2021 AWARD WINNERS
The following list is are the winners for the 2021 FilmQuest Awards. The award winners, including the coveted FilmQuest Cthulhu Trophy winners, were announced in full at the Closing Night Awards Ceremony on November 6th, 2021 at Velour Live Music Gallery in Downtown Provo, Utah. The 2021 FilmQuest Winners are, as usual, filled with many more deserving films than can possibly win or be nominated. To the winners, congratulations!
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## Indicates award winner was a secret nominee
* Indicates award winner receives a plaque
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BEST FEATURE FILM
The Free Fall
BEST COMEDY SHORT
Cabin for Two
BEST FANTASTIC SHORT
Feed Your Muse
BEST FANTASY SHORT
Break Any Spell
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Killing Small Animals
BEST HORROR SHORT
The Relic
BEST MICRO SHORT*
I’m Not a Robot
BEST SCI-FI SHORT
Watch Room
BEST STUDENT SHORT
The Painted
BEST UTAH SHORT*
Subscribe
BEST ANIMATED SHORT*
Death and the Winemaker
BEST MUSIC VIDEO*
Poppy “Her”
BEST WEB SERIES*
Hug the Sun
BEST DOCUMENTARY*
Code Name: Nagasaki
BEST QUARANTINE SHORT – LOCKDOWN THEME*
Escalation
BEST QUARANTINE SHORT – GENERAL THEME*
Brackish
THE MINERVA AWARD*
Minsun Park for “Koreatown Ghost Story”
BEST DIRECTOR – FEATURE
The Old Ways – Christopher Alender
BEST SCREENPLAY – FEATURE
Keeping Company – Devin Das & Josh Wallace
BEST ACTOR – FEATURE
Ghosts of the Ozarks – Thomas Hobson
BEST ACTRESS – FEATURE
The Parker Sessions – Rachell Sean
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – FEATURE* ##
Not Alone – Richard Lawson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FEATURE*
(TIE) Ghosts of the Ozarks – Angela Bettis
(TIE) Ghosts of the Ozarks – Tara Perry
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST – FEATURE*
Keeping Company
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – FEATURE*
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
BEST EDITING – FEATURE*
Two Witches
BEST SOUND – FEATURE*
Esluna: The Crown of Babylon
BEST SCORE – FEATURE*
Esluna: The Crown of Babylon
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION – FEATURE*
Ghosts of the Ozarks
BEST COSTUMES – FEATURE*
Ghosts of the Ozarks
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – FEATURE*
The Old Ways
BEST MAKEUP – FEATURE*
Tin Can
BEST DIRECTOR – SHORT
The Relic – J.M. Logan
BEST SCREENPLAY – SHORT
Mourn – Joanna Tsanis
BEST ACTOR – SHORT
Cabin for Two – Pancho Morris
BEST ACTRESS – SHORT ##
Inch Thick, Knee Deep – Anatasha Blakely
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – SHORT*
Hunter’s Cabin – Toby Hargrave
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – SHORT*
Little Brother – Hattie Winston
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST – SHORT*
Class
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – SHORT*
Ouroboros
BEST EDITING – SHORT*
One Fight Five Times
BEST SOUND – SHORT*
(TIE) Receiver
(TIE) The Relic
BEST SCORE – SHORT* ##
The Wishflower
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION – SHORT*
Venus
BEST COSTUMES – SHORT*
Nagual: The Sin Eater
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – SHORT*
Sweet Nothings
BEST MAKEUP – SHORT*
The Relic
DIRECTOR’S PRIZE*
Overall Cinematic Achievement – Esluna: The Crown of Babylon
Overall Cinematic Achievement – Inferno
Overall Cinematic Achievement – Nagual: The Sin Eater
Overall Cinematic Achievement – Raze of the Cyborg
Unique Concept & Execution – #NOFILTER
Unique Concept & Execution – Sink
Unique Concept & Execution – Skinner 1929
Unique Concept & Execution – The Pey
Overall Effects & Design – Rancour
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY – FEATURE
1st Place* – The Virgin by Trysta A. Bissett
