FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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









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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