2023 Official Selection

Feature Narrative

  • Bone Cold - US - Director: Billy Hanson

  • The Mirror Game - US - Director: William J. Stribling

  • Ragged Heart - US - Director: Evan McNary 

  • Something in the Dirt - US - Directors: Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead

  • Stay with Me - US - Director: Marty Lang


Feature Documentary

  • Duchenne Boys - Iran - Director: Sohrab Caviar 

  • Giseloo - Iran - Director: Mohammad Sadeg Esmaeili

  • Love in the Time of Fentanyl - US - Director: Colin Askey

  • One Road to Quartzsite - US - Director: Ryan Maxey

  • Still Stoked - UK - Director: Paul Surety

  • Undiagnosed - US - Directors: Dr. Katia Moritz & Nicholas Miller



Short Narrative

  • Animal Control - US - Director: Vanessa Newel

  • At Vin Diesel’s Funeral - US - Director: Patrick Belics

  • Baba - Canada - Directors: Anya Chirkova & Meran Ismailsoy

  • Back Home - Spain - Director: Ariadna Pastor

  • Bead Brothers - Turkey - Director: Aykut Temel

  • Bestia - Chile - Director: Hugo Covarrubias 

  • Big Guy - US - Directors: Hicham Harrag & Samir Harrag

  • Big Touch - US - Director: Christopher Tenzis

  • Bully - US - Director: David Mahmoudieh

  • Clone - US - Director: Ryan M. Kennedy

  • Dead End - Canada - Directors: Kiarra Goldberg & Sydney Scotia 

  • A Dead Sea - Israel - Director: Nahd Bashir

  • Dispatchers - Spain - Director: Actor Padilla 

  • Florida Moves - Florida, US - Director: Damon Maulucci 

  • Flowing Home - Canada & France - Director: Sandra Desmazières 

  • Foxglove - Ireland - Director: Michael-David McKernan

  • The Game - US - Director: Aldo Vassallo

  • Goodbye Jérôme! - France - Directors: Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, & Chloé Farr

  • Hallelujah - US - Director: Victor Gabriel

  • Hush - South Korea - Director: Young Lee

  • The Idea of the Century - France - Director: Alexandre Spieser

  • June - New Zealand - Director: Dwayne Cameron

  • Local Middle Schooler - US - Director: Sanjna Bharadwaj

  • The Madness Store - France - Director: Alex Guéry

  • The Magic of Passion - US - Director: Miles Gillespie 

  • Mary Meet Grace - US - Director: Faryl Amadeus

  • Nyama (Meat) - Uganda - Director: Asher Rosen

  • My Grandmother is an Egg - Taiwan - Director: Wu-Ching Chang

  • New Santa - US - Director: Zanah Thirus

  • Ocultos - Mexico - Director: Mauricio Corredor Buitrago

  • Precious Hair & Beauty - UK - Director: John Ogunmuyiwa 

  • Record Highs - US - Director: Beryl Allee

  • Revelation of John - Slovakia - Director: Andrej Kolencik

  • Sea Light - Spain - Director: John Doe

  • Space Junk - US - Director: Adam Peltier

  • Tóxico - Brazil - Directors: Rubia Lima & Rafael Henrique Lima

  • We Should Get Dinner! - US - Directors: Eliza Jiménez Cossio & Lexi Tannenholtz

