Méon Graham, Operations & programming for Jacksonville Film Festival, had the chance to sit down with three local woman filmmakers.:
Screenwriter Sharon Y Cobb - Guest of 2024 Women’s Perspective Brunch
Filmmaker Roxanna Lewis - Director of Mandy’s Voice, screening Sunday 5pm in the From Jacksonville with Love block.
Filmmaker Michelle Calloway - Writer, Producer & Actress of Belle Isle, screening Sunday 5pm in the From Jacksonville with Love block.
Join or Die
Director: Rebecca Davis
The Jacksonville Film Festival's mission is to be a multiplier in building a robust and sustainable film community where Jacksonville is seen as a leader in independent film creation and curation. The 2024 Jacksonville Film Festival (JFF) takes place April 12th through April 14th in downtown Jacksonville. The internationally acclaimed festival creates spaces where conversations are had, and communities are built. JFF serves as a bridge by presenting opportunities and resources to emerging filmmakers to encourage them to create in Jacksonville and share their stories from all across the world.
JFF curates a unique filmmaker experience that allows moviegoers to come and engage with the films through panels, workshops, and social events. So whether you have been to a film festival before or you have not, JFF offers a variety of levels to engage, from attending one film block to attending networking parties with community members and the filmmakers themselves. Here is a detailed description of what to expect:
Friday, April 12th, 2024
OPENING NIGHT
Location: WJCT
Address: 100 Festival Park Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32202
Time:
6:30 pm-7:30 pm Pre-Film Reception
7:30 pm-9:00 pm Film and Panel Discussion
Upon arrival, you will walk down the main hallway in the WJCT Public Media building. "WJCT Public Media is the community-owned and operated public media organization serving Jacksonville and the First Coast since 1958, using television, radio, digital media, and live events to help community members learn, share, and grow." This building is where much of the Jacksonville community media is broadcasted and created. As you enter the space, you can immerse yourself in the history of WJCT as well as a peek into the windowed rooms where much of the podcasting/local NPR radio broadcasting happens.
Once you are check-in and enter the main lobby, there will be a bar where libations are provided as well as a decadent display of food catered by local Chef Shandon Shandon Benjamin-Fox, Owner of 1 Foxy Lady Cafe located downtown in Historic Springfield Neighborhood. Shandon specializes in non-traditional southern comfort food, and her twist on these traditional items never disappoints. Ruby Beach Brewing will also be there as our event beer sponsor passing out samples and providing information about their local brewery located in Downtown Jacksonville. The libations don’t stop there, as we will also have signature cocktails provided by Bacadri.
After the first hour of drinks, food, and engaging with community members and filmmakers worldwide, everyone will head inside the main theatre to watch our Opening Night Film, "Join or Die," not before grabbing some popcorn from Chef Shandon's gourmet popcorn bar.
This feature documentary follows the half-century story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking "Bowling Alone" research into America's decades-long decline in community connections could answer our democracy's present crisis.
After the film's conclusion, we will have community members lead a discussion about community and how it relates to the film.
Community members for our panel include:
Councilmen Rahman K. Johnson, Ph.D., Jacksonville City Council District 14
Marlo Zarka, Public Policy Lead for Blue Zones Project Jacksonville
Matt Hartley, Director of Interfaith Programs at OneJax
Dr. Erin Almond, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee Chair for Junior League of Jacksonville
That will conclude the evening, as everyone will depart and prep for the next two days of films and activities.
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The Jacksonville Film Festival is excited to announce the 2023 Best Feature Narrative winning film - The Mirror Game - is now streaming.
The Mirror Game screened the opening night of the 2023 festival at WJCT Studios with the director, William J. Stribling, and the screenwriter, Marissa Flaxbart, in attendance. Opening Night sold out, with 150 people registered to attend. It was a chance for the community and filmmakers to network. In addition to the film and collaborating with the film industry professionals, the popcorn bar from 1Foxy Lady Cafe Catering was a hit.
The JaxFilmFest always loves to hear when a selected/winning film has received distribution. The film was shot completely in a hotel during COVID.
Film Description: Friends since middle school, Rose and Abe — now in their late 30s and living in different time zones — are both in Las Vegas for friends’ bachelor(ette) parties on the same weekend. Now, they’ve arranged to spend an evening together catching up. But they’re not kids anymore, and both show up at the hotel room with unseen baggage. Their sprawling conversation, by turns hilarious and dark, investigates friendships, family, aging, the challenges of marriage and singlehood, and the lies we tell ourselves to get through it all.
