MERMAIDS DON’T CRY

tragicomedy | Franziska Pflaum | AT | 2022 | 92 min

Release: 07.07.2023

Annika, a supermarket saleswoman, dreams of the perfect mermaid fin. It would bring glamour into her chaotic world where her father moves back in with her, her girlfriend dumps her children on her and her potential lover no longer leaves because he is homeless. There are also plans to make savings in the supermarket and the shamanically trained branch manager is looking for potential lay-offs. But none of that matters: Annika needs the fin and it costs 2.458,- euro.

With: Stefanie Reinsperger, Julia Franz Richter, Karl Fischer, Nico Ehrenteit, Inga Busch and many more

Funding: ÖFI, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, FFW, Filmstandort Austria

Credits

Production Company	Prisma Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
	● Viktoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg
Screenplay	Franziska Pflaum, Christiane Kalss
Director	Franziska Pflaum
DOP	Robert Oberrainer
editor	Friederike Hohmuth
Sound Department	Gregor Manhardt
Music	Anda Revertera
	Moritz René Scharf
Art department	Thomas Lehner
	Rafael Loß
Costume Designer	Johanna Pflaum
Make Up	Chrissi Akbaba
	Jasmin Simak
Production Manager	Peter Schellnast
	Bernhard Schmatz
Casting	Isabell Krivanek
Distributor	Luna Filmverleih GmbH

Prizes

INTERNATIONALE HOFER FILMTAGE

Best Costume Design
Best Setting

Festivals

Internationale Hofer Filmtage

25.-30.10.2022
49. Internationalen Filmwochenende Würzburg

26.-29.01.2023
Diagonale Festival of Austrian Film

21.-26.03.2023