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awards + lists
Best Director | Lost Weekend Film Festival (Alamo Drafthouse, Winchester) 2022
Best Feature | Americana Film Festival (NEXT) Barcelona, Spain - 2022
Oregon Made Film Grant 2019
PRESS hiGHlights
“A poignant exploration of this arduous age, rooted in staggering authenticity…a fully realized portrait of grief that’s universal in its texture.” - Variety
“A refreshing, deeply human meditation on girlhood, sex, and grief…Coming-of-age at its best. A quiet, brilliant film.” — The Playlist
“Director Barr’s intimate filmmaking finds the space to cover a multitude of moments in Sophie’s life that add up to something profound.” - Indiewire
Indie Drama Respects the Growing Pains of Girlhood and Grief - VARIETY
All the Pain of the High School Experience, Plus a Bitter Grief - INDIEWIRE
‘Sophie Jones’ Is Indie Coming-Of-Age At Its Best -THE PLAYLIST
Q&A with Jessie Barr and Nicole Holofcener - NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
Sophie Jones Review - ROGER EBERT
Oscilloscope Laboratories Acquires Jessie Barr’s Teen Drama ‘Sophie Jones’ - DEADLINE
‘Euphoria’ Meets ‘Ladybird’ in ‘Sophie Jones’ - SCREEN QUEENS
The 25 Fall Festival Films You Can – and Should – See at Home - MOVEABLEFEST
[Mar Del Plata 2020] Growing up in Grief - ESCRIBIENDOCINE
[Mar Del Plata 2020] Love and Death - CALGARI
[DEAUVILLE 2020] Sophie Jones : le female gaze l’emporte -CINÉMATRAQUE
[DEAUVILLE 2020] 3 réalisatrices du cinéma indépendant américain à suivre de près -MADMOIZELLE
[DEAUVILLE 2020] Sophie Jones : Aime-moi - UN CE FAIT UN CINE
Deauville Fest to Showcase 10 Movies From Cannes 2020 Official Selection - VARIETY
14 US titles playing in competition at the Deauville American Film Festival - SCREEN DAILY
One of the most authentic explorations of grief on film - NEXT BEST PICTURE
“Sophie Jones” Finds Truth in Adolescent Turmoil - THE SPOOL
Life Looks Different After a Death in Jessie Barr’s Vital “Sophie Jones” - MOVEABLEFEST
“Jessie Barr’s naturalistic approach to the film envelopes you in this world, placing you back in the headspace of being a teenager, regardless of your gender.” — AWARDS RADAR
“Jessie Barr’s feature directing debut contains a multitude of sensitivity and care. A tenderness washes over the entire film.” — THE FILM STAGE
“SOPHIE JONES succeeds where others often haven’t based on the value of putting authenticity first.” — AWARDS RADAR
It would be nice if there were more movies like this, but few have the talent to make them this well — to take a human-scale story and make it feel, not bigger than life, but as grand-scale as life actually is. — SF CHRONICLE
“Coming-of-age done right.” — AWARDS RADAR
“‘Euphoria’ Meets ‘Ladybird’” — SCREEN QUEENS
“Jessie Barr’s debut feature announces the writer/director as a talent to watch…outstanding first feature from writer/director Jessie Barr.” — THE SPOOL
“SOPHIE JONES is one of the most authentic explorations of grief on film.” — NEXT BEST PICTURE