MOTELx is a yearly festival that selects the best horror films produced all around the world in the last couple of years, and aims to stimulate the production of national genre films. In 2011, MOTELx joined the European Fantastic Film Festival Federation (EFFFF) as an adherent member.

In its fifth edition, in 2011, MOTELx had a record number of 13,100 people in attendance during the five days of the festival, screening 62 films from 20 different countries. The guest of honour was Eli Roth, who presented a very successful retrospective of his films. Previous guests included Mick Garris, John Landis, Stuart Gordon and George A. Romero.