Stand by · pulling the latest frames
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A seal in water and human on land, the mythical selkie cannot return to their true home in the sea if their seal skin is stolen. In this modern adaptation a selkie woman trapped on land in human form, longing to return to her underwater realm, unwittingly falls in love with a young fisherman.
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“It is said that if a man possesses a selkie's skin she is forced to become his wife.”

The Making of The Selkie's Lover (dir. Dorcas Sinclair)
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.
Ed Boyter
Ed Boyter
Pictish Warrior

Conan the Barbarian
1982