Julian

Louise Bagnall

Year of release in Luxembourg 2025

Director Louise Bagnall

Luxembourg producer MELUSINE STUDIO

In co-production with

Cartoon Saloon (IE)
Aircraft Pictures (CA)
Sun Creature (DK)
Wychwood Media (UK)

Script Juliany Taveras, based on the book by Jessica Love

Original version

English

Duration 85 minutes

Type of financing

Aide Financière Sélective (AFS)

Cast and crew

Cast

Darius Jack Knyght
Diaz Rojas Milcania
So Emma
Tibyan Avery
Georgia Ellis Zariah
Sardinha Anthony
Rodriguez Saenz Manuel
McIntosh Yanna
Herrera Stephanie
Roberts Kim
Maseral Jordan

Crew

Synopsis

Julián is the story of a boy who wants to be a mermaid. The wide-eyed Julián spends a summer of discovery in NYC with his Abuela. Nearly strangers, they brace themselves for tense conversations and new adventures. The colourful chaos of Abuela’s world, and the stories she tells him, awakens something within Julián… questions about who he is and who he could be.

Julián’s journey will reach across the diaspora, from Brooklyn block to the depths of the ocean, in an intergenerational ebb and flow. Through Abuela’s world, Julián explores his identity, gender expression and the hidden heritage of his family.