Screen The Mirror Game
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September 19, 2022
2023 JACKSONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL:
OFFICIAL FILM SELECTION & FESTIVAL DATES ANNOUNCED
JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- The 2023 Jacksonville Film Festival will showcase four-days of domestic and international independent films on February 3-6, 2023. Festival events expand throughout the historic San Marco neighborhood with screenings located at the San Marco Theatre and Aspire Church San Marco.
The 2023 Festival lineup consists of 114 films from 22 countries, with an astonishing 60% produced or directed by women.
Artistic and Programming Director, Tim Driscoll has been with the festival since 2018. He believes this coming year’s films stand out from the past.
I am humbled and in awe with this year’s program. Twenty-two countries represented with sixty percent of our films directed and/or produced by a female filmmaker. This year’s event will showcase films from Sundance, SXSW, and a 2021 Oscar nominated film.
These stories are brimming with heart, passion, and a bold desire to communicate and connect. Every year I’m proud of the work we curate for the Jacksonville community and this year is no different. Top to bottom, this is our strongest collection of work to date. Can’t wait to see you at the movies!
The full program and tickets for the 2023 Jacksonville Film Festival will be announced on December 15, 2022. Passes will be available for purchase at www.jacksonvillefilmfestival.com
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About JaxFilmFest
Jacksonville Film Festival is the longest running film festival in Jacksonville, Florida.
A non-for-profit, annual film festival that showcases in-competition and out-of-competition American and International independent films. For more information, please visit JacksonvilleFilmFestival.com or on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Team @ 2023 Jacksonville Film Festival
Niki Logoreci, Executive Director
Tim Driscoll, Artistic and Programming Director
Monica Whitsel, Vice President of Communications
Brian Reese, Director of Operations
(continue to next page for film selection)
The 2023 Official Film Selections
Feature Narrative
The Artifice Girl - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Franklin Ritch
Bone Cold - US - Director: Billy Hanson
The Mirror Game - US - Director: William J. Stribling
Ragged Heart - US - Director: Evan McNary
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 Quartzite - US - Director: Ryan Maxey
Still Stoked - UK - Director: Paul Surety
Undiagnosed - US - Directors: Dr. Katia Moritz & Nicholas Miller
Short Narrative
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 - 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 Meets Grace - US - Director: Faryl Amadeus
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
Revolution 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
Deewoods 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 & IBE Engala
Outside the Door - China - Director: Zhuojing Ma
Rose - Florida, US - Director: Aiden Whitman Baker
Tunnel Vision - Austria - Directors: Lara Marlies Rabitsch
Jacksonville Short Films
Clara - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Khiam’e L. Fields
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
Lights! Camera! Action!
The Jacksonville Film Festival is back for another year. JaxFilmFest is excited to announce the 2023 festival is set for February 3-5, 2023 at San Marco Theatre.
Film submissions are now open.
From shorts to narratives, the film festival is accepting films in the following categories:
Short Narrative
Short Documentary
Student Short (narrative & documentary)
Animation
Feature Narrative
Feature Documentary
Utterly Macabre Shorts
Middle East & North African Shorts
Faith-Based Shorts
Best of Jacksonville Shorts
Jacksonville filmmakers are encouraged to email info@jacksonvillefilmfestival.com prior to submitting their film.
Awards are given for the following:
Best Short Narrative (*includes animation, faith-based, utterly macabre, MENA)
Best Short Documentary
Best Student Film (*includes narrative & documentary)
Best Feature Narrative
Best Feature Documentary
Best of Florida
Special Jury Award
For more information visit Jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2023.
Submit your film - https://jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2023/film-submissions
October 11, 2021
Jacksonville, Florida - The 2022 Jacksonville Film Festival will showcase three days of international independent films at the San Marco Theatre, February 4-6, 2022.
The 2022 official selection consists of 83 films from 14 countries, 20% of which are by women directors. Jax Film Festival selected these films out of 279 film submissions from 31 countries. Of the films selected, 45 are from the United States and 38 are international.
The Jacksonville Film Festival is happy to bring back the utterly macabre (horror & unique) category and introduce the faith-based category for the 2022 event. The Jax Film Fest will also be showing LGBTQ+ blocks at the event.
The Jacksonville Film Festival team is thrilled to be adding new categories to the film festival as the event continues to grow in the Jacksonville community.
