2022 Festival Schedule & Tickets

ALL-ACCESS PASS

The all-access pass gets you access:

• All film blocks

• Women’s Perspective

• Producer Panel

• Exclusive Saturday Night Party

OPENING NIGHT

Friday, February 4, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 1 

7:30pm – All of the Colors - (Short LGBTQ+ Narratives & Documentaries) 
Sponsored by: LGBTQ Community Fund

1. Our Pain – Iran – Director: Mahtab Pishghadam

2. Nicholas – Florida, USA – Director: Aidan Whitman Baker

3. Man up in Lockdown – UK – Director: Ruicheng Liang

4. The Grey Area – Jacksonville, Florida, USA – Directors: Keagan Anfuso & Drew L Brown

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2 

10:00am – Women’s Perspective

Guest: Hollywood Producer Tara Ansley

            Producer for My Dead Dad – screening Saturday evening in Theatre 1 & part of the Producers Panel Sunday

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 1 

11:00am – Pixelated (Animation)  

1. The School Bell – Canada – Director: Delaram Majdzadeh

2. Fledgling – Canada – Director: W Chung 

3. Slice of Adventure – USA – Directors: Justin Ethington, Jordan Carney & John McKeon

4. Old Dog – Canada – Director: Ann Marie Fleming

5. Curious World of Animals – USA – Director: Dante Zaballa

6. Two Different Kinds of Love – USA – Director: Alyce Vest

7. Escape Velocity – Hungary – Director: Tamás Rebák

8. o28 – France – Directors: Otalia Caussé, Geoffroy Collin, Louise Grardel, Antoine Marchand, Robin Merle, and Fabien Meyran

9. Bill N Back – Canada – Director: Olivier Brisson 

10. Shift – USA – Director: Cam Swartz

11. Forget Me Not – USA – Directors: Courtney LeBlanc & Saige Guevara

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2

12:30pm – Stop Making Sense (Student Short Documentaries) 

1. Perennial – USA – Directors: Grace Shao & Shailee Sankhala

2. This Takes Time – Florida, USA – Director: Indie V DiMartino

3. Sophie in Furbyland – Florida, USA – Director: Pacey Hansen

4. Inside My House – Florida, USA – Director: William Andrews

5. Once Forgotten – USA – Director: Obed Lamy

6. Underdogs – USA – Director: Alex Astrella

7. Breaking Vanilla – Florida, USA – Director: Hollis Rosenkranz

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 1

1:00pm – Come as you Are (Short Narratives)

1. The Sound of Water – France – Director: J.B. Braud

2. About Frances – USA – Director: Jordan Axelrod

3. All of Me – USA – Director: Heather Fusari

4. 7 Sharp – USA – Director: LaCora Stephens

5. Together with Them – Italy – Director: Tommaso Ferrara

6. No Singing After Eight – Romania – Director: Alex Pintică

Saturday, February 5, 2022

ASPIRE CHURCH - San Marco (Formally Southside Baptist Church)

1:00pm – Light at the End of the Tunnel (Short Narratives & Documentaries about family)
*Note - There are some difficult conversations brought up in the films, but they offer redemption.

1. Extra Innings – USA – Director: John Gray

2. Sam’s Decision – USA – Director: Marcelo Ribeiro Carvalho

3. Ruthless – Ireland – Director: Matthew McGuigan

4. Book of Knots – USA – Director: Robb Rokk

5. Of Service – USA – Director: Cheryl Rhoads

6. (The Making of) Please Don’t Make me Play Piano Man – USA – Director: Steve Nerangis

7. A Capella Nativity – USA – Frank Ralls

8. Nothing Wasted – Florida, USA – Director: Patrick Clark

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2

2:15pm – Stuck in the Middle with You (Student Short Narratives)

1. The Flexed Arm Hang – Canada – Director: Findlay Brown

2. The Gas – Turkey – Director: Utku Çırak

3. Pink is the Color of the Ocean – Florida, USA – Director: Summer Schantz

4. No Man’s Land – Florida, USA – Director: Landon Hogue

5. The Shoes – USA – Director: Andreas Rothbart

6. Creature of the Night – USA – Director: Kaya Tone

7. Full-Timers – Florida, USA – Director: Andrew Bourne

8. Your Son – USA – Director: Ben Friedman

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 1

3:30pm – Feature Documentary 

1. No Visible Trauma – Canada – Directors: Robinder Uppal & Marc Serpa Francoeur

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2

4:00pm – Grave Robbers (Short Narratives)

