Carjack

Director: Jeremiah Jones, 2011, USA, 17 minutes, Cast: Marsh Mokhtari [in person], Mo McRae, Skyler Brigmann

Charlie, a career carjacker, hits an unexpected snag when he jacks a car with a terrified child, Jack, asleep in the backseat. An exciting car chase ensues and Charlie soon realizes that the car’s driver, Michael, is not Jack’s father at all, but a murderous kidnapper who intends to kill Jack once he gets his ransom money. But Jack finds a new friend and unlikely champion in Charlie, who isn’t about to let that happen…

Jeremiah Jones

Jeremiah Jones began his career as a commercial director, working with such talents as Magic Johnson, Cheech Marin and Cedric the Entertainer, eventually earning the ADDY award for Excellence in Advertising. Jones also directed the award winning Heinz Worldwide commercial which premiered during the 2010 US super bowl. He then completed his action packed short film CARJACK which has swept the festival circuit, qualified for the Academy Awards and has been acquired for international distribution by Magnolia Pictures shorts arm, Shorts International. Jones has also been featured as a “Director to Watch” on ABC’s Good Morning America, won the 2010 Telly Award and 2011 Summit Award for directorial achievement.