‘VelociPastor 2’ Leaves FilmQuest Audience Roaring, Celebrating Human-Made Films in an AI Era — SkimNews
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- VelociPastor 2 drew boisterous laughter throughout its Sunday FilmQuest screening in Provo, with the festival audience responding to the sequel’s knowingly ramshackle style.
- VelociPastor 2 expanded the action to Italy and a giallo-esque killer targeting area virgins while raising $118,297 on Kickstarter; even after that expansion, its low-budget seams remained visible.
- FilmQuest has made the infiltration of AI in filmmaking a frequent festival topic met with near-universal distrust and disinterest, while promises that feature presentations contain no AI draw applause before screenings.
- VelociPastor 2 turns low-budget production flaws into jokes, including repeated crucifix business in the opening scene, lengthy ADR exposition, miniature cityscapes that fail to convey scale and two extras playing Frisbee without a disc.
- Jesse Gouldsbury and some members of the creative team said during the post-screening Q&A that making the microbudget dinosaur movie was difficult, but their laughter indicated they would not have it any other way.
- VelociPastor 2 is seeking distribution while continuing a series of roadshow screenings, with future dates and locations listed on the film’s official site.
Why it matters: Jesse Gouldsbury and members of the creative team gained a boisterous FilmQuest audience response to a $118,297 production whose seams remained fully visible. In a festival where AI draws near-universal distrust and no-AI promises draw applause, those handmade imperfections became an affirmative part of the film’s appeal.
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