Utah’s FilmQuest Film Festival Announces 2016 Selections
The venerated FilmQuest Film Festival, Utah’s premiere “Celebration of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, and Beyond,” will take place June 17-25. The fest has announced its staggeringly impressive list of official selections for 2016, and we have all the details right here.
Read on to see what horror films made the FilmQuest cut.
Speaking exclusively with Dread Central, FilmQuest Founder and Director Jonathan Martin said of this year’s fest (which will be held at Jordan Commons Megaplex Theatre (9400 South State Street, Sandy, UT), “We couldn’t be more excited to bring to genre fans in Utah and the world over the 2016 FilmQuest. We’ve programmed a truly stellar lineup of great films from around the world, including many world premieres. There’s a little something for everyone here as we’ve got fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and beyond all playing at the fest. All will be vying for our beautiful FilmQuest Cthulhu Trophy. I personally invite everyone to join us in Utah: fan, celebrity, distributor, and press alike, where we’ll be the epicenter of independent genre cinema for nine days. I promise you won’t regret it. Prepare for the fantastic!”
You’ll find the full list of films below, which include the horror features Bobbin Ramsay’s Dead Body and Ryan Gregory Phillips’ Shortwave plus short horror selections Die! Sitter! Die!: Rupert by the Boxleitner brothers, director John Fitzpatrick’s short films Brentwood Strangler and Yummy Meat: A Halloween Carol, and many, many more!
Tickets go on sale before June 1st. For more info, visit the official FilmQuest website, “like” FilmQuest on Facebook, and follow FilmQuest on Twitter.
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
1,029 Films and screenplays were submitted to the 2016 FilmQuest for consideration. Over a dozen judges were involved in the entire selection process. From these submissions the following films and screenplays were made Official Selections at the 2016 FilmQuest. Congratulations to all of the 2016 Official Selections!
FEATURES
Bear With Us – USA
Capsule – UK
Chicago Rot – USA
Cold Moon – USA
Ctrl Alt Delete – USA
Curtain – USA
Dead Body – USA
Diverge – USA
Muddy Corman – USA
No Way to Live – USA
Shortwave – USA
The Fostering – Brazil
The Village of Middlevale – USA
Virtual Revolution – France
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
MAN VS. SNAKE: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler – USA
The Blackout Experiments – USA
COMEDY & DARK COMEDY SHORTS
A King’s Betrayal – USA
Already Dead – UK
Amy – UK
Bitch, Popcorn & Blood – France
Code Blue: A Love Story – USA
Crush – USA
Dickproof 2 – Canada
Gwilliam – USA
Open 24 Hours – USA
Portal to Hell!!! – Canada
Shiner – UK
The Barber’s Cut – UK
The White Room – USA
Then and Again – USA
Una Mujer Sin Preico 1961 – USA
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Polk Photography – USA
Texas Paranormalists – USA
The Ship of Fools – France
FANTASTIC SHORTS
Burned – USA
Goodbye – USA
Mine – USA
Shutter – Germany
The Session – France
Thump – USA
FANTASY SHORTS
Dryad – France
Elle – France
Goblin Queen – USA
Legend of Dark Rider – Sweden
Lost Girl – UK
Move Me – USA
Sing for Your Supper – USA
Sleeping Wonder – Italy
The Devil’s Halo – USA
The Sun Devil and the Princess – USA
Theodora – USA
HORROR SHORTS
20 Matches – USA
Blight – Ireland
Brentwood Strangler – USA
Die! Sitter! Die!: Rupert – USA
Don’t Let Them In -USA
Earworm – USA
Heir – Canada
Hit & Run – USA
Iris – UK/USA
Kitchen – France
Kookie – Canada
Lonely Night – USA
Luxure (Lust) – Canada
Madre De Mios – Canada
Mute – USA
Night of the Slasher – USA
Quenottes (Pearlies) – Luxemborg
Roadside Assitance – USA
Shadows – USA
Surgery – UK
The Babysitter Murders – USA
The Fisherman – Spain
The Stylist – USA
When Susurrus Stirs – USA
Whisper – UK
Yummy Meat: A Halloween Carol – USA
SCI-FI SHORTS
Aden – USA
