18 min. | fiction short | dark fairy tale Filmacademy Vienna, Austria

SYNOPSIS

Belly sinks further and further down into the depths of a mysterious underwater garden. Above water, she is bullied at school for not speaking the language and already having her period. At home, her mother gives her nothing but tough love. Down below is the only place she feels free. But before she can truly live and breathe in this dark fairy tale realm, she must grow the fins of a mermaid, which requires a very painful sacrifice.

CREW

Helen Hideko - writer & director

Felix Pochlatko - cinematographer

Clara Maria Bacher - producer

edited by Moritz Stieber
VFX supervisor Manuel Plach
underwater camera operator Roland Holzer
production design Barbara Bacher-Newole
costume design by Elisa Berger
MUAs Viktoria Kirchner | Timna Motycka
sound designer Bernhard Zorzi
music by Mariya Peleshko
colorist Fatih Öger

CAST

Rada Rae | Miriam Hie | Joel Olano | Manuel Sefciuc | Florian Sebastian Fitz | Amelia García Vargas

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