2nd Place* – BFFs Never Say Die by K. Jennifer Ilagan
3rd Place* – Olivia’s War by Avishai Weinberger
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY – SHORT
1st Place* – Gloves by Michael Clifton
2nd Place* – Pron by Hyrum Hansen
3rd Place* – Pod People by Stirling J. McLaughlin & J. Wilder Konschak
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY – FEATURE – TOP 20 FINALISTS
A Weeping in the Woods by Cailin Tamplin
Alice by Tom Albanese
BFFs Never Say Die by K. Jennifer Ilagan
Blood Maps by Brian K
Confection by Christa Boarini
Control by Carroll Brown
Fear the Dark by Lewis Taylor
Ghosties by Julie Sharbutt
Hysteria by Jenna Payne
Millennium Bugby James Howells
Olivia’s War by Avishai Weinberger
Preyta by Jerry J Sampson
Starcrossed by Jeffrey Howe
The Faerie Rings by Zina Brown
The Hungry Ghost by Trinity Shi
The Ivory Buck by Jason Von Godi
The Long and The Short by Julie Fergus
The Millhaven Chronicles by Rachel Searcey
The Virgin by Trysta A. Bissett
Vinland by Bryan Ricke & Melissa Vitello
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY – SHORT – TOP 10 FINALISTS
A Town Dressed in Black by Gregory Fishwick
Blood & Marriage by Katlyn Aviles
Boxed-Up by Jamie Tree
Gloves by Michael Clifton
Mermaids Have No Tears by Lulenoxx
Mommy’s Old Playhouse by Joey Scoma
Pod People by Stirling J. McLaughlin & J. Wilder Konschak
Pron by Hyrum Hansen
The Bad Poet by Michael Clifton
This Little Valley by Zoe Maltby
All Unproduced Screenplay Competition judging was done by a group of third party professional judges.
2021 NOMINEES
The following nominees were culled from a process that began with 1,526 submissions for the 2021 festival. Each Feature Film category, unless otherwise noted, has 5 to 8 nominees. Each Short Film & Other category, unless otherwise noted, has 10 nominees. A “secret” nominee in most categories was announced at the Closing Night Awards Ceremony. These “secret nominees” often became the winner of their categories, and is our patented twist on the awards process, a unique and fun activity that many have come to enjoy. In 2021, 3 secret nominees were the ultimate winner.
Congratulations to all the 2021 Award Nominees, and start spreading the word today! Use hashtags #filmquest #prepareforfantastic #filmquest2021 #thebestofthebest #filmquestawards as you promote online!
# Indicates award is a plaque’d award
BEST FEATURE FILM
Dawn Break Behind the Eyes
Ghosts of the Ozarks
The Free Fall
The Old Ways
Tin Can
Two Witches
Wicked Games
SECRET NOMINEE: When I Consume You
BEST COMEDY SHORT
Cabin for Two
Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes
Guts
Mark II
No Good Deed
Picnic Pals in Dreamland
The Dead Collectors
The Other Side of Fear
Wolf in Dude’s Clothing
SECRET NOMINEE: Sins of a Werewolf
BEST FANTASTIC SHORT
Buffalo & Trout
Burn on Arrival
Class
Feed Your Muse
Inch Thick, Knee Deep
Little Brother
Nagual: The Sin Eater
Reklaw
Shallow Graves
SECRET NOMINEE: The Night Courier
BEST FANTASY SHORT
Break Any Spell
Knightman
Mask of the Evil Apparition
Muse
Posies
Riven
Snow Globe
Still Together
The Wishflower
SECRET NOMINEE: In Hollywoodland
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Ad Lib
Anemone
Bordo
Cerberus
Echthaar
Imaginary Portrait
Killing Small Animals
Smiles
The Fourth Wall
SECRET NOMINEE: You Will Never Be Back
BEST HORROR SHORT
Face Your Fears
Forgive Us
Hunter’s Cabin
La Ciguapa Siempre
Mourn
The Pey
The Relic
True North
ZTV Sympathy for the Devil
SECRET NOMINEE: Receiver
BEST MICRO SHORT #
Big Touch
Her Release
I’m Not a Robot
Lethalogica
Old Fox
Prudence
Reflection
Wasteland
Xiety
SECRET NOMINEE: Wich
BEST SCI-FI SHORT
Body of the Mined
Carmentis
Killing Time
Ouroboros
Raze of the Cyborg
Ruby Red
The Other Side
Venus
Watch Room
SECRET NOMINEE: Jettison
BEST STUDENT SHORT
It’s Me, Sarah
Itch
Night Call
