
Jessica Barr
Directing
Biography
A multi-hyphenate filmmaker raised in Portland, Oregon; Jessica Barr's work often explores loss and coming of age. She's known for stirring and cerebral stories - grounded in naturalism. Jessica’s narrative feature The Plan, an ambitious single-take thriller, just had its world premiere at Slamdance Film Festival.
Known For

Inside a modest Los Angeles apartment over the course of a single day, a group of disillusioned young adults prepares for a radical act they believe will change the world. As paranoia builds and fractures deepen, the lines between purpose, fear, and identity blur.
The Plan

When a group of friends sneak out of summer camp, they return to find that everyone has vanished and only a puzzle of mystic markings and blood remain.
BLACKBERRY

After her mother suddenly dies, a pushover painter must battle through the opinions and expectations of family, "friends," and a toxic boyfriend to plan her funeral.
Good Grief

Inspired by true experiences of grief, girlhood, and growing up, Jessie Barr’s SOPHIE JONES provides a stirring portrait of a sixteen-year-old. Stunned by the untimely death of her mother and struggling with the myriad challenges of teendom, Sophie (played with striking immediacy by the director’s cousin Jessica Barr) tries everything she can to feel something again, while holding herself together, in this sensitive, acutely realized, and utterly relatable coming-of-age story.
Sophie Jones

A quick trip to the restroom starts as an emergency session with Seniors, Elizabeth and Ava, over Zoe’s failing relationship and ends with a full on party in the newly named gender neutral bathroom. When an alert goes out that a teacher is coming, the Senior class has a mad rush to get the hell out.
All Over Everywhere

A man who was just released from prison tries to make amends with his ex and become a father to his 6-year-old son while staying with a stripper he met on a pen-pal website.
Can't Seem to Make You Mine

A sex doll learns what it means to be a woman and how to become whole.
Whole

A withdrawn teen is pushed to her limits when an acting class blurs the line between performance and personal truth.
Private Moments
Waiting Game
Fml

With help from her girlfriend Maddie, Trisha sneaks into her old house, when the new tenant and his date return unexpectedly.
That Piece of You

A woman grappling with difficulty finding sexual pleasure after childbirth falls back on an old coping habit.
Tight

A new homeowner grows suspicious of a neighborly couple eager to help her unpack.
The Buyers
Muse
Claire visits her best friend Kiah for a weekend but their friendship is quickly tested by her new college friends.
Slap Shot
Crimson and Clover
Cuspid
A young girl faces a test of friendship at an orphanage in 1970 South Korea.
Julia
September
An estranged family searches for their missing father whose cancer diagnosis two years prior drove them apart. Sisters, Carrie and June, struggle to reconnect while they unravel their father's mysterious disappearance in the forests of Mt. Hood.