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FilmQuest is one of the fastest growing genre film festivals on the planet today, twice named to MovieMaker Magazine‘s prestigious lists as one of the “World’s 50 Best Genre Festivals” and “30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World,” and five times named a MovieMaker Magazine “Top 50 Film Festival Worth the Entry Fee,” a “Top 100” Reviewed Festival on FilmFreeway (currently #3), and six times running Utah’s “Best of State” Film Festival (2018 – 2023) winner. Centered in the heart of Utah and its emerging film industry, FilmQuest is one of the must-stop destinations for the best of independent genre cinema, showcasing the hottest up-and-coming talent and projects that demands your attention. Feel free to explore what makes FilmQuest what it is today and where it’s going into the future!
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2022 Festival Grid Schedule
Arrive early and get settled. Check-in for the physical portion of the 2022 FilmQuest begins! Here you’ll get registered, receive your swag bag, VIP pass, and get the lowdown on the venue and what to expect. The earlier you are, the more you can get comfortable and prepare to enjoy the festival!
FilmQuest 2022 gets things going with a truly unique offering that’ll set the mood for this year’s festivities. A Life on the Farm is the incredible true story about a farmer in England, who documented his life on his farm, and all the bizarre events and personalities that lived there as told through his vintage VHS tapes. Includes the short films Bebe AI, The Little Match Girl, and The Martyr.how to view the films.
The 2022 FilmQuest kicks off with an impressive offering of some of our most thrilling and chilling horror flavored selections. Films include: Creep Box, Dirty Love, Night of the Cooters, Sam and Doug, Specter of Weeping Hill, The Baby Next Door, The Sound, and We Wanted Children
Glam up and get some red carpet photos, where you’ll feel like the movie star you are! Have fun with your family, friends, cast, and crew on the 30 foot FilmQuest red carpet!
Straight out of the dark heart of Utah, our Opening Night sci-fi feature film Cryo comes at you to show you how business is done! Includes the Utah sci-fi horror short film Moonstruck.
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After the Opening Night feature and shorts, we’ll head on over next door to Fat Daddy’s Pizza* (location subject to change) for some gourmet pizza, beers, and some getting to know you before the bigger parties and events begin on Saturday.
A tome of films that are so intense, they should be outlawed in Idaho! These short films include stories from across the world well told that deal with revenge, the supernatural, the horrors of our everyday world, and more. Films include: 10-33, Dana, Fade Into You, Hermanita, How to Disappear, Little Anna, Nest, The Fourth, The Phoenix
A film the likes of which you’ve never seen, Bashira will obliterate your senses with a sci-fi/horror/fantasy barrage of images and story we promise you’ll never see the likes of again. Includes the sci-fi music video Glass Ship.
Learn about Utah’s state of the art film studio located in Park City, and about how you can bring your next project to Utah via this interactive presentation from Marshall Moore and our partners at the Utah Film Studios.
Do you like to laugh? Does your creepy uncle like inappropriate jokes? The of course you do! We’re starting off the day right with a fantastic selection of comedic films that will bring the joy out of every dead soul. Films include: Cruise, Eric, Gut Instinct, Hot Department: Dark Web, How I Failed the Bechdel Test, Inappropriate Jokes Well Told, Mantis Club, Monkey Love Please Hold, My Friends the Plants, Ta-Da!, and The Last Christmas
Glam up and get your red carpet photos in your best Halloween costume! Have fun with your family, friends, cast, and crew on the 30 foot FilmQuest red carpet!
An immersive journey into a live stream that will have horrific results for all involved, the feature film #chadgetstheaxe is a one of kind experience that will have you using all the hashtags to overcome what you just witnessed. Includes the delightfully paired short films Get Out of There, Midnight Television, Shiny New World, and Slasher Squad.
It’s the Opening Weekend and we’re celebrating the Halloween weekend in style with the themed costume party of “Adult Swim vs. Saturday Morning Cartoons.” Get creative and come dressed up as your favorite characters from all the animated classics and non-animated alike, which Adult Swim offers. Will you be a member of the Justice League, Rick or Morty, a warrior from Eternia, Frylock, or a complete surprise? We’ll have a “Best Costume” contest for who truly impresses. Catered food and drink provided with additional fee.