Straw Man
The Fox
The Painted
The Purple Iris
The Rule of Three
You Missed a Spot
SECRET NOMINEE: Homesick
BEST UTAH SHORT #
(No secret nominee)
Conscription
Folie a Deux
Isolate
Orphan
Outer Darkness
Petra
Subscribe
The Moon and the Hummingbird
Thirst
Widow’s Peak
BEST ANIMATED SHORT #
Burning Bright
Death and the Winemaker
Elsewhere
Little Wold: The Night Trial
On / Off
Posted No Hunting
The Dark Odyssey
The Mechanical Dancer
The West Patch
SECRET NOMINEE: Scarlet Red
BEST MUSIC VIDEO #
Broken As Me
Devil in Me
Forever Ting
Her
Mulletude
Once Upon A Second Act
Sal de Los Pecadores
Skynut
The Visitor
SECRET NOMINEE: I Wonder
BEST WEB SERIES #
(No secret nominee)
Fishbound: Auction House
Dead End
Hug the Sun
Magenta
Tales from Black Manor
The Coroner
BEST DOCUMENTARY #
(No secret nominee)
Alien on Stage
Code Name: Nagasaki
Giant: The World of Filmmaker Jeff Leroy
Renaissance Man
BEST QUARANTINE SHORT #1 – LOCKDOWN THEMED#
(A special one-off award – no secret nominee)
A New Normal
Don’t Go Outside
Escalation
Hell in a Handbasket
She
Spore
The Cenozoic Era
There’s Something in the Silence
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BEST QUARANTINE SHORT #2 – GENERAL THEME#
(A special one-off award – no secret nominee)
Blood Will Have Blood
Brackish
deMonica
Forsaken Mandalorian and the Drunken Jedi Master
Gatral Projection
Marked
Offerings
Untitled Project
We All Dream
Witch Hunt
THE MINERVA AWARD #
(Awarded to a female filmmaker/duo/group whose work embodies the advancement of the voice and empowerment of the female filmmaker in genre cinema today. Must have been a film directed, written, and/or produced by the same female filmmaker.)
A.K. Espada for “Back to the Woods”
Ashlea Wessel for “Weirdo”
Christa Boarini for “Brackish”
Danielle Kummer & Lucy Harvey for “Alien on Stage”
Joanna Tsanis for “Mourn” & “Smile”
Katherine Chediak Putnam for “Inferno”
Katherine Fisher & R.H. Stavis for “Posies”
Kelsey Bollig for “The Fourth Wall”
Krsy Fox for “What the Spell?”
Lindsay Young for “Cutter”
Megan Duffy for “Low” & “What It Feels Like for a Girl”
Minsun Park for “Koreatown Ghost Story”
Monica Suriyage for “La Ciguapa Siempre”
Sarah Bonrepaux for “Strayed”
Susannah Farrugia for “Itch”
BEST DIRECTOR – FEATURE
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes – Kevin Kopacka
Esluna: The Crown of Babylon – Denver Jackson
Ghosts of the Ozarks – Matt Glass & Jordan Wayne Long
The Free Fall – Adam Stilwell
The Old Ways – Christopher Alender
Tin Can – Seth A. Smith
When I Consume You – Perry Blackshear
SECRET NOMINEE: Wicked Games – Teddy Grennan
BEST SCREENPLAY – FEATURE
An Ideal Host – Tyler Jacob Jones
Keeping Company – Devin Das & Josh Wallace
Not Alone – Lydelle Jackson & Cezil Reed
The Old Ways – Marcos Gabriel
The Parker Sessions – Stephen Simmons
When I Consume You – Perry Blackshear
Wicked Games – Teddy Grennan
SECRET NOMINEE: Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes – Kevin Kopacka & Lili Villanyi
BEST ACTOR – FEATURE
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes – Jeff Wilbusch
Ghosts of the Ozarks – Thomas Hobson
Keeping Company – Ahmed Bharoocha
The Free Fall – Shawn Ashmore
When I Consume You – Evan Dumouchel
When the Screaming Starts – Ed Hartland
Wicked Games – Markus Silbiger
SECRET NOMINEE: Keeping Company – Jacob Grodnik
BEST ACTRESS – FEATURE
An Ideal Host – Nadia Collins
The Free Fall – Andrea Londo
The Parker Sessions – Rachell Sean
Tin Can – Anna Hopkins
Two Witches – Rebekah Kennedy
When I Consume You – Libby Ewing
Wicked Games – Christine Spang
SECRET NOMINEE: The Old Ways – Brigitte Kali Canales
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – FEATURE #
Ghosts of the Ozarks – Tim Black Nelson
Keeping Company – Bernard White
Not Alone – Pat Healy
The Free Fall – Michael Berry Jr.
