Jess X. Snow (Directing)

Jess X. Snow is a filmmaker, multi-disciplinary artist, and author. Born in Canada, of JiangXi Chinese heritage, through a wide range of mediums and genres and a dream-like lens, their work explores intergenerational healing, migration, surrealism, multispecies justice, and abolitionist futures. After completing their MFA in screenwriting and directing from the Graduate Film Program at NYU, they were named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Their genre-defying short films unveil how flawed diasporic people live, heal and refuse with bold visuals and poetic lyricism. They screened at over 40+ festivals in five continents; including BlackStar, New Orleans, Ann Arbor, Outfest, Frameline and Durban International Film Festival (Special Mention). Their latest short, ROOTS THAT REACH TOWARD THE SKY (2024) premiered at the 68th BFI London Film Festival. They are in late development for WHEN THE RIVER SPLIT OPEN, their debut fiction feature; a surreal road movie supported by...Read More