Selkie

Apr 5, 2000

1h 28m

★ 4.8

Overview

Teenager Jamie moves with his mother, sister and grandfather to an island off the South Australian coast where mum has a job running a marine research station. To his discomfort, Jamie discovers he's a "selkie" - half human, half seal - that explains the webbing on his hands and also why he changes completely into a seal as soon as he hits water.

Genres

Adventure

Family

Fantasy

Production Companies

Bluestone Pictures

Australian Film Commission

South Australian Film Corporation

Showtime Australia

Selkie Trailers

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Cast

Jamie Duncan

Shimon Moore

Samantha

Chelsea Bruland

Alison Duncan

Mariana Rego

Dr. Iona Duncan

Celine O'Leary

Malcolm

Bryan Marshall

Loopy Laura

Elspeth Ballantyne

Gordon Harris

Edmund Pegge

Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she realizes she can’t depend on her animal cohorts alone and must make her first human friend – Edmund, who’s run away to the island from the mainland – to save her home.

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