Arrive early and get settled. Check-in for the physical portion of the 2021 FilmQuest begins! If you’ve been vaccinated, bring your proof of vaccination card, if not, you will be required to show a proof of a rapid negative Covid-19 test the days of your attendance. No exceptions will be made.

The 2021 FilmQuest starts off with a bang, as 15 amazing Sci-Fi and fantasy flavored shorts, music videos, and animated flicks kick off the fest. Films include: Elsewhere, Following the Comet, Forever Ting, Jettison, La Domenica Delle Salme, Matched, On/Off, Ruby Red, She, Straw Man, Strayed, Swipe, The Breach, The Dark Odyssey, The Offer

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Glam up and get your red carpet photos! Have fun with your family, friends, cast, and crew on the 30 foot FilmQuest red carpet!

Our Opening Night feature film, Wicked Games, comes ready to ignite your senses and prepare you for the onslaught of fantastic at this year’s FilmQuest. Includes the short films Inch Thick, Knee Deep and Killing Small Animals.

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After the Opening Night feature and shorts, we’ll head on over next door to MOZZ Artisan Pizza* (location subject to change) for some gourmet pizza and some getting to know you before the bigger parties and events begin on Saturday.

A variety of shorts from the realms of the Fantastic, with thrillers, fantasies, suspense, and dark comedy all thrown into one wickedly delicious soup! Films include: Boneyard Ballet, Broken As Me, Buffalo & Trout, Burning Bright, Hit or Miss, Knightman, Reklaw, Sala de los Pecadores, Salmon Pink, and Stuck

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A sci-fi extravaganza, the likes of which you’ve never seen, Tin Can will take you on a dark journey into the unknown that will obliterate your senses. Includes the sci-fi short film The Purple Iris.

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A virtual workshop, details with “The ManWe’re currently finalizing the details and exact dates (subject to our guests availability) on most of our workshops and labs, so come back soon once we solidify this information. Our labs and workshops include a variety of industry guests that will cover screenwriting, distribution, production and more. Guests were finalizing details with include David Wardle, SVP of Saban Films, and CAA Executive Julia Glausi, which may involve adding an extra workshop/lab for Saturday, the 6th. We’re also finalizing bringing out the writers of A Quiet Place for a screenwriting lab. So stay tuned!

A collection of bonafide chills and thrills, with a few laughs throw in for good measure. Joining the Dark One is better when you hide your fear with laugher after all. Films include:A Good Couple, No One is Coming, Reflection, Shadow at the Door, Sleep Tight, The Anniversary, The Fuzzies, The Recipients, There’s Something in the Silence, Unholy ‘Mole, Upstairs, Visitors, and Weee Wooo

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Prepare yourself for the thrills of Halloween with When the Screaming Starts, a horror comedy that will properly prepare you for the revelries to come. Includes the delicious paired short films Book, F*cking Ghosts!, Ivan Moody’s Dirty Poetry, and Subscribe.

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It’s the Opening Weekend and we’re celebrating the Halloween weekend in style with the themed costume party of “Kubrick’s Kamp vs. Burton’s Brood!” Get creative and come dressed up as your favorite characters from either of the director’s works, and we’ll have a “Best Costume” contest for who truly impresses. Catered food and drink provided.

Hosted by our partner hotel, the Marriott, in their great dining hall, Slate Restaurant, we’ll be having our filmmaker luncheon. The sooner you arrive, the quicker you’ll be settled and served as it’s going to be packed! You’ll have 2 1/2 hours to eat, chat, and make new friends until the screenings begin again at 2pm!

It’s Halloween at FilmQuest, and there’s nothing more terrifying than demons chasing you through your waking realities! Feel the dread with the bonafide banger When I Consume You. Includes the horror short film Rancour.

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A virtual workshop, details with “The ManWe’re currently finalizing the details and exact dates (subject to our guests availability) on most of our workshops and labs, so come back soon once we solidify this information. Our labs and workshops include a variety of industry guests that will cover screenwriting, distribution, production and more. Guests were finalizing details with include David Wardle, SVP of Saban Films, and CAA Executive Julia Glausi, which may involve adding an extra workshop/lab for Saturday, the 6th. We’re also finalizing bringing out the writers of A Quiet Place for a screenwriting lab. So stay tuned!

Continuing a horrifically frightful day, comes our next block of appropriately chilling and wickedly thrilling horror films. Terror is just a seat away! Films include: Body of the Mined, Feed Your Muse, Forgive Us, He Comes at Night, Last Chance, Make a Wish, Nagual: The Sin Eater, and Receiver

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What better way to close out the Halloween weekend than with an appropriately witchy night of films, led by the truly mesmerizing Two Witches. Includes the properly paired witchy films Devil in Me, La Ciguapa Siempre, and Prudence.

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A cornucopia of flavor! What exactly you’re going to get, you’ll just have to find out in this variety grab bag of equally delectable shorts! Films include: 29, Central Dental, El Triste, EVIE, For Your Consideration, Hell Hole, Numerus Duo, Snake Eyes: An ASMR Nightmare, and The Mad Shagger

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A jaw-dropping achievement, the sci-fi/fantasy animated feature Esluna: The Crown of Babylon is a triumph of talent and imagination that you’ll be glad you saw. Screens with the animated short film Little Wolf: the Night Trail.