  • You Go Girl! - US - Director: Sharif Ali



LGBTQ+ Shorts

  • Chaperone - US - Director: Sam Max

  • Church Camp - Florida, US - Director: Andrew D. Bourne

  • Jouissance - Iran - Director: Sadeq Es-haqi

  • Keep/Delete - US - Director: Kryzz Gautier

  • Warsha - France - Director: Dania Bdier

  • West by God - US - Director: Scott Lazer



Faith & Family Based Shorts

  • Beyond the Chair - Florida, US - Director: Thomas Edward Hindy

  • The Choice - Georgia - Director: Nikoloz Bezhuashvili

  • Daisy - Florida, US - Director: Jennifer East

  • For Who I Am - Florida, US - Director: Joshua Kevin Bowen

  • Illation - US - Directors: Rachel Bohanon & Matthew Lydia

  • Lapse - US - Director: Luis Tovar

  • The Little Drummer Boy - US - Director: John Gray 

  • Nightlight - Florida, US - Director: Marcelo Ribeiro Carvalho 

  • The Proposal - US - Director: John Andrucci 

  • The Queen’s Jewels - Florida, US - Director: Josh Friedman

  • Silly Girl - US - Director: Josh Sullivan

  • Sugar, Spice, and Everything Ice - Florida, US - Director: Cordelia Keeley 

  • Under Thy Wings - US - Director: Jamal Hodge

  • Uprooted - Ukraine - Director: Andzej Gavriss

  • 1000words - US - Director: Brandon Lane



Iran to Jax Shorts

  • Dribble - Iran - Directors: Ali Lavarimonfared & Nazafarin Hassanpour

  • Dog - Iran - Mohammad Hassan Yassaee

  • For the Clean Up - Iran - Director: Mohammad Moravej

  • Katvoman - Iran - Director: Hadi Sheibani

  • Middle Eastern Stories: Father - Iran - Director: Reza Daghagh

  • Morse - Iran - Director: Ronak Jafari

  • A Winner - Iran - Director: Mehdi Mahaei



Utterly Macabre Shorts (Horror & Unique Short Films)

  • Bad Seeds - Canada - Director: Claude Cloutier 

  • Domestic Bliss - US - Directors: Jennifer Scott & Nicole Townssend 

  • Earthworm - US - Director: Grace Gregory 

  • Ed’s Last Will - UK - Directors: Lisa Wen Dou & John Xiaoliang Wang

  • Familiar - UK - Director: David J. Ellison

  • The Graveyard Shift - US - Director: Téa Lynor

  • MeTube: August Sings ‘Una Furtiva Lagrima’ - Austria - Director: Daniel Moshel

  • The Sprayer - Iran - Director: Farnoosh Abeo

  • Tony and the Tree - Florida, US - Director: Pacey Hansen 

  • While Mortals Sleep - US - Director: Alex Fofonoff

  • Zoon - Germany - Director: Jonatan Schwenk



Short Documentary 

  • American Scar - US - Director: Daniel Lombroso 

  • Between Two Worlds - US - Director: Jax Broads

  • Chaos & Quiet - UK - Directors: Fiachra O Longain & Sean Coyle

  • Deerwoods Deathtrap - US - Director: James P. Gannon

  • Life with CTE: A Warren Sapp Story - US - Director: Mike Mentor

  • Malpelo: Mountain of Sharks - US - Director: Kevin Mannens

  • Nalujuk Night - Canada - Director: Jennie Williams

  • Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver - US - Directors: Lewie Kloster & Noah Kloster

  • Video Visit - US - Director: Malika Zouhali-Worrall

  • Unbreakable - US - Director: Alex Astrella

  • Urban Eden - Denmark - Director: Emilie Ehrhardt



Student Shorts

  • The Aviary - US - Director: Tatum Lenberg

  • Five - US - Director: David Orantes

  • A Killing Opening Night - Florida, US - Director: Isabella Valencia Green

  • A Monolingual Nation - Florida, US - Directors: Pierce Thomas & Isabella (IBE) Engala

  • Outside the Door - China - Director: Zhuojing Ma 

  • Rose - Florida, US - Director: Aidan Whitman Baker

  • Tunnel Vision - Austria - Directors: Lara Marlies Rabitsch



Jacksonville Short Films 

  • Clara - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Khiam’e L.F.

  • Fiasco - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Carlos Alvarez

  • Hangnail - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Brian Parks

  • The Omen Show - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Bruno Misawa Marcondes

  • Planet Escape - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Caleb Cook

  • Walking Around - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Gilles Bovon

  • We’ve got the Summer - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Desirae Lee