https://jessicasofarnos.com Jessica Sofarnos Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:24:46 +0000 https://jessicasofarnos.com en https://jessicasofarnos.com/Grace-Grace-What-s-Her-Face-2026 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:24:46 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/Grace-Grace-What-s-Her-Face-2026 ‘Grace, Grace, What’s Her Face’ (15 minutes, 2026) After abruptly leaving her rural hometown on Christmas, a young woman journeys to Melbourne by herself to escape the pressures of her broken family.&nbsp; Trailer / Film <img width="960" height="540" width_o="960" height_o="540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/909fc786e2df8f27a1c81bc2ece623bb697068825b03f6629b709a43d80c8b55/more-ones_1.18.1.JPEG" data-mid="247401118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/909fc786e2df8f27a1c81bc2ece623bb697068825b03f6629b709a43d80c8b55/more-ones_1.18.1.JPEG" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9983aae9d3cb1ec4d3e1440aa5882352ca2bbbc0d0fe4c152ac583daa67cb5b3/Still-2024-12-28-172237_1.4.3.PNG" data-mid="247401120" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9983aae9d3cb1ec4d3e1440aa5882352ca2bbbc0d0fe4c152ac583daa67cb5b3/Still-2024-12-28-172237_1.4.3.PNG" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f9bcca804dfb075a137659b359ac4e92af2781787664cc3a03cd22b6440f763/Still-2024-12-28-172237_1.12.1.PNG" data-mid="247401119" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f9bcca804dfb075a137659b359ac4e92af2781787664cc3a03cd22b6440f763/Still-2024-12-28-172237_1.12.1.PNG" /> https://jessicasofarnos.com/The-Intervention-2026-1 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 02:17:50 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/The-Intervention-2026-1 ‘The Intervention’ (7 minutes, 2026) A woman rushing home to meet a first date is blindsided by an unexpected intervention from friends and family, only to discover her bewildered Hinge match has somehow been roped into it too. Coming soon - Official Selection Premiere, St Kilda Film Festival 2026, Opening Night Gala- Shortlist, Tropfest 2026 <img width="2988" height="1490" width_o="2988" height_o="1490" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9371516bac68b20b4e659ced0371b445b9c2884f22d888b1e6285990155b61ad/Screenshot-2026-04-17-at-2.36.07pm.png" data-mid="247402776" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9371516bac68b20b4e659ced0371b445b9c2884f22d888b1e6285990155b61ad/Screenshot-2026-04-17-at-2.36.07pm.png" /> <img width="2988" height="1490" width_o="2988" height_o="1490" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55d5ef698ee144604e455ecc3af25f3a282e17256f8962774d080ee2208de4bb/Screenshot-2026-04-17-at-4.02.57pm.png" data-mid="247406918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55d5ef698ee144604e455ecc3af25f3a282e17256f8962774d080ee2208de4bb/Screenshot-2026-04-17-at-4.02.57pm.png" /> <img width="2980" height="1498" width_o="2980" height_o="1498" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b2dd62b016a537ed563ff19f8e825c86239ceb64ea08c2065c9ceeddfda6c14/Screenshot-2026-04-17-at-4.13.45pm.png" data-mid="247403214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b2dd62b016a537ed563ff19f8e825c86239ceb64ea08c2065c9ceeddfda6c14/Screenshot-2026-04-17-at-4.13.45pm.png" /> https://jessicasofarnos.com/Punctum-2024 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 03:54:53 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/Punctum-2024 ‘Punctum’ (10 minutes, 2024) Encountering restlessness the night after her abortion, a young woman kills time in her apartment in the dead of night.