Qing Shao

May, 15, confronts that her best friend has a closer relationship to her mom than her, threatening the ties that hold them all together.

Inspired by true experiences of grief, girlhood, and growing up, Jessie Barr’s SOPHIE JONES provides a stirring portrait of a sixteen-year-old. Stunned by the untimely death of her mother and struggling with the myriad challenges of teendom, Sophie (played with striking immediacy by the director’s cousin Jessica Barr) tries everything she can to feel something again, while holding herself together, in this sensitive, acutely realized, and utterly relatable coming-of-age story.

A 16 year-old ice hockey player on an all-girls' high school team tries to repair her relationship with her teammate while preparing for the team's prequalifying game.