Jason Jacobs
Jason Jacobs is a writer and director.
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Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar are co-writers and co-directors on multiple projects in film, documentary, theatre, animation, and series. In August 2023, their first feature Carissa (filmed in Wupperthal) and their short film Brakwater (filmed in Kharkams) were in post-production. They have been selected for Durban FilmMart, Gotham Film Week in New York, IFFR CineMart in Rotterdam, and the Final Cut lab at the Venice Film Festival.
They have also been selected for the Drama International Short Film Festival in Greece, the Franconia Writers’ Residency in Minnesota for a non-human animation project in development, the 2022 NFF-NFVF Thuthuka Fund, and are also fellows of the 2022 Oxbelly Screenwriters & Directors Lab in Greece and the 2023 Cape Town International Animation Festival.
Their play, Kontrapunt, was showcased at Teksmark 2023.
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Teksmark 2023 programme
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