Head on over to the Bearsville Center's outdoor lawn on June 17th @ 9pm for a special solar-powered screening of WFF alum Emma Seligman's new film SHIVA BABY presented in collaboration with Oscillation Transia Film Festival and courtesy of Utopia. The screening will be accompanied by an intro and Q&A with the film's producers.

After screening as a short at the 2018 Woodstock Film Festival, SHIVA BABY was adapted into a feature-length film.

Doors open at 7pm. Food and drink are available for purchase at the newly redone Bearsville Center from vendors such as Nancy's Artisanal Creamery, The Bear Cantina and The Little Bear. No outside food or beverages are permitted. Socially distanced seating will be provided, but guests are free to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets.

Tickets are $15 per guest.

ABOUT THE FILM:

A near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her neurotic parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various estranged relatives about her appearance and lack of post-grad plans, while her confident ex-girlfriend, Maya, is applauded by everyone for getting into law school. Danielle's day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy, Max, arrives at the shiva with his accomplished wife, Kim, and crying baby. As the day unfolds, Danielle struggles to keep up different versions of herself, fend off pressures from her family and confront her insecurities without completely losing it.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:

Emma Seligman is a Canadian filmmaker based in New York. She expanded her SXSW short film, SHIVA BABY, which screened at the 2018 Woodstock Film Festival, into a feature film starring Rachel Sennott, Polly Draper, Dianna Agron, Molly Gordon, Fred Melamed and Danny Deferrari. Shiva Baby, the feature film, was selected to play at SXSW, TIFF, Outfest, Melbourne International Film Festival, Deauville American Film Festival and many others. It has received rave reviews and was acquired for distribution by Utopia.