Feature Narrative
• My Dead Dad - US - Director: Fabio Frey
• The Badger - Iran - Director: Kazem Mollaie
Feature Documentary
• The Fellowship of the Springs - US - Director: Oscar Corral
• GodChaserz The Documentary (Faith-Based) - US - Directors: Brinson Wright & Will Thomas
• Queendom (LGBTQ+) - France - Directors: Marco Novoa & Simon Vivier
• No Visible Trauma - Canada - Directors: Robinder Uppal & Marc Serpa Francoeur
Short Narrative
• 7 Sharp - US - Director: LaCora Stephens
• Abada - Belgium - Country of Filming: France - Director: Jean-Benoît Ugeux
• About Frances - US- Director: Jordan Axelrod
• All of Me - US - Director: Heather Fusari
• Artificial Existence - US - Director: John D. Marshall
• The Book of Knots - US - Director: Robb Rokk
• Betrayed - US - Director: Dale C Metz
• The Burial (El entierro) - Spain - Director: Nicolás Girgenti
• Entre Les Tombes - US - Directors: Romain Lafargue & Thibault Lafargue
• Extra Innings - US - Director: John Gray
• A Hard Goodbye (Un adiós complicado) - Spain - Director: Àngel Andreu
• Heirs (Herederos) - Spain - Director: Txema Ballano
• Iniquity - UK - Director: Oliver Goodrum
• Magdalenas - Spain - Director: José Miguel Santacreu Cortés
• (The Making of) Please Don’t Make me Play Piano Man - US - Director: Steve Nerangis
• Myrtle - UK - Director: Patricia McCormack
• A Night in Cόsmico (Una noche en el cósmico) - Spain - Directors: Luis De Val & Diego Herrero
• No Singing After Eight (Trecut de ora 8) - Romania - Director: Alex Pintică
• Ruthless - Ireland - Countries of Filming: Ireland & UK - Director: Matthew McGuigan
• Sam’s Decision - US - Director: Marcelo Ribeiro Carvalho
• The Sands of Time - UK - Director: James Hughes
• Smiley Death Face - US - Director: Andrew Patrick Torrez
• Son of a Dog (Ο γιος του σκύλου) - Greece - Director: Georgios Mastrakoulis
• The Sound of Water - France - Country of Filming: Japan - Director: J.B. Braud
• Together with Them (Insieme a loro) - Italy - Director: Tommaso Ferrara
LGBTQ+ Short Films
• The Grey Area - US - Directors: Keagan Anfuso & Drew L Brown
• Man up in Lockdown - UK - Director: Ruicheng Liang
• Nicholas - US - Director: Aidan Whitman Baker
• Our Pain - Iran - Director: Mahtab Pishghadam
• Rendez-vous - Iran - Director: Roshanak Ajamian
Faith-Based Short Films
• Nothing Wasted - US - Director: Patrick Clark
Iran to Jax Short Films
• The Box - Iran - Director: Amin Hosseinpour
• Cinema, The Only Shelter - Iran - Director: Masiha Abouali
• Cutstein - Iran - Director: Hamidreza Khosh-Bazan
• Dedicated to Tehran - Iran - Directors: Ali Bateni & Armin Tahmasbi
• Freeway - Iran - Director: Mohammad Akbari
• Hoda’s House - Iran - Director: Hamed Ghasemi
• One Twenty, Twelve Hundred - Iran - Director: Saeid Zarei
• The Recess (زنگ تفریح) - Iran - Director: Navid Nikkhah Azad
• Shadow of the Fox - Iran - Director: Nooshin Meraji
Utterly Macabre (Horror & Unique Short Films)
• Beans (*Not in Competition*)- US - Director: Justen Mann
• Broken Wing - US - Director: Oliver Pearce
• Catarina - France - Director: Pierre Amstutz Roch
• Drip by Drip (A Conta-Gotas) - Brazil - Director: Renata Jesion
• Human Trash - Spain - Director: Aitor Almuedo Esteban
• Oscar - Italy - Director: Riccardo Copreni
• Shadow at the Door - US - Director: Roshni "Rush" Bhatia
• Shelter - US - Director: Noah Harald
• Tech Savvy - US - Director: Scott Vasey
• What the Heck is Going On? - US - Director: Alexander Bale
Short Documentary
• About Father, About Death - Iran - Director: Farhad Hajari
• American Scar - US- Director: Daniel Lombroso
• Bug Farm - US - Director: Lydia Cornett
• Eric & the Bees - US - Directors: Erin Brethauer & Tim Hussin
• Generation 328 - Belarus - Director: Veranika Nikanava
• Golden Age Karate - US - Director: Sindha Agha
• Progress - US - Director: Christopher Boulton
• Some Million Miles - US - Directors: Jared Ragland & Adam Forrester
Student Shorts
• Creature of the Night - US - Director: Kaya Tone
• The Flexed Arm Hang - Canada - Director: Findlay Brown
• Full-Timers - US - Director: Andrew Bourne
• The Gas (Gaz) - Turkey - Director: Utku Çırak
• No Man’s Land - US - Director: Landon Hogue
• Pink is the Color of the Ocean - US - Director: Summer Schantz
• The Shoes - US - Director: Andreas Rothbart
• Your Son - US - Director: Ben Friedman
Student Documentary
• Breaking Vanilla - US - Director: Hollis Rosenkranz
