The Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival

The Harrow by Jimmy Martin
Out: A Short Film by Seth Chitwood
Get In by Nicholas Jon Beaubien & Mike Brown
S.P.I.C. by Heidi Miami Marshall
Witness by Aida Tebianian
Worth It by Kristina Thomas
The Garden by Troy Minkowsky

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From Good Homes: Charlie Loves Our Band by Victor Guadagno

A story of the band From Good Homes - the best band you’ve never heard of. In their song “Charlie Hogan”, From Good Homes describe that some nights, “he’s the only person in the stands”. Through decades of performing, in small bars in northern NJ, to some of the biggest venues, supporting some of the biggest artists, the music of From Good Homes persists. This film uncovers the musical and social influences of the late-1980’s and 90's that fueled this band’s long journey, and continues to inspire new “Charlie Hogans” along the way! A celebration of a musical catalog that the world needs to hear!

The Wheel of Heaven by Joe Badon

A woman caught up in predatory relationships is thrown into a multi-layered world of choices after she discovers a mystical book in a thrift store.

Screening with the short Neurosis by Lelyn Mac.

Shorts screen first.

Wallie's Gals by Mary C. Ferrara

It's 1989 and "Wallie's Big Deals" isn't doing too well due to competition, so the employees, affectionately called “Wallie’s Gals,” use their unique personalities to get more business. Fast forward 30 years, Maxine, the store’s manager, needs them back.

Screening with the shorts -
Ocean's Child by Marilyn Swick & Laura Koons
The Antique by Hannah Perry Shepherd

Shorts Screen First

Fang by Richard Burgin

It's winter in Chicago and Billy Cochran (Dylan LaRay) can't stop alienating the people around him. His mother Gina (Lynn Lowry) is in and out of the hospital and her mind is breaking down, caught between her glory days as a Southern belle and her current state of decay. One night, Billy gets an unexpected visitor: a rat that springs out of his bathroom and bites him. At first, everything seems okay. Billy comes home, drowsy from the tetanus shot, and bonds with Gina's lovely new caregiver Myra (Jess Paul). Then the rat fur appears. It grows out of Billy's skin, then goes away like it was never there. The more Billy looks in the mirror and scratches, the more he's forced to face the unthinkable: he might be turning into a rat. Billy is plunged into a waking nightmare where he slowly discovers the truth about himself as he unleashes the ferocious depths of the human and rodent soul.

Screening with the short They Don't Leave by Caz McGovern

Shorts screen first.

Drawing in the Sky by Shoko Ito

Four hundred years ago the most powerful Samurai Japan has seen, ruled over most of the country. His name was Oda-Nobunaga. Although he loved his sister, Oichi-No-Kata very much, he forced her to marry an enemy Samurai from the Asai family. Thus Oichi-No-Kata had to lead an unhappy life.

After some years, however, Nobunaga lost his power when his own followers defeated him. Just before Nobunaga commits ritual suicide, the Demi-god offers him a chance to repeat his life, but this time in the chaotic urban jungle of Tokyo in the year 1994. After the first moment of confusion, Nobunaga finds the woman who is supposed to guide him.

But the past even after 400 years is always in his mind. He cannot stop thinking about what he did wrong. He is convinced that Oichi-No-Kata now hates him. He would like to prove his love for her but he does not know how.

Shown with the shorts -
Trauma Bond by Jaina Cipriano

Don’t Neg Meg by Ann Marie Allison

Shorts Screen First

Step Right Up by Kris Salvi
H.P. Lovecraft's Celephaïs by Michael Neel
Gnashing in Gehenna by Christopher McKinney
Three A.M. by Karin Trachtenberg

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Disorienting Dick by Richard Griffin

Richard "Dick" Whiteman is a seemingly "normal" young man with a perfectly normal girlfriend. But Dick's life is about to be turned upside down when he is kidnapped by the evil Hippocampus Clinic, who intend to use radical psychotherapy to turn him into the ultimate right-wing political candidate.

ONLYHUMAN by Yana Klimova-Yusupova

Sasha (a 30 year old orphan) and his girlfriend Laura are preparing to move from Russia to Spain. But there is a hidden problem: Sasha merely pretends to be a happy person. When he ultimately finds his mother, who gave him away as a newborn over 30 years ago, he comes to realize that he cannot carry on pretending as if everything was ok. He literally tries to go back in time in order to forgive the person who supposed be his mother.

*THE FILM HAS BEEN BANNED IN RUSSIA*
Chulpan Khamatova, the most famous actress in Russia (who played one of the main roles in ONLYHUMAN) spoke about how she is against the Russian War in Ukraine which led to the film being banned.

Women Captains by Phil Comeau

Marilyn fishes lobster with her father and dreams of becoming a captain herself. She meets other determined women captains who encourage her. But, when her husband suddenly dies in an accident, she becomes a single mother and questions her dream.

Healing Waters Film by Derek E Johnson & Ali Scattergood

Linda Troeller is an art documentarian who is known for creating sensual images inside sublime water environments that were inspired by her childhood exposure to the healing powers of water. In this biographical film, we discover the intimate relationships between water, the female gaze, and a resident artist from the Hotel Chelsea. Healing Waters explores Linda's work with key figures in the art industry who examine her as a valued contributor to the first generation feminists movement.

