Some underground film festivals went dark in 2009, including ones in Miami, San Francisco, the Twin Cities and New Haven; plus Chapel Hill’s Hi Mom! festival.

This may be the fifth year for Connecticut’s New Haven Underground Film Festival, but it’s the first year with new festival director Phil Hall.

The New Haven Underground Film Festival has a new fest director this year, journalist Phil Hall, and he’s looking for a few good films.

Michael Mongillo gives the scoop on handing the reigns of the New Haven Underground Film Festival to underground film writer Phil Hall.

Co-directors of the New Haven Underground Film Festival, Michael Mongillo and Todd Dzicek, have stepped down and turned the fest over to writer Phil Hall.

The rockumentary We Like to Drink, which won the RFC award at at the 2007 New Haven Underground Film Festival, is having an upcoming screening.

Michael Mongillo of the New Haven Underground Film Festival has directed a slacker sci-fi comedy called Welcome to Earth and is having a special screening.

The 2007 New Haven Underground Film Festival has given awards to films We Like to Drink, Wasted Orient, Detroit Unleaded, The Little Gorilla, Origins and more.

The fourth annual New Haven Underground Film Festival is screening a new music video by Jay Hollinsworth; plus films Get Thrashed, We Like to Drink and more.

The New Haven Underground Film Festival has released the first round of films picked for their 2007 screenings, including Get Thrashed and We Like to Drink.