Jacksonville Film Festival 2008

Emilio Estefan, award-winning record producer and husband of music diva Gloria Estefan, helms this lively and poignant tribute to the musical sounds of his native Cuba. Featuring the likes of legendary Latin musicians Arturo Sandoval, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Chocolate Armenteros and Gloria herself, “90 Miles” is a moving portrait of the artists in exile and their rise to world music notoriety. Northern Florida Premiere

The Abattoir is a short tragedy about a young brother and sister suffering from sacrificial events that their father made them witness.

Two Ugandan girls with one big dream: to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. To do that they will have to challenge cultural traditions and graduate from high school, something all but impossible for most African girls. “Africa’s Daughters” captures their inspiring journey.

Bloody, gory and horrorific short films!

Bloody, gory and more horrorific!

Teenagers wear the colors of the world. They are white and black. In “Ain’t Scared” teenage lives unfold in a housing project in the suburbs. Their lives cross paths, where they fight and eventually forgive, but it’s not easy. The day one of them learns he has made it onto the Arsenal football team hood-life spirals out of control. Southeast Premiere

A mysterious woman wanders into a desolate frontier town looking for revenge.

A trucker picks up a hitchhiker on his way to kill his wife. During the ride the hitchhiker tries to persuade the trucker driver to let her live.

It begins at home! Here we feature the best shorts by Jacksonville Students.