• Inside my House - US - Director: William Andrews
• Once Forgotten - US - Director: Obed Lamy
• Perennial - US - Directors: Grace Shao & Shailee Sankhala
• Sophie in Furbyland - US - Director: Pacey Hansen
• This Takes Time - US - Director: Indie V DiMartino
• Underdogs - US - Director: Alex Astrella
Animation
• Forget Me Not - US - Directors: Courtney LeBlanc & Saige Guevara
• Slice of Adventure - US - Directors: Justin Ethington, Jordan Carney & John McKeon
• Shift - US - Director: Cam Swartz
• Fledgling - Canada - Director: W Chung
Jacksonville Film Festival Team
Festival Director: Niki Logoreci
Program Director: Tim Driscoll
Communications Director: Monica Whitsel
Development Director: Brian Reese
Selection Committee - Documentary Films: Christopher LeClere
The Jacksonville Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2022 festival. Members of the Jacksonville Film Festival are excited for another year of the festival. The festival is excited to introduce two new categories of submissions: Utterly Macabre and Faith-Based. The festival has included Utterly Macabre in the past, but this is the first year it has its own submissions category. The festival will also be partnering with the Southside Baptist Church in San Marco for the Faith-Based Film category.
Categories include:
Feature Narrative
Feature Documentary
Short Narrative
Short Documentary
Utterly Macabre
Faith Films
Animated Shorts
Student Shorts
Best of Jacksonville Shorts
Dates & Deadlines Include:
Earlybird Deadline - May 31, 2021
Regular Deadline - July 31, 2021
Late Deadline - August 31, 2021
Notification Date - October 1, 2021
The Jacksonville Film Festival will announce dates for the 2022 festival soon. To learn more information about the festival head to Jacksonvillefilmfestival.com. Any filmmakers looking to learn more about the submission process can visit the Jacksonville Film Festival portal on Film Freeway.
Facebook: @jacksonvillefilmfestival
Instagram: @jacksonvillefilmfestival
Twitter: @jaxfilmfestival
Web: jacksonvillefilmfestival.com
Film Freeway: filmfreeway.com/jacksonvillefilmfestival
October 13, 2020
Jacksonville, Florida - The 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival will showcase six days of international independent films at the San Marco Theatre, February 5-10, 2021.
The 2021 Official Selection consists of 86 films from 19 countries, 27% of which are by women directors. Jax Film Festival selected these films out of 409 film submissions from a record of 45 countries. Of the films selected, 40 are from the United States and 46 are International.
Programming Director, Tim Driscoll, states, “Our theme, 'The Turning Point' is about emphasizing representation in film and hearing stories from the marginalized and maligned. It is through new stories, new voices and new ideas that we will build better bridges to empalthy, to understanding and even to better understand ourselves.”
Festival Director, Niki Logoreci, says, “A Film Festival is an experience. From day one, our goal has been to showcase great films from all over the world. With this goal, we want to inspire new filmmakers and encourage current filmmakers to elevate their work. We are becoming a bridge between international and local filmmaking.”
Jacksonville, Florida Spotlighted Films
The Grey Area – US – Directors: Keagan Anfuso & Drew L. Brown
The Jacksonville Film Festival will be presenting a Sneak Peak Showing of The Grey Area, which is co-directed by Jacksonville Filmmakers.
Synopsis: Our western culture has very specific expectations of the genders, particularly women in how they should look and act. What happens when a woman who is socially considered "masculine" pushes against society's standards? The Grey Area shines a light on the unobserved effects of gender stereotyping.
Coming Home – US – Director: Kevin A. Kimball
Coming Home is directed by Kevin Kimball, who resides in Jacksonville, FL. The film was a semi-finalist for best cinematography of a short film for Los Angeles Cinematography Awards.
Synopsis: Technical Sergeant Jack Ward, and Senior Airman Danny Spiro wait out a delay at the airport on their last leg home from a long deployment overseas. While Sergeant Ward has been through all this before, Airman Spiro is dealing with the reality of returning home for the first time to a baby girl who doesn’t know him and a wife who may no longer need him.
