By Mikel Gurrea
Short Film
2010

The legend tells the hero cut off the head of Medusa and threw it to the water. But the blood of that head became a red shinning rock under the sea. That is the origin of coral. In the early 20th century, a deaf fisherman will bring the myth to life.

Crew

Production Company: Mallerich Films Paco Poch
Director: Mikel Gurrea
Producer: Paco Poch
Executive producers: Mikel Gurrea, Isona Rigau
Delegate production: Irene Visa
Line producer: Jokin Garmendia
Screenplay: Mikel Gurrea
Photography: Marcos Marín
Score: David Crespo
Production design: Isona Rigau
Costume design: Albert Peker
Editing: Natxo Medina.
Sound Mixer: Franesc Gosalves
Re-recording Mixer: Franesc Gosalves
Assistant director: Carolina Sáez
Casting: Isona Rigau, Mikel Gurrea
Make up: Franesc Gosalves
Hairdressing: Franesc Gosalves
Special Effects: Marc Feliu

Cast

Julian Nicholson, Silvana Maimone
And the voices of: Lluís Solerm, Paul Freeth

Data

Genre: Drama / Fantasy.
Running time: 12 minutes.
Metres: 329 metres.
Language: English, Spanish, Catalan, Euskera.

Awards

Girona Film Festival 2010: Best Director and Best Cinamatography
Early Bird – Sofia International Student Film Festival 2011: Best Cinamatography
In The Palace Balchik International Short Film Festival 2011: Special Mention of the Jury.

Trailer