The Nixis

The short film,The Nixie, is a dark folk tale, based on an old Polish legend, immortalized by Adam Mickiewicz in a poem of the same name. It tells the story of a water nymph who takes on a human form to seduce a young man she encounters in the forest. Mesmerized, he makes a vow of love towards her, and the woman transforms back into the nymph to test his love. The young man, who does not know the nymph and woman are the same, succumbs to her mystical beauty and breaks his vow. The nymph then takes her revenge by swallowing him into the lake, where he will eternally remain as his punishment.

The film begins in a life-like world and slowly morphs into the fantastical as the line between the real and the mystical blur. A coming-of-age fairytale, The Nixie is a modern, seductive, filmic poem with a catchy new wave soundtrack for this timeless cautionary tale.

director	Julia and Mai Bui-Ngoc
script	Julia Bui-Ngoc
music	Jarosław Jóźwik / Michał Chęć / Justyna Święs
coproduction	Instytut Adama Mickiewicza / Narodowe Centrum Kultury / Telewizja Polska / Adam Wasiak FREE FROG TV
language	Polish
subtitles	English