This film depicts the journey of a world-renowned artist from conception to discovery and the manifestation of major works of art that have had a profound influence on social ideologies concerning water and healing around the world. Linda Troeller has lived for over two decades in the Hotel Chelsea in New York City. Her work has appeared extensively in galleries and in print. In Healing Waters, we will discover how she found success as an artist and come to understand the journey she has undertaken - a journey that continues today.

Screening with the short documentary Turning The Page by Weiying Olivia Huang.

Shorts Screen First

In The Weeds by Clayton Allis & Doug E. Doug

Shaunte, a free-spirited girl from Harlem, has fallen for K, a handsome transplant from London, whose mental scars have been awoken by the pandemic. The remedy, Shaunte believes, is outside, everywhere, from medicinal weeds sprouting out of sidewalks in the Bronx, to magic mushrooms in Queens. K is falling in love too, but afraid to leave his apartment. Meanwhile, Larry, Shaunte’s chronically suspicious father, has been running all over NYC looking for her. Larry’s floral business has gone under, and he’s desperate to make amends, but why will no one tell him where she is?

When K finally leaves his apartment, he goes in search of Shaunte with the help of a couple of quirky brujos, or healing witches, who send him on a mind-opening trip. At the same time, Larry winds up in the middle of a rally on the Brooklyn bridge and realizes why he cannot find Shaunte.

Screening with the shorts
Wuss by Nadine Wilson
Reckless Spirit by Vee Hua

Shorts Screen First.

Unpacking by Alexandra Clayton & Michal Sinnott

Six women, sold on the promise of radical transformation, travel to Bali into the hands of an influencer guru and get slapped with reality: change is messy AF.

Screening with the short Ortolan by Tracy Mathewson

Are We There YET by Marisa L.R. Prince
Not Another Ballot Story by Emily R Packer
Fair by Amira Rose Stone & Elle Rose Rinaldi
Ivy Grace by Allie Delury & Mariah Harkey
Intersecting Voices by Hart Ginsburg
Traces of Rocco by Marina Resta

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White Gaze by ETA
Four Killers and a Liar by Adam Griswold 

Carolina Shag by Adam Newman 

Dispatch by Aeryn Lee
Mr. Winslow’s Bell by Jimmy Martin

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LIMITED SEATING

The Sleepover by Clara Porter
Playtime of the Dead by Grace Rowntree & Joanna Rowntree

Her Ghost by Jade Kerry
The Stich by Yashira Ponce
Conceived from Dreams by Annika Patricia Murdock

Indecision by Callie Carpinteri
Swing 46 by Jay Kay
Motel by Carolin Harvey
The Long Dark Spring Break by Shana Figueroa
Blossoming by Lauren Musgrove
Dungeon Cave by Tobin Cleary

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From the Void with Love by Richard Chandler
#BOSSBABE by Kassy Gascho
The Other by Negah Sohrabi
Pray by Amber Chilton

Good Looking Out by Seth Chatfield
Devil on Derby Street by Luke St. Germaine
Don’t Fret The Devil by Law Ferreira 

Killing with Kindness by Patrick Rahall
Routine by Russ Emanuel
Feeder by Andrzej Danis
Always Wear Comfortable Shoes by Angie Hansen

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LIMITED SEATING

Sombras by Hart Ginsburg
Yar (friend) by Fran Menchon
Homecoming by Nicole Rinaldi
Waiting on the 829 by Allison Chaves
From Tears to Stars by Dhananjaya Kumar
Motherlode by Grace Perry

Lobster Spouse by Michael Elliott Dennis

The Panic Attack by Miguel Lopez de Leon
Capra by Adam Tocci

Latte by Hart Ginsburg

The Voice Said Joan by Christopher Rohrbeck
Dawn of Death by Armin Rajaei
Ghost Leave by Miguel Lopez de Leon

I, The Camera by Jimmy Jackson
Scollay Square Station by Niles Larson
Free Like Seagulls by Jerry Landi

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Mrs. Holloway by Connor Morley
Late Night Radio Show by Chris Denmead
Time, Space, Motion & Kissing by Michael A. LoCicero
Subtle Signs by Darcy Lally

Dibs on Mars by Julia Tutko-Balena

After the Beep by Ryan Nunes
Waking Up by Matt Gorman

Clean Up Duty by Christopher Di Nunzio
Earth Day by Samantha Rose Valletta & Shawn Gauvin
Making Room by Jessica Alexandra Green
One Room by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid

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WOMEN IN FILM FELLOWSHIP SHORT
First Refusal by Courtney Sanello
An Occurrence by Dien Vo
Follower by Scott W. Perry

Venus by Esmeralda Seay-Reynolds
Cup of Tea by Diana Porter
My Over There by Bob Celli
My Little Caregiver by Sam Solomon & Goldmond Fong

Rumble Riot by Joey Min

The Perfect Day by John Lynch

The Surrogate by Erica Stockwell-Alpert

Don’t Be a Coward by Lana Marks

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