The Overlook Film Festival is an annual
film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...
that takes place each May, showcasing
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
s and live performances.
The inaugural event took place at the
Timberline Lodge
Timberline Lodge is a mountain lodge on the south side of Mount Hood in Clackamas County, Oregon, about east of Portland. Constructed from 1936 to 1938 by the Works Progress Administration, it was built and furnished by local artisans during th ...
in
Mount Hood
Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about east-southeast of Portlan ...
, Oregon in 2017. Since 2018, the festival has been held in
, Louisiana.
History
The Overlook Film Festival takes place each year in late May.
The festival, which is co-directed by Landon Zakheim and Michael Lerman, originated with the Stanley Film Festival, which was run by Zakheim and Lerman in Colorado for three years.
The Stanley Film Festival went on hiatus in 2016, leading to the creation of the Overlook Film Festival.
The 1st annual Overlook Film Festival took place at the
Timberline Lodge
Timberline Lodge is a mountain lodge on the south side of Mount Hood in Clackamas County, Oregon, about east of Portland. Constructed from 1936 to 1938 by the Works Progress Administration, it was built and furnished by local artisans during th ...
in
Mount Hood
Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about east-southeast of Portlan ...
, Oregon, which served as the exterior of the Overlook Hotel in the 1980 film ''
The Shining''.
The 2nd and 3rd annual festivals, which took place in 2018 and 2019 respectively, were held in
, Louisiana.
The 4th annual Overlook Film Festival was scheduled to be held again in New Orleans in 2020, but the event was postponed indefinitely due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
. Instead, it was one of the partners in the
Nightstream
Nightstream was an online film festival, launched in the United States in 2020.Dino-Ray Ramos"Genre Film Festivals Across The Country Partner For Nightstream Virtual Event" ''Deadline Hollywood'', August 13, 2020. Created as a partnership of seve ...
online festival.
[Dino-Ray Ramos]
"Genre Film Festivals Across The Country Partner For Nightstream Virtual Event"
''Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
'', August 13, 2020.
The 2023 festival was held in New Orleans.
References
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2017 establishments in Oregon
Annual events in Louisiana
Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States
Festivals in New Orleans
Film festivals established in 2017
Film festivals in Louisiana
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