Selkie Tales - with Uisdean Murray

DreamSwarm Podcast

Sep 28 2020 | 00:23:47

00:00 / 00:23:47

Hosted By

Show Notes

Interview with Uisdean Murray, Director of new short film 'Mara: The Seal Wife'.

We discuss:

The folklore and mythology of selkies.
Selkie films, stories and art (including 'The Secret of Roan Inish' and 'Song of the Sea')
The challenges of bringing selkies to the screen in Uisdean Murray's film 'Mara: The Seal Wife'
Making films in the Scottish Gaelic language.

Hosted by magic-realist filmmaker and DreamSwarm founder Andy Mark Simpson

See Mara The Seal Wife trailer

DreamSwarm website, DreamSwarm Twitter, DreamSwarm Facebook

Other Episodes

Episode 30

December 15, 2022 • 00:19:44

Christmas Mummers Plays - Wantage Mummers

'In comes I, Old Father Christmas...' We love the pageantry of the Christmas period. For our festive Christmas special we are joined by Sem...

Episode 31

October 15, 2023 • 00:16:40

Films of Terence Davies - Special with Andy Mark Simpson

RIP Terence Davies, one of our favourite filmmakers, who died this week. No guests on this episode, just Andy talking about what he loves...

Episode 22

March 01, 2022 • 00:22:48

Folklore Filmmaking - Bard of Cumberland

Interview with Stephen Rae 'Bard of Cumberland' about his creative endevours in painting, poetry and especially in fuilmmaking. We discuss his surrealist folkore films...