SHELL
A 4 Citizens Filmworks & 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.

Narrative short: 16 1/2 minutes, English, color

Awards:

Honorable Mention,
Rochester/HF International Film Festival

Honorable Mention,
The Accolade Film Awards (www.accoladecompetition.org/Film)

Film Festivals:

Blue Wire Film Festival (Hollywood, CA)
Austin Women's Film, Music & Literary Festival
Festival de Cine Internacional de Barcelona
San Diego Black Film Festival

Production team:

Executive Producer - Brian Singh
Producer - Thierry Ngooh

Creative team:

Writer/Director - Yelena Demikovsky
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 Pozdniakov
www.realmusic.ru/nikita_pozdnyakov
www.realmusic.ru/sasha_pozdnyakov


Actors:

Rose Sias
Jean Brassard
Giovanna Hooton
Sherman Cravens

Production stills:

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