The Jacksonville Film Festival is a part of the ever-growing art and culture community in Jacksonville, Florida. An international film festival that is created out of a desire to make Jacksonville a destination for future film conversations and production. Although Jacksonville has a rich history of film opportunities, it has not been cultivated. Enter the Jacksonville Film Festival as a place to catapult what was once a historical footnote into an irreplaceable part of our city’s story and identity.

Schedule of Events

April 12, 2024

Film Block: Opening Ceremonies & Screening of Join or Die, a feature documentary.

7:30 pm - Opening Night Ceremonies
Doors Open at 6:30 pm
Screening Starts at 7:30 pm

Location: WJCT Public Media

April 13, 2024

9:30 am - Women's Perspective Brunch at Bellwether

Guest: Sharon Cobb
Women's Perspective celebrates, encourages and supports women filmmakers. It's a chance for women to network, collaborate and learn from other women in the industry.

10:30 am - The Kids Are Alright: Narrative Shorts at The Jessie

Tied Up! - Tallahassee, Florida, US - Director: Liam Fineout
A New Year's Dance - US - Director: Szu-Wei Chen
Forgotten Flame - US - Director: Rachel Linsky
Asphyxia - Coral Springs, Florida, US - Director: Luciano Alzate
Singing in the Lifeboat - US - Director: Grace Wijaya
Millennium Project - China - Director: Yifan Zhang
Mis-Alignment - US - Director: Pablo Riesgo Almonacid

11 am - Marco Polo: Narrative Feature at The Jessie

Marco Polo - Spain - Director: Pablo Riesgo Almonacid
Building Bombs (1990): 2024 4K Restoration - US - Director: Mark Mori & Susan J. Robinson (Out of Competition)

12:15 pm - Building Bombs: Feature Documentary at The Main Library

Losing Grip - Oldsmar, Florida, US - Director: Steven Nye
About a Bowshot Away - US - Director: Sangsun Choi

12:30 pm - Losing Grip + About a Bowshot Away: Feature Documentary + Short at The Jessie

1 pm - Go Find Yourself: Narrative Shorts at The Jessie
La Première - France - Director: Nadav Lapid
Elpida - Greece - Director: Billy Soulis
The Old Young Crow - Japan - Director: Liam LoPinto
**** - Norway - Director: Eivind Landsvik
The Rehearsal - France - Director: Antonin Chalon
Titty Boy - US - Director: Austin Ford Franklin Culp
Dammi - UK - Director: Yann Mounir Demange (Out of Competition)

2 pm - Tiny Facts: Short Documentaries at The Jessie

The Curse Effect - US - Director: Gregg Jaden
Our Ukrainian Sky - US - Director: Monica Valdés
The Broken Mirror - France - Director: Corinne Russo
The Tenerife Disaster - Germany - Director: Leon Henrik Herres
Gullah Geechee Youth Culture Quest - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Justen Mann
I am Kanaka - UK - Director: Genevieve Sulway

2:30 pm - Pitch Workshop at The Main Library
Learn how to pitch and pitch well.

3 pm - Iran to Jax: Iranian Short Films at The Jessie

Nahal - Iran - Director: Mehran Qorbani
Sampo - Iran - Director: Marziyeh Riahi
Apollo - Iran - Director: Farzad Ranjbar
Alikija - Iran - Director: Hamid Vatanparast
The Steak - Iran - Director: Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi
In Between! - Iran - Directors: Neda Khanifar & Esmaeel Hasan Pour
Now What? - Iran - Director: Saman Darvish

3:45 pm - Hunt the Lost: Narrative Shorts at The Main Library

Portrait of a Disappearing Woman - France - Director: Nelson Polfliet
Safari Club - Poland - Director: Zuzanna Szyszak
Maize - US - Director: Corsica Wilson
Mångata - Germany - Director: Maja Costa
Safe - UK - Director: Debbie Howard
Last Call - UK - Director: Harry Holland
Barely Breathing - US - Director: Derek Evans

