Director Katerina Athanasopoulou
Woman Gwynne McElveen
Merman Ben Hardy
Set Build Suzie Templeton
Music by Repairman
Sound Designers Jake Roberts & Barnaby Templer
Editor Tony Fish
Producer Becalelis Brodskis

Hungry woman, thirsty man; a love story of obsession and sharp teeth.

A love story of obsession and sharp teeth, between a woman lost in a fairytale gone wrong and a merman trapped in a reality that drowns him.

Beneath the fairytale forest lives a merman who loves his loneliness. Above him is a little girl lost, an unsuspecting saviour filling his bathtub with the sea of her tears. When his haven breaks he finds his way to her garden, a reluctant hero born out of desperation. Their worlds collide… Dying from dehydration he seeks her tears only to be confronted by her longing for his touch. She, the hunter; he, the trembling little fish.

Sweet Salt was born out of intense manipulation of digitally shot live action, still and moving images, and found textures following the tradition of printing. Layers melt together, with After Effects as the main tool, resulting in cut-out cinema.

Director Katerina Athanasopoulou
Woman Gwynne McElveen
Merman Ben Hardy
Director of Photography Luis Graham-Yooll
First Assistant Director Ian Clark
Set Build Suzie Templeton
Footage of Icelandic geyser by Camille Brooks
Music Repairman
Sound Designers Jake Roberts & Barnaby Templer
Editor Tony Fish
Producer Becalelis Brodskis