&nbsp; <img width="2750" height="1834" width_o="2750" height_o="1834" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a18e87696f9d517a3a65337bdb827ac871a1c6adc0f03c39db3e90e89f8aa45d/MIFF-Laurels-2024-Official-Selection-C-white.png" data-mid="214849091" border="0" data-scale="19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a18e87696f9d517a3a65337bdb827ac871a1c6adc0f03c39db3e90e89f8aa45d/MIFF-Laurels-2024-Official-Selection-C-white.png" />&nbsp; <img width="463" height="306" width_o="463" height_o="306" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bd2cd3fe6513f89799227819030b3c9f099a82dca9ca0e503b6c70924702beb/SXSW24_Screen_OfficialSelection_White.png" data-mid="217967155" border="0" data-scale="17" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/463/i/3bd2cd3fe6513f89799227819030b3c9f099a82dca9ca0e503b6c70924702beb/SXSW24_Screen_OfficialSelection_White.png" /> &nbsp;<img width="4958" height="3292" width_o="4958" height_o="3292" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb25e6718b2e2ed0a407491939dbf7cb1dae5486847f7d593bcdab57b28de347/Laurels-2025-3.png" data-mid="228456347" border="0" data-scale="19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb25e6718b2e2ed0a407491939dbf7cb1dae5486847f7d593bcdab57b28de347/Laurels-2025-3.png" />&nbsp;<img width="1024" height="950" width_o="1024" height_o="950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/caf29bfd32977f098c4b444817799759dff1dd8e3ceb9e8e7544c62ddbb17bfe/SKFF-2025_LAURELS_WHITE2.png" data-mid="233229377" border="0" data-scale="14" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/caf29bfd32977f098c4b444817799759dff1dd8e3ceb9e8e7544c62ddbb17bfe/SKFF-2025_LAURELS_WHITE2.png" /> &nbsp; Trailer / Film - World Premiere, Melbourne International Film Festival, Accelerator Shorts Program 2024- Official Selection, SXSW Sydney 2024 - Best Short Film &amp; Most Exciting On-Screen Talent Nominations, ReelGood Film Festival 2025 - Official Selection, St Kilda Film Festival, 2025 <img width="3024" height="1704" width_o="3024" height_o="1704" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cf95b3badf5d9d47412a5a0eb2664e5d2478c5fb2f93b9d5b28e7c48f090f95/Punctum_11.png" data-mid="214848902" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cf95b3badf5d9d47412a5a0eb2664e5d2478c5fb2f93b9d5b28e7c48f090f95/Punctum_11.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1730" width_o="3024" height_o="1730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a8b0cd55d6d8b590cd59cf791815ab34f8a67131d1172990a5e077c9511262f/Punctum_8.png" data-mid="214848903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a8b0cd55d6d8b590cd59cf791815ab34f8a67131d1172990a5e077c9511262f/Punctum_8.png" /> https://jessicasofarnos.com/Good-Grief-2023 Fri, 19 May 2023 01:52:18 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/Good-Grief-2023 ‘Good Grief’ (26 minutes, 2023) Set over one night in inner-city Melbourne, a young woman grieving the loss of her mother and a relationship finds comfort in a stranger at a house party. &nbsp;<img width="1262" height="834" width_o="1262" height_o="834" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c5ff3cfdee09b87875b218422517abaa2ce3e6c9718faa58823c2b63b8dbbc6/laurels_cannes-33.png" data-mid="203964304" border="0" data-scale="19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c5ff3cfdee09b87875b218422517abaa2ce3e6c9718faa58823c2b63b8dbbc6/laurels_cannes-33.png" /><img width="1182" height="980" width_o="1182" height_o="980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9819e3e6df61bf416cadac77717877cc0eeeb8cb6adffd98866f7ddd16b20ba1/Melbourne-Official-Selection-W.png" data-mid="203963987" border="0" data-scale="14" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9819e3e6df61bf416cadac77717877cc0eeeb8cb6adffd98866f7ddd16b20ba1/Melbourne-Official-Selection-W.png" /><img