The Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival

No Baby on Board by Julia Kots

A woman who decides not to have children embarks on a journey to donate her frozen eggs while documenting the personal stories of other childless women, exploring the diverse reasons behind their choices.

Julia Kots is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and a refugee from Ukraine. Her first narrative feature film, Inez & Doug & Kira, came out in 2020. Julia works full-time as an editor. Her award-winning short films have screened at dozens of festivals worldwide.

Screening with the shorts
Dazzling: A Timekeepers Tale by Jessica Gray
Dobrina by Hannes Rall (Germany)
Filkool by Maral Forouzesh (Iran) 

Shorts Screen First

Four Hands by Helene Sevaux (France)
Rose’s Revenge by Maryanne Galvin
Untold Legends of Comic Books Presents Bernie Wrightson
by Chris Denmead
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel by Marko Albrecht
Where's My Coffee Cup? by Yehuda Sharim

Order Subject to Change

Shorts Block A

Ramirez by Rob Levinson
My Sight is Lined with Visions by Beatrice Hoang
Late Fall by Abigail Jean Lucas & Alecia Jean Orsini Lebeda

International Shorts

Meow by Sarah Meital Benjamin (Israel)

OMG by Tania Watson (Spain, UK)

She Said So by Madeline Clayton (Australia)
Home Base by Amit Kra (Israel)
Adas Falasteen by Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini & Samar Taher Lulu (Palestine)
Suspicious Minds by Imelda O’Reilly (Ireland)
Frame by Farshad Sharifi (Iran)
Pica by Sepide Berenji (Iran

Mobile Feature

Depressed Terrestrial by Steven Bouffard & Craig Dunlavey    

Ellis was never happier than when he was befriended by a stray alien as a child. After it left, Ellis's heart broke and he was never happy again. 20 years later, awaiting contact in the desert, Ellis's girlfriend hires a paranormal therapist to help find what's missing.

Screening with Shorts
Now Smile by Miguel Lopez de Leon
The Onset of Fear by Jacob Barnes    

Shorts Screen First

Series Screening

Impostor Syndrome Series
 by Wednesday Klevisha

A surreal variety show unraveling
the layers of impostor syndrome.

Episodes 1 - 3

Experimental Feature (Italy)

La Buona Educazione by Domenico De Ceglia 

The education of Gabriele, a troubled boy with a troubled past, sparks a profound reflection on educational systems, revealing their contradictions and blind spots. His mysterious disappearance will expose every single inconsistency, calling into question the very foundations of education and its ethical implications.

International Feature (Lebanon)

City Exterminator by Christophe Karabache

Nabil, an ambitious engineer, has a totalitarian project to transform the city of Beirut.

He wants to destroy everything in order to rebuild it, doing so by implanting vitalist AI bombs into human bodies.

But things don’t go as planned.

Shorts Block
 B

Off-Off-Off-Off-Broadway by Tom Anastasi

The Things We Do by Clotilde Delavennat

Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna
Say Hello by David Graziano
I’m The Hero by Dan Bartlett

Into Reality by Matt Gorman
Drowned by Ryan Nunes    

Order Subject to Change

Feature Anthology

 by Marvin Suarez



Screens with the shorts
Her ’83 by Julia Schnar, Mikela Picard, Haley Ruccio
Worm Girl by Drew Dammron 



Shorts Screen First


The Freaks Go Marching by Jerry Landi


Screens with the Shorts
Old Friends by Ally May
Partus by Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Ice Scream by Charlotte St-Louis & Antony Boudreau Savoie

Shorts Screen First

Wrecked by S.D. (Stormy Daniels) Barrett


 
The film follows a classic coming-of-age story that morphs into a gory urban legend, centering on a 20-year-old bitchy cheerleader named Lily. Things take a twisted turn when her hidden, evil, psychopathic nature is revealed.

Screening with
Mother Grimm by Jason Lake

Shorts Screen First

Experimental Shorts

The Geologic Record of My Heart by Joanne Burke
Somnus by Hicham Chérif d’Ouazzane (Canada)
You Are Not a Memorial by Jaina Cipriano
Glass in Motion by Amanda Reid

Kissing the Lipless by Amanda Besl

Ant Girl by Amanda Besl
Dog in the Manger by Jacob Varney
Trade by Adam Tocci
Finale/Interlude 2: "Cast Aside” by Marco Steel
Erotikafka by Ramzi Abed
Piano Man by Fritz Kohle (Netherlands)

Horror Shorts

Rash by Lyssa Samuel
Silver String by Getulio Ribeiro (Brazil)
Human Resource by Henry Chaisson
Shift by Bridgette Cannell

Horror Stories by the Campfire by Shana Figueroa
Summoning Sickness by Erica Stockwell-Alpert

Do You Hear What I Hear? By Manny Serrano
Infectum
(A Possession) by John Westcott
Noctis Monstorum by Patrick J Rahall & Ashes Homon-Rahall
Eviction by Ashes Homon-Rahall

Shorts Block C

So You Want To Steal a Kidney by Kristen Falso-Capaldi

Nice Lady by Jessica Weber Kass                        

Pigskin by Tishna Lodi

Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna
Sit With Me When I Die by Brian Russell

It’s Time by Darcy Lally
Steeped in Denial by Sue Farina
The Wing by Mary O'Connell
Chore Wheel by Rylie Field     

Order Subject to Change

Shorts Block D

World Premiere of the Women In Film Fellowship Short - Manic by Amelia Favata
Paid Debt by Luke McDonough & Jim McDonough
Street Muse by Beth Cloutier
Frankslist by Christine Celozzi
Down The Hatch by Alexandra Lukina
Blue by Marco J Sandoval
Chicken Out by Law Ferreira
Michael Solace by Chris Esper
Migraine Protocol by Stephen Bisaccia
A Genre Fluid Film by Adam (Jessica) Griswald
The Myth of Sysiphus by Elahe Saberi (Iran)
Awake by Kelsey Tarantino
The Absolute Maximum by Hunter Douangsavanh

SSFF Awards and Pizza Party