Los Angeles filmmaker Mike Manning debuts his haunting short “Spool” at FilmQuest 2025. Blending grief, mystery, and a touch of holiday melancholy, the film follows two sisters confronting their father’s decline.
Jeff Speed’s genre-bending thriller, selected for FilmQuest 2025, merges the hypnotic allure of Giallo cinema with a modern journalist’s descent into obsession.
Rebecca Gruss’s debut "Thrift Store Ouija Board" turns everyday horror into something hauntingly human, marking a bold FilmQuest 2025 entry.
Blending solitude, sound, and storytelling, John Hill’s pandemic-inspired film transforms personal loss into a genre-bending reflection on independence and creativity.
Jason Ragosta’s 'Grizzly Peak' reimagines the slasher film through a queer lens, blending Grindhouse grit, dark humor, and heartfelt vulnerability into a “lesbian meet-cute” horror that’s both stylish and deeply personal.
Riccardo Suriano strips horror to its core in “The Waking Call,” where silence and guilt replace monsters and noise. Starring Best Actor nominee Michael Maggi, the film traps a radio host in one room—and his own unraveling mind.
Jonathan Hammond’s 'Fireflies in the Dusk' blends fantasy, sci-fi, and comedy into a sharp yet playful look at nostalgia and the strange ways we seek advice online.
In 'Crowded Out', Brooklyn filmmaker Brian Lederman turns the everyday torment of finding a parking spot into a surreal, nerve-fraying odyssey.
Joe Gietl’s “Tasteless” blurs sci-fi and emotion, exploring what it means to feel human in an age of artificial intelligence.
Deana Taheri’s darkly comedic horror short 'Bill' turns gendered control and revenge into a grotesque puppet show—melding silent film aesthetics, absurd humor, and biting social commentary in a standout screening at FilmQuest 2025.
Hunter Wayne’s “Buddha Was A Rich Boy” storms into FilmQuest with anarchic energy, analog magic, and DIY flair.
At FilmQuest 2025, Cameron Poletti transforms a painfully personal memory into “Banjo,” a sharp, genre-bending short that blends twisted humor with the uneasy thrill of classic cabin-in-the-woods horror.
Serena Dykman’s 'M.U.B.' reimagines the monster-under-the-bed myth through psychological horror and emotional realism, earning acclaim at FilmQuest 2025.
