What happens when a film about AI meets a world that has changed dramatically since it was made?

When The Artifice Girl first made its mark in 2022, the questions it raised felt like the future. How do those questions land today? What feels different now? And what does filmmaker Franklin Ritch think about a world catching up with the ideas his film explored?

For our next JAX Film Salon, we’re bringing Franklin’s acclaimed debut feature to the big screen, followed by an intimate conversation with Franklin and his team about the stories behind it.

Starring sci-fi legend Lance Henriksen, The Artifice Girl won the Golden Audience Award at Fantasia International Film Festival, became the #1 independent film on iTunes, and earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination. One critic called it “the most technologically timely film I had the chance to see.”

And Franklin lives and teaches right here in Jacksonville.

This is our first full-length feature at the Salon, and our first Wednesday screening.

📅 Wednesday, November 11 · 7:15 PM
📍 JAX Film Salon at BABS’LAB
🎟 Seating is limited. Tickets are available now. Be in the room.

A conversation in the dark.

Monthly Story Slam celebrating oral storytelling by offering a safe space for audience members to share a 5 minute lived experience inspired by the theme. This month our theme is: NOW WHAT? Bring us your stories of unexpected turns, fresh starts, spectacular detours, and figuring it out when the road ahead isn’t exactly marked.

Because whether you’re flying solo or part of the chorus, NOW WHAT? is where the story begins.