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Title: MERMAID, the

Reference number: 7626

Date: 2005

Director: d. Calum MacDonald and Stephen Murphy

Sponsor: BBC Scotland, Scottish Screen Lottery Funded, GMAC

Producer: Stephen Anderson

Production company: Kelpie Films

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 13.00 mins

Description: An isolated and widowed fisherman discovers a hideous and frail mermaid in his nets and decides to nurse her back to health. [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Scottish Short Films 2005"]

Cineworks: Commissions five short films a year by new filmmakers in the genres of drama, documentary and animation. Funded by Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, UK Film Council and BBC Scotland. Includes a training programme.

Credits: GMAC presents A Cineworks Production in association with Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund and BBC Scotland

d. ph. Alex Hill
p. designer Kara Ramsay
muisc composed by Graeme Neilson
ed. Scott McCartney and Stephen Anderson

Cast
Cowan Neil Fulton
Mhairi Louise Montgomery
Midwife Anne Marie McAleese
The Mermaid Rosie Smithers

gaffer Andy Stewart
camera ass. Siobhan Lorimar
art dept. ass. Eleanor Honeybourne
digital image manipulation Douglas Neilson
magic bullet and after effects design Stephan Gidowicz
sd. design Graeme Neilson
sd. ass. John Davies
costume design Emma Bannerman
make-up Stephen Murphy
creature design and special effects Calum MacDonald
model miniature design Linda Mackie
location man. Graeme Moore
p. co-ordinator Mhairi Guthrie
senior p. ass. Warren Duncan
p. ass. Elizabeth Freer
p. accountant for GMAC Kirsty Kyle
publicity Fiona Collin
stills ph. Rosie Smithers
catering Henry Dawes
casting West End Management
camera and grip equipment Hammerhead (Glasgow)
lighting by Strathmore Lighting
sound and picture post production by The Post Facility (Glasgow)

Special thanks to South West Scotland Screen Commission, Joup.
Thanks to Ian & Helen MacDonald, Joan Adams, Brian Anderson, Jana Vavrova, Brian & Donald, National Scottish Youth Choir (Glasgow Division), Solway Heritage, Cruck Cottage Heritage Association & the residents of Torthorwald, Alf and Margaret Dunnington, Bill Lawson, Maureen Cairns, Neil McCormack, Donald Holwill, Neil Baird, Diane Henderson, Morag Henderson, Doogie Paul, Major George Rodger & all at Dreghorn Barracks, Mark Geddes, Barabara Doyle, Tim Franklin, Arnold Clark, Lorna Evans, Ian Boyce, Fergus Hill, Ciara Barry, The Coach House Trust and everyone who helped make this film a reality.

exec. p. for GMAC Dave Smith
w. Calum MacDonald

Cineworks, Edinburgh Mediabase, The Post Facility, Kelpie Films
Copyright 2005 Cineworks / Kelpie Films