulanski)
U.S. Premiere
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.
HACKED: A DOUBLE ENTENDRE OF RAGE FUELED KARMA (d. Shane Brady)
World Premiere
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, that it might actually work.
THE HARBOR MEN (d. Casey T. Malone)
World Premiere
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.
HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK (d. Morihito Inoue)
U.S. Premiere, Opening Night Selection
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.
HOUSE OF ASHES (d. Izzy Lee)
Grieving widow Mia must survive psychological and supernatural horrors while under house arrest.
HUNG UP ON A DREAM: THE ZOMBIES DOCUMENTARY (d. Robert Schwartzman)
British Invasion icons The Zombies reflect on paving 60 years and counting of their musical path from teenage friends to legends in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I HATE MYSELF AND WANT TO DIE (d. J. Davis)
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.
I REALLY LOVE MY HUSBAND (d. G.G. Hawkins)
When a woman grows disillusioned with her golden-boy husband during their tropical honeymoon, she recruits an enigmatic expat to spice things up—for better or worse.
KING BABY (d. Kit Redstone, Arran Shearing)
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.
THE MISADVENTURES OF VINCE & HICK (d. Trevor Stevens)
World Premiere
Recently released from prison, Hick Dunn wants nothing more than to make it to his daughter Katie’s 10th birthday party across the US desert. A chance encounter with a silver-tongued con man named Vince Campbell opens an opportunity for Hick to get a ride. The catch? He has to revert back to a life of criminal misadventures.
OBEX (d. Albert Birney)
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.
OPERATION WAKALIGA: FATE AND BLOOD (d. Ori Yakobovich, Maya Rudich, Nabwana IGG)
U.S. Premiere
A first-of-its-kind action-comedy cooperation between Wakaliwood in Uganda and Israel. The Ugandan tiger mafia kidnaps the son of the prime minister of Israel. This shadow organization known for black magic and mastery of kung fu, are planning to sacrifice the son prime minister in order to perform a unique spell that requires royal Jewish blood. In order to rescue him, the State of Israel sends a pair of special commando fighters to Uganda, whose partnership was broken up by a bitter conflict in the past. If the commandos aren’t able to overcome their troublesome past the fate of the Jewish and the Ugandan people might be doomed forever.
PAVEMENTS (d. Alex Ross Perry)
An examination of the iconic 90s indie band, “Pavements” appears to be just another music documentary, until it doesn’t. A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.
THE PEE PEE POO POO MAN (d. Braden Sitter Sr.)
A paranoid young man launches a bizarre crime spree against the citizens of Toronto in this psycho-spiritual thriller comedy starring Rishi Rodriguez, Spencer Rice (Kenny vs. Spenny), and Paul Bellini (Kids in the Hall).
The Chattanooga Film Festival is a 501c3 non-profit run entirely by a small but passionate crew of volunteers. All proceeds from the festival’s ticket and badge sales and donations go directly to the staging of each year’s festival. For more information, visit chattfilmfest.org or follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok, and YouTube or even join our monthly virtual secret screening series with the Double Secret Cinema Society on Patreon.
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