FilmQuest Festival
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FilmQuest Festival is an annual.[1] international film festival event held in Provo, Utah[2] that focuses on genre film, particularly science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other popular sub-genres such as westerns, animation, thrillers, etc.[3] The festival was founded in 2014 by filmmaker Jonathan Martin[4]
Cthulhu Trophy[edit]
The festival is known for its award, the FilmQuest Cthulhu Trophy[5]. Designed by Ryan Peterson[4] and manufactured by Society Awards, the award is given annually to winners from the festival's competition film lineup. Notable individual FilmQuest Cthulhu Trophy winners[6] include Doug Jones[7], Pedro Pascal[8], Academy Award winner Joel Harlow[8], Primetime Emmy winner Brett Goldstein[9], Minnie Driver[8], Frankie Muniz[10], Adam Egypt Mortimer[10], Alyssa Sutherland[10], Patrick Schwarzenegger[10], Academy Award nominee Kathleen Quinlan[8], Kyle Gass[11], Sophie Thatcher[8], Martin Starr[12], and Paul Urkijo Alijo[8].
Best Feature Film winners have included Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil[8], Daniel Isn't Real[10], The Mortuary Collection[13], The House at the End of Time[9], The Free Fall[14], Moon Garden[12], and Crawlspace[7].
Accolades[edit]
FilmQuest has frequently been recognized as one of the top active film festivals in the world. MovieMaker Magazine has named FilmQuest as one of its "Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" five times to its annual list in 2023, 2022[15], 2021[16], 2017[17], and 2015[18]. The publication recognized the festival as one of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World"[19] in 2023, and was also named by it as one of the "World's 50 Best Genre Festivals" in 2021[20], and as one of their "30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World" in 2019[21]. Horror news website Dread Central has recognized FilmQuest twice as one of "The Best Horror Festivals in the World" in 2022[22] and 2021[23].
Regionally, the festival has been recognized by Utah's Best of State competition as Utah's "Best Film Festival" six times in 2023[24], 2022[25], 2021[26], 2020[27], 2019[28], and 2018[29]. Salt Lake City Weekly awarded FilmQuest with its Arty Award as Utah's "Best New Film Festival" in 2014[30].
References[edit]
- ↑ "A Kingdom of Thrills and Magic: Inside the 2016 Edition of Emerging Genre Mecca FilmQuest - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ "FilmQuest 2017: This Mormon Country Genre Fest Makes Every Outsider Feel at Home - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ "Festival Wrap: FilmQuest Impresses with its Second Edition - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bohannon, Sharai (2022-03-10). "FilmQuest's Jonathan Martin Talks About What Makes This Fest Unique [Interview]". Dread Central. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ↑ "FilmQuest Cthulhu Trophy – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ↑ "Archives – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2014 FilmQuest – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 "2018 FilmQuest – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "2015 FilmQuest – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "2019 FilmQuest – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ "2017 FilmQuest – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "2022 Award Winners & Nominees – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ "2020 FilmQuest – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ "2021 Award Winners & Nominees – FilmQuest". Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ↑ "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2022, Presented by FilmFreeway". www.moviemaker.com. 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2021, Presented by FilmFreeway - Page 2 of 5". www.moviemaker.com. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2017 - Page 3 of 6 - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2015 - Page 2 of 5 - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2023". www.moviemaker.com. 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ "World's 50 Best Genre Film Festivals 2021 — MovieMaker". www.moviemaker.com. 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "MovieMaker's 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World in 2019, Presented by HorrorHound - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ Weinstein, Max (2022-03-23). "The Best Horror Festivals in the World 2022". Dread Central. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ Weinstein, Max (2020-12-23). "The Best Horror Festivals in the World 2021". Dread Central. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "Best of State - Utah". bestofstate.org. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ "Best of State - Utah". bestofstate.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "Best of State - Utah". bestofstate.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "Best of State - Utah". bestofstate.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "Best of State - Utah". bestofstate.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ "Best of State - Utah". bestofstate.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ Staff, City Weekly. "Artys 2014". Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
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