The Balticon Sunday Short Science Fiction Film Festival (BS³F³) features independently produced short films from around the world, including live action and animated films in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. Awards are given based on audience preferences.

In 2024, the Balticon Sunday Short Science Fiction Film Festival  (BS³F³) took place on Sunday evening at 7:00pm. We will thrill  festival attendees with independently produced short films from around the region and across the globe. BS³F³ features live action and animated films in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror from some of the best independent filmmakers this side of the Crab Nebula.

Schedule of Events

8am
Baltikids Bagel Breakfast-- Saturday
Room 7006, 8am - 9:45am

8:30am
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Room 6015, 8:30am - 10am

9am

Shabbat Discussion
James, 9am - 10am

Miniature Painting Workshop (Session 2)
Private Dining Room, 9am - 12pm

Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School [14+][CHILD] Episodes 1-2
Room 8006, 9am - 10am

Game Demo: Space Cats Fight Fascism
Watertable B Table 2, 9am - 12pm

10am

Autographs: Sara Pinsker and David Simms
5th Floor Lobby, 10am - 11am

The Cat Really is out to Get You!
Federal Hill, 10am - 11am

Mommy Issues
Gibson, 10am - 11am

Writing HoH and Deaf Characters
Guilford, 10am - 11am

A Mite-y Powerful Technology
Homeland, 10am - 11am

FMA Brotherhood: A Fan Retrospective
James, 10am - 11am

I am the Very Model...
Kent, 10am - 11am

Beading Workshop
Maryland Ballroom AB, 10am - 12pm

Foley Artist Presentation
Maryland Ballroom CD, 10am - 11am

Storytelling: Now and in the Future
Mount Washington, 10am - 11am

Underutilized Bases for Magic Systems
Pride of Baltimore II, 10am - 11am

Intro to 3D Printing
Room 10006, 10am - 11:30am

Oz the Great and Powerful
Room 6015, 10am - 12:15pm

Play Dough
Room 7006, 10am - 10:45am

Maryland Costumers and Cosplayers Yard Sale
Room 7029, 10am - 11am

The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World [14+][CHILD] Episodes 1-4
Room 8006, 10am - 12pm

Speculative Poetry Writing Workshop
Room 8029, 10am - 12pm

Short Fire Readings: Carroll, DeMarce, Johnson, Scott, Vibbert
St. George, 10am - 11:30am

Lessons From Cyberspace
Virtual Panel Room 1, 10am - 11am

Sex, Sexuality, and Worldbuilding
Virtual Panel Room 2, 10am - 11am

Game Demo: Things in Rings
Watertable B Table 3, 10am - 2pm

10:45am
Fun with Science with Brent Warner
Room 7006, 10:45am - 11:30am

11am

First Timers and Friends! (Meet-n-greet and tour)
Baltimore Ballroom A, 11am - 12:30pm

11:30am

Autographs: Bjorn Hasseler and Virginia DeMarce
5th Floor Lobby, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Reading: Young Writer's Contest Winners
Federal Hill, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Traditional Publishing Scares Me: How to Traditionally Publish Your Book
Gibson, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Lawyers in Space
Guilford, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Complexity in the Universe
Homeland, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Makeup for Stage and Hall Costumes
James, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Arranging Songs and Making Them Your Own
Kent, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Heinlein award winner interview
Maryland Ballroom CD, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Revolutions are Messy
Mount Washington, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Hula Hooping with Patches
Patio, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Everybody Eats
Pride of Baltimore II, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Intermediate 3D Printing
Room 10006, 11:30am - 1pm

Closed for Lunch-- Saturday
Room 7006, 11:30am - 12:15pm

GMing: Thinking on Your Feet
St. George, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Juggling POV
Virtual Panel Room 1, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Morality and Ethics for the Non-Human
Virtual Panel Room 2, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Virtual Concert: Lawrence Dean
Virtual Room 3, 11:30am - 12:30pm

