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-- Sunday
Room 7006, 8am - 9:45am

9am

Morning Mass
James, 9am - 10am

Miniature Painting Workshop (Session 3)
Private Dining Room, 9am - 12pm

The Last Unicorn
Room 6015, 9am - 10:30am

Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School [14+][CHILD] Episodes 3-4
Room 8006, 9am - 10am

10am

Autographs: J.D. Blackrose and Tris Lawrence
5th Floor Lobby, 10am - 11am

Kaffeeklatsch with Sharon Lee
Club Lounge, 10am - 11am

100 Ways to Die in the Universe
Federal Hill, 10am - 11am

Legends and Mythos of Vampires
Gibson, 10am - 11am

Masquerade Show and Tell
Guilford, 10am - 11am

Interview with GoH Sebastien de Castell
Homeland, 10am - 11am

Hugo Finalist Discussion
James, 10am - 11am

The Folklore of Space
Kent, 10am - 11am

In Defense of Short Fiction
Mount Washington, 10am - 11am

Audiobooks: Publishing Your Book
Pride of Baltimore II, 10am - 11am

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

Snack Science: Experiments you can eat
Room 7006, 10am - 10:45am

Sunday Morning Craft-n-Chat
Room 7029, 10am - 11:30am

The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World [14+][CHILD] Episodes 5-8
Room 8006, 10am - 12pm

Shared Worlds: Profits, Pitfalls, and Unique Possibilities
Room 8029, 10am - 12pm

Short Fire Readings: Avery, Glover, Shvartsman, and Sparks
St. George, 10am - 11:30am

Press X to Doubt - Video Game Rec Panel
Virtual Panel Room 1, 10am - 11am

Game Demo: Space Cats Fight Fascism
Watertable B Table 1, 10am - 2pm

10:30am
BeetleJuice BeetleJuice
Room 6015, 10:30am - 12:30pm

10:45am
Tween Writing Circle (Plus Bookmaking for Younger Kids)
Room 7006, 10:45am - 11:30am

11am

Safe Solar Observation
Patio, 11am - 3pm

Game Demo: In the Footsteps of Marie Curie
Watertable B, 11am - 3pm

Game Demo: Quacks
Watertable B Table 2, 11am - 3pm

11:30am

Autographs: Catherine Asaro and Jennifer Povey
5th Floor Lobby, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Book Launch: Midnight Brew
Baltimore Ballroom A, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Kaffeeklatsch with Joanna Fang and Blake Collins
Club Lounge, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Quantum steampunk: The physics of yesterday's tomorrow
Federal Hill, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Ducks and How to Make Them Pay
Gibson, 11:30am - 12:30pm

"Alexa, What's the Current State of AI?"
Guilford, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Interview with GoH Stephanie Law
Homeland, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Lightbulb Moments: How Authors Develop Ideas
James, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Concert: T.J. and Mitchell Burnside-Clapp
Kent, 11:30am - 12:30pm

The Heist in SFF
Mount Washington, 11:30am - 12:30pm

K-drama Bingo
Pride of Baltimore II, 11:30am - 12:30pm

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

Writer Meetup: All Things Mystery and Suspense
Room 7029, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Readings - Broad Universe
St. George, 11:30am - 1pm

GMing: Thinking on Your Feet
Virtual Panel Room 1, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Pandemics in Fact and Fiction
Virtual Panel Room 2, 11:30am - 12:30pm

12pm

Fairy Tales for Modern Times with Tim Livengood
Room 7006, 12pm - 12:45pm

Mary and the Witch's Flower [PG][CHILD] Movie
Room 8006, 12pm - 2pm

Building a Space Battle
Room 8029, 12pm - 2pm

Porcelain Souls: Covenant Broken, Covenant Restored (Demo 5)
Watertable A Table 1, 12pm - 4pm

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

Unlimited - Is it safe to travel through Lower Elam?
Watertable A Table 3, 12pm - 4pm

Game Demo: Wandering Towers
Watertable B Table 3, 12pm - 2pm

Pokemon TCG Draft Tournament
Watertable C, 12pm - 6pm

12:30pm

Doors Open for BGSO Concert
Maryland Ballroom CD, 12:30pm - 1pm

Mickey 17 (2025)
Room 6015, 12:30pm - 3pm

12:45pm
Frankenstuffies
Room 7006, 12:45pm - 2:15pm

1pm

Non-European Folklore in SFF
Federal Hill, 1pm - 2pm

The Stakes are High, and They're Well Done
Gibson, 1pm - 2pm

So you want to be a Game Master?
Guilford, 1pm - 2pm

What's in a Name?
Kent, 1pm - 2pm

Guest of Honor Concert: Baltimore Gamer Symphony Orchestra
Maryland Ballroom CD, 1pm - 2pm

Juggling POV
Mount Washington, 1pm - 2pm

Science and Writing: How Real Experiences Inform Our Imaginations
Pride of Baltimore II, 1pm - 2pm