Hosted by the newest restaurant in Downtown Provo, the French themed Bistro Provenance, will be our filmmaker luncheon and get together. The sooner you arrive, the quicker you’ll be settled and served as it’s going to be packed! You’ll have 2 hours to eat, chat, and make new friends until the screenings begin again at 1:30pm!
On Halloween eve, there’s nothing that will get ready for the year’s most spooky day more than an alien abduction! These sci-fi themed bangers will keep you up at night, and make you dread the unknown… or embrace it! Films include: AlieNation, Beacon, Black Whole, Convergence, Creator, Darkside, June, and The Fore-Men
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Get into the mood for the holiday season with a witchy tale of revenge with The Ones You Didn’t Burn, that will surely leave a chill or two down your spine! Includes the properly paired films with a witchy edge Fume, Heartbeater, In the Dark, and Lilias Adie.
David Lawrence unravels the mysteries of distribution in ways that will surely benefit your career and films in perpetuity. Learn from a seasoned industry pro, and ask the questions in this lab catered to you, where anything and everything is on the table!
An ensemble of short films that include tales of dark adventure and perilous horrors from throughout the entire genre space, these films will have you on the edge of your seat chowing down on your fingernails until they’re all nubs! Films include: Box on the Hill, Fábula, Miltown, Ormur, Pox, Ringworms, Seaborne, The Gift, The Rotting of Casey Culpepper, VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak, and Your Battle of Mine
Another wholly unique entry into our 2022 feature’s lineup, Murder, Anyone? will keep you guessing as you try to keep up with its madcap, topsy turvy pacing, lunacy, and complete originality. You’ll be talking about what you just witnessed long after the credits have rolled! Includes a devious trio of short films with Call Casting, The Big Red Bastard, and The Unusualist.
What wonders lay in store for you, as you dive into the dark and deadly realms of fantasy and the beyond with a series of stories that will take you to forbidden realms where only the brave survive! Films include: Being Born, Fishwife, Larvae, Shut, and The Wet Nurse
Folk horror and foreign horror collide in this can’t miss power combo of horror shorts from across the globe. It’s one of those blocks that will make you remember what you did right on your death bed. Films include: Moshari, Mummering Legends, OST, Standing Woman, Swept Under, The Rise, and Unheimlichuest for more information on how to view the films.
The legend comes to life in Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters, the definitive documentary about Mike Mignola, the iconic artist and creator of Hellboy. Guillermo Del Toro, Ron Pearlman, and more join on the fun in this can’t miss doc! Includes the animated short films Blue, Double Trouble, Self Actualization of the Werewolf Woman, and The Black reCat
Explore strange new worlds, visit bizarre dimensions, and see the universe through new eyes as you’re reborn into a celestial being with these delicacies from around the universe. Films include: Fetch, Out of This World, Red Gaia, Risen, Spellbound, Surface Deep, Sylvain’s Hunt, Upya, and Ursula
We’ll cap off the day with a low-key night of games and vintage arcades at our Filmmaker Lounge. Defeat Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, dunk on faces in NBA JAM, save the galaxy with Atari’s Star Wars, match wits in Cards Against Humanity, and more. A night of games and face-offs will go on as long as you want to keep mingling and having fun!
We’ve partnered with MovieMaker Magazine and their Production Services program to help you get funding for your next film production and make more incredible films happen. More details about this amazing opportunity will be revealed as we approach the festival. To our knowledge, you must be in-person to pitch, so all the more reason to make sure to attend the festival in-person!
A new and exciting studio and production house has set up shop near Provo at Enigma 3. We’ve partnered with them to take you on a Studio Tour of their facilities, as we want you to explore Utah, and find out what advantages it has to offer you for your next productions. Carpool travel will be provided, and we will be leaving at 9:00 AM sharp and back by noon for the screenings and events.
From the tomes of the fantastic, comes an ode to all things amazing from behind the veil of the beyond. Explore worlds and ideas you never dreamed, and be taken on a journey you’ll never forget! Films include: Bug Bites, Death Parts Us: A Lovecraftian Horror, Fog of War, The Blood of the Dinosaurs, The Erl King, The Lion and the Firebird, The Rock of Ages, and The Well
The definitive story of the Child’s Play franchise, as told through the eyes of a child who witnessed it all and grew to become a filmmaker herself. Featuring interviews with the franchise’s creators and stars, this is a must-see treat for any horror and Chucky fan there is. Paired with the Brad Dourif starring short film The Living.
