Renegade Film Festival
2025 Event Schedule*
Earl & Rachel Smith Strand Theatre
117 North Park Square Marietta, GA 30060
*Schedule is subject to change
Thursday February 20, 2025
8:00pm Meet & Mingle
If you arrive the night before the fest, come join us at The Pub at the Hilton Atlanta/Marietta hotel & conference center. Grab your pass, grab a drink or a snack and say hello!
Friday February 21, 2025
10:30am Curiouser & Curiouser 88min
Short films that are outside the box, experimental, outside the horror genre, the cinematic misfits.
The Ossan directed by Venita Ozols-Graham GEORGIA PREMIERE
Stay directed by Gene Blair Jr. GEORGIA PREMIERE
Today a film by Jessica Graham, Alexander Gutterman, Jenn Howd, Meghan Luck & Shay Nartker GEORGIA PREMIERE
Saturday Ritual directed by sydne Horton GEORGIA PREMIERE
Part V “Say It” directed by Brandon Mishawn
Bottom Feeder directed by Vito Trabucco GEORGIA PREMIERE
Black Girls and Fairytales directed by Kiara Barnes
Poppy’s Saturn directed by Nicole Tegelaar GEORGIA PREMIERE
12:15pm The Rebrand 82min
The Rebrand - Feature Film
GEORGIA PREMIERE
directed by Kaye Adelaide
with The Cramps: A Period Piece trailer directed by Brooke H. Cellars - WORLD PREMIERE
1:45pm Creature Comforts 77min
Films with a little more blood, a little more gore and sometimes monsters
The Hunted directed by Anissa Matlock & Leonardo Leonie
Don’t Tell Your Mom directed by Topher Graham GEORGIA PREMIERE
Kombucha! directed by Jake Myers
I Could Just Die, and That Would be All Right directed by A.K. Espada
Terror by Night directed by Dean Butler GEORGIA PREMIERE
Inked directed by Kelsey Bolig GEORGIA PREMIERE
3:30 pm The Protos Experiment 89min
The Protos Experiment - Feature Film
GEORGIA PREMIERE
directed by Lo & Brian Avenet-Bradley
5:15pm Drawn This Way 40min
Animated films
Tormented directed by Liz Lugo
Electra Wasp directed by Wasan Hayajneh
Bride of the Snail God directed by Torey Haas WORLD PREMIERE
Pocket Princess directed by Olivia Loccisano GEORGIA PREMIERE
Close Friends directed by Ellie Propp GEORGIA PREMIERE
Catch and Exterminate directed by Summer Purks GEORGIA PREMIERE
Lure directed by Torey Haas
6:15pm Be Kind, Rewind 85min
Time to discover those cinematic gems you might find from strolling the aisles at your favorite video rental store.
My Scary Indian Wedding directed by Ramon Menon GEORGIA PREMIERE
Nights directed by Laura Tunbridge GEORGIA PREMIERE
Find You Here directed by Jo Smyth US PREMIERE
Mimic directed by Thomas Hindy
Night Feeding directed by Sarah K Reimers
Sleep Tight directed by Lisa Ovies GEORGIA PREMIERE
Strange Creatures directed by Nicholas Santos
Sundowning directed by Faith Liu GEORGIA PREMIERE
8:00pm 40th anniversary screening Re-Animator double feature 185min
Bloody Bridget - Feature Film
directed by Richard Elfman
GEORGIA PREMIERE
Re-Animator - Feature Film
directed by Stuart Gordon
40th Anniversary Screening
11pm -1am Lumiere Lounge
Join us to celebrate the end of day 1. Head upstairs at the Strand to the Lumiere Lounge!
Saturday February 22, 2025
10:30am Southern Discomfort 85min
Films by Southern Filmmakers or films shot in the South
Cherry directed by Phi Phil GEORGIA PREMIERE
Revival directed by Erin Day GEORGIA PREMIERE
The House of Solomon directed by Samuel Benitez GEORGIA PREMIERE
Endometriosis: A Period Piece directed by Brooke H. Cellars WORLD PREMIERE
A Seat at the Table directed by Lanese Love
The Many Worlds of George Goodman directed by Gregg Bishop
12:15pm Monstrous Feminine 92min
Horror made by women, horror inflicted upon women, horror inflicted by women…women in horror
Good Girls Get Fed directed by Kelly Lou Dennis GEORGIA PREMIERE
You’re Dirty Now directed by Christine Celozzi GEORGIA PREMIERE
The Auteur directed by Bethany White GEORGIA PREMIERE
Gaslighter directed by Virginia Powers Hendry GEORGIA PREMIERE
I Broke Them directed by Lizzy Bryce GEORGIA PREMIERE
Sorry directed by Nonie Shiverick WORLD PREMIERE
It Came From Within directed by Queenie Zhang GEORGIA PREMIERE
Dirty Bad Wrong directed by Erica Orofino GEORGIA PREMIERE
Betty directed by Leticia Buchanan WORLD PREMIERE
Izzy directed by Yfke van Berckelaer GEORGIA PREMIERE
Pick Up Time directed by Alilson Star Locke GEORGIA PREMIERE
2:00pm Puppet Killer 88min
Puppet Killer - Feature Film
GEORGIA PREMIERE
with spoof trailers That Doll Ain’t Right! That Doll Ain’t Right! Too! That Doll Ain’t Right III directed by Brian W. Smith & Vincent Viñas GEORGIA PREMIERE
3:45pm Mind Fuck 78min
Psychological horror films that fuck with your head
Fenwick directed by Rachel Thomas GEORGIA PREMIERE
Belly Belly directed by Gabriel Carnick GEORGIA PREMIERE
Cherry Pie directed by Jenny Leigh Reed US PREMIERE
Donor directed by Wesley Boone WORLD PREMIERE
HONK directed by Charles de Lauzirika
5:15pm House of Ashes 94min
House of Ashes - Feature Film
directed by Izzy Lee
GEORGIA PREMERE
7:00pm SEDAGIVE! 88min
Horror comedies that will have you laughing so hard you’ll split.
Howl at the Dead directed by Gregg Bishop
Daughters of Evil directed by Adam Taylor & Natasha Malone GEORGIA PREMIERE
Lost Boys Pizza directed by Cassie Llanas GEORGIA PREMIERE
Skeeter directed by Chris McInroy GEORGIA PREMIERE
Do You See What I See? directed by Vance Osteen GEORGIA PREMIERE
Quiet! Mom’s Working! directed by Patrick Hogan GEORGIA PREMIERE
Operation directed by bailey McDonald WORLD PREMIERE
Spermicide directed by Scott Nunez-Peterman WORLD PREMIERE
Sweaty Larry directed by Vanessa Ionta Wright (out of competition)
9pm
AWARDS CEREMONY
Find out who will walk away with the iconic LIZZIE award and the brand new REEL RENEGADE awards.
10pm After Party with Pizza
Join us at The Pub at The Hilton to celebrate everyone! Party hosted by Horror Pack.