5 pm - Take Care: Narrative Shorts at The Jessie

Paris-Bruxelles - France - Director: Marjorie Lhomme
Lemon Tree - US - Director: Rachel Walden
Aban - Iran - Directors: Abbas Taheri & Mahdieh Toosi
Traverse - France - Director: Marine Hervé
Auxiliaire - France - Director: Lucas Bacle
Egghead & Twinkie - Orlando, Florida, US - Director: Sarah Holland

7 pm - Egghead & Twinkie: Feature Narrative at The Jessie

7 pm - Utterly Macabre: Horror & Weird Narrative Shorts at The Jessie

3:33 - Iran - Director: Azad Sadeghi
Not Him - US - Director: Sarah Young
Broken Vessels - US - Directors: Larry Ziegelman & Terry Ziegelman
Gnomes - St. Augustine, FL, US - Director: Raphael Cosme
Dark Mommy - US - Director: Courtney Eck
It Came From Within - Tallahassee, Florida, US - Director: Queenie Zhang
Applause - Portugal - Director: Guilherme Daniel

April 14, 2024

12 pm - Swamp Stories: Florida Short Films at The Main Library

The Man in the Blue Suit - Tallahassee, Florida, US - Director: Evan Patrick Adams
Wright of Passage - "The Pilot" - Jacksonville, Florida, US - Director: Lee Giat
Machine of Tomorrow - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: William George Bishop
Space Coast - Coral Springs, Florida, US - Director: Justin Barber
The Dick Andy Show - Tallahassee, Florida, US - Director: Will Andrews
Neon Hereafter - Marco Island, Florida, US - Director: Pacey Hansen

12:30 pm - I Saw You & Did Nothing: Narrative Shorts at The Jessie

The Purple Glasses - US - Director: Susan Sullivan
Diell - Albania - Director: Rain Nikolla
At a Glance - Netherlands - Director: Ruud Satijn
Fár - Iceland - Director: Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter
The Moisture (Rutubet) - Turkey - Director: Turan Haste
Where it Begins - Iran - Directors: Mohsen Asdaghpour & Amirhossein TalebI

2 pm - Eat the Rich: Narrative Shorts at The Main Library

Fairplay - France - Director: Zoel Aeschbacher
I Promise You Paradise - Egypt - Director: Morad Mostafa
Under - US - Director: Aloura Melissa Charles
We Have Homeland - Venezuela & Spain - Director: Mikel Garrido
Two Funerals and a Freezer - US - Director: Melissa Fisher

3 pm - Writer's Workshop at The Main Library

Learn how to conquer the rewrite as the first draft rarely ever sticks around.

5 pm - Reflections on the Holocaust: Feature Documentary + Shorts at The Jessie

SHOAH Bernard Ores - France - Director: Baptiste Drapeau
Nina & Irena - US - Director: Daniel Lombroso
Broken Dolls - Reparation from the Holocaust - Jacksonville, FL, US - Directors: Tracy Whipple & Gilles Bovon

5 pm - From Jacksonville With Love: Jacksonville Short Films at The Main Library

Ike Brown - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Caleb Clowe
On High Alert - Ponte Vedra, FL, US - Director: David Chapman
Mandy's Voice - Saint Johns, FL, US - Director: Roxanna Lewis
Conrad Morrison Presents: "The Messenger" - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: William G. Bishop
"It's a Living…!" - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Simon David Strickland
Belle Isle - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Farrell Huntley
How to Cure Insomnia - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Khiam'e L.F.
Hollow Men - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Gabriel Pride
Gnomes - St. Augustine, FL, US - Director: Raphael Cosme
Back to You - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, US - Director: Tyler Smith
Lake Placid Blue - Jacksonville, FL, US - Director: Justen Mann

Date: April 12-14, 2024

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