Abortion Party
Julia Mellen
A hypnotic, breathless, and neurotic monologue. It all starts with an abortion party, organised by the then 20-year-old director to raise money for her abortion – featuring neighbours, flatmates, gang members and bedbugs. Complicated relationships, bizarre memories and uncompromising settling of scores are laid bare, blending with a raw and minimalist DIY aesthetic. A wonderfully honest reckoning.
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 and the Metrograph Theater in NYC. She was also featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film and was later interviewed alongside Jodie Mack for Metrograph at Home.
Films by Julia Mellen
Yung Lean, Please be my Yung Love 2020