1. A Night in Cósmico – Spain – Directors: Luis De Val & Diego Herrero

2. Magdalenas – Spain – Director: José Miguel Santacreu Cortés

3. Myrtle – UK – Director: Patricia McCormack

4. Iniquity – UK – Director: Oliver Goodrum

5. The Burial – Spain – Director: Nicolás Girgenti 

6. Entre Les Tombes – France – Directors: Romain Lafargue & Thibault Lafargue

Saturday, February 5, 2022

ASPIRE CHURCH - San Marco (Formally Southside Baptist Church)

4:00pm – Faith-Based Feature Documentary 

1. GodChaserz The Documentary- Jacksonville, Florida, USA – Directors: Brinson Wright & Will Thomas

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 1

6:00pm – Feature Narrative

1. My Dead Dad – USA – Director: Fabio Frey  

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2

6:45pm – Utterly Macabre (Unique Short Narratives)

1. The Popping – USA – Director: Shelby Pogue

2. Catarina – France – Director: Pierre Amstutz Roch

3. Shadow at the Door – USA – Director: Roshni Bhatia

4. Tech Savvy – Florida, USA – Director: Scott Vasey

5. Guts – USA – Director: Chris McInroy

6. Drip by Drip – Brazil – Director: Renata Jesion

7. Beans (Not in competition) – Jacksonville, Florida, USA – Director: Justen Mann

8. Smiley Death Face – USA – Director: Andrew Patrick Torrez

9. Broken Wing – USA – Director: Oliver Pearce

10. What the Heck is Going On? – Florida, USA – Director: Alexander Bale

11. Shelter – USA – Director: Noah Harald

12. Human Trash – Spain – Director: Aitor Almuedo Esteban

13. Oscar – Italy – Director: Riccardo Copreni

Saturday, February 5, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2

8:30pm – Feature Narrative

1. The Badger – Iran – Director: Kazem Mollaie

Saturday, February 5, 2022

7pm – Women in Film and Television Networking Event at JaxFilmFest
Sponsored by: VyStar Credit Union

The Networking event is a chance for filmmakers to meet and get to know other filmmakers in Florida and across the U.S.

Sunday, February 6, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2 

12:30pm – Stories from the Middle (Short Narratives)

1. Cutstein – Iran – Director: Hamidreza Khosh-Bazan

2. Dedicated to Tehran – Iran – Directors: Ali Bateni & Armin Tahmasbi

3. Shadow of the Fox – Iran – Director: Noushin Meraji

4. Hoda’s House – Iran – Director: Hamed Ghasemi

5. The Box – Iran – Director: Amin Hosseinpour

6. Freeway – Iran – Director: Mohammad Akbari

7. The Recess – Iran – Director: Navid Nikkhah Azad

Sunday, February 6, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 1

12:30pm - Webisodic

1. Max & Friends – USA – Creator: Mike Devore

2. The Daily – USA – Creator: Marty Lang

Sunday, February 6, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2 

2:30pm – Producer Panel

1. Marty Lang

   Part of the Webisodic block screening Sunday, February 6 at 1pm - Theatre 1

2. Tara Ansley

   Women’s Perspective guest & producer of My Dead Dad screening Saturday, February 5 at 6pm - Theatre 1

3. Laura M. Blair

   Producer of The Grey Area screening Friday, February 4 at 7:30pm - Theatre 1

Sunday, February 6, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 1 

3:00pm – Lean on Me (Short Documentaries)

1. Generation 328 – Belarus – Director: Veranika Nikanava

2. Some Million Miles – USA – Directors: Jared Ragland & Adam Forrester

3. Bug Farm – Florida, USA – Director: Lydia Cornett

4. Eric & the Bees – USA – Directors - Erin Brethauer & Tim Hussin

5. Progress – Florida, USA – Director: Christopher Boulton

6. Golden Age of Karate – USA – Director: Sindha Agha

Sunday, February 6, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 2

4:30pm – I Want to Break Free (Short Narratives)

1. Betrayed – Florida, USA – Director: Dale C Metz

2. Heirs – Spain – Director: Txema Ballano

3. The Sands of Time – UK – Director: James Hughes

4. Artificial Existence – USA – Director: John Marshall

5. A Hard Goodbye – Spain – Director: Àngel Andreu

6. Son of a Dog – Greece – Director: Georgios Mastrakoulis

7. Abada – Belgium – Director: Jean-Benoît Ugeux

Sunday, February 6, 2022

SAN MARCO THEATRE - Theatre 1 

5:00pm – Feature Documentary 

1. The Fellowship of the Springs – Florida, USA – Director: Oscar Corral