FILMQUEST 2023 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
The 2023 FilmQuest saw a record setting 1,600 films and screenplays submitted for consideration, shattering yet again our previous record for submissions, and made judging and selecting this year’s lineup an incredibly difficult task. From these submissions, we made our Official Selections across several categories from around the world to play and compete at the 10th Anniversary 2023 FilmQuest Festival.
Screenplay finalists were chosen by a group of professional third party judges, of which the list of 80 finalists (50 features, 30 shorts) has been made and can be seen below the film selections. A total of 27 nations are represented in the final selections from a field that saw over 50 countries submit to the festival for consideration. Over 55% of all films selected were either written, directed, and/or produced by a female filmmaker.
The 10th annual FilmQuest will take place October 26th – November 4th, 2023 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 no later than September. A virtual cinema, with selections screening exclusively online will also be a part of the festival, will be hosted with our new streaming platform partner Entertainment Oxygen, aka EO (download the mobile app today). More information on how to access the films for the online screenings will be coming soon. The website will also be updated in September with information on each film and screenplay in preparation for the physical festival this Fall.
Nominations will be announced for all awards at a later date in September. Premiere statuses TBD. Selections are subject to change before the festival.
Start planning your FilmQuest experience today and prepare for Fantastic as our 10th Anniversary season is going to be a can’t miss experience and event!
FEATURE FILMS
A Disturbance in the Force (Documentary) – USA
All You Need is Blood – USA
Black Mold – USA
Double Blind – Ireland
Frogman – USA
He Never Left – USA
Hippo – USA
How to Kill Monsters – USA
Hundreds of Beavers – USA
Irati – Spain
Kill Your Lover – UK
Me, Myself & The Void – USA
New Life – USA
The Deep Dark – France
The Hyperborean – Canada
The Last Movie Ever Made – USA
The Wait – Spain
Zombie Strain – USA
SHORT FILMS
COMEDY, DARK COMEDY & HORROR COMEDY SHORTS
A Good Scream – USA
A Little Help? – USA
Baby Face – USA
Bag for Life – UK
Batshit Crazy – India
Bounce House – USA
Cafe Cicatriz – Chile
Candor – USA
Casual Vignettes of Gilded Vulgarity – USA
Content: The Lo-Fi Man – USA
Dead Enders – USA
Deliverance – USA
Dog Breath – USA
Don’t Let Kyle Sit Down – USA
Farmer Ed – USA
Fck’n Nuts – USA
First-ish Contact – Australia
Five Stars – USA
For the Safety of Theo – USA
Fun, Gus! – USA
Gold and Mud – USA
Goo Darts – USA
Haunted by Nikola Tesla – USA
Hide Your Crazy – USA
High Stakes – USA
Justus: Seaghan Destroy – Canada
Knock, Knock, (Knock) – UK
Leverage – USA
Look! The Invisible Man – USA
Murder Camp – USA
Nosepicker – UK
Old Time Radio: Your Move – USA
Overnights – USA
Quiet! Mom’s Working! – USA
Scam – USA
Seeing Other People – USA
Shoes Off – USA
Strange Bedfellows – USA
String – USA
Sugar Rag – USA
The 44th Chamber of Shaolin – USA
The Discarded – UK
The Foul – UK
The Girl with the Haunted Vagina – UK
The Haunted Baby Carriage from Hell – USA
The Heritage – UK
The Jellyfish Man – USA
The Lure – UK
The Stand-Up – USA
They Grow Up So Fast – USA
Thin Skinned – USA
Too Slow – USA
Tooth – USA
Unkind Cut – USA
Up on the Housetop – USA
Violet Butterfield: Makeup Artist for the Dead – USA
Virgil’s Rings – USA
We Forgot About the Zombies – USA
Welcome to Candy’s – France
Wesley Loses His Penis – USA
You Have Reached Your Destination – USA
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Justice for Batman – USA
The Storm Chaser – UK
FANTASTIC SHORTS
[subtext] – USA
A Cotton Moon – USA
A Sweet Tooth – USA
Before I Go – USA
Cornerboy – Germany
Garbage Days – Belgium
Lady and the Tramp – UK
Not Us – USA
Shallots and Garlic – Canada
The Inflection Scheme – USA
The Loop: Undeniable – USA
They Call It… Red Cemetery! – Portugal
Volition – USA
FANTASY & DARK FANTASY SHORTS
Clemency – USA
Evenveil – USA
Fungus – Australia
I Could Just Die… and That Would Be All Right – USA
Juggernaut – Italy
LIV – Denmark
Spiderlily – USA
Sylvie Made It – Belgium
The Black Box – Taiwan
The Legend of King Kang-Mi – USA
The Ringmaster – USA
The Sin-Eater – UK
Things Visible and Invisible – USA
Villain – UK
We Hunt Giants – USA
Wraith – Canada
ZZZ – USA
HORROR & THRILLER SHORTS
13 Steps – USA
A Deer Caught in the Headlights – Netherlands
A Suit and a Straight Razor – USA
Accidental Stars – USA
Alicia – Spain
Are You Awake? – USA
Bookworm – Spain
BUG – USA
Bye-Bye – Canada
Callus – Ireland
Captive – USA
Caterpillar – UK
Come Home – USA
Cover Your Ears – Sweden
D I G – USA