Sit in and learn the forbidden secrets of distribution and the world of acquisitions from long time friend of the festival, David Wardle, SVP of Saban Films. Learn from a seasoned industry pro, and ask the questions in this lab catered to you that you can never learn enough about!
A powerhouse block of films of female-led tales that are perfectly matched to share with you horrors and terrors from a woman’s perspective. A can’t miss barrage of talent and tales you’ll want to get a seat for early! Films include: After Mara, Finger, Incubus, Kickstart My Heart, Lilly’s Mirror, My Left Arm, Sleep, and The Coupon
Glam up and get your red carpet photos! With our Pep Rally Themed Karaoke Party later this evening, you’ll want to yell “Hey, Mickey, you’re so fine” over and over again! Have fun with your family, friends, cast, and crew on the 30 foot FilmQuest red carpet!
Are you mad about Roe vs. Wade being overturned? Are you pissed off? Then sound the alarm and prepare for its cinematic takedown with Give Me An A, an anthology film from some of the industry’s most recognizable stars shouting loudly and proudly as a beacon for all to follow with over 16 tales that will shake you to your core. It’ll be a night long remembered. Includes the films Born to Die, Special Delivery, and Tank Fairy.
It’s another time to party, and an opportunity to show the world that you were truly destined to become the next Rock n’ Roll God! Come dressed up for the Pep Rally theme in your best letterman’s jacket, cheerleader outfit, and more as you show your FilmQuest spirit! Mix, mingle, network, and build your legend on the stage as we rock the night away! Catered food and drink will be provided for an extra fee.
We’ve partnered with MovieMaker Magazine and their Production Services program to help you get funding for your next film production and make more incredible films happen. More details about this amazing opportunity will be revealed as we approach the festival. To our knowledge, you must be in-person to pitch, so all the more reason to make sure to attend the festival in-person!
A cornucopia of flavor awaits as we head into the Fall Harvest, with a selection of films across all genres that will electrify and terrify in ways you’ve never thought possible! Films include: An Untrained God, Angel City Horror, Blank, Immolation, Motion at Your Door, My Lonely Devil, Watcher, What a Beautiful Wedding, Wrath of the Ravishing
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Have you ever looked into the darkest, blackest hole? What did you see? Whatever it was, it won’t compare to the feast of terror that awaits you with this collection of horror that is guaranteed to keep you up at night! Films include: Bridge City Sinners: Go To Hell, Creak, Go To Hell, Hysteric, Keep the Light On, Once Upon a Time in a Haunted House, One Good Night, Otherkin, The Trunk, Wellness Check, and When You’re Gone
You’ll think twice about posting to your Insta after you witness Influencer, a no holds barred story of deception and duplicity that you’ll be chattering about the rest of the festival and beyond. Includes two short films that will make you wiggle with Pretty Pickle and Sucker.
Glam up and get your red carpet photos! A red carpet dedicated to the Utah filmmakers, although all are invited! Have fun with your family, friends, cast, and crew on the 30 foot FilmQuest red carpet!
Utah comes back at ya with a selection of the very best genre shorts made in the state over the past year. Horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and beyond will be your delight as you indulge in the best of what the Beehive State has to offer. Films include: Ascent, Companion, Dungeons & Dragons: Play Your Way, El Moño, House of the Mummy, Inheritance, It’s Coming It’s Real, Lovers Retreat, The Colouring Book Out of Space, The Man in the Tree, and Trouble
Who is the biggest and baddest lumberjack around? Got what it takes? Then prove it as we go out to throw Hatchets like our grandparents did at Heber Hatchets. We’re taking to what is always a popular event, so build up that arm strength – you’re going to need it!
We’ve partnered with MovieMaker Magazine and their Production Services program to help you get funding for your next film production and make more incredible films happen. More details about this amazing opportunity will be revealed as we approach the festival. To our knowledge, you must be in-person to pitch, so all the more reason to make sure to attend the festival in-person!