Writer Meetup: All Things Short Form Fiction
Room 7029, 1pm - 2pm

Short Fire Readings: Brown, Ellis, Englard, Hammond, Woosley
St. George, 1pm - 2:30pm

From Concept to Final Draft
Virtual Panel Room 1, 1pm - 2pm

The Aliens Did Not Build Your Pyramids: Pseudoscience and Misinformation
Virtual Panel Room 2, 1pm - 2pm

Chapbook Craft: Your Words, Your Way
Virtual Room 3, 1pm - 2:30pm

Game Demo: Rajas of the Ganges
Watertable B Table 4, 1pm - 5pm

2pm

Art Show Auction & BSFS Books for Kids Charity Auction
Homeland, 2pm - 4pm

The Boy and the Heron [PG-13][CHILD] Movie
Room 8006, 2pm - 4pm

Game Demo: Caution Signs
Watertable B Table 3, 2pm - 6pm

2:15pm
Banana Sushi
Room 7006, 2:15pm - 3pm

2:30pm

Autographs: Sharon Lee and Jo Miles
5th Floor Lobby, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Book Launch: Permutations: A Well World Anthology
Baltimore Ballroom A, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Kaffeeklatsche with Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Club Lounge, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

More than Words: What can we learn about communication by studying primates and canines?
Federal Hill, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Working Weirdos: How to Find Your Writing People
Gibson, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Urban Fantasy
Guilford, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

It's Over 9000 (Dollars): Budgeting for Cosplay
James, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Concert: Harold Feld
Kent, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Jews In Space: Jewish SF On and Off The Page
Mount Washington, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Assembling Your Cast
Pride of Baltimore II, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

3D Printing in Industry
Room 10006, 2:30pm - 4pm

Making a Book Club Work
Room 7029, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Writer Meetup: All Things YA and Middle Grade
Room 8029, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Short Fire Readings: Blackrose, Gilman, Ihezue, Kaplan, Thompson
St. George, 2:30pm - 4pm

Editors Can be Your Friends
Virtual Panel Room 1, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Literary Awards as a Catalyst
Virtual Panel Room 2, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Orpheus Again?
Virtual Room 3, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

3pm

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

Kids' Dance Party
Room 7006, 3pm - 3:45pm

Game Demo: Robot Quest Arena
Watertable B Table 2, 3pm - 6pm

3:30pm
Doors Open for Dinosaurs: The Update
Maryland Ballroom CD, 3:30pm - 4pm

3:45pm
Wicked Fun Character Building in the Land of Oz
Room 7006, 3:45pm - 4:30pm

4pm

Autographs: Sebastien de Castell and Andrew McDowell
5th Floor Lobby, 4pm - 5pm

Kaffeeklatsch with Marc Abrahams
Club Lounge, 4pm - 5pm

Space Westerns - Old Genre, New Weapons?
Federal Hill, 4pm - 5pm

Purposeful Diversity in Sword and Sorcery
Gibson, 4pm - 5pm

Building Community to Survive Your Writing Journey
Guilford, 4pm - 5pm

Final Girl and the Female Gaze: How has Horror Changed?
Homeland, 4pm - 5pm

Being a bad guy without being a Bad Guy
James, 4pm - 5pm

Classic Filk Sing-Along
Kent, 4pm - 5:15pm

Dinosaurs: The Update
Maryland Ballroom CD, 4pm - 5:30pm

Deities Galore
Mount Washington, 4pm - 5pm

Pitch Your Idea for a SFFH TV Show
Pride of Baltimore II, 4pm - 5pm

Combat Robots and Other 3D Printing Fun
Room 10006, 4pm - 5:30pm

Wicked Part 1
Room 6015, 4pm - 6:45pm

Pitch Your Short Story to Eric Flint's 1632 and Beyond
Room 7029, 4pm - 5pm

ZENSHU [14+][TEEN] Episodes 10-11
Room 8006, 4pm - 5pm

Writer Meetup: All Things Science Fiction
Room 8029, 4pm - 5pm

Reading: Sharon Lee and Jean Marie Ward
St. George, 4pm - 5pm

Is the Martyrdom Really Necessary?
Virtual Panel Room 1, 4pm - 5pm

Happy Mind, Happy Writer
Virtual Panel Room 2, 4pm - 5pm

Reading: Catherine Asaro, T.C. Weber, CL Fors
Virtual Room 3, 4pm - 5pm

The Witch is Dead - Double Session
Watertable A Table 1, 4pm - 8pm

Mork Borg: Vermis - The Flutewood
Watertable A Table 2, 4pm - 8pm

Porcelain Souls: Covenant Broken, Covenant Restored (Demo 3)
Watertable A Table 3, 4pm - 8pm