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Utah’s time to shine comes with a selection of its best genre short films made throughout the state in the past year! See the might of Utah’s film scene! Films include: Conscription, Folie a Deux, I Wonder, Oprhan, Petra, Thirst, and Widow’s Peak

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Glam up and get your red carpet photos! Priority given to the Utah filmmakers, all are invited to have fun with your family, friends, cast, and crew on the 30 foot FilmQuest red carpet!

What more do you need than serial killers, salesman, and a series of unfortunate events? You’ll get that and so much more with the feature film Keeping Company. Also playing with the film are the perfectly paired short films Old Fox, The Coroner, and The Dead Collectors.

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We’ll cap off the day with a low-key night of games and vintage arcades next door in our filmmaker lounge at MOZZ. 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 promise, you’ve never experienced anything quite like this before. UVU Professor Alex Nibley uses the famed “Daniel Method” to dive into the LOTR: The Fellowship of the Rings with a live screening and lab. You’ll gain new insights into this beloved film, as well as come out an even better filmmaker and storyteller than before.

With one of the most unique genre films you’ll ever see, step back into a retro-fueled experience with the feature film Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes and leave shaken by something you never knew possible before. Includes the equally transcendent and unique short films The Painted, The Silent Lay Steady, and The Visitor.

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Take a look in the mirror, and what do you see? The infinite stares back at you, and now you know there’s no way to shut your own Pandora’s box, as this collection of dynamic horror and fantasy themed shorts will show you what you’re really made of. Films include: Ad Lib, Bordo, Mask of the Evil Apparition, Night Call, Riven, Skynut, The Mechanical Dancer, and The Night Courier.

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Glam up and get your red carpet photos! Priority for the Utah filmmakers and their guests from The Parker Sessions, have fun with your family, friends, cast, and crew on the 30 foot FilmQuest red carpet!

Utah strikes again with this locally made dynamo The Parker Sessions that will whet your palette for more of what the Beehive State has to offer. It includes the Utah made genre short films Isolate and Outer Darkness.
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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 bringing back one of our most popular events ever, so build up that arm strength – you’re going to need it!

As we peer into the abyss, what do we see? Infinity? Oblivion? With anxious desire, we entreat you to discover for yourself with this collection of shorts from beyond the void! Films include: Don’t Go Outside, Her, Magenta, Ouroboros, Poor Glenna, Raze of the Cyborg, Scarlet Red, and What the Heck is Going On?

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It’s exactly what it sounds like. Join us and a troupe of UK performers as they put on stage the classic horror film Alien with a shoestring budget with the comical documentary feature film Alien on Stage. Includes the short film The Other Side of Fear.

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A collection of matched short films about monsters, myths, and everything that goes bump in the night! Films include: After Dark, Face Your Fears, Familiar, Household Demons, I Call Upon Thee, Koreatown Ghost Story, Low, Posted No Hunting, The Rule of Three, and What the Spell?

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There’s something spooky going on in this place, as the genre-bending supernatural film Not Alone takes you on a journey that will not be easily shaken. Includes the thematically paired short film Little Brother.

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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! Mix, mingle, network, and build your legend on the stage as we rock the night away! Music, catered food and drink will be provided.

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 10 AM sharp and back by noon for the screenings and events.

A rare treat of dark fantasy fueled short films, together in this form for the first time at FilmQuest. Prepare for a look into the darker side of your most fantastic dreams. Films include: Back to the Woods, Break Any Spell, Imaginary Portrait, Lily in the Maze, Muse, Tales from Black Manor, The Moon and the Hummingbird, The Wishflower, and We All Dream

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Put on a hiatus due to the events from over the past year, our popular 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.

Go to a galaxy far, fary away… journey to a madman’s circus… watch what woe intergalactic love and broken hearts can bring. These sci-fi hued short films will take you across the universe and back again! Films include: Disembodies, Fenestra, Forsaken Mandalorian and the Drunken Jedi Master, Giant: The World of Filmmaker Jeff Leroy, Killing Time, Penumbra, Sweet Nothings, The Other Side, and Watch Room.

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Do you like rollercoasters? Of course you do! Then prepare for an absolute thrilling rollercoaster of a ride with star-studded The Free Fall, and then thank us later. The film will also screen with the equally rad short films Anniversary and What Happened Downstairs?

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A selection of our most mind boggling, insane, bizarre, and truly out there short films from the entire lineup! A can’t miss event that will include a free beer and pizza on the house! Films include: #NOFILTER, Crock Pot, Escalation, Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes, Gastral Projection, Guts, Her Release, Logan Lee & The Rise of the Purple Dawn, She. Picked. Me., Snake Dick, Snow Globe, Vaccinated, and Wich.

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The venue is still to be determined (but possibly back at Slate Restaurant), our second luncheon of the festival brings you all together again! 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 1pm! So arrive early!

