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“‘Most hated event on the planet’: New movie shows the rise of San Francisco’s SantaCon,” by Dan Gentile, SFGATE, October 31, 2025.

The trailer just dropped for ‘SANTACON,’ which premieres at the DOC NYC film festival on Nov. 13.

There are few San Francisco events as divisive as SantaCon. The yearly, debauchery-filled bar crawl features hundreds, if not thousands, of costumed Santas rampaging through cities across the country, leaving a trail of inebriated chaos in their wake. But it wasn’t always this way.

A new film is set to premiere on Nov. 13 at the DOC NYC film festival and is simply titled “SANTACON,” directed by Seth Porges, whose previous work includes “Class Action Park” and “How to Rob A Bank.” The first trailer, released on Friday, begins with footage of violent Santas and also shows Jimmy Fallon mentioning the New York Police Department’s understanding of the event as “the nightmare before Christmas.” Local news anchors declare that locals want the event to be canceled, and text appears on the screen proclaiming SantaCon the “most hated event on the planet.” Read the whole article here.

Submitted by director, Jon Alloway: Here’s the trailer for “Into the Zone,” The Story of the Cacophony Society, presented by Dreamland Pictures, Weird TV and Laughing Squid.

From the “Into the Zone” website:

Into the Zone is a film by Jon Alloway. This hilarious and exciting Dada-documentary follows their evolution from the San Francisco Suicide Club – 1977, the exploits of SF Cacophony, their nexus creating the Burning Man Festival, to the irreverent Los Angeles Cacophony and beyond. This is the history of the a significant American underground cultural movement.

WARNING! Contains EXTREME CHAOS, ABSURDITY and SUBVERSION. You cannot un-see what’s been seen…

‘The Cacophony Society is, ‘a randomly gathered network of free spirits engaged in the pursuit of experiences beyond the mainstream.’ The credo is ‘You May Already be a Member!’ It’s a non-religious, non-political, non-commercial disorganization of dada klowns rewiring the neuro-circuits of humanity. It’s heart is deeply routed in kitsch, weird and nihilism. It’s subversion by way of absurdist pranks and fire!

For more information, visit http://www.intothezonemovie.com/

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Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society Trailer