Deployed

10 mins. 

In post-production.

Following a military wife and mother as her husband is deployed to the Middle East.

Official Selection, Cinema Femme Film Festival 2022

The Delta girl

American Film Institute Thesis Film, 2018, 14 mins.

Seventeen year old Magnolia is torn between right and wrong at the height of the Civil Rights movement in 1964 Mississippi. Her views are challenged by her best friend Delilah, who hides a dangerous secret.

Festivals: Catfish! Shorts Film Festival, Mesa International Film Festival, North Hollywood Cinefest (Nominated, Best Actress, Isabelle Fuhrman and Best Short), Utah Film Festival, Mammoth Film Festival, Holly Shorts Film Festival, Euroshorts Young Filmmakers (Poland), Northeast Mountain Film Festival, Grenada Afterglow Film Festival (Jury Prize Winner), AFI Showcase

Sunday Tide

12 mins. 

After their mother's death, six sisters in a rural beach town take an oath to remain silent. As the sisters become increasingly reclusive, someone arrives that will change their whole world.

Official Selection, Underwire Film Festival 2019, Best Cinematography Nomination

Released via NoBudge

The Last Birthday

9 minutes

An experimental retelling of the last days of the Romanov sisters.

Southside Film Festival, Still Voices Film Festival, North Hollywood Cinefest, Mammoth Film Festival, Evolution! Mallorca Film Festival 

Released via Semaine and i-D online

Nominated for the European Independent Film Award for Best Short 2018

Mojave

An experimental poetic exploration of a volatile relationship in the 1950s Mojave desert.

Co-Directed with Sophia Kiapos

Music by Maesa Pullman

indigo valley

15 minutes

Writer/Director

Three lost souls travel through the Icelandic wilderness and are met with life changing obstacles along the way.

Mammoth Film Festival 

The Norwegian Seagull International Short Film Festival

World of Film International Film Festival Glasgow

Sose International Film Festival 

Kyev International Film Festival

Olivia Martha Isle

13 mins

Directed by Sophia Kiapos

Written by and Featuring Jaclyn Bethany

Set in Depression era Mississippi, the film follows three sisters-- Olivia, Martha and Ilse from childhood to adulthood

Between departures

14 mins. 

On a layover in London, Ava invites her ex-boyfriend William to her airport hotel room. When they are reunited, Ava shares some unexpected news.

Jaclyn’s submission to the American Film Institute Directing Program. 

North Hollywood Cinefest, Best Actress in a Short Film nominee- Jaclyn Bethany

Mississippi Film Fest Grand Prize Winner