Anomaly Film Fest

Matt and Meghan on stage doing the introduction to Undertone in front of a screen at the Little Theatre. Photo by Kristen Seversky.

Many thanks to everyone who came out to @thelittletheatre.bsky.social last night and experienced the auditory creepshow horror that is Undertone. We love sneak-peeking goodies for our Rochester folks.

... did you hear that? 🎤📻🙏

#a24 #Undertone #UndertoneMovie #AnomalyFilmFest

Matt and Meghan giving an intro to the screening on the theater 1 stage with proper pitches to anomaly fest

Just caught a sneak peek screening of A24's Undertone at @thelittletheatre.bsky.social with an @anomalyfilmfest.com audience that *always* makes a movie experience better.

I went into it hoping this one's a gift from sound editing crews and it DELIVERED. Still absorbing and unpacking but 👏🏻🤌🏻

Thanks so much for coming out and *listening* with us. 🎤

Promo image. Retro VHS packaging aesthetic, with a grainy black background and yellow-orange- purple stripes across the bottom. Text: Film submissions now open. Submissions accepted February 25 - August 31. FilmFreeway. FilmFreeway.com/AnomalyFilmFest. Anomaly. The Rochester Genre Film Festival.

Got a fantastic genre feature or short you'd like added to the 🌟Anomaly Employee's Choice🌟 shelf?

Early Bird Submissions for our 2026 fest are NOW OPEN!

▶️ Press play for more info: filmfreeway.com/AnomalyFilmF...

#AnomalyFilmFest #filmfestival #filmsubmissions #indiefilmmaker #movies

💝 Like candy? Cards? Heart-shaped boxes full of... surprises? Then the latest Anomaly Presents is for you, as the podcastronauts fall in love w/ the classic MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)!

Available on all your fav pod places, or here: www.anomalyfilmfest.com/podcast/mybl...

#horror #movies

Throwback to a few Anomaly fests ago where we got a shoutout from the one and only @danhausen.bsky.social!

He gets our vibe. 👁️🥔🍿

#throwback #danhausen #AnomayFilmFest #movies

Robot Dreams was absolutely beautiful and really gets overlooked but it’s one of my favorite animated movies of all time. Go seek it out if you haven’t seen it yet.

Promo image. Retro VHS packaging aesthetic, with a grainy black background and yellow-orange- purple stripes across the bottom. Text: Film submissions now open. Submissions accepted February 25 - August 31. FilmFreeway. FilmFreeway.com/AnomalyFilmFest. Anomaly. The Rochester Genre Film Festival.

Got a fantastic genre feature or short you'd like added to the 🌟Anomaly Employee's Choice🌟 shelf?

Early Bird Submissions for our 2026 fest are NOW OPEN!

▶️ Press play for more info: filmfreeway.com/AnomalyFilmF...

#AnomalyFilmFest #filmfestival #filmsubmissions #indiefilmmaker #movies

💝 Like candy? Cards? Heart-shaped boxes full of... surprises? Then the latest Anomaly Presents is for you, as the podcastronauts fall in love w/ the classic MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)!

Available on all your fav pod places, or here: www.anomalyfilmfest.com/podcast/mybl...

#horror #movies

Oh my god… this poster!

Vintage VHS style promo image. Black textured background with gray stripes on the bottom, and a 3D eyeball staring upwards in the middle. Text: Anomaly. The Rochester Genre Film Festival. November 11-15. The Little and The Dryden. 2026.

Anomaly returns to @thelittletheatre.bsky.social and @drydentheatre.bsky.social this Nov. 11-15 2026 for our 8th annual fest!

We're busy stocking shelves with the newest Many-Eyed-Potato-approved films, but beware the late fees... they’re killer. 🥔👁️📼

#ROC #RochesterNy #FilmFestival

BY DESIGN puts Juliette Lewis in the hot seat…literally — Moviejawn by Elijah Fischer, Staff Writer To be turned into a chair is funny, to want to be turned into a chair is funnier, but there’s nothing funny about how that desire begins to make more and more sense th...

MJ's Elijah Fischer says, "Kramer’s filmmaking reminds us that it’s not weird to feel wanted or to want, even if what you want is to be a chair."

BY DESIGN from @musicboxfilms.com is in theaters Friday.

#ByDesignMovie #AmandaKramer #Sundance2026

Vintage VHS style promo image. Black textured background with gray stripes on the bottom, and a 3D eyeball staring upwards in the middle. Text: Anomaly. The Rochester Genre Film Festival. November 11-15. The Little and The Dryden. 2026.

Anomaly returns to @thelittletheatre.bsky.social and @drydentheatre.bsky.social this Nov. 11-15 2026 for our 8th annual fest!

We're busy stocking shelves with the newest Many-Eyed-Potato-approved films, but beware the late fees... they’re killer. 🥔👁️📼

#ROC #RochesterNy #FilmFestival

Poster for Tenebrae. A blonde woman's head and torso hang horizontally, a line of bright blood across her pale neck. Text: Dario Argento. Tenebrae. January Giallo at the Little Theatre. Thursday, Jan. 29. Details at TheLittle.org.

And we've saved a stylish Argento classic for our last #JanuaryGiallo: TENEBRAE

📅 Thursday, Jan. 29 | 7:30pm @thelittletheatre.bsky.social

🎟️ Info+tix: thelittle.org/tenebrae/

Presented w/partners @cinematicvoid.bsky.social + @amcinematheque.bsky.social

#RochesterNY #ROC #AnomalyFilmFest #horror

❄️👁️🥔

We showed this at @anomalyfilmfest.com, and I loved it so much I had do the introduction myself.

