In a suburban house with no running water, a lonely mermaid's surroundings collide with her subconscious when water begins to leak from the ceiling.

“In this poignant and hypnotically vivid fantastical drama, Australian Directors’ Guild award-winner Chloe de Brito depicts the isolation, disconnection and dysphoria that sometimes come with the search for belonging.” - 70th Melbourne International Film Festival

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Trapped in a suburban dysphoria without running water, mermaid Jules (Bernie Van Tiel) is overwhelmed by loneliness. In an effort to make contact with something living, Jules asks "is anyone there?" into her shellphone but receives no clear response. When water begins to leak from the ceiling, Jules' subconscious and surroundings collide in an explosive confrontation with her own identity.

Pairing lush visuals with an aquatic soundscape of modular synthesiser compositions from Benjamin Carrey and music from Bri Clark, Pink Reef invites the viewer into a hypnotic, metaphysical immersion. Throughout her film, writer/director/producer Chloe de Brito weaves together the seemingly mundane moments between catastrophe and closure, drawing out of the lonely and into the transcendent.

Starring:

Bernie Van Tiel

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Written, Directed & Edited: Chloe de Brito

Production Company: Bleu Electrik

Cinematography by: Zeke Collins & Calum Riddell

VFX & CG Animation by: Henry W Lai-Pyne

Sound by: Luke Fuller

Original Score by: Benjamin Carey, Bri Clark

Wearable Art by: Erica Gray

Colourist: Abe Wynen CSI

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Official Selection:

Melbourne International Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying) AUS

Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying) USA

St Kilda Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying) AUS

Fantastic Fest USA

Fantaspoa BRAZIL

Morbido Film Fest MEXICO

Cinequest USA

Torino Underground Cinefest ITALY

Atlanta Underground Film Festival USA

Sydney Underground Film Festival AUS

Australian Womens Film Festival AUS

Brisbane International Film Festival AUS

Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien TAHITI

PINK REEF (2022)