Sweet Salt
- Studio
- animate!, Doctorpuss Productions
- Distributor
- LUX, Channel Four
Synopsis
Beneath the fairy tale forest lives a merman who loves his loneliness. Above him is a little girl lost, an unsuspecting savior 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 his touch. She, the hunter; He, the trembling little fish.
Characters
Woman (Live Action), Merman (Live Action)
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Katerina Athanasopoulou
Producing
- Producer
- Becalelis Brodskis, Katerina Athanasopoulou
- Executive Producer
- Dick Arnall
Writing
- Writer
- Katerina Athanasopoulou
Voices
- Voice
- Gwynne McElveen (Woman [Live Action]), Ben Hardy (Merman [Live Action])
Music
- Music
- Repairman
Camera
- Director Of Photography
- Luis Graham-Yooll
Sound
- Sound Designers
- Jake Roberts, Barnaby Templer
Crew
- First Assistant Director
- Ian Clark
- Set Build
- Suzie Templeton
- Footage Of Icelandic Geyser
- Camille Brooks
- Primary Funding
- Finetake, Arts Council England
Companies and other credits
- Primary Funding: Channel 4
Production notes
Director Katerina Athanasopoulou studied Fine Arts in Greece before taking her Animation MA at the Royal College of Art, London, in 2002. Her films I Sing the Body Electric, The Clipper and Body Remember have been widely seen at international festivals, while her animations have appeared on the stage as well as in art galleries. She lives in London and is a founding member of Doctorpuss Productions.