Other Spotlighted Films:
Beast Beast – US – Director: Danny Madden
Beast Beast showed at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It won the Grand Jury Award for the US in Progress event presented by Champs-Elysées Film Festival.
Synopsis: Three interweaving stories of youth navigating identity, first love, petty crime, and gun violence in a southern town.
Ian, A Moving Story – Argentina – Director: Abel Goldfarb
Ian has won numerous awards: Best Foreign Short at Concours de Courts (France), Americas Award for the Best Animated Film at The Americas Film Festival NY (USA), Horizonte Special Award at Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing (Germany), Toshima City Award at Tokyo Anime Award Festival (Japan), as well as nearly two dozen more awards.
Synopsis: Ian was born with cerebral palsy. Like all kids, he wants to have friends, but discrimination and bullying keep him from his beloved playground. Ian won't give up easily, accomplishing something that will surprise everyone.
The Official Film Selection for the 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival are:
IN-COMPETITION FILMS:
Feature Narrative
Come Come Rain – India – Director: Shafaq Khan
Broken Down – US – Director: Jessy Cale Williamson
Beast Beast – US – Director: Danny Madden
Feature Documentary
Strings Attached – US – Director: Bruce Broder
Knots: A Forced Marriage Story – US – Director: Kate Ryan Brewer
White Noise – US – Director: Daniel Lombroso
Short Narrative
A Separation – US – Director: Yalan Hu
Call on Me – US – Director: Pia Cook
Godmother – Iran – Director: Afshin Akhlaghifeyzasar
The Helping Hand – US – Director: Brenden Hubbard
One – Spain – Director: Javier Marco Rico
Well – Spain – Director: Diego Puertas
Bodies – Iran – Director: Morvarid Kashiyan
Discovery – Russia – Director: Mikhail Saburov
Ms. Rossi – Italy – Director: Pat Battistini
Horn – Iran – Director: Ghasideh Golmakani
I’m Happy, I Promise – US – Director: Mimi Cave
Show & Tell – US – Director: Sakshi Gurnani
The Camel Boy – France – Director: Chabname Zariâb
The Pains of the Sea – Iran – Director: Mohammadreza Masoudi
Three Blades – France – Director: Matthieu Maunier-Rossi
Small World – US – Director: Jim Ford
Gifts from Babylon – Netherlands – Director: Bas Ackermann
Faraway, So Close – US – Director: Gustavo Milan
Dry Leaves – India – Director: Ali Sohail Jaura
I Hope They Remember My Name – Canada – Director: Patrick Weiers
Listen – US – Director: Jhanelle Elissa
The Latent Circle – Iran – Director: Mohammad Homafar
Stucco – US – Directors: Janina Gavankar & Russo Schelling
Tea Time – US – Director: Tara Price
Waffle – US – Director: Carlyn Hudson
Ashmina – UK – Director: Dekel Berenson
Ekaant – India – Director: Swapnil Pagare
The Doe – France – Director: Jennifer Lumbroso
2nd Class – Sweden – Director: Jimmy Olsson
Coming Home – US – Director: Kevin A. Kimball
Eat Your Heart Out – US – Director: Giovanni Tortorici
The Mirror – Australia – Director: Joel Kohn
Myosotis Love – US – Director: Charlie LaTourette
The Group of Eight – Russia – Director: Ivan Sosnin
Archibald’s Syndrome – France – Daniel Perez
Alina – US – Director: Rami Kodeih
Short Documentary
Charlotte Mansfield, a Woman Photographer Goes to War – US – Director: Brian Graves
Dieorama – US – Director: Kevin Staake
By the River – Australia – Director: Daniel Braga Ulvestadd
Call Center Blues – US – Director: Geeta Gandbhir
Affurmative Action – US – Director: Travis Wood
Modern Whore – Canada – Director: Nicole Bazuin
Student Shorts
Party Busters – Germany – Director: Patrick Büchting
Flohplage – Germany – Directors: Christoph Hans & Markus Ott
Massacre – US – Director: Samir Arellano
No Exit – US – Director: Auden Lincoln-Vogel
Pasture – US – Director: Graham Holford
Last Day – US – Director: Szu-Wei Chen
Sentience – France – Director: Guillaume Bierry
Give it Back! – Israel – Director: Ruchama Ehrenhalt
