MERMAIDS is an independent black comedy/drama short film about friendship, returning home and being stranded in the ‘in-between’.

Struggling to come to terms with their underwhelming achievements, they find themselves in (quarter life) crisis. Like the myths of mermaids who came ashore on Cornish beaches, Margo and Celeste find themselves stranded in the ‘in- between’: the chasm between the sea and land, adulthood and childhood, countryside and city, in a state of both ‘becoming’ and ‘unbecoming’ as they search for purpose and belonging in their twenties.

director Yazmin Joy Vigus I writer Yazmin Joy Vigus I produced by Jaz Wasson I executive producer Alice Cabanas – Emily Morgan I director of photography Simeon Geyer sound Natasha Haycocks & Howard Bargroff

Underwire Film Festival 2022 – UK
Underwire Film Festival 2022 – NOMINATION – Best Directing
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 – Semi Finalist
Manhattan Film Festival 2022
12th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival 2022
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions – Hosted by Lift-Off Global Network 2022
Lionstooth Film Festival 2022 – WINNER – Best Director & Best Cinematographer
Munich New Wave Short Film Festival 2022 – WINNER – ‘Female Empowerment’ Award
Japan International Film Festival 2022 – Honorable Mention
Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2022 – Honorable Mention
Annapolis Film Festival 2023