They are rare in the genre space, so when the team saw Michael Lukk Litwak’s charming and delightful MOLLI & MAX IN THE FUTURE, it compelled them to drop a rom-com bomb into this year’s fest. Little known to most is the CFF team’s love of well-done romantic comedies. From its gorgeous black and white cinematography to an absolutely amazing soundtrack, Smith’s film practically leaps off the screen and we’re honored to have the opportunity to share it with our in-person audience in Tennessee. KOKOMO CITY stands tall in our eyes as one of the most vitally important, entertaining, and poignant pieces of documentary filmmaking you’re likely to see this year. Smith’s raucous and raw portrait of the lives of four black trans sex workers. Whether you’re a fan of true crime docs or just a kid who had your Ozzy albums taken away by concerned parents, SATAN WANTS YOU is essential viewing.Īnother documentary on the slate this year is D. With a meticulously researched structure and never before heard audio recordings of Michelle Smith, who, along with her psychiatrist Lawrence Pazdur was very much the patient zero of the whole panic, Adams and Horlor have crafted one of the year’s wildest and most unmissable pieces of documentary filmmaking. With their new film, SATAN WANTS YOU, directors Steve Adams and Sean Horlor take a provocative and fascinating look at the beginnings of this bizarre movement. Lots of ink has been spilled from true crime books to fear-mongering cable news segments on the “Satanic Panic” of the 1980s. After the screening, we’re happy to have our friends at SnapDragon Hemp on hand to help calm everybody down. Her latest combines a terrific ensemble cast, one of the best settings you’ll find in any horror film this year, plus some gnarly surprises. WE MIGHT HURT EACH OTHER has all the makings of a deeply satisfying cult classic.Ĭlosing out the festival for those attending in person this year is TRIM SEASON, marking the return of filmmaker Ariel Vida, who first attended CFF in 2019 with a secret screening of VIDE NOIR. Trukanas’ briskly paced hoot of a horror film is one of this year’s true standouts and another title presented by Screambox.
Hot on the haunted heels of their tenth-anniversary announcement, organizers of The Chattanooga Film Festival (CFF) have once assembled a first wave of strange and fantastic cinema for their hybrid edition this year.įirst up is the North American premiere of a film primed to knock the socks off CFF’s longtime fans – filmmaker Jonas Trukanas‘ perfectly executed Lithuanian slasher WE MIGHT HURT EACH OTHER.
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