Love, Death & Tomatoes – Turkey – Director: Balahan Gürel
One More Please – US – Director: Aleksei Borovikov
Keep Me in the Dark – US – Director: Erica Matz
Exist! – Belgium – Director: Luca Zuberbühler
Misplaced Call – Russia – Director: Elizaveta Pichugina
Wolves of Walter E. Middle – US – Director: Brenna Adams
Out of Stock – US – Director: Bryan Taira
Tree #3 – US – Director: Omer Ben-Shachar
Student Documentary
Ramak Niakan Safi: This is Life – US – Director: Jack Trent
Moksha – UK – Director: Jithin Majeed
Animal Calling – Canada – Director: Candice Dixon
In Circles – US – Director: Christina Kelso
Why We Fly – US – Director: Allie Marsh
Deeper than Blue – Canada – Director: Devon Robertson
Animation
Division Series – Korea – Director: Ho Kwon Kim
Tiny Duel – Mexico – Director: Mauricio Guerra Bonilla
One Left – Austria – Director: Sebastian Doringer
Adrift – US – Director: Alexa Boushey
The Holes – Iran – Director: Rozhan Abedi
The Rotation – Iran – Director: Hazhir As’adi
Identity Crisis – US -- Director: Natalie Nichols
Stick to Manual – US – Directors: Christian Antonini & Tanice Arnold
You Can Fly! – Korea – Director: Sung Bae Park
Malakout – Iran – Director: Farnoosh Abedi
Echo – Iran – Director: Barzan Rostami
Talent Scout – Spain – Director: José Herrera
The Masterpiece – UK – Director: Christopher Satola
Ian, A Moving Story – Argentina – Director: Abel Goldfarb
OUT-OF-COMPETITION FILMS:
The Grey Area – US – Directors: Keagan Anfuso & Drew L. Brown
Finding Her Voice – US – Director: Elizabeth Arceneaux
For a list of the films with the synopses, please visit https://jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2021.
Ticket information and the detailed schedule for the 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival: The Turning Point will be announced later this Fall. Visit jacksonvillefilmfestival.com for more info.
WHAT: 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival: The Turning Point
WHEN: Friday, February 5 - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
WHERE: San Marco Theatre
1996 San Marco Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Jacksonville Film Festival is an annual international film festival that showcases in-competition and out-of-competition American and International independent films. The festival celebrates Jacksonville’s glorious moviemaking past by serving as a destination for the independent film community and encouraging a new generation of filmmakers to utilize the city as their canvas.
October 1, 2019
Jacksonville, FL - The 2019 Jacksonville Film Festival will showcase three days of international independent films at the San Marco Theatre on November 15-17, 2019. Jacksonville Film Festival is announcing the 2019 Official Selection; a total of 101 films have been selected, representing 21 countries with 26% being women directors. The festival received a record 471 film submissions from 41 countries.
The festival’s theme this year, First Hollywood, represents the vision to highlight and celebrate Jacksonville’s film history by screening shorts and clips of silent-era films that were produced in and around Jacksonville, before each programming block.
Niki Logoreci, Festival Director / Jacksonville Film Festival, said, “We’re excited to celebrate Jacksonville’s motion picture history this festival year. With 21 countries getting represented, we're happy to bring a global film perspective to our city.”
Tim Driscoll, Program Director / Jacksonville Film Festival, said, “I'm thrilled to be able to share with our community this fantastic collection of international, domestic and local films at this year's festival. The level of quality, top to bottom, may be the best collection of films we have seen to date. Film craftsmanship has risen across the globe and we're the beneficiaries. Don't miss this program. Join us in November and be a part of something special.”