Dead Connection – USA
Dysmorphia – USA
Eject – UK
Elixir – Ireland & UK
English Tutor – South Korea
Eyestring – USA
Facies – Spain
Fudgie Freddie – USA
Get Away – USA
Gummies – Dominican Republic & USA
Here to Stay – USA
High Fun – India
Hitched – Australia
Honk – USA
In Your Hands – USA
Interference – USA
Janelle’s Baby – USA
Kiddo – UK
La Nueva (The Newcomer) – Spain
Leech – UK
Let It Kill You – USA
Lure – UK
Make It Stop – USA
Maryla – France
Meadowville – USA
Merger – UK
My Scary Indian Wedding – USA
Nash – USA
Night Nurse – USA
No Overnight Parking – USA
Oddities – USA
POV – USA
Pruning – USA
Quiet – Spain
Red Velvet – USA
Ride Baby Ride – USA
Robbie Ain’t Right No More – USA
Saint-Sacrifice – Canada
Sempre Avanti – USA
Septichexen – Norway
Shelter Half – USA
Slashr – USA
Spoor – UK
Storm – USA
Ten of Swords – UK
Terror – UK
The Drawing – USA
The Fledgling – USA
The Forgotten – USA
The Hunt – USA
The Invaders – USA
The Perfect Place to Cry – USA
The Queue – USA
The Reclaimers – USA
The Tunnel – USA
Toad Boy – USA
Velma – USA
Victim No. 6 – USA
Where the Witch Lives – Canada
Worry No More – USA
Yule Cat – Sweden
SCI-FI & THE BEYOND SHORTS
Alone – USA
Angel Hare – USA
Autopilot – USA
Awake – USA
Closing Time – USA
Dark Cell – France
Ensouled – UK
Entrainment – USA
Escape Attempt – USA
Frequencies – USA
From Above – USA
GOV.OS – Colombia & USA
Gutter – Canada
Hideous Heart – USA
Homecoming – USA
Human Resources – USA
Lost in the Sky – Sweden
Lux Chroma – Malaysia
Radio Telescope – USA
Recollector – Australia
Remote – USA
Salvage – USA
Sincopat – Spain
Spiral to the Center – UK
Sucker – Netherlands
T-MINUS – USA
That’s Our Time – USA
The Orb – USA
The Universe and You – USA
They Come from the Sky – USA
TLG – USA
Toggle – USA
Variations on a Theme – USA
Vestige – UK
Visitors – Australia
Waving – UK
ZIB – USA
UTAH SHORTS
An Arrangement of Skin – USA
Body of Work – USA
Box Boy – USA
Bull Rider – USA
Hannah Harbor – USA
Munch – USA
Poolside Inn – USA
Saborrrr! – USA
Sacrament – USA
Sneak Over – USA
The Handbook – USA
The Last Embrace – USA
The Princess and the Formaldehyde Specimen – USA
To Err – USA
Tower Theatre – USA
Whisper – USA
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – USA
STUDENT FILMS
COMEDY & DARK COMEDY STUDENT FILMS
The Management (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg) – Germany
The Mantis (CalArts) – USA
Trapped (London Film School) – UK
Virgins for Satan (USC) – USA
Work Life (USC) – USA
FANTASTIC STUDENT FILMS
Booba (USC) – USA
Heptapus (Columbia University) – USA
Requiem (National Film and Television School) – UK
What Lies Within (USC) – USA
FANTASY STUDENT FILMS
Book of the Old Ways (Victorian College of the Arts) – Australia
The Old Young Crow (NYU & CalArts) – Japan & USA
HORROR & THRILLER STUDENT FILMS
A Dire Strait (Chapman University) – Taiwan & USA
Jeong-Dong “Affects” (Korea National University of Arts) – South Korea
Ringing Rocks (AFI) – USA
The Spirit Became Flesh (USC) – USC
Vespa (Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema) – USA
SCI-FI & THE BEYOND STUDENT FILMS
Ten With a Flag (Screen Academy Scotland) – UK
The Third Ear (Pratt Institute) – USA
Voyager (ESCAC) – Spain
ANIMATED FILMS
A Beaver’s Tale – Canada
A Paw Over Dark – USA
Dandelion – USA
Decay Process – USA
Demons in the Closet – Germany
Drifter – Belgium
Forlorn – USA
In the Heat – Canada
Innermost – China
L’abattu des vents – Canada
Lands of Steel – Belgium
Las Nogas – USA
Lord – Canada
Middle Watch – UK
Mothership – USA
No. 8 Reporting – Canada
P.F. Chang’s Signature Rice – USA
Regular Rabbit – Ireland
The Dark Odyssey 2: Ice Nexus – USA
The Forest King – Canada
The Voice in the Hallow – Colombia & USA
MUSIC VIDEOS
Abandon (Jeff Hilliard) – USA
All I Need (The Burning Hell) – USA
Ashes in the Wind (System Syn) – USA
Dead Dreams Falling – France
Engulfed (Judiciary) – USA
Finger Bang Your Day (Jeff Hilliard) – USA
Heart of Vengeance (Crooks) – Denmark
Hit and Run (Billy and the Kidz) – USA
Hunter (Affentanz) – Germany
ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL (Blackshape) – USA
Kill for Your Love (Labrinth) – USA
Make You Wanna Cry (The Glare) – UK
Old Flames (Abigail Lapell) – Canada
Revolution Maker (Jane Jensen) – USA
The Girl is Crying in Her Latte (Sparks) – USA
Umm (Bucky ft. Button) – USA
Unchained Melody (Elvis Presley) – Australia/USA
Upside (PLS&TY) – USA
WEB SERIES
24/7 – USA
Bento Banana – USA
Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story – USA
Hit Man: Secret of Lies – USA
Pear – USA
Tales from the Dark Web: Moira Hill – Australia
SCREENPLAYS
All un-produced screenplay finalists chosen by a team of third party judges. Winners and Top 20 & Top 5 (Features) and Top 5 (Shorts) will be announced at the festival. Semi-Finalists and Quarter-Finalists will be listed on the website at a future date.
