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THE MERMAID WARD: AN ACUTE PSYCHOTIC EPISODE
The Mermaid Ward, an autobiographical feature documentary, chronicles the events which preceded a psychotic episode Mischa Jakupcak experienced years ago. It culminated in a spiritual emergency where she believed all the world to be a film set and herself cast as the lead actor. Mischa found herself admitted to the Mermaid Ward, a psychiatric hospital in Hackney. There, armed with smuggled disposable cameras, she slowly reconstructed her fractured reality one photograph at a time.
CAST Allegra Sweeney
Michelle Colman Padron
Ron Leamon
Lowell Deo + Lael Deo
PRODUCER Micah Knapp
CINEMATOGRAPHER Nathan M. Miller
EP Bogdan Darev
EP Jen Hildenbrand
CO-PRODUCER Aj Epstein
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Gretchen Oyster
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Mariya Apostolova
COSTUME DESIGNER Ron Leamon
SOUND Heidi DuBose
EDITOR Christian Palmer
HAIR + MAKE-UP ARTIST Luce Cousineau
PROD. COORDINATOR Case Barden
GAFFER Mike Astle
AC. Ryan Enkema
DIT Kimberly Komrska
Nicole Heigh