width="1182" height="980" width_o="1182" height_o="980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59ecfadcfeafaf5285245960d0fd09a6cbf278fb66d65adf2682c2557ad55b3d/London-Official-Selection-Laurel-W.png" data-mid="203963972" border="0" data-scale="14" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59ecfadcfeafaf5285245960d0fd09a6cbf278fb66d65adf2682c2557ad55b3d/London-Official-Selection-Laurel-W.png" /> Trailer / Film&nbsp; - New Voices in Australian Cinema Program, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) 2025 - Sunburnt Screening, The Grace Darling 2024 - Almanac II Screening, Village Cinemas 2024- Semi-Finalist, Cannes Indie Shorts Awards 2023- Official Selection, Lift-Off Festival Melbourne &amp; Sydney - Official Selection, Lift-Off Festival London ‘Judges Select’ Program 2023 <img width="1152" height="864" width_o="1152" height_o="864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ef5e54350deddcc158b000c28b5d6cf8c679593574841a641fcec4797c18748/GoodGrief_4.jpg" data-mid="179242200" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ef5e54350deddcc158b000c28b5d6cf8c679593574841a641fcec4797c18748/GoodGrief_4.jpg" /> <img width="1446" height="1070" width_o="1446" height_o="1070" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f945c5b5deff986e929bf0c931937e341c61747eac80e46eb47c21cf03fb7883/GoodGrief_4.png" data-mid="180367147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f945c5b5deff986e929bf0c931937e341c61747eac80e46eb47c21cf03fb7883/GoodGrief_4.png" /> <img width="1422" height="1072" width_o="1422" height_o="1072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1594ef40b6c5c727f0a4d95c18f0bbd933690f1f406bb79b1e72f3b8590ad971/GoodGrief_2.png" data-mid="179258646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1594ef40b6c5c727f0a4d95c18f0bbd933690f1f406bb79b1e72f3b8590ad971/GoodGrief_2.png" /> https://jessicasofarnos.com/Breaking-Up-2021 Fri, 19 May 2023 01:52:19 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/Breaking-Up-2021 ‘Breaking Up’ (16 minutes, 2021) A young couple's imminent demise is thrown into the spotlight when a normal Sunday turns into a conversation that changes everything they once knew about each other. <img width="1735" height="1152" width_o="1735" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b578bbbbbe455ba8ebf4a628c8fda3b965b4f02d6a47cff6e56b54d808f287f/HONOURABLE-MENTION---London-International-Web--Shorts-Film-Festival-UK---2021-1.png" data-mid="203964379" border="0" data-scale="16" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b578bbbbbe455ba8ebf4a628c8fda3b965b4f02d6a47cff6e56b54d808f287f/HONOURABLE-MENTION---London-International-Web--Shorts-Film-Festival-UK---2021-1.png" /><img width="1735" height="1152" width_o="1735" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1244a87cd1be87979561e37d9998fdb2c8f4b2a1c5a58bac292f5b2fb855d92/BEST-SHORT-FILM---Sydney-Web-Fest---2021-1.png" data-mid="203964380" border="0" data-scale="16" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1244a87cd1be87979561e37d9998fdb2c8f4b2a1c5a58bac292f5b2fb855d92/BEST-SHORT-FILM---Sydney-Web-Fest---2021-1.png" /><img width="1735" height="1152" width_o="1735" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b999ab4fa4cc7d5e77640281a6ce1fec68d3886d1bef443f3db6bd18fd99681e/BREAKTHROUGH-FEMALE-PERFORMANCE-NOMINEE---Festival-of-Cinema-NYC---2022-2.png" data-mid="203964384" border="0" data-scale="17" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b999ab4fa4cc7d5e77640281a6ce1fec68d3886d1bef443f3db6bd18fd99681e/BREAKTHROUGH-FEMALE-PERFORMANCE-NOMINEE---Festival-of-Cinema-NYC---2022-2.png" /><img