PJIFF Programming Schedule
Wednesday April 12
The District Theater – Gilroy
Student Filmmaker Showcase
Block One: 3-5 PM
Fitting In – Mark Leschinsky – New Jersey
Game Plan – Sophia Winters – Indiana
Burning Memories – Kenneth Ha – Irvine, CA
The Summer Field – Jiayang Liu – Wyoming
Deception – Kyle M. Wegler – Alabama
Block Two: 5-7 PM
Reaper – Eva Ulreich – Virginia
Once Upon a Time by the Sea – Liam Wan Lui Martin – New York
Between The Lines – Dashiell Raimi – Santa Monica, CA
Hardcore – Madeleine Case – Calabasas, CA
Let Them Be – Kana Hutchins – Chicago, IL
Dying to Meet You – Ava Bounds – United Kingdom
Block Three: 7-9:30 PM
Inertia – Julie Verstraten – Belgium
Ten Days – Yerzat Meirambek – Burbank, CA
Subs – Joe Warner – United Kingdom
An Island Drifts – Vivian Ip – Singapore
Lone Wolves – Elliot Gaynon – United Kingdom
Soft Landing – Josh Ohea – San Carlos, CA
Resurgence – Krushan Naik – Los Angeles
Reunion Dinner – Zheng Ren – Savannah, GA
Block Four: 9:30-11 PM
Inside My Heart – Elisa Escalera Aguilera – Canada
Max & Taco (Get Their Sh!t Together) – Caitlin Ferrell – New York
Half Guard – Mark O’Connor – Ireland
Deer Girl – Giovanna Molina – Los Angeles
Eternity Continues – Ania Johnston – Maine
Bad Dates – Anjali Krishnakumar – New York
Afternoons Of Sun, Nights Of Water – VD Menzella – Argentina
@scroll_alice – Céline Ufenast – United Kingdom
Thursday April 13
Morgan Hill Community Playhouse
Local Filmmaker Showcase (Northern CA)
Block One: 10 AM-12 PM
The Office Explorers – Blake Goias – Stockton
Grilled – Naren Sareday – San Jose
Makeup – Keith Hankin – San Francisco
A Good Fight – Saurav Mohapatra – Orinda
Home – Angie Baldelomar – San Francisco
Bellybutton – Hilary Eden – Menlo Park
Queer Science – Nicole de Meneses – Pleasanton
Strangers in Boxes – Gabriel Diamond – Oakland
Interlands – Alia Brandt – Berkeley
Duck Test – Evgeny Vdovin – San Francisco
Block Two: 12-2 PM
Beginnings – Celeste Gomez Hernandez – Gilroy
First Time for Everything – Rylee Rosenquist – Chico
Élefan – Daniel Díaz – San Francisco / United Kingdom
Nociva – Jesse Gasca Garcia – Salinas
Accidental Advocates in Phuket – Sherri Harvey – San Jose / Thailand
Heartbeat on the Strings – Nan Su – Oakland
Block Three: 2-4 PM
Fascination – Natmar Mondragon – Los Baños
Institution – David Butterfield – Hollister
Heading Away from the Ledge – Henry A. Hopkins – Boulder Creek
Block Four: 4-6 PM
We Are All In This Together – Daniel Troia – Pacific Grove
The Last Free Place – Ezra Gentle
Too Many What – Kirk Benttinen – Castro Valley
The District Theater – Gilroy
Local Filmmaker Showcase (Southern CA)
Block One: 11 AM-1 PM
This is a Film About My Mother – Tess Harrison – Los Angeles
Lollipop Cowboy – Eric Alt – Ontario
Madness Incarnate – Olivia Wong – Los Angeles
Block Two: 1-3 PM
Oscar J. Evans’ The Artist – Robert Jerome Pagan – Central Valley
Meet Carly W. – A.J. Hartman – Sherman Oaks
Eid Mubarak – Mahnoor Euceph – Los Angeles
Swing – Brock Forrette – Los Angeles
The Dress – Marie Karkashadze – Los Angeles/Republic of Georgia
Spy vs. Spia – Cristo Zambone – Los Angeles
Skate Night – Andrew Ricci – Irvine
Block Three: 3-5 PM
Soundman – Debi Bradshaw – Glendale
Now & Never – Kymberly Harris – Los Angeles
Meteoric – Philip Sedgwick – Los Angeles
I’m Sorry, I Tried, I Love You – Goldie Jones – North Hollywood
Awakening – Alessio Giurgola – NY Film Academy
Daddy – Jo Steinhart – Los Angeles
Block Four: 5-7 PM
Earth to Zippy – Mickey Bloom – Los Angeles
Our Language is Chaos – Cory Byam – Los Angeles
This Wild Abyss – Thomas Mendolia – Los Angeles
She’s Clean – Jenn Harris – San Diego