Animal – USA
Artificial – Spain
Battle of Wills – South Korea
Bionic Girl – France
Clones – Switzerland
Collider – Canada
Exit Plan – UK
Future Boyfriend – USA
Indigo – Canada
Jakob – France
Legacy of the Force – USA
Of Men and Mice – France
Replika – Switzerland
reStart – Spain
Sputnik – Spain
Substance – USA
Teacher in a Box – USA
The Edge – France
The Trap – USA
They Will All Die in Space – Spain
COMEDY & DARK COMEDY STUDENT FILMS
Eternal Coma, 1994 – USA
Karkass Karts – USA
Manoman – USA
Martian American – USA
Slow Creep – USA
Suck It Up – New Zealand
FANTASTIC STUDENT FILMS
Guardian – USA
The Run – Germany
FANTASY STUDENT FILMS
Abyss – Australia
Circle – USA
David Mills – USA
Frankenstein’s Light – USA
The Prince of Nothing – USA
HORROR STUDENT FILMS
Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir – USA
Ellie – USA
Oh, Darling – USA
Remember – USA
The Fisherman’s Wife – USA
Vardøger – France
SCI-FI STUDENT FILMS
Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon – USA
Replacement Protocol – USA
The Lotus Gun – USA
The Paradox – USA
The Surface – USA
The Treatment – Germany
Wasteworld – UK
ANIMATED FILMS
Alien Antics! – USA
Balloon – Canada
Breathe – USA
Chains – USA
Chasm – USA
Chhaya – India
Clouds – Canada
Da Vinci Project – France
Deadly is the Woman – USA
Disconnect – USA
Dispatch – USA
Eloïse, Little Dreamer – Canada
Fishing – USA
Fruit – Germany
Fulfilament – UK
Gentleman Explorer Vol. 001: Destination Peril – USA
Honorio: Two Minutes of Sun – Spain
JIBi – USA
L’Americano Returns – USA
Let’s Go – USA
Lure – USA
Resilience – UK
Sea Child – UK
Sharpen – USA
Silence of the Siren – USA
Simorgh – USA
Snacktime – USA
Stand Still – USA
Taking the Plunge – USA
Target Acquired – Canada
The Great Silence – USA
The Misadventures of Chubzilla – USA
The Search for the Monster of Lake Quannapowitt – USA
Three Fools – Denmark
Tink! – USA
Viva Lucha – USA
Zoe – USA
MUSIC VIDEOS
Atheum’s Way – New Zealand
Diggin’ On – USA
Echoes – Italy
Eye of the Storm – USA
Feel It – USA
How Deep Can I Go? – Australia
Low – USA
Lucifer’s Song – USA
Matt Pond PA (Take Me With You/Emptiness) – USA
My Nemesis – USA
Paloma – Canada
Saturday Morning – Italy
So In Love – France
Step Down From It – Sweden
Sundays – Canada
The Cops Don’t Know – Iran
The Keys – Switzerland
The Love is Gone – Canada
Theatre Noir – USA
Through My Street – Switzerland
West Side Swordy – USA
WEB SERIES
AFK: The Web Series – New Zealand
Dark Specter – USA
DoomsDate – USA
Dorkcore – USA
Good Morning, Tonight! – Canada
Hey You, It’s Me – USA
Italian Justice – Italy
LARPs – Canada
Legend of the Lich Lord – Canada
Outpost – USA
Ren: The Girl with the Mark – UK
The First Musketeer – UK
Thornbrook – USA
Year of the Snake – USA
INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL
Link: Shadow of Light
World’s Best Ski Hotel
FILMQUEST EXPRESS FILMS
It’s a Small Verse After All – Taylor Doose (World Premiere)
Last Call – Blooming Studios (World Premiere)
Pure – Rachelle Price (World Premiere)
Spaced Out – Seaichfilms (World Premiere)
The Song of the Lake – Angela Wilkins (World Premiere)
Team I am Your Father Luker (World Premiere)
Team Jared Clark Gay (World Premiere)
Team JT Seaton (World Premiere)
Team Maclain Drake (World Premiere)
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS – FEATURES (Top 25)
Will be announced before June 1st
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS – SHORTS (Top 15)
Alice’s Misfortunes in Underland by Nikki S. Colt
Apt. 215 by A.J. Briones
Deadhorse Lick by Charles Hall
Hibernation by Joel Benjamin
ISOL by Kristin Ruff-Frederickson
Love in Drones’ Times by Kiki Vasilescu
Page Turner by Marc Roussel
Red Coats by Lachlan Marks
Secret Box by Charles Hall
Six-Legged Couch by Kate Longoria
Symposium by Tom Grady
The Art of DNA by Mary Anzalone
The Offering by Julie Hindkjær
The Spirit of Vengeance by Bryan Hansen
Viral by Michael Nardelli
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