PJIFF Programming Schedule

POPPY JASPER INTERNATIONAL  FILM  FESTIVAL | #PJIFF2023 | April 12-19 | Morgan Hill | San Martin | Gilroy | Hollister | San Juan Bautista, CA POPPY JASPER INTERNATIONAL  FILM  FESTIVAL | #PJIFF2023 | April 12-19 | Morgan Hill | San Martin | Gilroy | Hollister | San Juan Bautista, CA

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

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April 12 - 19, 2023
Morgan Hill | San Martin | Gilroy | Hollister | San Juan Bautista, CA

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