Holy Beast: In the Studio with Avia Rose Ramm – Tal Van Arsdale – San Diego
Me/You – Jana Claire Price – Los Angeles
Hitbaby – Abigail Breslin – North Hollywood
Block Five: 7-9 PM
How to Hack Birth Control – Sassy Mohen – Los Angeles
Atali’i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent) – Brendan Canty – New Zealand
Findhorn Case 31.08.18 – Jessica Hof – United Kingdom
Twitching – Madelaine Moore – United Kingdom
Friday April 14
Morgan Hill Community Playhouse
Women’s Day
Block One: 11 AM-1 PM
Kiss n’ Ride – Olivia Jensen – Illinois
Bird Keeper – Linda Dahlem – San Francisco
Jackson – Emma Miranda Moore – United Kingdom
Functioning – Artisha Mann-Cooper – Los Angeles
In the Rearview – Meagan Massa – Atlanta, GA
Your Guardian – Mimi Vlaovic – Serbia
A Real Adventure – Ingela Ogard – Sweden
Block Two: 1-3 PM
Dear Doctor – Jasmina Saleh – United Kingdom
Borrowed Time – Ginevra Gentili – United Kingdom
Animal Control – Vanessa Newell – Los Angeles
Nice To Meet You All – Guen Murroni – United Kingdom
The Call – Shireen Ayache – United Kingdom
The Other Road – Jennifer Steinman Sternin – Santa Rosa, CA
The Phoenix – Regina Pigsley – Los Angeles
Block Three: 4-6 PM
Promises – Faye Ann Brenner – Los Angeles
AutoCorrect – Priyanka Shetty, Anu Bhatt – San Diego
For Heidi – Lucy Campbell – United Kingdom
Tap Twice – Julia Bell Mandler – United Kingdom
The Ancestors – Zodwa Nyoni – United Kingdom
Innocent – Eimar Callaghan – Ireland
Consumed – Karen Lamond – United Kingdom
The Blue Scarf – Hiba Raza – United Kingdom
Saturday April 15
The District Theater – Gilroy
Saturday Morning Cartoons: 10-11 AM
The Truth Within – Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon – Sarasota, FL
The Social Chameleon – Alex Ross – Los Angeles
Fobi – Elham Aminian – Iran
Solan – Hossein Beygzadh – Iran
The Perfect Fit – Meinardas Valkevičius – Lithuania
Block One: 12-2 PM
Non-Negotiable – Mike Doxford – United Kingdom
Playtime’s Over – Jakob Gunby – Norway
Junior – AJ Wilhelm – USA/Haiti
Help! I’ve Stolen Amy Adams’ Nose – Katherine Press – United Kingdom
SWAT – Sam Coombes – United Kingdom
Close – Tom Gentle – United Kingdom
The Cloaked Realm: Tunnel 23 – Marisa Cohen, Peter Issac Alexander – Oregon
SOS – Max Clendaniel – United Kingdom
Block Two: 2-4 PM
Time Tourists – Ian Sweeney – New Zealand
Kaiju Girl – Takafumi Sakabe – Japan
The Outing – Joanne Mitchell – United Kingdom
Make Me a King – Sofia Olins – United Kingdom
Just In Case – Kirsty Robinson-Ward – United Kingdom
The Stupid Boy – Phil Dunn – United Kingdom
Block Three: 4-6 PM
The Sprayer – Farnoosh Abedi – Iran
The Diamond – Vedran Rupic – Sweden
Good Vibrations – Nathan Israileff – Illinois
Awkward Intimacy – Emma Jude Harris, Emily Steck – United Kingdom
The Podcast – Julia Mortimore – United Kingdom
Les Câlins Cheaps (Cheap Hugs) – Sarah Baskin – Canada
Danavan – Jean-David Rodrigue, Franie-Éléonore Bernier – Canada
Happy You Near – Naomi Rohatyn – Los Angeles
Julia – Jack Donnelly – United Kingdom
Block Four: 6-8 PM
Strings – Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez – Texas
The Well – Peter Stanley-Ward – United Kingdom
A Love Worth Fighting For – Toby Fountaine – United Kingdom
Chipper – Shaun MacLean – Atlanta, GA
Fishwife – Beth Park – United Kingdom
Do This For Me – Marnie Baxter – United Kingdom
Block Five: 8-10 PM
Belle River – Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin – USA/Canada
Roots of Fire – Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi – Louisiana
Music Videos: 10-11 PM
Better Now – Eric Alt – Los Angeles
Zagros – Mahyar Mehrnoosh, Taha Tabyani – Iran
Niagara Falls – Victor Bellomo, Tara Sickmeier – Palo Alto
