*** Due to the uncertainty surrounding Covid-19, we've decided to open submissions early for the 2021 edition of FilmQuest. The festival has already put contingency plans in place, but FilmQuest is very optimistic for our plan to maintain its currently listed dates for October 2021 in celebration of the 8th season of the fest. Our 2020 season (7th year) will take place either late Fall/early Winter 2020, or Spring 2021 as a physical event. ***
Welcome to the 8th annual FilmQuest Festival!
Gaining raves for its quality of selections, great events, bevy of attending filmmakers, the highly coveted and prestigious Cthulhu Trophy, and as one of MovieMaker Magazine's "30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World" (2019) and twice named one of their "Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" (2017 & 2015), FIlmQuest celebrates the majesty of genre filmmaking in the realms of fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and the beyond (including action, thriller, western, kung-fu, and more). The 2021 season will continue this great tradition of celebrating the world's greatest genre filmmaking in our beautiful home of Utah!
FilmQuest has been designed specifically to cater to the empowerment of the filmmaker through various events, awards, swag, connections, and more. In creating the festival, we thought long and hard about what it is that makes a festival great. We asked ourselves the tough questions. What we’ve come up with is, we believe, a festival experience that is the kind most filmmakers dream about.
The Juries will award our filmmakers in over 45 individual categories. Our selection committee is also made up of a group of industry professionals from various fields, such as directors, actors, producers, professors, writers, animators, casting directors, and more.
Want more? We will also be hosting exclusive parties, panels, and more! So get involved today and consider becoming a part of one of the most exciting film festivals to emerge on the circuit in years! We look forward to seeing your submissions!
We encourage you to explore our website (www.FilmQuestFest.com) for new information and updates as it comes, including more info on what to expect, the celebrities who will be involved with FilmQuest, our events, parties, workshops, panels, and more!
Prepare for Fantastic at FilmQuest, one of the world's most exciting and beloved genre film festivals!
*** Due to the uncertainty surrounding Covid-19, we've decided to open submissions early for the 2021 edition of FilmQuest. The festival has already put contingency plans in place, but FilmQuest is very optimistic for our plan to maintain its currently listed dates for October 2021 in celebration of the 8th season of the fest. Our 2020 season (7th year) will take place either late Fall/early Winter 2020, or Spring 2021 as a physical event. ***
We’ve created a festival that gives away awe-inspiring awards, fills your bag with the swag a pirate would be envious of, connects you to other filmmakers and celebrities in ways that encourages future collaboration, and offers an event to explore that will be talked about for years to come in FilmQuest.
We have the FilmQuest Cthulhu trophy designed specifically for FilmQuest and manufactured by the same company who makes the Golden Globes, making what we are sure will soon become one of the most coveted awards on the festival circuit. And this is just the beginning. The trophy will be available for over 20 categories, with high quality plaques available to the rest.
More prizes and awards are added frequently, so stay tuned and don't miss out on FilmQuest!