Unnamed Footage Festival 2026: Final Wave Announced! Feat. International Folk Horror, Extreme Horror And an Long Unseen Gary Sherman Faux-doc

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American Guinea Pig: Slaughter of the Swine (2025, dir. Stephen Biro, Eric Fox)

At UFF, we don’t shy away from the grotesque, with past festivals featuring films that are shamelessly disgusting, depraved, and even downright pornographic (i.e. Koji Shiraishi’s Safe Word,) but nothing—we mean NOTHING—compares to American Guinea Pig: Slaughter of the Swine.

The fourth film in the American reboot of the infamous Japanese series (the first of which was famously reported to the FBI by Charlie Sheen, believing it was a genuine snuff film), Slaughter of the Swine is framed as FBI footage of a depraved religious ritual. Featuring 60 minutes of some of the most intense gore you’ve ever seen, the film is a masterclass in gore effects, with depictions of violence, torture, and abuse that make The Human Centipede look tame.

This film will offend, sicken, and repulse you. You will be a worse person for having watched it.

We hope you enjoy it, sicko.

Saming (2026, dir. Rungroj Rojanachotikul) WORLD PREMIERE

While searching for his missing sister in Northern Thailand, a fitness vlogger is introduced to the legend of Saming, a shapeshifting tiger that consumes and replaces its victims. Ignoring warnings from the locals, he ventures into the jungle, believing his sister vanished there. As his trek leads him deeper into the brush, his companions disappear one by one, and he finds himself stalked by a mysterious spirit in the form of his sister.

Rooted in Thai oral folklore, Rungroj Rojanachotikul’s film is a deeply personal look at grief and spirituality. Excellently shot and edited, Saming takes brilliant advantage of the beautiful locales of Northern Thailand, making it a unique piece of found footage folk horror.

39 (2009, dir. Gary Sherman)

In 2009, director Gary Sherman – acclaimed for such classics as DEATH LINE, DEAD & BURIED and VICE SQUAD – came out of retirement to make the most extreme independent film of his career. But this was no ordinary graphic thriller. Sherman took a startling faux-documentary approach to the story of fictitious serial killer Carroll McKane (chillingly portrayed by Martin Cummins of RIVERDALE and WHEN CALLS THE HEART) by placing multiple video cameras in the basement room where the slaughter of 36 past victims had been recorded. When McKane kidnaps a noted forensic psychiatrist with the intention of forcing him to write his biography, it will unlock a nightmare of emotional torment, graphic carnage and three final victims.

Then comes the real shocker: After a handful of initial screenings, the film proved so disturbing to audiences that plans for its distribution were hastily scrapped and Sherman voluntarily removed his movie from circulation. Unseen for nearly 15 years, 39 now returns to select screens courtesy of Severin Films.

Florida, Man (2026, dir. Evan Jordan) WORLD PREMIERE

Evan, a filmmaker from Mississippi, catches feelings for a gal he meets at a found footage film festival in San Francisco. They decide to make a movie together, exploring the haunted landscapes of Evan’s family history in the swamplands of Florida. Old wounds are reopened and generational trauma reveals itself to be perhaps the scariest part of this attempted mockumentary that ends up being a little too real. The line between fiction and reality has never been slipperier, the southern accents have never been thicker, and the real feelings have never been more complicated than what you’ll see in FLORIDA, MAN.

Welcome Back to My Channel (2024, dir. Jorrden Daley)

When influencer Suki Ren brings her American boyfriend, Leo, for a romantic camping trip in her home-country of Australia, things take a sinister twist; first when Leo’s douchebag friend Cass makes an appearance, pranking Suki with a fake corpse hanging from a tree. Things take an even worse turn when the trio is beset by a gang of backwoods cannibals who want to turn the three into their next meal.

On its face, Welcome Back to My Channel might sound like an outback take on Wrong Turn, it instead paints a bleak portrait of the modern clout-chasing strive for fame

Wilderness Tapes (2025, dir. Brandon Walker)

Nearly a million smartphones and cameras are lost in the wilderness each year. For the first time in history, recovered footage from such devices is presented in a chilling anthology series.

Wilderness Tapes: Volume One chronicles a journey into an abandoned gold mine that goes wrong, plunging "Prospector Pete" into the depths of supernatural madness.

Alan At Night (2025, dir. Jesse Swenson)

When Jay, an internet prankster, takes in a new roommate, Alan, he secretly documents the man’s odd behavior. As his behavior grows increasingly more bizarre, Jay pushes boundaries and limits to get more content. As things come to a head, it becomes clear that there’s something very, very wrong with Alan.

Exploring the toxicity of influencer culture, Alan at Night is an entertaining romp that blends cringe comedy with genuine thrills. You’ll never look at mayonnaise the same way again.

Zebra Hooves (2025, dir. David Dawson) WORLD PREMIERE

A hypochondriac heads to the Wisconsin Dells to get out of his head and relax. He's instructed by his doctor to record video diaries of his anxiety symptoms, but soon finds something sinister in the Midwestern air—his own demons and a bad time.

David Dawson (Flesh Games, Leech) returns with his magnum opus, using his unique “incel noir” style to tell a mature story about male loneliness, mental health, and the isolation of Middle America.

Invoking Scream (2025, dir. Patricio Valladares) EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW

After uncovering a buried box containing a VHS tape and a mysterious book of witchcraft at the gravesite of Invoking Yell’s lead singer, Andrea Fernandez, a trio of metalheads unwittingly unleash a dark force. What begins as a documentary about Andrea's disappearance and the 1998 murders of her ill-fated bandmates quickly spirals into a waking nightmare-where the past doesn't just haunt those connected to it... it demands a sacrifice.

This year at UFF, we’ve been given the rare opportunity to show an early cut of this Chilean found footage sequel.

This House Is Totally Haunted (2026, dir. Sean Nichols Lynch) WORLD PREMIERE

When a team of ghost hunters travels to a backwoods cabin, they find themselves facing off with a cult survivor, his strange manservant, and a haunting that may or may not be real. Featuring twists, turns, and some excellent jump scares, This House is Totally Haunted will keep you locked in from beginning to end.

From the award-winning filmmaker and UFF24Hr alum (The Ceremony Is About To Begin) Sean Nichols Lynch is back with his latest Found Footage film, This House Is Totally Haunted, and the title really says it all. Filled with Bay Area local talent that convincingly played their characters, this traditional found footage feature is set up with authentic jump scares, enjoyable comedic moments, and surprises nobody saw coming.

Distort 2: The Dead Among The Trees (2026, dir. Richard Waters) WORLD PREMIERE

Not too long ago, a musician had a supernatural experience involving ghostly dogs and time-bending cassette tapes left for him in an Irish forest. Now, a documentary filmmaker brings the man back to the same forest to see just how real these experiences were, and to possibly save the woman who has been trapped there for 30 years.

Picking up right where the first film left off, Distort 2 builds upon the lore of the weeping man, the haunted tract of Irish forest, and the dark, hungry forces within. The film uses its incredible sound design to craft a haunting tale of folk horror with a fascinating use of diegetic audio to make something truly unique.