Hosted by the newest restaurant in Downtown Provo, the French themed Bistro Provenance, will be our filmmaker luncheon and get together. The sooner you arrive, the quicker you’ll be settled and served as it’s going to be packed! You’ll have 2 hours to eat, chat, and make new friends until the fabled filmmaker speed dating event starts at 1 PM.
Our fabled and original Filmmaker Speed Dating networking event is back! You’ll get to meet everyone at the festival and find out how you can help each other with your productions and projects in this rapid fire meet and greet session that will tire you out – but will be well worth it for all the connections you’ll make!
With such variety available to all at FilmQuest, it’s inevitable that we’ll throw in a collection of randomly themed short films to satisfy your itch for mystery and surprise. A massive lineup of films that will fill out the whole block, there’s something for everyone in this grab bag of shorts! Films include: Bedtime, Belongings, Broke Up, Dirty Work, Dream Child, Everybody Goes to the Hospital, Funny Business, Good Vibes Only, Interface, Jungle Go Dumb, Reel Trouble, The Bottom, The Cache, The Misanthrope and The Tragic Truth
Hop into your cockpit, put the burrito in the microwave, and punch it into lightspeed on the first flight to Provo! A collection of spectacle and wonders awaits in this sci-fi fueled block that will leave you breathless. Films include: Anomaly, Checkpoint, Icarus, Infinity System, Solus, The Cloaked Realm: Tunnel 23, and Wakener
If you like fantasy – and who doesn’t – then prepare to enter a new world of fantasy, adventure, and creation with Moon Garden, a dynamo of visual delights and a feast for your senses. The film will also screen with the equally rad fantasy short films Grummy and The Molok
A selection of our most mind boggling, insane, bizarre, and truly out there short films from the entire lineup, that is always a highlight of the festival! A can’t miss event that will include a free beer and pizza for a small fee! Films include: Baby Boom, Bad Acid, Buzzkill, Consensual, Every Night, Hometown Boys, Knives, Love is a Fire, Motherlord, Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath, Pumpkin Boy, The Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of Mimicry, Weird Shit, Weirder Shit, Wolfman, and Wuurm
Hot off the Madness, it’s time for a bit more fire in your bellies as we bring you a round of comedy shorts that’ll make you wet your seats from laughter. Bring a rag. Films include: Baby Fever, Daddy’s Night, Domestic Bliss, Hip Cat, Meat Friend, Nochte del Inferno (Hell Night), The Overkill, and Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox
We can never get enough sci-fi and fantasy at FilmQuest, and these films will bleed into your very souls with the answers to the secrets of the universe as you take the bifrost train to Godhood! Films include: BackSpace, Defribilator, Golem, Jim of Earth, Paracosm, Submittan, The Malfunction, The Signal, Tistlebu, and Zombie King of Balacombe
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FilmQuest Alumni and 10-time Emmy nominated Sound Supervisor and Designer, Patrick Hogan, breaks down what it takes to create an incredible soundscape on some of streaming’s biggest shows. This interactive lab is our first time trying it out, and we’re excited to make it happen with Patrick as he shows you the secrets to great sound design and how to get it on your own projects, no matter the budget!
A revenge thriller for a modern age! Follow Her will take you on a twisted journey through social media, influencers, and streaming in ways that you’ll be telling your great grandchildren about! Included with the film are some mischievously paired shorts in A Real Killjoy, Bones, Cancelled, Dystopia, and Here Comes the Wolves.
There’s no more terrifying horror than that which invades and makes a home long term in our minds. This collection of horror shorts will get under your skin, and stick around unless you remind yourself that they’re only a movie… or are they? Films include: 7 Minutes in hell, Aperio, Code One Eighty Seven, Devoured, From Where It Hides, Midnight Screams, Nycto, Old Time Radio, Return to Send, Ride or Die, Scooter, and SHC: Freak Accident
Wickedly funny, while also hammering home the importance of family and conquering addiction, Breathing Happy is a film that will resonate deeply for any who journey with it. The director of the film will also be doing a special 15 minute magic show before the film, so come early! Includes three short films that will put you in the right mood with Loose Ends, The Boy Who Woke Up Dead, and The Businessman.
