Logline

Katherine left the sea and chose a life on land with Billie long ago. However, the queer couple’s relationship is tested when Katherine’s former lover, a selkie, comes to visit.

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About the Film

Katherine has chosen a life on land with Billie. When Isolde, a selkie (a Celtic mermaid-like creature), has emerged from the sea to spend a weekend with the couple, she brings reminders of the world Katherine left behind. Katherine and Billie’s trust and commitment to each other is threatened as Katherine is pulled between the two women. Can she really belong in more than one world? Harbor is a queer, modern Celtic/ Norse fairytale and “ghost” story about living life in the in-between.

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What is a Selkie?

Selkies are mermaid-like creatures from the folklore of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Ireland, and the Scottish Highlands. They live in the water as seals, then shed their skins and live as humans on land. Selkie stories are usually sad, centering around a romance between a human and a selkie that ends with the selkie having to return to the sea, but they are never sentimental or cloying. That constant sorrow, without melodrama, is a key element of Harbor.

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Facts about Harbor Team

• 80% of the crew identifies as female.

• Over 25% of the cast and crew identifies as queer.

• All female cast.

• We hired the only Bay Area intimacy coordinator.

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Websites:

• https://margotbruce.wixsite.com/site (Margot’s website)

• https://harborfilmsf.wixsite.com/my-site (Harbor’s website)

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Social Media:

• https://www.instagram.com/harborfilmsf/ 

• https://www.facebook.com/harborfilmsf 

• https://twitter.com/harborfilmsf