The Parker Sessions – Danny James
When I Consume You – Macleod Andrews
When the Screaming Starts – Jared Rogers
SECRET NOMINEE: Not Alone – Richard Lawson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FEATURE #
Ghosts of the Ozarks – Angela Bettis
Ghosts of the Ozarks – Tara Perry
Keeping Company – Suzanne Savoy
Not Alone – Megan Ashley Brown
The Old Ways – Julia Vera
Two Witches – Danielle Kennedy
When the Screaming Starts – Kaitlin Reynell
SECRET NOMINEE: The Old Ways – Andrea Cortés
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST – FEATURE #
An Ideal Host
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Keeping Company
Not Alone
The Free Fall
When the Screaming Starts
SECRET NOMINEE: Two Witches
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – FEATURE #
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
The Free Fall
The Old Ways
Tin Can
Two Witches
When I Consume You
Wicked Games
SECRET NOMINEE: Ghosts of the Ozarks
BEST EDITING – FEATURE #
Alien on Stage
Code Name: Nagasaki
Dawn Breaks Before the Eyes
The Parker Sessions
Tin Can
Two Witches
Wicked Games
SECRET NOMINEE: When I Consume You
BEST SOUND – FEATURE #
Code Name: Nagasaki
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
Esluna: The Crown of Babylon
Ghosts of the Ozarks
The Free Fall
The Old Ways
The Parker Sessions
SECRET NOMINEE: The Old Ways
BEST SCORE – FEATURE #
Code Name: Nagasaki
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
Esluna: The Crown of Babylon
Ghosts of the Ozarks
The Free Fall
The Old Ways
The Parker Sessions
SECRET NOMINEE: Tin Can
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION – FEATURE #
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
Ghosts of the Ozarks
The Old Ways
Tin Can
Two Witches
When I Consume You
When the Screaming Starts
SECRET NOMINEE: The Free Fall
BEST COSTUMES – FEATURE #
(No secret nominee)
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
Ghosts of the Ozarks
The Old Ways
Tin Can
Two Witches
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – FEATURE #
(No secret nominee)
An Ideal Host
Esluna: The Crown of Babylon
Not Alone
The Free Fall
The Old Ways
BEST MAKEUP – FEATURE #
(No secret nominee)
The Free Fall
The Old Ways
Tin Can
Two Witches
When I Consume You
BEST DIRECTOR – SHORT
Cabin for Two – Sam Hoiland
Feed Your Muse – Brendan Beachman
Forgive Us – D.W. Hodges
Hunter’s Cabin – N’cee van Heerden
La Ciguapa Siempre – Monica Suriyage
Mourn – Joanna Tsanis
Sins of a Werewolf – David Prendeville
The Relic – J.M. Logan
Wolf in Dude’s Clothing – Solmund MacPherson
SECRET NOMINEE: Reklaw – Polaris Banks
BEST SCREENPLAY – SHORT
Cabin for Two – Sam Hoiland
Forgive Us – Jono Mitchell
Knightman – Jun Sekiya
Lethalogica – Haley Leary & Luke Tanner
Mourn – Joanna Tsanis
Night Call – Tim Sagl
No Good Deed – Mike Langer & Phillip Clark Davis
Reklaw – Polaris Banks
Smiles – Javier Chavanel
SECRET NOMINEE: Break Any Spell – Anton Josef & Lisi Purr
BEST ACTOR – SHORT
Cabin for Two – Pancho Morris
Class – David Krumholtz
Familiar – Hugo Nicolau
Feed Your Muse – Zachary Ray Sherman
Forgive Us – Sandy Reed
Knightman – Matthew Needham
Ouroboros – Steve McCarthy
Sins of a Werewolf – Paul Kennedy
The Rickety Man – Russell Shealy
SECRET NOMINEE: Escalation – Christian Bachini
BEST ACTRESS – SHORT
#NOFILTER – Kelly Lamor Wilson
Break Any Spell – Rachel Boyd
Burn on Arrival – Kate Dickie
Incarnation – Mayumi Amano
Into the Uncanny Valley – Kimberly Alexander
Killjoy – Rachel Alig
Make A Wish – Josephine Chang
Receiver – Tahirih Vejdani
Upstairs – Sorcha Groundsell
