Abortion Party

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Spain | 13' | 07/2025 | documentary

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 roomate, and ever present bedbugs.

“Highly contemporary in its parlance, yet nostalgia-driven in its simple formal components”
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Julia Mellen

Biography

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”.

Filmography

● Yung Lean, Please be my Yung Love – 20 min – 2020 – animated documentary
● Abortion Party – 13 min – 2025 – animated documentary

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Crew

Director: Julia Mellen
Producer: Julia Mellen
Image: Julia Mellen
Sound Design: Julia Mellen
Editor: Julia Mellen

Festivals

20+ selections

Select highlights: 

  • FIDMarseille, France (8 – 13 July, 2025)
    Flash Competition Won: Alice Guy Award
  • Actoral Festival, France (13 September – 11 October, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada (2 – 12 October, 2025)
    Modes Program
  • Cinespaña – Toulouse Spanish Film Festival, France (6 – 12 October, 2025)
    Relampagos programme
  • Film Fest Gent, Belgium (9 – 20 October, 2025)
    International Competition 
  • FICValdivia – Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia, Chile (13 – 19 October, 2025)
    New Pathways Program
  • Chicago International Film Festival, United States (15 – 26 October, 2025)
    Animated Short Film Competition
  • Adelaide Film Festival, Australia (15 – 26 October, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden (20 – 26 October, 2025)
    Laughing at the End of the World
  • SEMINCI – Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain (24 October – 1 November, 2025)
    Competition Special Mention
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (4 – 9 November, 2025)
    International Competition 

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Press Materials

EPK: Click here

Stills & directors’ photos: Click here

Dialogue lists – English & Spanish: Click here

Downloadable trailer: Vimeo & Youtube 

Excerpts: Coming soon

 

Socials:

Instagram: @lugubria8

Press quotes

“Highly contemporary in its parlance, yet nostalgia-driven in its simple formal components”
Review: Öykü Sofuoğlu – FIDMarseille 2025 — Dispatch 4: Selected Short Films

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