Game Demo: Flip 7
Watertable B Table 1, 4pm - 6pm

4:30pm
Build Your Own Fairy Garden
Room 7006, 4:30pm - 5:15pm

5pm

KAIJU no.8 [14+][TEEN] Episodes 9-12
Room 8006, 5pm - 7pm

Lazy Sunday Afternoon Productivity Sprints
Room 8029, 5pm - 7pm

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

5:15pm
Timey-Wimey Clocks
Room 7006, 5:15pm - 6pm

5:30pm

It was Great, but The Ending ******
Federal Hill, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Orpheus Again?
Gibson, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Ya Canna Change the Laws of Physics
Guilford, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

What if fungi win?
Homeland, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

The Prop Shop: Making Cosplay Props and Weapons
James, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Great Music, Terrible Game
Kent, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Reframing Older Works
Mount Washington, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Real Effects of Fairy Tale Logic
Pride of Baltimore II, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Advanced 3D Printing
Room 10006, 5:30pm - 7pm

Pitch Your Novel to Arc Manor
Room 7029, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Reading: Christiane Knight and Tris Lawrence
St. George, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Legends and Mythos of Vampires
Virtual Panel Room 1, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Judging a Book by its Label
Virtual Panel Room 2, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Virtual Concert: Batya Wittenberg
Virtual Room 3, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

6pm

Game Demo: Ceres
Watertable B Table 1, 6pm - 10pm

Intro to Warhammer 40k! (Session 2)
Watertable C, 6pm - 9pm

6:30pm
Doors Open for Film Festival
Maryland Ballroom CD, 6:30pm - 7pm

6:45pm
A Quiet Place Day One
Room 6015, 6:45pm - 8:30pm

7pm

Autographs: Nicole Glover and Elijah Kinch Spector
5th Floor Lobby, 7pm - 8pm

Multiverses and You (and Your Evil Twin)
Federal Hill, 7pm - 8pm

Confirmation Bias and Other Ways to Be Wrong
Gibson, 7pm - 8pm

Writing Spice and ****
Guilford, 7pm - 8pm

VfOx The Student Collaboration Experiment of the DAVINCI Mission to Venus
Homeland, 7pm - 8pm

Your Player Said What??
James, 7pm - 8pm

Songs From the Music Staff
Kent, 7pm - 8pm

Balticon Short Film Festival
Maryland Ballroom CD, 7pm - 11:30pm

A Fannish Introduction to Runes as a Writing System
Mount Washington, 7pm - 8pm

Ask Me Anything: First Aid for Writers
Pride of Baltimore II, 7pm - 8pm

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

The Apothecary Diaries [14+][TEEN] Episodes 20-23
Room 8006, 7pm - 9pm

BSFS Writer's Circle Get Together
Room 8029, 7pm - 9pm

Reading: Charles Gannon and Tom Doyle
St. George, 7pm - 8pm

Game Demo: Just One
Watertable B Table 2, 7pm - 9pm

Game Demo: The Loop
Watertable B Table 3, 7pm - 11pm

8pm

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

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

Unlimited - I owe the gambling house how much?
Watertable A Table 3, 8pm - 12am

Game Demo: Space Base
Watertable B Table 4, 8pm - 12am

8:30pm

VTuber vs PNGTuber
Federal Hill, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Sex, Sexuality, and Worldbuilding
Gibson, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

It's Never Too Late to Start Your Writer Journey
Guilford, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Water, water everywhere, but which drops can we drink?
Homeland, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Theme Circle: Gaming Songs
Kent, 8:30pm - 10pm

Eye of Argon Reading
Mount Washington, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

At the Intersection of Fantasy and Technology
Pride of Baltimore II, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

Nosferatu (2024)
Room 6015, 8:30pm - 10:45pm

Virtual Concert: Stace Johnson
Virtual Room 3, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

9pm

The Last of Us: Viewing and Discussion
Room 7029, 9pm - 11pm

Solo Leveling Season 2 - Arise from the Shadows [16+][ADULT] Episodes 21-24
Room 8006, 9pm - 11pm

Two Rooms and a Boom
St. George, 9pm - 1am

10pm

Rise of the Vtuber Part Deux: A Beginner's Guide to Avatar Streaming
Federal Hill, 10pm - 11pm

Ignoble Awards Readings and Discussion Continued
Homeland, 10pm - 11pm

Sunday Night Filk Circle
Kent, 10pm - 4am

Virtual Filk Circle hosted by Ellen Kranzer
Virtual Room 3, 10pm - 1am

10:45pm
Dune Pt 2 (2024)
Room 6015, 10:45pm - 1am

11pm
Dan Da Dan [16+][ADULT] Episodes 9-12
Room 8006, 11pm - 1am

1am
Joker (2019)
Room 6015, 1am - 3am

3am
Joker: Folie a Deux
Room 6015, 3am - 5:30am

5:30am
Dr Who The Infinite Quest / Dr Who :Dreamland
Room 6015, 5:30am - 7:30am

7:30am
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Room 6015, 7:30am - 9:30am

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