SECRET NOMINEE: Inch Thick, Knee Deep – Anatasha Blakely
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – SHORT #
A Good Couple – Alex Mandell
Homesick – Piotr Choma
Hunter’s Cabin – Toby Hargrave
Mourn – Julian Robino
Reklaw – Lance Henriksen
Still Together – Steve O’Brien
The Fox – Gabriel Carrubba
The Other Side – Greg Kriek
Today – Tom Farrah
SECRET NOMINEE: Into the Uncanny Valley – Mikael Mattsson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – SHORT #
Hit or Miss – Danielle Savre
Koreatown Ghost Story – Margaret Cho
Little Brother – Hattie Winston
No Good Deed – Stevie Lynn Jones
The Silent Lay Steady – Katrina Elmsley
The Wishflower – Marian Frizelle
True North – Lola Blanc
Venus – Phoebe French
Wake – Summera Howell
SECRET NOMINEE: Forgive Us – Kayla Gibson
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST – SHORT #
29
Class
Conscription
For Your Consideration
Guts
Last Chance
Logan Lee & The Rise of the Purple Dawn
Nagual: The Sin Eater
Reklaw
Salmon Pink
Still Together
Upstairs
Watch Room
You Missed A Spot
SECRET NOMINEE: Hell’s Kitchen
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – SHORT #
Household Demons
Killing Small Animals
Lily in the Maze
Little Brother
Muse
Ouroboros
Subscribe
The Dangerous Type
ZTV Sympathy for the Devil
SECRET NOMINEE: Snake Dick
BEST EDITING – SHORT #
Anniversary
Cabin for Two
Little Brother
One Fight Five Times
Picnic Pals in Dreamland
Receiver
Tales from Black Manor
The Fuzziees
Today
SECRET NOMINEE: The Relic
BEST SOUND – SHORT #
I Call Upon Thee
Killing Time
Receiver
Snake Eyes: An ASMR Nightmare
The Relic
The Rule of Three
The Small Hours
There’s Something in the Silence
Weee Wooo
SECRET NOMINEE: He Comes At Night
BEST SCORE – SHORT #
Burning Bright
Death and the Winemakere
El Triste
Every 75 Minutes
Mask of the Evil Apparition
Old Fox
The Dangerous Type
The Other Side
Widow’s Peak
SECRET NOMINEE: The Wishflower
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION – SHORT #
Cabin for Two
Echthaar
Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes
Hell Hole
Hospital Dumpster Divers
In My Image
Mask of the Evil Apparition
Picnic Pals in Dreamland
Venus
SECRET NOMINEE: RED
BEST COSTUMES – SHORT #
Forsaken Mandalorian and the Drunken Jedi Master
Golem
In Hollywoodland
Nagual: The Sin Eater
Return of the Beast from Outer Space
Scarlet Red
Untitled Project
Wasteland
Zealandia
SECRET NOMINEE: The Moon and the Hummingbird
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – SHORT #
Carmentis
Disembodies
EVIE
Mask of the Evil Apparition
Raze of the Cyborg
Spore
Sweet Nothings
The Painted
Venus
SECRET NOMINEE: The Other Side
BEST MAKEUP – SHORT #
El Triste
Escalation
Feed Your Muse
Hospital Dumpster Divers
Inferno
Rancour
The Mad Shagger
The Relic
ZTV Sympathy for the Devil
SECRET NOMINEE: Smile
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS – FEATURES (Top 50)
A Family Farm by Sean Mannion
A Weeping in the Woods by Cailin Tamplin
Alice by Tom Albanese
Arkona by Angus Watts
Assimilated by Christopher Guerrero
BeTwIxT by Kathryn Orwig
BFFs Never Say Die by K. Jennifer Ilagan
Biting Silence by Julie Hindkjær
Blood Maps by Brian K
Boys by Michael Klug
By Blood by Cherie Julander
Confection by Christa Boarini
Control by Carroll Brown
Dungeon Deep by Harry Kakatsakis
Fear the Dark by Lewis Taylor
Ghosties by Julie Sharbutt
Hysteria by Jenna Payne
Inversion by Suzy Stein & Fernando Perez
Jesse James vs. Jack the Ripper by Alasdair James McMullan
Judgement House by Alan R. Baxter
Millennium Bug by James Howells
Montana by Brendan Steere
Moon Child by Brendan Butler