Witchy and deep woodsy and all about magic and dark hope and the true cost of miracles.

Very much my (maybe poisoned) jam.

Classes are important, we understand. 😁

Need plans for tonight? You are in the mood for an animated cat-based Giallo?

Anomaly has got you cats and kittens...

Poster for Felidae. A cartoon tuxedo cat with a red tipped tail walks in front of a setting yellow sun. Text: Akif Pirinçci's Felidae. Francis, der berühmte Katzendetektiv, löst den aufregendsten Vier-Pfoten-Fall seines Lebens. World of Animation and January Giallo at the Little Theatre. Friday, Jan. 23. Details at TheLittle.org.

Coming up next for #JanuaryGiallo: FELIDAE (New Restoration 2024) 🐈‍⬛

📅 Friday, Jan. 23 | 7:30pm @thelittletheatre.bsky.social

🎟️ Info + tix: thelittle.org/felidae/

Presented w/ partners @cinematicvoid.bsky.social + @amcinematheque.bsky.social.

#RochesterNY #ROC #AnomalyFilmFest #horror

We are animated damn it! It's our passion! 😂

A table full of the Anomaly crew typing on laptops and writing in notebooks. The room they are in is filled with firehouse memorabilia and art, as well as an actual fire truck on the right hand side.

Dan presenting important information in an animated manner to the Anomaly crew while in front of a projector and a whiteboard.

The annual Anomaly retreat! A full day of planning and plotting and making any occult deals necessary to bring you all the best genre movie goodness we can this year.

Look at us go! 👁️🥔🎬

#AnomalyFilmFest #FilmFestival #RochesterNY #ROC

TONIGHT!

Poster for Alice, Sweet Alice. A brown paper bag lies open, a baby doll stabbed with a knife and a plastic mask spilling out. Blood drips down to spell out: Alice, Sweet Alice. Text: Alice, Sweet Alice. If you can survive this night... nothing will scare you again. Screening on 35mm film. January Giallo at the Little Theatre. Thursday, Jan. 15. Details at TheLittle.org.

Coming up next for #JanuaryGiallo: ALICE, SWEET ALICE (on 35MM!) 🎭

📅 Thursday, Jan. 15 | 7:30pm @thelittletheatre.bsky.social

🎟️ Info + tix: thelittle.org/alice-sweet-...

Presented w/ partners @cinematicvoid.bsky.social + @amcinematheque.bsky.social.

#RochesterNY #ROC #AnomalyFilmFest #horror

Photo of the stage at Little Theatre 1 with a yellow January Giallo slide displayed on the screen. The audience is watching Matt A. on stage giving an introduction before the show.

Thanks all for coming out to our first screening of this year's #JanuaryGiallo at @thelittletheatre.bsky.social!

Missed out? We got 3 more this month! More info: thelittle.org/januarygiallo/

(Presented with @cinematicvoid.bsky.social + @amcinematheque.bsky.social.)

#AnomalyFilmFest #giallo

🪟TONIGHT!!!🪟

Poster for The House with Laughing Windows. A figure's thrown back head and upraised, bound hands fill a yellow lit window with open green shutters. A red lipped mouth with teeth bites into the window's upper frame. Text: The House with Laughing Windows. La casa dalle finestre che ridono. 4K restoration. January Giallo at the Little Theatre. Friday, Jan. 9. Details at TheLittle.org.

First up for #JanuaryGiallo: THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (4K Restoration!)

📅 Friday, Jan. 9 | 7:30pm @thelittletheatre.bsky.social

🎟️ Info + tix: thelittle.org/the-house-wi...

Presented by Anomaly w/ partners @cinematicvoid.bsky.social and @amcinematheque.bsky.social.

#RochesterNy #ROC

The schedule:

The House with Laughing Windows - 1/9 @ 7:30pm
thelittle.org/the-house-wi...

Alice Sweet Alice (35mm) - 1/15 @ 7:30pm
thelittle.org/alice-sweet-...

Felidae - 1/13 @ 7:30pm
thelittle.org/felidae/

Tenebrae - 1/29 @ 7:30pm
thelittle.org/tenebrae/

#ROC #RochesterNY #JanuaryGiallo

Promo image. Black text on a bright yellow background with blood splatter. Text: January Giallo. Classic and cult murder mysteries from Italy and beyond. January 9, 15, 23, 29. Anomaly: The Rochester Genre Film Festival. American Cinematheque. Cinematic Void. The Little Theatre.

It's back! January Giallo is here for murder, mayhem, and that creeping sense of dread that fits this time of year so well. 🔪

Dates + times: thelittle.org/januarygiallo/

Presented by @thelittletheatre.bsky.social, with national partners @cinematicvoid.bsky.social and @amcinematheque.bsky.social

Smiling and festive group photo of the Anomaly crew.

Several boxes and bags of holiday treats, included cookies and snack mix.

A plate of cookies and candies being held in front of the Many-Eyed Potato, who is wearing a jolly green elf hat.

The 2025 Anomaly Holiday Treat Exchange is concluded.

The crew ate and talked and traded all sorts of homemade goodies as we celebrated the end of the fest season.

🕎🎄🕯️🥂🎉 The Anomaly-est of holiday seasons from us to you! 🎉🥂🕯️🎄🕎

#ROC #RochesterNY #AnomalyFilmFest

A perfect solstice read for us horror folks.