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    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    Patricia ROZEMA 1987 Canada color 83min English DCP
    Structured around a videotaped confession, Polly lands a job at a Toronto art gallery and she falls in love with the curator, Gabrielle. As she becomes more entangled with Gabrielle and her lesbian lover's lives, she realizes something different.... A pivotal film of early Toronto New Wave, ROZEMA's internationally acclaimed debut feature is recognized as a classic of queer cinema and a leading figure of Canadian indie films.

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    Patricia ROZEMA

    One of Canada's most daring, versatile, and accomplished filmmakers and a leading figure in Toronto New Wave, ROZEMA's works span across film, television, and music video. Her films I've Heard the Mermaids Singing and When Night is Falling are recognized as queer classics.

    Patricia ROZEMA

    1985 Passion: A Letter in 15 mm
    1986 Urban Menance
    1987 I've heard the Mermaids Singing 
    1990 White Room
    1995 When Night Is Falling
    1997 Bach Cello #6: Six Gestures
    1999 Mansfield Park
    2000 Happy Days
    2000 This Might Be Good
    2006 Suspect
    2008 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
    2015 Into the Forest
    2018 Mouthpiece

    Director, Screenwriter, Editor: Patricia ROZEMA
    Producer: Patricia ROZEMA, Alexandra RAFFÉ
    Executive Producer: Don HAIG
    Cinematographer: Douglas KOCH
    Additional Editor: Ron SANDERS
    Sound: Gordon THOMPSON, Michele MOSES
    Music: Mark KORVEN

    Brigitte HUBMANN
    Film Associates International
    bh@film-associates.com

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