Fictions Picture Co.
Animated Short Film
Mero
Animated Short Film
︎Where to see it:
Dublin International Film Festival 2025
Berlin Short Film Festival 2025
Animation Dingle 2025
︎I’m delighted to be one of DIFF’s nominees for their 2025 Discovery Award - see programme for the other nominees and more info.
A short animated film I co-wrote and directed, based on the poem ‘Amphibians’ by Lauren Coe, and featuring the voice of Charlie Murphy.
Mero was produced by Claire Lennon though our fledgling studio Fictions Picture Company. It was produced though the funding and guidance of Screen Ireland and RTÉ animation programme Frameworks, and premiered at Galway International Film Fleadh in July 2024.
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Voice of Mero - Charlie Murphy
Screenplay co-written by Lauren Coe and Jack Phelan
Directed by Jack Phelan
Produced by Claire Lennon
Art Director - Erin Hermosa
Sound & Composition - Kevin Gleeson
3D animator - Ciara Croke
2D animator - Rachel Fitzgerald
Storyboard artist - Sarah Benson
Concept Artists - Sarah Walsh, Alan Lambert
Cloth sim - Alan Power
Sound recordist - Jack Baxter
Executive producer for Screen Ireland - Emma Scott
Executive producer for RTÉ - Pauline MacNamara
Short Co-codinator for Screen Ireland - Gill McGregor
Marketing Executive for Screen Ireland - Mags O’Sullivan
Digital Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator - Callie Hardy
Special thanks to Darragh O’Connell, Teemu Auersalo, Nicky Gogan, Leanne Sullivan, Blender Foundation
Dublin International Film Festival 2025
Berlin Short Film Festival 2025
Animation Dingle 2025
︎I’m delighted to be one of DIFF’s nominees for their 2025 Discovery Award - see programme for the other nominees and more info.
A short animated film I co-wrote and directed, based on the poem ‘Amphibians’ by Lauren Coe, and featuring the voice of Charlie Murphy.
Mero makes her way into the city by train. It feels like this might be her first time out in some time. She ducks into her favourite café where a mug of coffee and an encounter with a kindred spirit put her at ease.
Mero was produced by Claire Lennon though our fledgling studio Fictions Picture Company. It was produced though the funding and guidance of Screen Ireland and RTÉ animation programme Frameworks, and premiered at Galway International Film Fleadh in July 2024.
Cast and crew
Voice of Mero - Charlie Murphy
Screenplay co-written by Lauren Coe and Jack Phelan
Directed by Jack Phelan
Produced by Claire Lennon
Art Director - Erin Hermosa
Sound & Composition - Kevin Gleeson
3D animator - Ciara Croke
2D animator - Rachel Fitzgerald
Storyboard artist - Sarah Benson
Concept Artists - Sarah Walsh, Alan Lambert
Cloth sim - Alan Power
Sound recordist - Jack Baxter
Executive producer for Screen Ireland - Emma Scott
Executive producer for RTÉ - Pauline MacNamara
Short Co-codinator for Screen Ireland - Gill McGregor
Marketing Executive for Screen Ireland - Mags O’Sullivan
Digital Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator - Callie Hardy
Special thanks to Darragh O’Connell, Teemu Auersalo, Nicky Gogan, Leanne Sullivan, Blender Foundation
JACK PHELAN - VIDEO ARTIST, DESIGNER, DIRECTOR WICKLOW, IRELAND.