12pm

Shabbat Lunch with Fen
Room 7029, 12pm - 2pm

Astro Note [14+][CHILD] Episodes 1-4
Room 8006, 12pm - 2pm

Worldbuilding: Creating Religions for Your SFF Story
Room 8029, 12pm - 2pm

Porcelain Souls: Covenant Broken, Covenant Restored (Demo 1)
Watertable A Table 1, 12pm - 4pm

Porcelain Souls: Covenant Broken, Covenant Restored (Demo 4)
Watertable A Table 2, 12pm - 4pm

Pathfinder 1e: From the Blackness (Pt 2)
Watertable A Table 3, 12pm - 4pm

Game Demo: Tesseract
Watertable B Table 1, 12pm - 4pm

Game Demo: Abducktion
Watertable B Table 2, 12pm - 2pm

MTG Draft Tournament
Watertable C, 12pm - 6pm

12:15pm

BeetleJuice (1986)
Room 6015, 12:15pm - 1:45pm

Ancient Life for Young People
Room 7006, 12:15pm - 1pm

1pm

Autographs: Doc Colemand and Bryant Johnson
5th Floor Lobby, 1pm - 2pm

Wonderful News for Vampires---Synthetic blood (True Blood?) is being developed
Federal Hill, 1pm - 2pm

A Manifesto is not a Novel
Gibson, 1pm - 2pm

Morality and Ethics for the Non-Human
Guilford, 1pm - 2pm

Interview with GoH Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Homeland, 1pm - 2pm

Wigging Out: A Beginner's Guide to Cosplay Wigs
James, 1pm - 2pm

Concert: Tavair Dominque
Kent, 1pm - 2pm

Writing the Right Textiles
Mount Washington, 1pm - 2pm

There's History, Then There's Real History
Pride of Baltimore II, 1pm - 2pm

Minecraft Mosaics
Room 7006, 1pm - 1:45pm

Short Fire Readings: Asaro, Jenne, Mignogna, Rose, Weber
St. George, 1pm - 2:30pm

Space Westerns - Old Genre, New Weapons?
Virtual Panel Room 1, 1pm - 2pm

Self-Editing Strategies
Virtual Panel Room 2, 1pm - 2pm

Virtual Concert: Ada Palmer
Virtual Room 3, 1pm - 2pm

1:30pm
Make a "Leather" Vambrace
Maryland Ballroom AB, 1:30pm - 3pm

1:45pm

Apartment 7A (2024)
Room 6015, 1:45pm - 3pm

Cosmic Cookie Decorating
Room 7006, 1:45pm - 2:30pm

2pm

ZENSHU [14+][TEEN] Episodes 5-9
Room 8006, 2pm - 4:30pm

Better Beta Reading: Both Sides of the Pen
Room 8029, 2pm - 4pm

Game Demo: Rebel Princess
Watertable B Table 2, 2pm - 5pm

2:30pm

Autographs: Robert Sawyer and Charles Gannon
5th Floor Lobby, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

LGBT+ Tea Social
Club Lounge, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Speculative Poetry Open Mic and Contest Winners Reading
Federal Hill, 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Permutations: A Return to Well World
Gibson, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Editors Can be Your Friends
Guilford, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel Prizes
Homeland, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

What Makes a Good Player
James, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Concert: George Hrab
Kent, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Character Building
Mount Washington, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Writing Trauma Responses Responsibly
Pride of Baltimore II, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Functional 3D Printing for Cosplay
Room 10006, 2:30pm - 4pm

Me and the Bears Storytelling with Bill Mayhew
Room 7006, 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Love in Our Fiction
Room 7029, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

It's all in the Footnotes: Storyless Storytelling
St. George, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

It's Life, But Not As We Know It
Virtual Panel Room 1, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Portrayal Doesn’t Mean Advocacy
Virtual Panel Room 2, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Marketing for the Indie
Virtual Room 3, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