As the festival begins its final day to close out the 2022 season, settle in and enjoy the community building comfort of laughter. Enjoy these choice selections of dynamic comedy shorts for one last laugh… before the madness begins! Films include: Chicks, Loveseat, Meat Jerky, Prom Car ’91, Relationshirt, The Breakdown Parables, The Devil’s Daughters, The Fall, and The Merger
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Bringing back his incredibly popular and highly entertaining writing lab, screenwriter Matt Greenberg will get down to the nitty gritty of writing Hollywood films, the secrets of working with studios, taking notes and feedback, etc. all in an entertaining, gloves off kind of way. A must for all writers, filmmakers, and producers.
Trapped in a bunker, with terrors all around, WWI soldiers need to fight to survive in Bunker, a horror thriller that closes out the 2022 feature lineup with a bang! Includes the fantasy horror war short film Black Dragon. Contact FilmQuest for more information on how to view the films.
The 2022 FilmQuest closes as we move into the beyond with a block of shorts that prove all things are possible when we give ourselves to the Beyond and let Cthulhu take us! Films include: Black Hole, Demon Box, House of the Unholy, The Following Year, The Wallpaper Man, This is Our Home, Through the Stars, and While Mortals Sleep
The end of FilmQuest 2022 upon us! Time to get your best tie and dress on, look like a rock star, and celebrate in style. Photos and interviews (as available) before the big shebang. Take pictures with all your friends looking your slickest!
Time to find out, once and for all, who the winners from the 2022 FilmQuest lineup are. Is it you? Is it them? Is it us? Let’s all find out together in this fun, audio/visual spectacle! A live feed will be provided for those watching virtually via the FilmQuest Facebook Page.
The closing night awards show has come to an end, and at long last we know who has claimed a coveted Cthulhu! Get your picture taken, enjoy victory with friends, and celebrate together, one and all, for one last time on the FilmQuest red carpet for the 2022 festival!
At long last, FilmQuest 2022 is officially over. Celebrate the festival, your victories, new friendships and collaboration, and more before you all bid adieu until next time. Catering and drink to be provided with extra fee.
2022 Festival Virtual Exclusives
A documentary about the idea of the future as seen through artist, illustrator, and futurist Roy Scarfo. Beyond Tomorrow is an inspiring look at the infinite possibilities of imagination. A treat for all lovers of science fiction, art, and the space race – which is all of us!
Breaking down the controversial man who created cosmic horror and the Cthulhu mythos, Exegesis: Lovecraft is an incredible exploration of the man and his myths that is a must watch for any lover of Lovecraft and his complicated creations that will provide answers and insight along the way.
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Who will save you when a world of monsters leaves you trapped within your homes… where the monsters within are worse than the ones outside! Shifted is a horror thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat! Not to be missed!rmation on how to view the films.
A selection of incredible fantasy short films from across the globe, that also includes a dynamic selection of animated films that will blow you away. Films include: Bean Feasa (Wise Woman), Brightstar, Incomplete, Legs, Robot Tells a Joke, Rose, Savj, and Welcome
Some things are best left dead. While some things are bed when brought back from the dead! Enjoy these horror short films from around the world… if you dare! Films include: Backstage Fright, Han, Stay At home, The Microscope, and Unbidden
They say that our minds create great fears that are worse than reality. “They” were wrong! Prepare yourself for these amazing horror shorts and hold fast! Films include: Bloody Sun, Hellion, Last Christmas Wish, Living Matter, Midnight Stories, Part Forever, and Scar of the Sun: Inertiahow to view the films.
Have you ever had an inch you couldn’t scratch? Well then these sci-fi &I beyond films are just for you, as they’ll hit that sweet spot and send you on a euphoric wave towards the chambers of Valhalla! Films include: Evicted, Fieldtrip, Recovery of the Fallen, Stepmother, Welcome to Forever, and Where is Cody From?
A collection of foreign fueled thrillers, experimental pieces, and quirky love stories, these tales will bring you something to talk about – and prepare you for the perils you must avoid! Films include: A Roll in the Hay, Lonely Fans, Lost Footage, Mascgani’ Symphony, and Oblivio