Only Words – Serge Zehnder – Switzerland
Baby Song – Luke Holwerda – Arizona
Heart Failure – Will Wightman – United Kingdom
Morgan Hill Community Playhouse
Saturday Morning Cartoons: 10-11 AM
The Truth Within – Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon – Sarasota, FL
The Social Chameleon – Alex Ross – Los Angeles
Fobi – Elham Aminian – Iran
Solan – Hossein Beygzadh – Iran
The Perfect Fit – Meinardas Valkevičius – Lithuania
Block One: 11 AM-1 PM
Into Dust – Orlando von Einsiedel – United Kingdom/India/Pakistan
Paper Doll – Shabnam Gholikhani – Iran
Smoked Fish – Jenny Xueer Wan – United Kingdom
Maiden Dogs – Sebastiano Fumagalli – Italy
Block Two: 1-3 PM
Another Swell Day – Evens Yurvie Angulo-Duvil – New York
Dear Fear – Edie Amos – United Kingdom
Jack Has a Plan – Bradley Berman – Berkeley, CA
Block Three: 3-5 PM
Desmond’s Not Here Anymore – Mmabatho Montsho – Seattle, WA
Bring Back My Bonnie – Mark Waters – United Kingdom
Kiran – Bhulla Beghal – United Kingdom
The Carer – Amrita Acharia – United Kingdom
In Expectation of Light – Mohammad Reza Dehestani – Iran
Kite Strings – Kirsty Patrick Ward – United Kingdom
Block Four: 5-7 PM
Brotherness – David Power – Romania
Thrown Away Child – JD Donnelly – United Kingdom
The Savior – Soheila Pourmohammadi – Iran
Birds – Tyro Heath – United Kingdom
Quarantine – Majid Mirhashemi – Iran
Block Five: 7-9 PM
My Dear Son – Lilian Fu – United Kingdom/Hong Kong
Clergymen – Ted Clarke – United Kingdom
Adelina – Jack Ryan McMillan – Savannah, GA
Woman of the Woods – Olivier Frigon – Canada
A Killer Outside – Joe Zalias – United Kingdom
Once I Passed – Martin Gerigk – Germany
Him – Sammy Patterson – United Kingdom
Promise – Lane Michael Stanley – Texas
Forever – Marc De Luca – United Kingdom
The Other Side of Fear – Daniel Mendelle – United Kingdom
The Granada Theater – Hollister
Saturday Morning Cartoons: 10-11 AM
The Truth Within – Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon – Sarasota, FL
The Social Chameleon – Alex Ross – Los Angeles
Fobi – Elham Aminian – Iran
Solan – Hossein Beygzadh – Iran
The Perfect Fit – Meinardas Valkevičius – Lithuania
Block One: 11 AM-1 PM
Arcadia Lasts – Aaron Shrimpton – United Kingdom
Antarctica – Keith Bearden – Los Angeles
Block Two: 1-3 PM
Dehbaraftab Village – Ziba Arzhang – Iran
A Love Worth Fighting For – Toby Fountaine – United Kingdom
Middle Eastern Stories : FATHER – Reza Daghagh – Iran
The One They Wanted – Catriona Rubenis-Stevens – New Jersey
English Channel – Amin Sajadi – Iran
Nisei – Darren Haruo Rae – Studio City, CA
Block Three: 3-5 PM
The Last Cuckoo: Dennis Gould – Mark Chaudoir – United Kingdom
The Creative High – Adriana Marchione – San Francisco
Special Screening: 5-8:30 PM
Bolan’s Shoes – Ian Puleston-Davies – United Kingdom
Block Five: 9-11 PM
Irish, Blacks & Dogs – Jack Norris – United Kingdom
Cerebrum – Sébastien Blanc – United Kingdom
Sunday April 16
The Barn at Mission Farm – San Juan Bautista
Saturday Morning Cartoons: 10-11 AM
The Truth Within – Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon – Sarasota, FL
The Social Chameleon – Alex Ross – Los Angeles
Fobi – Elham Aminian – Iran
Solan – Hossein Beygzadh – Iran
The Perfect Fit – Meinardas Valkevičius – Lithuania
Block One: 11 AM-1 PM
Pinball- The Man Who Saved the Game – Austin & Meredith Bragg – New York
Block Two: 1-3 PM
Where the Winds Die – Pejman Alipour – Iran
Raja’s Had Enough – Katia Saiapina – United Kingdom
The Virtual Llama – Tom Cozens – United Kingdom
Romanova – Mark Kaercher – Los Angeles
Bucketheads – Episode 1 – Marco Bosssow, Andy Brown – Canada
Thou Shalt Dance – Abtin Yaghmaian – Iran
