The Herring Girls
A tale of madness, merfolk and magic
Written and directed by Rekha Garton
The Herring Girls was filmed entirely in Norwich, Norfolk UK with a 90% Norfolk-based film crew and well over half of that crew and cast being women. Over the course of 6 days including an underwater day also in Norwich.
“Annag is alone, lost, fighting for her sanity. Awake and dreaming, she is drawn to the shoreline, yearning for the deep coastal waters. By day she feels the eyes of The Herring Girls on her as she pulls and tears at the fish alongside them, trying to hide her slipping grasp of reality. Do they know something she doesn’t?
Annag is losing herself to powers bigger than anyone would know.”
