Ever After
18 min. | fiction short | dark modern fairy tale | colour | 1:1,85
SYNOPSIS
Belly (10) arrives in a distant land with her parents, feeling uprooted in her new surroundings.
At school she faces teasing and isolation, and her parents‘ growing arguments leave her feeling caught in the middle. Belly escapes into a dreamy underwater garden. There, in the depths of this mysterious world, she feels at peace, drawn to the idea of transforming into a mermaid. But relief from the world above requires a painful sacrifice.
CREDITS
written and directed by Helen Hideko
produced by Clara Maria Bacher
director of photography Felix Pochlatko
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 | Mona Hilmar | Isabella Kaderabeck