Abortion Party
Spain / 2025 / 13'
Plot
After managing to scrape together money to pay for an abortion after her Polish exchange student boyfriend gets her pregnant, the director decides to celebrate with a party. In attendance are her geriatric ska musician neighbor, semi-retired gang affiliates, her dirty gay roommate, and ever present bedbugs.
Full Cast and Crew
Director:
Julia Mellen
Producer:
Julia Mellen
Film Editing:
Julia Mellen
Sound:
Julia Mellen
Póster Oficial
Director
Julia Mellen
Julia Mellen is a Brazilian American filmmaker living in Madrid. Her first film was Yung Lean, Please be my Yung Love, which has been shown at the London Short Film Festival, Metrograph Theater in NYC, and more. She was also featured in Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film and later interviewed alongside Jodie Mack for Metrograph at Home.
Festivals and Awards
FID Marseille 2025
VIFF 2025
SEMINCI Valladolid 2025
