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Summer camp for cinephiles. NO AI. Moviemaker Mag's Top 25 Coolest Film Fests AND 25 Best Genre Fests. Fangoria approved!? June 20-28 2025 In-Person & Virtual! Discounted Early Bird badges available at chattfilmfest2025.eventive.org
Additionally what so many of the "No one's talking on Bluesky" people are actually saying is "I am lost and confused when there's not an algorithm to shove content into my eyeballs with no effort on my part"
New StaffPix streaming recommendations newsletter is now available over on the @chattfilmfest.org Double Secret Cinema Society Patreon! Sign up at the $5 tier to gain access! www.patreon.com/posts/cff-ds...
The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.
Off the top of my head:
www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email
Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
To other film festivals out there, especially those of you that regularly platform films from the major studios. Now seems like a great time to NOT DO THAT. If three total companies are going to own the world we all have a responsibility to work harder than ever to discover and platform new voices.
Taxpayer funded private jets for Keystone Kash. Value Menu for everyone else.
no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
Tonight! It's the Double Secret Cinema Society's second annual ROMBOMS, a secret double feature of underloved romantic comedies. Join our Patreon at the $10 tier or higher and gain access to this virtual screening, TONIGHT at 8PM eastern! www.patreon.com/chattanoogaf... @chattfilmfest.org
The source did confirm “Killing Satoshi” would be entirely creating the backgrounds and scenery in AI, with no shooting on location, and that AI would be used to tweak actors’ performances in place of re-shoots if necessary. “They won’t be made to say anything they didn’t say but let’s say the way they said it in conjunction with the movement doesn’t look perfect, you wouldn’t need to reshoot it. We’d just use AI to make it look better.”
idk, if I was an actor or a filmmaker or some kind of "artist" who respected my "work" I might chafe against "we'll fix it in post" quickly becoming "we'll have an LLM steal it in post"
The great Reggie Bannister, who was one of my biggest early cheerleaders and always kind to this kid just starting out, has entered hospice care. www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
AGREED.
Zardoz FOREVER
Would Orson Welles want his lost classic restored by A.I.? You mean the same Orson Welles who, when Ted Turner was leading the charge to colorize black & white movies, famously proclaimed "don't let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons"? I think I can make an educated guess here.
All entries/additional questions can be sent to us at our cffhelpdesk@chattfilmfest.org email address. All entries received before May will be considered and our winner gets a pair of CFF 2026 VIP badges so you can come hang with us and we can all make fun of AI TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
Because we’re getting a few questions about our Anti-AI PSA filmmaking challenge. A. DON’T USE AI TO MAKE WHAT YOU SUBMIT EVEN IF IT’S TO MAKE FUN OF AI. B. WE DON’T CARE IF WHAT YOU SEND IS AS SIMPLE AS A CELLPHONE VIDEO OF YOU RANTING ABOUT AI and C. Goddammit have FUN.
Our humble thanks to the folks at @dailydead.bsky.social for helping us spread the word a little further about our first 2026 programming announcement!
"Must remain in seats for entirety of film."
Fun ACOF news!
We’re hitting the road with “A Couple Of Old Fashioneds” this summer, incl a LIVE episode at @chattfilmfest.org!
We’ll also be intro’ing special screenings of FRIDAY THE 13th PART 6 and HEAVY METAL!
Come on out and JOINNN USSSS for some film fun June 18-22!
www.chattfilmfest.org
Our friend Willie J is GREAT. For the last few years he’s helped us make sure that every single one of our filmmaker’s movies are on Letterboxd so we can get them tons of logs and love from our audience. Willie is having a rough go and needs some help with a health issue Tonight we log for HIM.
To the sponsor who told us that our shitty attitude towards AI was why they didn’t sponsor us and that we should “get used to it,” maybe y’all shouldn’t get TOO used to it?!
From Hells Heart We Stab at Thee OPENAI.
Thanks to @anotherkylel.bsky.social and Screen Anarchy for helping us spread the word about our first offerings of 2026 AND our anti-AI PSA filmmaking challenge. We need YOU to help US make fun of AI. It’ll be easy! So send us your wildest and weirdest.
So much quality already & it's months away.
Much love to @hauntedmeg.bsky.social and the good folks at @bloody-disgusting.com for giving our first offerings of 2026 some love! We’re so proud that we’ve even made it to 13 years and we’re working hard to make this year a special one!
This year’s festival is taking such cool shape! We just booked one of our favorite bands in the universe for one of our favorite annual CFF parties and this is in addition to a whole mess of other goodness. So much we don’t think we can wait much longer till we start announcing. Stay tuned this WEEK
Feel this so hard.
Heya filmmakers not much time (9 days!) before our late deadline arrives for 2026 film submissions. Hit us up over on FilmFreeway where oh hey btw we’re lucky enough to be one of their Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals in the World for the fourth year running! Show us whatcha got (unless it has AI).
Our monthly virtual (secret) screening series/film club the DOUBLE SECRET CINEMA SOCIETY turns three this year! It’s kind of like a weirdness of the month club and we’ve loved every minute of it. In FACT when we hit 100 members (we’re at 93!) we’ve got some fun lil bonuses for all members old & new.
