Found Footage Festival: Cherished Gems

Four friends head to Vegas for a 21st birthday in hopes of finding adventure, debauchery and memories that will last them a lifetime.

Two filmmakers set out to make a documentary about the long out of date online game Wizard’s Way and one of its biggest fans, Julian. Julian and his flatmate Barry seem ill-equipped to deal with the world at large, or the machinations of the filmmakers, but when the servers for the game are turned off, they are left with no choice but to make tentative steps into reality.

Fresh out of a long term, serious breakup, Lane Woods chooses to work through (read as: distract himself from) his feelings by making a documentary about his attempts to get back out there and find a new love. With the help of his younger brother, Colin, Lane films himself as he goes on countless dates, hoping to catch those first sparks of love on film, instead he ends up documenting something much closer to reality.

Introducing Bernard Manning at his outrageous worst, shot live at his own club - the Embassy in Manchester. Hear the jokes he's never been allowed to say on television. See the bits he's never been allowed to broadcast. "Bernard Manning, Ungagged" - an hour of filthy humour, disgusting asides and scandalous jokes.

On a trip to Los Angeles to visit a new flame, Anna finds herself lost, stoned and alone… or is she?

First-time director Dirk Shafer also penned this raucous "mockumentary," a blend of fact and fiction that re-creates his 1992 reign as Playgirl magazine's Centerfold of the Year. When Shafer chooses to keep the fact that he's gay a secret from the magazine's editors, he finds himself living the ultimate lie -- and incapable of giving female readers what they really want. Will he succumb to his lover's pressures to come out of the closet?

'Knock Knock' tells the story of down-on-his-luck former boxer Sam Grant, who one night finds himself caught in a whirlwind of conjecture and conundrum as his colorful and quirky neighbors come to him with scary tales of their apartment's mysterious new resident. Inspired by the retro horror classics of VHS days gone by, 'Knock Knock', is sure to be a treat for any horror fan and aficionado.

A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.

An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.

As preteen, aspiring filmmaker Tomas trains his new camera’s lens on his own world, shocking family secrets around him come into sharp focus.

Yerzhan got a job as a driver for a businessman who loves his car very much. At the end of the working day, he receives the task - to put the car in the parking lot. On the way, the guy decides to give a ride to friends. However, every minute it becomes clear that the heroes may not reach the parking lot.

During a night of very heavy drinking, two young men experience unusual and inexplicable supernatural occurrences.