3pm

Faces of the Undead Special Presentation
Room 6015, 3pm - 4pm

Game Demo: Wondrous Creatures
Watertable B Table 3, 3pm - 6pm

3:15pm
Rewriting the Animal Kingdom
Room 7006, 3:15pm - 4pm

4pm

Autographs: Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Micaiah Johnson
5th Floor Lobby, 4pm - 5pm

Book Launch: The Brotherhood of Rain and Cinder
Baltimore Ballroom A, 4pm - 5pm

Kaffeeklatsch with Samantha Mills
Club Lounge, 4pm - 5pm

Writing Action Scenes
Gibson, 4pm - 5pm

My Favorite Monster
Guilford, 4pm - 5pm

Vision Zero
Homeland, 4pm - 5pm

I'm Sensing a Pattern Here: When to Use (or Lose!) Patterns in Cosplay
James, 4pm - 5pm

Renaissance Dance
Kent, 4pm - 5:30pm

Fun with Origami: Learn the Basics
Maryland Ballroom AB, 4pm - 6pm

It's Life, But Not as We Know It
Mount Washington, 4pm - 5pm

AI and Gender
Pride of Baltimore II, 4pm - 5pm

Let's Unbox a Ender-3 V3 KE 3D Printer
Room 10006, 4pm - 5:30pm

Civil War (2024)
Room 6015, 4pm - 6pm

Pitch Your Novel to Candlemark and Gleam
Room 7029, 4pm - 5pm

Dr. Who: Viewing and Discussion
Room 8029, 4pm - 6pm

Reading: Robert Sawyer and Mark Van Name
St. George, 4pm - 5pm

Deconstructing Hardspace: Shipbreaker – A Process for Building Original IPs
Virtual Panel Room 1, 4pm - 5pm

In Defense of Short Fiction
Virtual Panel Room 2, 4pm - 5pm

The Craft of Reviewing
Virtual Room 3, 4pm - 5pm

Mork Borg: Vermis - The Silver Swamp
Watertable A Table 1, 4pm - 8pm

Porcelain Souls: Covenant Broken, Covenant Restored (Demo 2)
Watertable A Table 2, 4pm - 8pm

Blade Runner: Electric Dreams (part 2)
Watertable A Table 3, 4pm - 8pm

Game Demo: Musical Chairs
Watertable B Table 1, 4pm - 7pm

4:30pm

KAIJU no.8 [14+][TEEN] Episodes 5-8
Room 8006, 4:30pm - 6:30pm

4:45pm
Button Bugs: Cute Crawly Crafting
Room 7006, 4:45pm - 5:30pm

5pm

Game Demo: Arcs
Watertable B Table 2, 5pm - 9pm

Game Demo: Telestrations
Watertable B Table 4, 5pm - 8pm

5:15pm
Pokemon Trivia Challenge
Room 7006, 5:15pm - 6pm

5:30pm

Autographs: Kemi Ashing-Giwa and Melissa Scott
5th Floor Lobby, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

What was T. rex thinking? Brain evolution from dinosaurs to birds
Federal Hill, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Critique: Do's and Don'ts
Gibson, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Coming out of the Dungeon
James, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Concert: Maugorn the Stray
Kent, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Writing Dialogue
Mount Washington, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Magical Realism
Pride of Baltimore II, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Intro to Fusion 360
Room 10006, 5:30pm - 7pm

Writer Meetup: All Things Romance
Room 7029, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Ask Me Anything: Editors and Publishers
St. George, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Revolutions are Messy
Virtual Panel Room 1, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Streaming 101: We Go Live In 3... 2...
Virtual Panel Room 2, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

6pm

Masquerade Photography
Guilford, 6pm - 10pm

Masquerade Green Room
Homeland, 6pm - 10pm

Nosferatu the Vampyre
Room 6015, 6pm - 8pm

Game Demo: Legendary: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Watertable B Table 3, 6pm - 10pm

