Selkie (05/04/2000)

Production : Bluestone Pictures, Australian Film Commission, South Australian Film Corporation, Showtime Australia

Synopsis

Teenager Jamie moves with his mother, sister and grandfather to an island off the South Australian coast where mum has a job running a marine research station. To his discomfort, Jamie discovers he's a "selkie" - half human, half seal - that explains the webbing on his hands and also why he changes completely into a seal as soon as he hits water.