Ever After

18 min. | fiction short | dark fairy tale | colour | 1:1,85

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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.

CREDITS
written and directed by Helen Hideko
produced by Clara Maria Bacher
director of photography Felix Pochlatko
edited by Moritz Stieber
production design Barbara Bacher-Newole
costume design by Elisa Berger
hair & make-up Viktoria Kirchner | Timna Motycka
sound mixer Daniel Holzberg | Daniel Strube | Marius Mertens
sound designer Bernhard Zorzi
re-recording mixers Bernhard Zorzi | Michael Plöderl
music by Mariya Peleshko
VFX supervisor Manuel Plach
underwater camera operator Roland Holzer

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