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: 15 minutes, English

Awards:

Honorable Mention,
Rochester/HF International Film Festival

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

Official Selection, 2008 New York Short Film Festival

Official Selection, Festival de Cine Internacional de Barcelona

Official Selection, San Diego Black Film Festival

Film Festivals:

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 Festival
Reel Festival for Women (Beverly Hills, California)

Screenings:

Shell was screened at the Tank (354 West 47th Street, Manhattan) on March 18, 2009.

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
www.realmusic.ru/nikita_pozdnyakov
www.realmusic.ru/sasha_pozdnyakov


Actors:

Rose Sias
Jean Brassard
Giovanna Hooton
Sherman Cravens

Production stills:

Film stills: