Shell
A 4citizens Filmworks www.4citizens.com and Red Palette Pictures co-production
Sea. Sand. Sun. Two children meet on a beach. The boy is black, the girl white. At eight, life is beautiful and simple. But not for their parents, who had a past liaison. They reignite their relationship, but their reunion inadvertently destroys the children's paradise -- washing it into the sea.
Shell is the first of five short films that will make up the planned feature film Apples and Seeds. Each story will be about children’s formative experiences in which adults play an important role but are often unaware of their influence.
3. Narrative short, 15 minutes, English, 2009

Awards
- Honorable Mention, Rochester/HF International Film Festival
- Honorable Mention, The Accolade Film Awards
- Official Selection, 2008 New York Short Film Festival
- Official Selection, Festival de Cine Internacional de Barcelona
- Official Selection, San Diego Black Film Festival
Screenings
- Big Apple Film Festival (New York City)
- Cinewomen NY Special Presentation/Non-Violence International Film Festival (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
- Blue Wire Film Festival (Hollywood, CA)
- Austin Women's Film, Music & Literary FestivalReel Festival for Women (Beverly Hills, California)
- Soho House in January 2010, NYC
- The Tank, NYC
Production team
- Writer/Director - Yelena Demikovsky
- Executive Producer - Brian Singh
- Director of Photography - Sergei Rakhomiagui
- Production Design - Anabela Zigova
- Editors - Ron Kalish, Fatima Benbrahim
- Sound Editors - Ron Kalish, John Burns
- Composers - Victor, Nikita, and Alex Pozdnyakov
Actors
- Rose Sias
- Jean Brassard
- Giovanna Hooton
- Sherman Cravens