The 2019 Official Selection films for the 2019 Jacksonville Film Festival are:
IN-COMPETITION FILMS:
Feature Narrative
Every Time I Die - United States - Director: Robi Michael
Book Week - Australia - Director: Heath Davis
Feature Documentary
Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn? - United States - Director: Zachary Stauffer
Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury - United States - Director: Matt Hinton
For Fear of Kofi - United States - Director: Marina Petrovskaia
Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window - United States / China - Director: Andrew Hevia
Fly Like a Girl - United States - Director: Katie McEntire Wiatt
Short Narrative
83 Days - United States - Director: Andrew Paul Howell
Mr. Sam - United States - Director: Zeus Kontoyannis
Lady Hater - United States - Director: Alexandra Barreto
The Adventures of Wonderboy - United States - Director: Marti Young & Alan Brazzell
The Replacement - United States - Director: Sean Miller
The Tattooed Heart - United States - Director: Sheldon Wong Schwartz
The Fighting Road - United States - Director: Walcene Metayer
Over the Line - Canada - Director: Aaron Hall
My Daughter Yoshiko - United States - Director: Brian Blum
Liberty - United States - Director: Faren Humes
The Hunt (La Chasse) - France - Director: Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Are you Volleyball?! - Iran - Director: Mohammad Bakhshi
A Swedish Classic (En Svensk Klassiker) - Sweden - Director: Måns Berthas
The Line (Il Tratto) - Italy - Director: Alessandro Stevanon
Melodi - Singapore - Director: Michael Kam
Hermit - Iran - Director: Omid Mirzaee
Papa - United States - Director: Brian Peery
Your Last Day on Earth (Tu último día en la tierra) - Spain - Director: Marc Martínez Jordán
Straw, Wood & Brick (Paja, madera y ladrillo) - Spain - Director: Companyia Mec Mec
Within Reach - United States - Director: Heather Fusari
AZADEH - Iran - Director: Mirabbas Khosravinezhad
Swung - United States - Director: Fokke Baarssen
ARIA - Italy - Director: Brando De Sica
After Emma - United States - Director: Gabrielle Stone
Let Tonight Pass - Iran - Director: Hamed Gasemi
Matched - United States - Director: Alex Willemin
INSANE LOVE - when love hides something you don’t want to see - Italy - Director: Eitan Pitigliani
BLACKWOOD - Australia - Director: Kalu Oji
We Have Your Wife - United States - Director: Jim Ford
Ms Hitt - United States - Director: Aaron Wells
Safety - United States - Director: Fabrice Joubert
Don’t Draw the Curtain (Nu Trage Perdeaua) - Romania - Andrei Florescu
A.M.A- United States - Director: Peter Ebanks
Starlets - United States - Director: Marten Carlson
Dorris 85 - United States - Director: Grace Philips
Ruth - United States - Director: Alex Rollins Berg
BAILAORA - Spain - Director: Rubin Stein
Short Documentaries
The Colorblind Artist - United States - Director: Carlo Caldana
Exit 12 - United States - Director: Mohammad Gorjestani
A Fresh Perspective - United States - Director: Aaron Hosé
Babli - United Kingdom / Pakistan - Director: Aneel Ahmad
Finding Jack (W poszukiwaniu Jacka) - Poland - Director: Tomasz Wiśniewski
After Parkland - United States - Executive Producer - Beth Mendelson
The Guy: The Brian Donahue Story - United States - Director: E.J. McLeavey-Fisher
Brick in the Wall - United States - Director: Bob Bean
Saving Florida’s Sparrow - United States - Director: Justin Grubb
5 Reasons Why we Need Hate Speech - United States - Director: Molly Dedham
Daniel Nasca: The Lion Within - United States - Director: Daniel Balandra
Hoan Alone: Personal Stories From the Bridge - United States - Director: Aaron Johnson
Love Separated - United States / Vietnam - Directors: Jackie Wright & Jack LiVolsi
Student Shorts
Mariposas - United States - Director: Adrian Carey
Doll it Up - United States - Director: Yalan Hu
Interior Day, Exterior Night - Canada - Director: Othello Nogueira
Shaken - United States - Director: Chayse Banks
My Friend Frank - United Kingdom - Director: Joel Caborn
Recruit- United Kingdom - Director: Harry Statham
Petunia - United States - Director: James Leming
Still Life - Greece - Director: Iordanis Theodosiadis
Anita - United States - Director: Ryan Joiner
Farewell Athens (Adieu Athènes) - France - Adèle Shaykhulova
Better Off - United States - Director: Jules Brown
Lost in a Dream - United States - Director: Elizabeth Arceneaux
Hard Shadow - Iran - Director: Neda Khanifar
The Can - Russia - Director: Alexey Protsenko
Battle of the Air Bands - United States - Director: Joshua Bowen
Colors Run - United States - Director: Olivia Carter
What we Had - United States - Director: Aaron Brooks
Student Documentaries
Oldest City Underwater - United States - Mallory Hopkins
Motherland (Батьківщина) - United States (filmed in Ukraine) - Director: Colby Blackwill
Blue Skies - United States - Director: Summer Schantz
Happier - United States - Director: Grace Yao
Woman of Steel - United States - Director: Chris Violette
The Flip Side - United States - Director: William Stead
Jacksonville Lynchings - United States - Director: Monique Mancera
Exploring the buried past of lynchings in Jacksonville, FL.
