The 2023 Jacksonville Film Festival will showcase 114 films from 22 countries over four-days from February 3-6, 2023. The 2023 Festival lineup consists of 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!”
2023 Jacksonville Film Festival 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 – 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 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
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. 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
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