width="1735" height="1152" width_o="1735" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/752977d0ec1ebed51fdb32f0b8c375147db15898153d1fa17713faf84616cb64/BREAKTHROUGH-MALE-PERFORMANCE-NOMINEE---Festival-of-Cinema-NYC---2022-3.png" data-mid="203964385" border="0" data-scale="16" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/752977d0ec1ebed51fdb32f0b8c375147db15898153d1fa17713faf84616cb64/BREAKTHROUGH-MALE-PERFORMANCE-NOMINEE---Festival-of-Cinema-NYC---2022-3.png" /><img width="1735" height="1152" width_o="1735" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c5435896b2f2779f2bd7192201a6b75033a2b71e51de8864cb1eb26ed7f5b2b/OFFICIAL-SELECTION---NoBudge---2022-1.png" data-mid="203964386" border="0" data-scale="16" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c5435896b2f2779f2bd7192201a6b75033a2b71e51de8864cb1eb26ed7f5b2b/OFFICIAL-SELECTION---NoBudge---2022-1.png" /> Trailer / Film&nbsp; - Official Selection, NoBudge 2022&nbsp; - Best Short Film, Sydney Web Fest 2021 - Honourable Mention (Best Short Film), London Web &amp; Shorts Fest 2022&nbsp; - Nominated for Best Breakout Actor and Actress, Festival of Cinema NYC 2022&nbsp; <img width="2560" height="1600" width_o="2560" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60e15ba42ead65ac64303962c40419ff435543b58b45d736af61e8d1526d8e25/Screen-Shot-2021-09-02-at-9.41.05-AM.png" data-mid="179259848" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60e15ba42ead65ac64303962c40419ff435543b58b45d736af61e8d1526d8e25/Screen-Shot-2021-09-02-at-9.41.05-AM.png" /> <img width="2550" height="1588" width_o="2550" height_o="1588" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7f205c70009539250657de58e0223286dd6661a33f1fc21bc2afac3c9217474/BREAKING-UP.png" data-mid="179259723" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7f205c70009539250657de58e0223286dd6661a33f1fc21bc2afac3c9217474/BREAKING-UP.png" /> https://jessicasofarnos.com/The-Antidote-2022 Sun, 21 May 2023 05:45:02 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/The-Antidote-2022 ‘The Antidote’ (4 minutes, 2022) A four-minute dance film that explores physical touch in times of difficulty and grief. Considering platonic intimacy through movement, the film expresses how human connection can be the antidote on days where life feels impossible. <img width="2674" height="920" width_o="2674" height_o="920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84349405f60526782b69bc4894dddd376ead833aad54be17fccc2d379e405bb2/Screen-Shot-2023-06-19-at-2.45.54-pm.png" data-mid="182506987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84349405f60526782b69bc4894dddd376ead833aad54be17fccc2d379e405bb2/Screen-Shot-2023-06-19-at-2.45.54-pm.png" /> <img width="2682" height="922" width_o="2682" height_o="922" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/111ca4126c4f08bbcf9b166306dd65222a998cec6533f3bc222758bfc7d773a3/Screen-Shot-2023-06-19-at-2.44.58-pm.png" data-mid="182506986" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/111ca4126c4f08bbcf9b166306dd65222a998cec6533f3bc222758bfc7d773a3/Screen-Shot-2023-06-19-at-2.44.58-pm.png" /> <img width="2676" height="922" width_o="2676" height_o="922" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30e1f9aa53ec9108adf00f4592ddf8d9a46cbf4805937878862b3408dfd9efd5/Screen-Shot-2023-06-19-at-2.46.52-pm.png" data-mid="182506988" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30e1f9aa53ec9108adf00f4592ddf8d9a46cbf4805937878862b3408dfd9efd5/Screen-Shot-2023-06-19-at-2.46.52-pm.png" /> https://jessicasofarnos.com/OTHER-WORK Tue, 30 May 2023 01:15:49 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/OTHER-WORK IN DEVELOPMENT GOOD GRIEF | 8x45 Drama | Supported by Screen Australia EP - Minkie Spiro &amp; Amanda