Morbidly by Don Stroud
Need to Know by Simon Craven
New Coventry by Matt Devino
Northward Damned by Bryce Vails
Olivia’s War by Avishai Weinberger
Preyta by Jerry J Sampson
Product 125 by Jim Falletta
SINder by Danielle Erlich
Something Wicked by Allison Hanna
Starcrossed by Jeffrey Howe
Tenants by Maegan Langer
The Corruption by Alyssa Stevens
The Faerie Rings by Zina Brown
The Hungry Ghost by Trinity Shi
The Ivory Buck by Jason Von Godi
The Long and The Short by Julie Fergus
The Millhaven Chronicles by Rachel Searcey
The Puppet by Steven Fierberg
The Strange Transgressions and Odd Depravity of Peculiar Citizens by Isaiah Mouw
The Virgin by Trysta A. Bissett
Time, Space, and The Poet by John Turner
Trapped in Plain Sight by Tammy Klembith & George Klembith
Vinland by Bryan Ricke & Melissa Vitello
When November Ends by Michael Yurinko
Where Shadows Live by Grace Presse
Young Boy by Rachel Jacob
Your Guarded Heart by Ryan M. Lange
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS – SHORTS (Top 25)
A Town Dressed in Black by Gregory Fishwick
Blood & Marriage by Katlyn Aviles
Boxed-Up by Jamie Tree
Dead Drunk by Christopher M. Moreman
Dolores by Michael Seabolt & Gregory Schroeder
Don’t Let Her Out by Thomas McKean
Eden by Rakefet Abergel
Forget Me Not by Sarah Cooper
Frabjous Day by Tavis Doucette
Gloomy Sunday by Kevin Machate
Gloves by Michael Clifton
Horror Kid by Billy McAfee
Love You More Than Rain by Kristy Walsh
Matchstick by Philip Tice
Mermaids Have No Tears by Lulenoxx
Mommy’s Old Playhouse by Joey Scoma
Nighttime is No Fun Anymore by Jennifer Trudrung
One Who Knows by Shiloh Nyce
Pigeon by Paul Silwinski
Pod People by Stirling J. McLaughlin & J. Wilder Konschak
Pron by Hyrum Hansen
Queensguard by Kevin Anglin
Ren-Fair by Jesse Mattson & Sam Mattson
She Creature by Maria Krovatin & Chris Krovatin
The Bad Poet by Michael Clifton
The Familiar by Carrie Specht
The Heart is an Organ by Tim Troemner
This Little Valley by Zoe Maltby
Vodi by Nath Milburn & Luke Baker
What We See by Tyler Fruge
The Top 20 Feature Screenplay Finalists and Top 10 Short Screenplay Finalists were announced at the Closing Night Awards Ceremony.
CONGRATULATIONS to ALL the 2021 FilmQuest Official Selections and Nominees!
FILMQUEST 2021 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
The 2021 FilmQuest saw 1,524 films and screenplays submitted for consideration. This shattered our previous record for submissions, and made judging and selecting this year’s lineup an incredibly difficult task. From these submissions, we have made our Official Selections across several categories from around the world to play and compete at the 2021 FilmQuest Festival. Screenplay finalists were chosen by a group of professional third party judges, who judged a record amount of screenplay submissions this year, of which we expanded the list to 80 finalists (50 features, 30 shorts). A total of TBD nations are represented in the final selections. TBD of all films selected were either written, directed, and/or produced by a female filmmaker.
The 8th annual FilmQuest will take place October 29th – November 6th, 2021 at the Velour Live Music Gallery in beautiful Downtown Provo, Utah. Tickets and passes will go on sale once the schedule of events and screenings are finalized. A virtual cinema, with selections screening exclusively online will also be a part of the festival, with more information on how to access the films coming soon. The website will be updated with information on each film and screenplay in preparation for the physical festival this Fall.
