Cannes
methodfest
win
Winner_GLFF
CFFF
RHIFF
kent film festival
Wine Counrty Film Festival

"a beautiful slice of life"


I Heard the Mermaids Singing
is an homage to

legendary acting coach & casting director

Michael Shurtleff
who
passed away January 28, 2007
but lives on in our hearts & minds …

 

I Heard the Mermaids Singing

winner

Silver Medal for Excellence

Park City Film Music Festival

Best Narrative Short

Great Lakes Film Festival

official selection 11 film festivals 2008.

  • Park City Film Music Festival
  • Kent Film Festival
  • 10th Method Fest Film Festival
  • Sweet Auburn International Film Festival
  • First Take Film Festival
  • Short Film Corner at the 61st Festival de Cannes
  • The ReelHeART International Film Festival
  • 22nd Annual Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival
  • Central Florida Film Festival
  • Naperville Independent Film Festival
  • Great Lakes Film Festival

poster

LOG LINE:

“I Heard the Mermaids Singing” is a classic & lyrical love-tale with a bitter-sweet twist.

SYNOPSIS:
A loner (Kenneth Johnson, The Shield, Saving Grace ) meets a woman (Victoria Charters, Death of a Saleswoman, Jimmy Zip) outside a party, forming a connection in an instant. A classic & lyrical love-tale with a bitter-sweet twist, I Heard the Mermaids Singing is a short-film adaptation of a play written by legendary acting coach & casting director Michael Shurtleff who passed away January 28, 2007. I Heard the Mermaids Singing is an homage to him and his teachings which live on in our hearts & minds.

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