A virtual workshop, details with “The ManWe’re currently finalizing the details and exact dates (subject to our guests availability) on most of our workshops and labs, so come back soon once we solidify this information. Our labs and workshops include a variety of industry guests that will cover screenwriting, distribution, production and more. Guests were finalizing details with include David Wardle, SVP of Saban Films, and CAA Executive Julia Glausi, which may involve adding an extra workshop/lab for Saturday, the 6th. We’re also finalizing bringing out the writers of A Quiet Place for a screenwriting lab. So stay tuned!

We all know what went down the last 18 months. But these films from these filmmaker didn’t give a damn. They got their gear together and made movie magic, no matter the challenges they faced. So enjoy the creativity of all these magicians who made film happen during the COVID-19 lockdowns! Films include: A Machine for Boredom, A New Normal, Blood Will Have Blood, Brackish, deMonica, Don’t Be Afraid, Hell in a Handbasket, I Can’t Relax Here, Offerings, Skinner 1929, The Cenozoic Era, user_, Watcher, What If Feels Like for a Girl, and Yummy.

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A virtual workshop, details with “The ManWe’re currently finalizing the details and exact dates (subject to our guests availability) on most of our workshops and labs, so come back soon once we solidify this information. Our labs and workshops include a variety of industry guests that will cover screenwriting, distribution, production and more. Guests were finalizing details with include David Wardle, SVP of Saban Films, and CAA Executive Julia Glausi, which may involve adding an extra workshop/lab for Saturday, the 6th. We’re also finalizing bringing out the writers of A Quiet Place for a screenwriting lab. So stay tuned!

With the copious varieties of films that get selected into the festival, sometimes you need to just throw them all into the pot together and see what happens. You won’t leave disappointed, as there’s something for everyone, and flavors enough for all to try! Films include: Big Touch, In Hollywoodland, Marked, That Ain’t You, The Dangerous Type, The West Patch, True North, Wake, Walk Into the Water, Welcome to Our Home, You Missed a Spot

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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: Cutter, It’s Me, Sarah, Killjoy, Parricide, Pathosis, Posies, Smile, The Fourth Wall, and Xiety.

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When the lights go dark, and the spirits wake up from their slumber, the new ways of warding off those who wish you harm will do you no good as the heavy hitting feature The Old Ways will soon help you learn! Includes two short films that will put you in the right mood with Spore and Witch Hunt.

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As the festival begins its final day to close out the 2021 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 horror begins! Films include: Cabin for Two, Fishbound: Auction House, Hug the Sun, I’m Not a Robot, Lethalogica, Mark II, Monster Encounters, No Good Deed, Picnic Pals in Dreamland, Sitting Duck, Still Together, The Feast, Together Till The End, and Wolf in Dude’s Clothing.

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No matter gets thrown our way, Fantastic never dies! The final shorts block of FilmQuest 2021 is a horror fueled romp through the Fantastic, and one that will tattoo your mind until the day you leave this mortal coil! Films include: Hunter’s Cabin, Mourn, Shallow Graves, Sink, Survivers, The Pey, The Relic, and ZTV: Sympathy for the Devil

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Take a journey, to another time and place where dark secrets live and the sins of your past will always find you, with the star-studded Ghosts of the Ozarks. Includes the audience pleasing western short Wasteland.

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The end of FilmQuest 2021 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 2021 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.

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 2021 festival!

At long last, FilmQuest 2021 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.

An incredible, one-of-a-kind feature film experience, Code Name: Nagasaki embraces the glory all genres while simultaneously taking you on a poignant and heartfelt journey. Not to be missed!

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A true gem, An Ideal Host will thrill you with is unexpected twists and turns while gleefully romping through its story. Pop some popcorn and gather some friends around for this one!

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A selection of outrageous, hilarious, and dynamic short films from across the globe, that also includes a few comedy flavored music videos. Films include: Class, Dead End, Hospital Dumpster Divers, Mulletude, Pick Up Artist, Sins of a Werewolf, Smiles, Star Saga, and Video Games

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Sometimes, genres defy definition. These films not only defy cinema by being so good, but they have a variety of flavors worth devouring as there’s something for lovers of all things fantastic within! Films include: Burn on Arrival, Hells Kitchen, Into the Uncanny Valley, One Fight Five Times, RED, The Small Hours, tx-reverse, and You Said/Vermin

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Bringing together films, animation, and music videos in a collection of can’t miss fantasy and sci-fi flavored shorts, this is a block worth diving into! Films include: Death and the Winemaker, Homesick, In My Image, Incarnation, Once Upon a Second Act, and Renaissance Man

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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: Abracitos, Axe to the Face, Inferno, Minimally Invasive, Terrible Things, The Fox, and The Rickety Man

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Whether passion haunts us, blood thirsty dogs hunt us, or beings of revenge stalk us, there’s no escaping the thrills that will emerge from this collection of horror shots. Films include: Cerberus, Echthaar, Every 75 Minutes, Golem, Inferno, Itch, and Weirdo

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Boldly going where no one has gone before, these sci-fi shorts show you strange new worlds, realms beyond our imaginations, and terrors that can only come from the darkest expanse! Films include: Anemone, Carmentis, Return of the Beast from Outer Space, Today, Venus, You Will Never Be Back, and Zealandia

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