Big City Pizza
As I say annually, it’s almost my favorite time of year! That’s right, Chattanooga Film Fest 2026 is nearly here! That means it’s time for us cinephiles to go to summer camp for cinephiles! I may be the community manager of the festival, but I’m also a gastro cinema lover. You know by now that I’m here to tell you which gastro features and shorts will be playing. Like last year, instead of focusing on just horror, I’m going to also share the non-horror ones as well!
- Big City Pizza– As tension rises in the big city for the Omniball Championship, Boney, a skeleton pizza delivery man, starts his shift. Animated entirely from Boney’s POV in one continuous, unbroken take, we follow his delivery route where every stop is weirder than the last.
- Bunny– In the aftermath of a climate apocalypse, a young woman roams the ruins of a world she never got to grow up in. Raised on scavenged books and horror movies on VHS, she lives alone in an old shack she once shared with her father. Supplies are scarce, and food is running out. There’s nothing left to hunt. Nothing except other people.
- The Candle– An unsuspecting young couple brings a cursed candle to a friend’s 30th birthday party and unleashes a ravenous evil that has come for its just desserts.
- Cast & Brew– Disaster brews on a chaotic film set when a worldwide coffee collapse leaves the diva lead actor in a frenzy, because apparently, the scene can wait, but his coffee can’t.
- The Cauldron– In 1918, during the Spanish flu pandemic, a young man must protect his family from an unknown threat in their remote home. As fear closes in, he confronts both external dangers and the darkness within himself.
- Dry January– When Maya commits to a month of sobriety and takes up sculpting as a hobby, her crab sculpture terrorizes her former drinking buddy, her brother Toby.
- Feast (2025)- In a famine-ravaged dystopia, a desperate group survives through ritualistic cannibalism. When one man dares to reject the practice, their nurturing yet ruthless leader silences him by manipulating the rules he refuses to follow.
- Finn F. Finch & the Clock Contraption: Lunar Lovers– Flustered Finn F. Finch may have met his match at the Lunar Cafe. Will we see what Finn will finagle out of this time? Or will Finn finally find true love?
- Jump Scare– The all-woman rock band ‘JUMP SCARE’ retreats to a remote desert cabin to write their next album, only to be terrorized by a nearby family of cannibals.
- Raccoon Soup– In Arkansas, 1973, a rebellious waitress battles sexism, chaos, and an increasingly unhinged diner shift, all to prove she’s got what it takes to receive a sponsorship to a state knife-throwing championship. When things reach a boiling point, she takes drastic action, creating history in Searcy County.
Jump Scare
If you’re interested in seeing any of the films mentioned above, you can still pick up a virtual or a hybrid badge (if you’re planning on attending in person)! The Virtual VIP Badge includes all access to the Chattanooga Film Fest 2026 Eventive Virtual Festival platform and an invite to their Fans & Filmmakers Discord Server (this is where I hang out). Virtual attendees get access to all of the virtual screenings, virtual special events, filmmaker chats, and even the INFAMOUS RED EYE SECRET SCREENINGS, which are exclusive to the virtual platform! If you’re not able to commit to the entire fest, there are some individual virtual tickets left for select movies, so be sure to take a look at that option as well! Whether you choose in-person or virtual, it’s always a ton of fun, and you’re guaranteed to see some great films! See you all there!