Higgs WRITING THE DIP MAGAZINE ISSUE 04, SENSE OF SELF (ARTICLE) | Moving pain through practice BACKYARD STORIES (LIVE PERFORMANCE) | Writing off a season FASHION JOURNAL MAGAZINE |&nbsp;Everything I wish others knew about grieving &nbsp;BACKYARD STORIES (LIVE PERFORMANCE) |&nbsp;Leaving the jungle FASHION JOURNAL MAGAZINE |&nbsp;What it’s like losing a parent and navigating grief in your twenties, according to 6 young Australians BACKYARD STORIES (PODCAST) |&nbsp;A love letter to my New York Summer of 2019 VIEW / SUBSCRIBE to SUBSTACK | Tangere&nbsp; OTHER&nbsp; MOVEMENT DIRECTION |&nbsp;Lisa Mitchell ‘Zombie’ Music Video (Warner Music Australia)MEDIA THE CURB | Internal Worlds: Jessica Sofarnos on exploring life, grief, and living, in Australian Cinema THE CURB |&nbsp;From Kalu Oji &amp; Lucy Coleman to Melissa Anastasi &amp; Jessica Sofarnos, These Are Some of the Upcoming Interviews FASHION JOURNAL MAGAZINE | How I Got Here: Writer, Director and Actor Jess Sofarnos on trusting the process THE EBBS AND THE FLOWS |&nbsp;With Jess Sofarnos: On grief, wholehearted love and the joy of creativity THE IINISDE OUT | Navigating Grief, Acting &amp; the World of Creativity with Jess Sofarnos Full CV available on request https://jessicasofarnos.com/About-Contact Fri, 19 May 2023 01:52:21 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/About-Contact Jessica Sofarnos is an actor, writer and director from Melbourne.&nbsp; She received a Bachelor of Professional Communication majoring in Advertising &amp; Cinema Studies from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and studied in the Professional Acting Program at the William Esper Studio in New York City. Her short films have premiered at major festivals such as Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and SXSW Sydney, with further work screened by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) where they recognised her as part of the ‘Future Voices of Australian Cinema’ program. Bringing a wealth of high-scale production experience to her own creative projects, Jessica has an extensive background in premium film and television, working across titles such as TOGETHER (NEON), ALL HER FAULT (Peacock), MR. IRRELEVANT (Skydance/Paramount), and the upcoming A24 thriller HOTEL, HOTEL, HOTEL, HOTEL. Driven by character and an acute sense of empathy, her work centres around themes that pertain to relationships and loss, with a focus on young, modern life in a domestic Australian setting. Her filmography has become a distinctive exploration of personal experiences framed in a universal context, that challenge her audiences to acknowledge the emotional complexity and nuance of everyday life. She is currently in development with her Screen Australia supported series GOOD GRIEF, with EPs Minkie Spiro (3-BODY-PROBLEM, SKINS, DOWNTON ABBEY) and Amanda Higgs (THE SECRET LIFE OF US, THE SLAP), her debut feature film &amp; the book adaptation of Jayne Tuttle's memoir PARIS OR DIE. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="683" height="1024" width_o="683" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7309688135c4029faec46e495c6a0cc2d6807a25a87ecdc6b9200d7cd32d820/127A5555.jpg" data-mid="199889015" border="0" data-scale="45" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/683/i/d7309688135c4029faec46e495c6a0cc2d6807a25a87ecdc6b9200d7cd32d820/127A5555.jpg" /> ENQUIRIES&nbsp; Writing &amp; Directing: HLA - sophie.fosdickmcgrath@hlamgt.com.au Acting: Collective Talent - ryan@collectivetalent.com.au General: jessica.sofarnos@hotmail.com ︎ MUBI&nbsp; IMDb&nbsp; Vimeo https://jessicasofarnos.com/Home Fri, 19 May 2023 01:52:22 +0000 Jessica Sofarnos https://jessicasofarnos.com/Home