Selkie Tales - with Uisdean Murray

DreamSwarm Podcast

Sep 28 2020 | 00:23:47

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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

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