The Boss of the Music Industry - United States - Director: Antonio Rodriguez
Jacksonville's First Black Millionaire - United States - Directors: Aleksiya Phillipov, Haidy Andrada, Chelsea Rafan & Shawn Clark
Norman Studios - United States - Directors: Ian Wilson & Andrew Willis
A Colourful Red - United States - Director: Costa Karalis & Jack Owen
The Show Must Go On - United States - Director: Ellen Cottrill
Animation
Calls for Archie - United States - Director: Zach Christy
Ext - Canada - Director: Adrian Bobb
Framed - Italy - Director: Marco Jemolo
Two Bottles - United States - Director: Rob Shaw
Flicker - United States - Director: Brendan Arena
Exposed - United States / Taiwan - Director: Ya-Lin Yu
Is That What Sex is? - United States - Director: Sarah Pender
Balance - Singapore / Indonesia - Director: Raymond Limantara Sutisna
Bird - United Kingdom - Director: Wu-Ching Chang
CycLove (چرخعشق) - Iran - Director: Seyed Emad Karimifard
iRony - Australia / Japan / Korea / Malaysia - Director: Radheya Jegatheva
Repeat - United Kingdom - Director: Steven Haggie
Sound of Hell - United States - Director: Amanda Jow & Beatrice Li
OUT OF COMPETITION FILMS:
Wizard of Oz (1939) - United States - Director: Victor Fleming
Teardrop Goodby with Mandatory Directorial Commentary from Remy von Trout. - United States - Director: Franklin Ritch
For a complete list of films, including the synopsis, please visit jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2019.
For a complete list of films, including the synopsis, please visit jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2019.
Ticket information and the detailed schedule for the 2019 Jacksonville Film Festival: First Hollywood will be announced mid-October. Visit jacksonvillefilmfestival.com for more info.
WHAT: 2019 Jacksonville Film Festival: First Hollywood
WHEN: Friday, November 15
Saturday, November 16
Sunday, November 17
WHERE: San Marco Theatre
1996 San Marco Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Jacksonville Film Festival is an annual international film festival that showcases in-competition and out-of-competition American and International independent films. The festival celebrates Jacksonville’s glorious moviemaking past by serving as a destination for the independent film community and encouraging a new generation of filmmakers to utilize the city as their canvas.
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Website: jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2019
2019 JACKSONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL: ANNOUNCES FESTIVAL AND FILM SUBMISSION DATES
Jacksonville, Florida - May 1, 2019
Jacksonville Film Festival is pleased to announce the dates for the 2019 Film Festival November 15 - November 17 at the San Marco Theatre.
2019 Jacksonville Film Festival is going back to the city’s roots this year with its festival theme ‘First Hollywood’. For more than 100 years, Jacksonville has played an important role in the USA’s film history. Jacksonville was once known as the “Winter Film Capital of the World” and was home to 30 film studios. The festival celebrates Jacksonville’s glorious movie making past by serving as a destination for the independent film community and encouraging a new generation of filmmakers to utilize the city as their canvas.
Film Festival is now officially accepting film submissions through the Festival’s page on https://jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2019/film-submissions as of May 1, 2019. Filmmakers can submit feature films, shorts, animations, documentaries, student films and more. Awards will be given to the Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Short Narrative, Best Short Documentary and Best of Festival.
Film Submission Deadlines
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - Film Submissions Opening Date
Monday, July 1, 2019 - Earlybird Deadline
Thursday, August 1, 2019 - Regular Deadline
Friday, August 30, 2019 - Late Deadline
Submission rules, terms and conditions can be found by going to https://jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2019/film-submissions. Any questions regarding submissions can be sent to https://jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/contact-us.
More information regarding the 2019 Jacksonville Film Festival schedule will be announced in the coming months. You can also stay up to date about the Jacksonville Film Festival by following their social media.
Jacksonville Film Festival is an annual international film festival that showcases in-competition and out-of-competition American and International independent films. The festival celebrates Jacksonville’s glorious moviemaking past by serving as a destination for the independent film community and encouraging a new generation of filmmakers to utilize the city as their canvas. It is a not-for-profit organization.
WHAT: 2019 Jacksonville Film Festival: First Hollywood
WHEN: Friday, November 15
Saturday, November 16
Sunday, November 17
WHERE: San Marco Theatre
1996 San Marco Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32207
facebook @jacksonvillefilmfestival
instagram @jacksonvillefilmfestival
twitter @jaxfilmfestival
Linkedin: @jacksonvillefilmfestival
Hashtag #FirstHollywood #JFF2019 #jacksonvillefilmfestival
Website: jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/2019
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Monica Whitsel
Public Relations, Jacksonville Film Festival
monica@jacksonvillefilmfestival.com
Tim Driscoll
Film Program Director, Jacksonville Film Festival
timd@jacksonvillefilmfestival.com
Niki Logoreci
Director, Jacksonville Film Festival
niki@jacksonvillefilmfestival.com
