A subversive mockumentary with both laughs and scares.
A crew of documentarians chronicle an amateur filmmaker’s quest
to make the world’s greatest found footage horror film.
Directed by Max Tzannes
Co-written by Max Tzannes and David San Miguel
Editing and Cinematography by Jacob Souza
Starring Brennan Keel Cook (The Pale Blue Eye), Chen Tang (Mulan), Erika Vetter (Somebody I Used to Know) and Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton, Summer School)
Found Footage is a mockumentary horror film about a budding filmmaker’s attempt to produce his first feature, a found footage movie about Bigfoot. Through the eyes of an esteemed French documentary crew, the story follows his unlikely band of misfits as they struggle to keep the production afloat on a shoestring budget. All the while, mysterious and sinister occurrences begin to unfold behind the scenes, blurring the lines between movie magic and real life. As the shoot days get longer and scarier, the filmmakers quickly learn that they’ve stepped into a very real and very terrifying found footage film of their own.
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*A blog dedicated to uncovering the truth of what really happened up in Camp Nelson on the set of Chase Bradner’s film. (Click around for all sorts of secrets and scares)
1-(844)-PAT-PROJ
*The Patterson Project’s missing persons hotline. The representative seems a little off…
ABOUT DIRECTOR MAX TZANNES
Since co-founding the production company DSC in 2018, Max Tzannes has written and directed a number of projects, which include feature films, award winning narrative shorts, documentaries and music videos. His first feature film, Et Tu, stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Malcolm McDowell and is currently being sold by XYZ Films.
ABOUT DIRTY SHOT CLEAN
Dirty Shot Clean is an award winning film collective made of three filmmakers – Max Tzannes, Jacob Souza, and David San Miguel. Their first feature film, Et Tu, stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Malcolm McDowell and is currently being sold by XYZ Films.
ABOUT RADIO SILENCE PRODUCTIONS
Radio Silence is the acclaimed filmmaking team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. Known for their work that blends horror, comedy, adventure, and sci-fi, Radio Silence tackles every aspect of the filmmaking process from development to writing, directing, and producing on set. In 2022 and 2023, Radio Silence was the team behind the most recent films in the Scream franchise, SCREAM and SCREAM VI. With Gillett and Bettinelli-Olpin directing, the films debuted to rave reviews and were called “an absolute triumph” and films that “reignite the horror genre,” bringing in a total of $306M at the worldwide box office.
Radio Silence is currently directing and producing READY OR NOT 2, the sequel to their hit horror comedy READY OR NOT (2019), starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, and Andie MacDowell, for Searchlight Pictures with Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directing, and Vinson Films and Mythology Entertainment producing.
They also recently directed and produced the film ABIGAIL, an original feature that follows the story of a young vampire and her hunt for revenge. The film was out for theatrical release on April 19, 2024 and stars Melissa Barrera, Kathryn Newton, Angus Cloud, Kevin Durand, Giancarlo Esposito, Dan Stevens, Will Catlett, and Alisha Weir.
Radio Silence is also known for SOUTHBOUND (2016) for The Orchard/1091, DEVIL’S DUE (2014) for 20th Century Studios, and V/H/S (2012) for Magnolia.
