DUFF 2024


The stay-at-home film festival

DUFF 2024, February 16-18

The Digital Ubiquitous Film Festival (DUFF) is an online film festival. Participants watch films on online streaming services and discuss on Twitter using the keyword #DUFF23, Discord, and Facebook. Check out the schedule of 2024 selections below. All times are CST.

Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee

5:00 p.m.

Through raw, revealing footage and interviews with fugitive tech pioneer John McAfee, this documentary uncovers new layers of his wild years on the run.

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Air

7 p.m.

From award-winning director Ben Affleck, AIR reveals the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.

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Polite Society

9:30 p.m.

Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan, who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage.

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American Symphony

10 a.m.

In this deeply intimate documentary, musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.

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The Underdoggs

Noon

Jaycen "Two Js" Jennings (Snoop Dogg) is a washed-up former pro football star who has hit rock bottom. When he is sentenced to do community service coaching the Underdoggs, an unruly pee-wee football team in his hometown, he sees it mostly as an opportunity to rebuild his public image. But in the process, he may just turn his life around and rediscover his love of the game.

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Circus of Books

2 p.m.

For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.

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Dumb Money

5 p.m.

When a rogue investor and basement YouTuber pours his passion — and savings — into the failing company GameStop, it turns Wall Street upside-down.

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The Holdovers

7 p.m.

A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go and a grieving cook.

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Leave the World Behind

9:30 p.m.

A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices — and two strangers appear at their door.

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Rye Lane

Midnight

Two 20-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London-helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.

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Kelce

11 a.m.

NFL All-Pro center Jason Kelce started documenting what he thought was his final year in the NFL. Instead, the film intimately captures the most epic year in Jason and Travis’s life, from starting a hit podcast together, Jason’s wife Kylie being pregnant with their third child, and ultimately meeting each other at the Super Bowl. All while Jason grapples with the decision of his retirement.

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Yesterday

1 p.m.

A struggling musician awakens to discover that he is literally the only person alive who knows who the Beatles are.

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Class Action Park

3:30 p.m.

Welcome to Action Park, the notorious 1980s New Jersey water park that long ago entered the realm of myth.

Find it on Max