Due to the ongoing uncertainties surrounding Covid-19, affecting filmmaker participation and attendance of the festival, particularly amongst non-US citizens, the festival decided to expand the 2021 lineup. Thus, 9 extra blocks of films (about 16 hours) have been accepted into the festival as an Official Selection to screen virtually only, while also remaining in competition. This was done in order to ensure maximum participation for both those that can join us at FilmQuest in-person and also those who cannot from afar, and which films will screen as such will be determined in a near future date.
Nominations will be announced for all awards at a later date. Premiere statuses TBD. Selections are subject to change before the festival.
Start planning your FilmQuest experience today!
FEATURE FILMS
An Ideal Host – Australia
Daughter – USA
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes – Germany
Deadstream – USA
Esluna: The Crown of Babylon – Canada
Follow Her – USA
Futra Days – USA
Ghosts of the Ozarks – USA
Keeping Company – USA
Not Alone – USA
The Free Fall – USA
The Old Ways – USA
The Parker Sessions – USA
Tin Can – Canada
Two Witches – USA
When I Consume You – USA
When the Screaming Starts – United Kingdom
Wicked Games – USA
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Alien on Stage – United Kingdom
Code Name: Nagasaki – Norway
SHORT FILMS
COMEDY & DARK COMEDY SHORTS
Book – USA
Cabin for Two – USA
Don’t Text Back! – Canada
Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes – USA
F*ucking Ghosts – USA
Gastral Projection – USA
Guts – USA
Hell Hole – USA
Hell in a Handbasket – Canada
Her Release – USA
I’m Not a Robot – USA
Last Chance – USA
Lethalogica – USA
Logan Lee & The Rise of the Purple Dawn – USA
Make a Wish – USA
Minimally Invasive – New Zealand
No Good Deed – USA
Numerus Duo – USA
Old Fox – Canada
Picnic Pals in Dreamland – USA
Pick Up Artist – Germany
Shallow Graves – USA
Sins of a Werewolf – Ireland
Sitting Duck – USA
Sleep Tight – United Kingdom
Smiles – Spain
Snake Dick – USA
Star Saga – USA
Still Together – USA
Stuck – USA
Swiped – Canada
The Dead Collectors – United Kingdom
The Fuzzies – USA
The Other Side of Fear – United Kingdom
Together Till The End – Mexico
Unholy ‘Mole – USA
Welcome to Our Home – USA
What Happened Downstairs? – USA
What It Feels Like for a Girl – USA
What the Spell? – USA
Wich – USA
Wolf in Dude’s Clothing – Canada
Yummy – USA
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Giant: The World of Filmmaker Jeff Leroy – USA
Renaissance Man – USA
FANTASTIC SHORTS
29 – United Kingdom
A Machine for Boredom – USA
Ad Lib – France
Anniversary – USA
Buffalo & Trout – USA
Burn on Arrival – United Kingdom
Cerberus – Estonia
Class – USA
El Triste – Mexico
For Your Consideration – USA
Hells Kitchen – Australia
Hit or Miss – USA
In Hollywoodland – USA
Into the Uncanny Valley – USA
Little Brother – USA
Marked – USA
Nagual: The Sin Eater – USA
One Fight Five Times – New Zealand
RED – United Kingdom
Reklaw – USA
Salmon Pink – Canada
Strayed – France/USA
The Cenozoic Era – USA
The Dangerous Type – USA
tx-reverse – Austria
Wake – USA
Wasteland – USA
FANTASY SHORTS
Brackish – USA
Break Any Spell – Canada
Incarnation – Japan
Mask of the Evil Apparition – Australia
Muse – Australia
Offerings – USA
Riven – New Zealand
Snow Globe – USA
The Wishflower – USA
HORROR SHORTS
#NOFILTER – USA
A Good Couple – USA
Abracitos – Spain
After Dark – USA
Axe to the Face – USA
Back to the Woods – USA
Blood Will Have Blood – USA
Central Dental – Canada
