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I Heard the Mermaids Singing
is an homage to

Michael Shurtleff

playwright, casting director & acting coach

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

Here’s the Mer-story to date …

  • Park City Film Music Festival 2008 (WINNER Silver Medal for excellence)
  • Kent Film Festival 2008
  • 10th Method Fest Film Festival 2008
  • Sweet Auburn International Film Festival 2008
  • First Take Film Festival 2008
  • Short Film Corner, 61st Festival de Cannes 2008
  • The ReelHeART International Film Festival 2008
  • 22nd Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival 2008
  • Central Florida Film Festival 2008
  • Naperville Independent Film Festival 2008
  • Great Lakes Film Festival 2008 (WINNER best narrative short)
  • Delray Beach Film Festival 2009
  • Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2009

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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