Madeleine GottliebWriter & Director

I F***ed a Mermaid and No One Believes Me

2018 · Short filmWritten by Joel PerlgutDirector
A close, warm-lit embrace.

Gilligan is 15. He's into epistolary novels and psychoanalysis. His Mum has died, and in an effort to connect with a son he doesn't understand, his Dad has taken him on a crummy beachside holiday. All Gill wants is some peace and quiet, but he gets more than he bargained for when he meets a Mermaid named Rose.

Now, Gill wants Rose. And Rose wants… legs.

  • Winner AWGIE (Australian Writers' Guild Award), 2018
  • Selection Interfilm Berlin / KUKI Berlin, 2018
  • Selection Flickerfest · St Kilda Film Festival, 2019
  • Nominated Best Australian Short Film, Heart of Gold International Film Festival, 2019
Director
Madeleine Gottlieb
Writer
Joel Perlgut
Starring
Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke
Rupert Reid
Tess Haubrich
Producers
Liam Heyen
Cyna Strachan
Director of Photography
Jack McAvoy
Production Designer
Diva Abrahamian
Costume Designer
Olivia Simpson
Editor
Danielle Boesenberg
Original Music
Thomas Rawle
Sound Designer
Lana Kristensen
A figure in sunglasses at night.
The film’s poster.
Poster
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A naked young man in glasses, lit by a torch in the dark.