A Mind Cannot Touch – Geoffrey Prather – Los Angeles
Morgan Hill Community Playhouse
Block One: 1-3 PM
Hard to Reach – Darryl Foster – United Kingdom
Custard Creams – Isabel Steuble-Johnson – United Kingdom
Margin – Daniel Rands – United Kingdom
Roadmarks – Brandon McKnight – Canada
Ousmane – Jorge Camarotti – Canada
Bibimbap for One – Ella Greenwood – United Kingdom
Block Two: 3-5 PM
Hold Me, Don’t Touch Me – Adrian Todd Zuniga – United Kingdom/Australia
Monico Perseus – Alfie Stewart – United Kingdom
Crosshairs – Coral Amiga – United Kingdom
No Filter – Matthias Fuchez – United Kingdom
Statistic – Millene Avelar, Ana Stella Cunha, Rodrigo Sena – Brazil
Find the Light – Abdullah Khan – United Kingdom
Grave – Martin Tunnicliffe-Squirrell – United Kingdom
Unexpected Delivery – Dagmar Scheibenreif – United Kingdom
Harold & Mary – Stephen Gallacher – United Kingdom
Monday April 17
The Barn at Mission Farm – San Juan Bautista
Mexico Day
Block One: 12-2 PM
Fertile Land – Eugenia Renteria – Mexico
The Interview – Inga Moren Tapias – New York/Miami
Strings – Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez – Texas
Block Two: 2-4 PM
Work Whatever You Got – Anita Reyes – San Juan Bautista
Tomorrow’s Game – Trevor Wilson, Jonathan Coria – Los Angeles
Amiguín – Alfredo Avila
Mexico Day: Award Ceremony
4-6 PM
Tuesday April 18
The District Theater – Gilroy
LGBTQ Day
Block One: 2-4 PM
This Old Tearoom – Craig Souza – San Francisco
Empress ClawScream – Stephen T. Lally – United Kingdom
Milton – Kevin Machate – Texas
Titi – Marzieh Fakhar – Iran
Block Two: 4-6 PM
You’re Alright Hun – Katie-Ann McDonough – Ireland
Jouissance – Sadeq Es-haqi – Iran
Kooseh (Shark) – Behzad Azadi – Iran
Boycam – Rodrigo Sena, Arlindo Bezerra & Ernani Silveira – Brazil
Lucy – Emma Sofia Fazzuoli – Burbank, CA
SNAP – Archie’s Story – George Stamos – Canada
Block Three: 6-8 PM
Boifriend – Rebecca Marquardt, Lane Michael Stanley – Texas
Tiny Mad Animals – David Maybrick – United Kingdom
The Tendency – Mobin Pekand – Iran
Strangers – Zheng Nathan Nie – Los Angeles
She – Jiakun Dong – New York
After Sunset, Dawn Arrives – Andy Yi Li – Sierra Madre, CA
Make Me A King – Sofia Olins – United Kingdom
Belle Bottoms – May Yam – Gilroy
The Granada Theater – Hollister
LGBTQ Day
Block One: 3-5 PM
Boifriend – Rebecca Marquardt, Lane Michael Stanley – Texas
Tiny Mad Animals – David Maybrick – United Kingdom
The Tendency – Mobin Pekand – Iran
Strangers – Zheng Nathan Nie – Los Angeles
She – Jiakun Dong – New York
After Sunset, Dawn Arrives – Andy Yi Li – Sierra Madre, CA
Make Me A King – Sofia Olins – United Kingdom
Belle Bottoms – May Yam – Gilroy
Block Two: 5-7 PM
This Old Tearoom – Craig Souza – San Francisco
Empress ClawScream – Stephen T. Lally – United Kingdom
Milton – Kevin Machate – Texas
Titi – Marzieh Fakhar – Iran
Block Three: 7-9 PM
You’re Alright Hun – Katie-Ann McDonough – Ireland
Jouissance – Sadeq Es-haqi – Iran
Kooseh (Shark) – Behzad Azadi – Iran
Boycam – Rodrigo Sena, Arlindo Bezerra & Ernani Silveira – Brazil
Lucy – Emma Sofia Fazzuoli – Burbank, CA
SNAP – Archie’s Story – George Stamos – Canada
Wednesday April 19
The District Theater – Gilroy
Iran Filmmaker Showcase
Block One: 11 AM – 1 PM
Pari & Pouri – Hamed Vahid
Dribble – Ali Lavarimonfared, Nazafarin Hassanpour
Soil Flavored Bread – Hemn Alani
Destiny – Yaser Talebi
Block Two: 1-3 PM
One Of Us – Hossein Iraji
A Few Steps Further – Omid Moallem
How Should One Wait For Godot – Arshia Zeinali
Harat – Saeid Chamani
Katvoman – Hadi Sheibani
The Gold Teeth – Alireza Kazemipour
The Bloody Family – Amir Karami
Company – Ilnaz Khirkhah
Split Ends – Alireza Kazemipour