Crock Pot – USA
Cutter – USA
deMonica – USA
Don’t Be Afraid – USA
Don’t Go Outside – USA
Escalation – Italy
Every 75 Minutes – Spain
Evie – Australia
Face Your Fears – USA
Familiar – United Kingdom
Feed Your Muse – USA
Forgive Us – USA
Golem – Australia
He Comes at Night – Canada
Hospital Dumpster Divers – Norway
Household Demons – USA
Hunter’s Cabin – Canada
I Call Upon Thee – Australia
Imaginary Portrait – Argentina/USA
Inch Thick, Knee Deep – USA
Inferno – Australia
Ivan Moody’s Dirty Poetry – USA
Killing Small Animals – Sweden
Killing Time – USA
Killjoy – USA
Koreatown Ghost Story – USA
La Ciguapa Siempre – USA
Lily in the Maze – USA
Matched – USA
Mourn – Canada
No One is Coming – USA
Pathosis – USA
Poor Glenna – USA
Posies – USA
Prudence – USA
Rancour – Australia
Receiver – Canada
Reflection – USA
Return of the Beast from Outer Space – United Kingdom
Shadow at the Door – USA
She. Picked. Me. – USA
Sink – USA
Skinner 1929 – USA
Smile – Canada
Snake Eyes: An ASMR Nightmare – USA
Spore – USA
Terrible Things – Ireland
The Anniversary – USA
The Fourth Wall – USA/France
The Mad Shagger – United Kingdom
The Night Courier – USA
The Pey – USA
The Recipients – USA
The Relic – USA
The Rickety Man – USA
The Silent Lay Steady – Canada
There’s Something in the Silence – USA
Upstairs – United Kingdom
user_ – USA
Visitors – Japan
Watcher – USA
We All Dream – Canada
Weee Woo – USA
Weirdo – Canada
Witch Hunt – USA
Xiety – USA
ZTV Sympathy for the Devil – USA
SCI-FI SHORTS
Anemone – Italy
Body of the Mined – USA
Carmentis – Australia
Disembodies – USA
Fenestra – USA
Forsaken Mandalorian and the Drunken Jedi Master – USA
Jettison – USA
Mark II – USA
Ouroboros – Canada
Raze of the Cyborg – Taiwan
Ruby Red – USA
She – USA
Survivers – Spain
Sweet Nothings – USA
The Offer – USA
The Other Side – South Africa
Today – Australia
Venus – United Kingdom
Watch Room – USA
You Will Never Be Back – Spain
Zealandia – New Zealand
UTAH SHORTS
Conscription – USA
Folie á Deux – USA
Isolate – USA
Orphan – USA
Outer Darkness – USA
Petra – USA
Subscribe – USA
The Moon and the Hummingbird – USA
Thirst – USA
Widow’s Peak – USA
STUDENT FILMS
COMEDY & DARK COMEDY STUDENT FILMS
What the Heck is Going On? – USA
You Missed a Spot – USA
FANTASTIC STUDENT FILMS
The Small Hours – United Kingdom
FANTASY STUDENT FILMS
Big Touch – USA
Knightman – USA
Stra Man – USA
HORROR STUDENT FILMS
Bordo – Israel
Echthaar – Austria
It’s Me, Sarah – Honduras/USA
Itch – Malta
Night Call – Belgium
Parricide – USA
The Fox – Australia
The Painted – USA
The Rule of Three – USA
SCI-FI STUDENT FILMS
Homesick – Poland
In My Image – USA
Penumbra – USA
The Purple Iris – USA
ANIMATED FILMS
A New Normal – India
Burning Bright – USA
Death and the Winemaker – Switzerland
Elsewhere – USA
Following the Comet – USA
I Can’t Relax Here – USA
Little Wolf: The Night Trail – USA
Monster Encounters – Germany
On / Off – Argentina
Posted No Hunting – USA
Scarlet Red – Belgium
The Dark Odyssey – USA
The Feast – USA
The Mechanical Dancer – USA
The West Patch – USA
MUSIC VIDEOS
Boneyard Ballet – USA
Broken As Me – USA
Devil in Me – USA
Forever Ting – Canada
Her – United Kingdom
I Wonder – USA
La Domenica Delle Salme – Romania
Low – USA
Mulletude – USA
Once Upon A Second Act – USA
Sala de los Pecadores – USA
Skynut – New Zealand
That Ain’t You – Canada
The Visitor – USA
Video Games – USA
Walk Into the Water – USA
You Said – USA
WEB SERIES
Auction House – USA
Dead End – Israel
Hug the Sun – Australia
Magenta – Italy
Tales from Black Manor – USA
The Coroner – France