FilmQuest introduced its 2025 lineup and as somebody who’s been attending this pageant for years, I can’t wait! The twelfth version of the pageant runs from October 23 via November 1 in Downtown Provo, Utah, and it’s among the best occasions of the 12 months for followers of style cinema.
What makes FilmQuest so particular is how private and intimate it feels. You possibly can catch world-class movies and nonetheless have the possibility to fulfill filmmakers, chat with actors, and geek out with different followers. It’s not only a movie pageant, it’s a group.
Pageant Founder and Director Jonathan Martin shared in a press release:
“FilmQuest continues to defy expectations and switch heads all through the trade because it has established itself as among the best style movie festivals on this planet via its high quality programming and quickly increasing group.
“The pageant has turn out to be a landmark occasion centered in one of the unlikely of locations in our gorgeous dwelling of Downtown Provo, Utah, and it shouldn’t be missed by anybody who loves discovering the most effective new expertise and rising voices in style cinema at present.
“For individuals who haven’t skilled the pageant, there may be by no means a greater time to come back and see for your self what all of the fuss is about, and to search out out why many throughout the trade have taken discover and have come to embrace our rock n’ roll spirit within the mountains of Utah.”
This 12 months’s lineup is loaded with premieres, that includes work from massive names like Ryuhei Kitamura, Lena Headey, Georgina Campbell, Jon Heder, Sean Gunn, Jimmi Simpson, David Dastmalchian, Iko Uwais, Mekhi Phifer, Andrew McCarthy, Chandler Riggs, Shane West, Chris Klein, Danny Glover, Teri Hatcher, Cameron Monaghan, and Pollyanna McIntosh.
World Premieres
Labyrinth – Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, this motion horror thriller stars Mekhi Phifer, Shane West, Chris Klein, Alexxis Lemire, and Tommy Flanagan.
Orion – A sci-fi thriller from Jaco Bouwer starring Andrew McCarthy, Drew Van Acker, and Debby Ryan.
Soar Scare – A grindhouse horror flick infused with rock n’ roll vitality, directed by Donnie Hobbie.
Buffet Libre – A Spanish darkish comedy thriller from Zoe Berriatúa.
Regional Premieres
Influencers – A thriller from Kurtis David Tougher starring Cassandra Naud and Georgina Campbell.
Appofeniacs – Chris Marrs Piliero’s darkish comedy thriller with Sean Gunn, Jermaine Fowler, and Aaron Vacation.
Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma – Shane Brady’s revenge comedy starring Chandler Riggs and Katelyn Nacon.
Frogman Returns – A discovered footage creature function from Anthony Cousin.
We Put the World to Sleep – Romanian discovered footage horror from Adrian Tofei.
I See the Demon – An end-of-world sci-fi movie directed by Jacob Lees Johnson, starring Jon Heder.
Peeping Todd – Josh Munds’ musical stalker comedy.
Dangerous Haircut – A comedy thriller from Kyle Misak.
Kombucha – A cosmic horror with darkish comedic twists from Jake Myers.
The Cramps: A Interval Piece – Retro-fueled horror comedy directed by Brooke H. Cellars.
North American Premieres
It’s not simply film screenings. Company like Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, Heretic, 65), F. Javier Gutiérrez (Earlier than the Fall, The Wait, Rings), producer Julia Glausi (Heretic), and Slamdance co-founder Jon Fitzgerald will probably be internet hosting labs and workshops. Extra names are anticipated to be introduced later this month.
The pageant wraps up on November 1 with its at all times entertaining awards present, the place the coveted Cthulhu Trophy will probably be handed out throughout classes together with function movie, brief movie, scholar movie, animation, and music video.
I’ll be there once more this 12 months, popcorn in hand, able to dive into the bizarre, wild, and great world of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy cinema. In the event you’ve by no means been, this may be the 12 months to lastly make the journey to Provo and see what FilmQuest is all about.
