OPENING NIGHT | Thursday, April 18, 2024
OPENING NIGHT
Join us on the red carpet as filmmakers & film lovers gather to celebrate the opening of the 7th Annual JTIFF! Your ticket includes passed hors d’oeuvres plus LIVE MUSIC presented by GREAT CIRCLES - featuring a performance by ERASERHOOD SOUND recording artists STEREO LEAGUE and visual projections by LUMINOUS ABSTRACT.
Followed by the Pennsylvania Premiere of the feature film, DANDELION, directed by Nicole Riegel
Doors Open at 6:30 PM
April 18, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
IDENTITY
1) Witchfairy (15:00) Cedric Igodt, David Van De Weyer (Belgium)
2) Where the Orchid Grows (9:00) Mykhailo Bogdanov
3) Lambing (18:00) Katie McNeice (Ireland)
4) Dear Oli (7:58) Blaise Borrer (Australia)
5) Twenty (15:41) Jason Hogan (UK)
6) Clone (19:45) Ryan M. Kennedy
7) Tethered (23:41) Stephen T. Lally (Ireland)
April 19, 2024
5:00 PM
MEMENTO MORI
1) Hole (12:00) Amiralii Masomi Far (Iran)
2) Quėdate Conmigo (9:00) Antoni G. Gilabert (Spain)
3) Unconditional (15:33) Theo Gee (UK)
4) Mary (16:00) Aaron Lucas (Australia)
5) Blank Cartridge (6:00) Kaveh Sisani, Fariba Farzanfar (Iran)
6) Mortis causa (18:36) Rubén Seca (Spain)
April 19, 2024
8:30 PM
FILMMAKERS' GALA
Come celebrate with all of our wonderful filmmakers at the fabulous Mauch Chunk Ballroom. DJ Crease from Philly will be spinning into the wee hours along with mind bending visuals provided by Nico Domnguez. Passed hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and Special Guests - Dani Long Legs and the Eclectic Circus. Don't miss the biggest party event of the season!
April 20, 2024
12:30 AM
Saturday, April 20, 2024
PA STUDENT FILMS
1) Hunted (2:51) Victoria Andrea Garcia Madera
2) Off (4:25) Logan Michael Sharp (AA student? PSU)
3) Upon Return (3:55) Devan Jordan, Emily Sedgwick (HS)
4) Behind Closed Doors (16:24) Bailey Reanne Roman (Hofrsta)
5) Painted Symphony (2:38) Andrew Kempski
6) What Fruit Would You Be? (8:40) Collin Stauffer PSU
7) Remember Me (5:59) Lauren P. Tyree (HS)
8) How to Stop A Wedding (14:35) Darien Taylor Taylor U
9) Alexandra and Nicolay Chocolate (6:00) Daniel de Bruyn
10) Yesterday in Owl's Head (14:58) Ryan Murphy
April 20, 2024
3:00 PM
MY PASSION
1) Shannon is Strange (16:48) Don Hessell, Alan LaFave
2) Dumpster Archeology (14:12) Dustie Carter
3) Winky (10:11) Jon Violette
4) Les Petits Pois (6:00) Florentine Greliere, Francis Gavelle (France)
5) Raft to the Sun (15:00) Lance Kawas
6) Ethel (8:00) Beatrice Jäggi (Switzerland)
7) Ovule (4:37) Joy Waldinger
8) The Retreat (8:18) Emmett Kerr-Perkinson
9) The Warmest Color is Blue (5:53) Kevin Ralston
April 20, 2024
5:00 PM
THE DARK SIDE
1) Your Delivery Girl, Rosa (3:41) Guillermo Tirado, Daniel Tirado (Spain)
2) Calf (14:00) Jamie O´Rourke (Ireland)
3) Bottom Feeder (2:57) Vito Trabucco
4) The Hangman's Daughter (10:00) Josh Quirion (Canada)
5) Skyspaces - Laybrum (4:47) Jesse DeRocco
6) Grampy (14:07) Graham Burrell
7) Incomplete (10:00) Zoey Martinson
8) Shé (Snake) Renee Zhan (UK / China)
April 20, 2024
7:00 PM
GRINDHOUSE
1) SK8 or DIE! (6:01) Alyssa Pearson, Scot Gordon
2) The Boog (7:00) Brian Wild
3) The Clogging (4:15) Eric Larson
4) There's Only One (16:00) Mik J. Lopez (Spain)
5) Dream Creep (13:00) Carlos A. F. Lopez
6) The Weaver (9:00) Mistress Iris, Paul Flé
5) DOT - Sucking Leech (3:00) Luis Manuel Quiroga (Spain)
8) Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place (20:00) Juanjo Avi (Spain)
9) Fishmonger (26:00) Neil Ferron
April 21, 2024
3:59 AM
Sunday, April 21, 2024
LOCAL HEROES
April 21, 2024
3:00 PM
1) A Fast Stop (2:58) Hunter Arnold
2) Pylon Reenactment Society - Fix It (3:43) Dominic J. DeJoseph
3) Murder & Ice Cream (8:32) Kevin Mcgrath.
4) The 44th Chamber of Shaolin (14:40) Jon Truei
5) Beyond the Fence (6:00) Josiah James
6) Wake Up (9:55) Jerry Stevens II, Phillip Mann
7) Broken Heart (12:00) Ryan Zimmerman
8) Sixes & Sevens (14:16) Ryan Hammaker
9) Winter Blitz 1799 - The 12th Night (4:48) Barry Atticks
LOVE HURTS
April 21, 2024
7:00 PM
1) Who Gets the Dog? (5:00) Max Heimberger
2) Bird Drone (8:45) Radheya Jang Jegatheva (Australia)
3) The Ritz (14:50) Allex Tarr
4) Seth Witcher - I'm Afraid of Love (2:25) David Toolan
5) Letters from an Immortal: Coffee Shop (3:30) Phillip McConnell
6) Unconditional (7:37) Molly Schenkenberger
7) Boyfriends (9:05) C.J. Arellano
8) To Find You (3:00) Chantal Rosengurt
9) Moon (10:20) Toy Lei
10) Hello Goodbye (4:06) Brent Malin
11) Nicki, Apart (7:37) Max Tullio
AWARDS CEREMONY
April 22, 2024
1:00 AM
Free Admission!
Mauch Chunk Opera House
14 W Broadway, Jim Thorpe
Immediately following the Closing Night Feature