''Selkie'' is a 2000 Australian family fantasy film. It features Sick Puppies lead singer Shimon Moore.

Plot

Jamie (Shimon Moore) is a typical teenager living the good life: a popular lad, he has a part-time job, is on the football team and is the lead guitarist in a rock band. But all this is threatened when his mum (Celine O'Leary) announces that she has a new job as head scientist at a marine research base. Forced to uproot and move to a remote island, Jamie soon discovers that all is not as it seems. He begins to notice changes to his body – scales and webbed fingers – things beyond the explanation of teenage changes. Changes which suggest that he is somehow connected to a legendary line of

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s – a magical people from ancient Scotland who have the power to change into seals.

Cast

* Shimon Moore as Jamie Duncan * Chelsea Bruland as Samantha * Mariana Rego as Alison Duncan *

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as Malcolm * Celine O'Leary as Dr. Iona Duncan *

Elspeth Ballantyne Elspeth Ballantyne (born 1939) is a retired Australian actress, who appeared in theatre, television and film roles over a career that spanned nearly 60 years, a veteran of the industry having started her career as a child actor and becoming a ...

as Loopy Laura * Michael Habib as Tony Delmarco * Edmund Pegge as Gordon Harris

Production

It was set and shot in

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

including Port Noarlunga South beach ("South Port"). The fishing harbor location was filmed at Granite Island off Victor Harbor in South Australia which is about fifty kilometers further south of Port Noarlunga or about one hour's drive from the state's capital city of Adelaide. The

Australian sea lion The Australian sea lion (''Neophoca cinerea''), also known as the Australian sea-lion or Australian sealion, is a species of sea lion that is the only endemic pinniped in Australia. It is currently Monotypic taxon, monotypic in the genus ''Neopho ...

s were used for the seal forms, along with the being done by Anifex and the dogs were trained by Jason Hurr. The visual effects were done by Rising Sun Pictures.

References

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''Selkie''
at Urban Cinefile 2000 films Australian fantasy films 2000s English-language films Films about legendary creatures Films about pinnipeds Films about shapeshifting Films based on Celtic mythology Films directed by Donald Crombie Films shot in Adelaide Films shot in South Australia Films set in South Australia 2000s Australian films United International Pictures films {{2000s-Australia-film-stub