Intro to Warhammer 40k! (Session 1)
Watertable C, 6pm - 9pm

6:30pm

Book Launch: Rock and Roll, Cake and Ice Cream!
Baltimore Ballroom A, 6:30pm - 8pm

The Apothecary Diaries [14+][TEEN] Episodes 16-19
Room 8006, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

7pm

Autographs: S.C. Megale and Jack Campbell
5th Floor Lobby, 7pm - 8pm

Kaffeeklatsch with Stephanie Law
Club Lounge, 7pm - 8pm

Virtual Reality
Federal Hill, 7pm - 8pm

Making Readers Care About Your Characters
Gibson, 7pm - 8pm

SFF Vehicles
James, 7pm - 8pm

Concert: Ben Newman
Kent, 7pm - 8pm

Writing Lean Prose
Mount Washington, 7pm - 8pm

Humorous Fantasy is a Serious Business
Pride of Baltimore II, 7pm - 8pm

Writer Meetup: All Things Horror
Room 7029, 7pm - 8pm

What's in a Name?
Virtual Panel Room 1, 7pm - 8pm

Building Community to Survive Your Writing Journey
Virtual Panel Room 2, 7pm - 8pm

Game Demo: Finspan
Watertable B Table 1, 7pm - 11pm

7:20pm
Doors open for Masquerade
Maryland Ballroom CD, 7:20pm - 7:50pm

8pm

Masquerade
Maryland Ballroom CD, 8pm - 11pm

3D Printing Clinic
Room 10006, 8pm - 9pm

Dr Who: Scream of the Shalka
Room 6015, 8pm - 10pm

D&D 5e: The Night of Terror
Watertable A Table 1, 8pm - 12am

Alien: Heart of Darkness (part 1)
Watertable A Table 2, 8pm - 12am

Old gods of Appalachia: What Paths May Cross (Session 2)
Watertable A Table 3, 8pm - 12am

Game Demo: This Game Is Killer
Watertable B Table 4, 8pm - 12am

8:30pm

Kaffeeklatsch with Sebastien de Castell
Club Lounge, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

I'm Going to Kiss that Corpse: Why We Love Paranormal Romance
Federal Hill, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Science Fiction Trivia Contest
Gibson, 8:30pm - 10:15pm

Theme Circle: CAT-astrophes, BIRD-brains and other FAN-tastic Pets
Kent, 8:30pm - 10pm

Retrofuturism
Mount Washington, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Religious Conflict in SFF
Pride of Baltimore II, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Solo Leveling Season 2 - Arise from the Shadows [16+][ADULT] Episodes 16-20
Room 8006, 8:30pm - 11pm

Modern Sensibilities in Current Fantasy
St. George, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

9pm

Are You a Werewolf?
James, 9pm - 1am

Havdalah With Fen
Patio, 9pm - 10pm

10pm

The First Ever Balticon Smash or Pass After Dark Panel!
Federal Hill, 10pm - 11pm

Saturday Night Filk Circle
Kent, 10pm - 4am

Dirty Mad Libs!
Mount Washington, 10pm - 11pm

Dune Part 1
Room 6015, 10pm - 12:30am

Reading: Marie Vibbert, Leo Benavides, and Bjorn Hasseler
Virtual Room 3, 10pm - 11pm

11pm

Dan Da Dan [16+][ADULT] Episodes 5-8
Room 8006, 11pm - 1am

2am
Stories of Lost Souls
Room 6015, 2am - 3:30am

3:30am
The Odyssey (2001)
Room 6015, 3:30am - 6:30am

6:30am
Classic Cartoons
Room 6015, 6:30am - 7am

7am
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Room 6015, 7am - 8:30am

Cost:
Adult (25+): $85
Young Adult (13 - 24): $43
Child (12 and under): ALWAYS FREE
Virtual Only: $30