The inaugural San Quentin Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup.
IndieWire can reveal that the first-ever San Quentin Film Festival (SQFF24) has a full program featuring short films that were produced by currently or formerly incarcerated filmmakers. The official selections for the Documentary and Narrative Shorts categories, as well as the Feature category, are below.
The Feature category was limited to films about the prison experience, made by filmmakers who have never been incarcerated. These submissions will be judged by an Inside Jury of current San Quentin residents.
For the Documentary and Narrative Shorts categories, films will be judged by a prestigious panel of entertainment industry artists, filmmakers, and executives. As mentioned, all of the shorts were produced by currently or formerly incarcerated filmmakers.
A total of 55 submissions were received from filmmakers based in the United States, France, and the Netherlands. In the Shorts competition, five of the Official Selections were produced by currently incarcerated filmmakers, with the balance submitted by formerly incarcerated.