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS – FEATURES (Top 50)
A Nice Place to Visit by John Munn
A Stench in the Nostrils of God by Michael Klug
Abyssus by Eric Hanson & Derek Stewart
Angler by Adam Baker & Jason Von Godi
Asphalt & Lipstick by Ryan Andrews & Katisha Shaw
Biter by Jennifer Trudrung
Blood of the Mob by Johnny Giacalone
Blue by Adam Means and David McAbee
Borderline by Kieran Shea & David Osorio
Chateau Sauvignon by David M. Night Mair & Adam T. Wolfe
Consumed by Don Stroud
Death Sentence by Lee H. Ross
Deep Down by Dan Sullivan
Don Hustle by Josh Kirk
Eject by David Yorke
Emmett of Xendia by Michael Andrew Blomquist
Fire Lake by Mark Miller
Forsaken by Jeffrey Stackhouse & Wendy Lashbrook
Frankenstein in the Land of Oz by Mike Mann
Green River by Bryan Ricke
Hunter by Alan Sanchez
Infinity Canvas by Jay Hodgkins
Inheritance by Michael Smallwood
Krolik by Rose Ann-Marie Norberg
Matriarch by Scott Alexander Naar & Sarah Naar
Mysteries of the Desert by Whitney Crowder & Adam Hardman
Necessary Predators by Nicholas Holland
NRG by Andreas Petersen
Queen of the Night by Lauren Pruitt
Quest for Humanity: The Champion Search by Lance B. Witmer
Rough Cut by Mitchell V. Slan
Settlement by Jason Sheedy
Sheriff of Rottingham by Anthony Ferraro
Snatchers by Craig Alexander
The Broken Fellowship by Sam T. Weston
The Circuit Breaker by David Ethan Sanders
The Devil Herself by Luke Wijaysinha-Gray
The Ferry Man by Mary Noel Hoffmann
The Hat Man by Edward G. Lyons & Melissa P. Lyons
The Hollow by Melissa Vitello
The Memory Sphere by Kevin Sluder
The Morbs by Greg Sisco
The Place I Belong by Bryant Karnes
The Prodigal by Thomas O’Malley
The Third Wife by Barrett Burgin & Daniel Yen Tu
The Tooth Fairy by Tony Morales & Fer Zaragoza
Thrash by Kieran Shea & David Osorio
Time, Space, and the Poet by John Turner
Wicked Grin by Arran Crawley
Wish It Away by Gabe Martinez
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS – SHORTS (Top 30)
Advent by Katherine LaVictoire
Apocalypse Messiah by Emily Robyn Clark
Berenice’s Basement by Ken Teutsch & Mike Prince
Blackout by Scott Akers
Detective Palooka by Jason Lou Baldwin
Deus in Machina by Michelle Fenn
Devil’s Instrument by Frederik Ehrhardt
Do Not Open by Brian Barnes
Drip by Stephanie Moore
Erosion by Tony Hipwell
Freeda by Lorenzo Colonna & Giada Mazzoleni
Hair Wraith by Jenny Popovich
Honed by Jeffrey Howe
House Broken by Joseph Douglas Lint
Hurtling Slowly by Stephonika W. Kaye
Kissyfoot by Michael Clifton
Lashes by Jill Sachs
Mermaid by Jerry D. Ochoa
Mouse by Michael Clifton
Mr. Right by Rakafet Abergel
Okay (The Hive) by Jessica Makinson
Scratch, Scratch by Pierre Langenegger
Silvertooth: Starring the Darkwings by Nick Burchard
Sitting Larry by Maryellen De Vivo
The Avon Lady by Guillermo Ortiz & Geena Karsama
The First Day of School by Shane Thompson
The Insatiable Pine by Kent Green
The Magic Mechanic by Justin Carter
The Weeping Willows by Amallie Lorentzen
Transport by Shea E. Butler