Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Ali Cook set out to make "The Pearl Comb," he never imagined the fantasy-tinged period short would end up among the year’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contrary to popular belief, the seaweed isn’t always greener in somebody else’s lake. In the case of Ali Cook’s Oscar-shortlisted ...

Beatie Edney in 'The Pearl Comb.' Photo Courtesy of Ali Cook. Beatie Edney in 'The Pearl Comb.' Photo Courtesy of Ali Cook. “The Pearl Comb,” starring Beatie Edney, is an award-winning British short ...

When Ali Cook set out to make "The Pearl Comb," he never imagined the fantasy-tinged period short would end up among the year's most decorated films - let alone shortlisted for the Academy Award for ...

The Little Mermaid” it is not. “The Pearl Comb,” the haunting, occasionally chilling, deftly polemical directorial debut of British actor and writer Ali Cook, is a short film set in an English coastal ...

British filmmaker’s first film, THE PEARL COMB takes Best After Hours Short Film award at Cleveland International Film Festival I knew the film would stand out in the After Hours program and the ...

Contrary to popular belief, the seaweed isn’t always greener in somebody else’s lake. In the case of Ali Cook’s Oscar-shortlisted short film The Pearl Comb, the county of Cornwall is flourishing in ...

The writer-director reflects on his short film’s unlikely rise through the festival circuit, the challenge of creating a believable mermaid, and the real-world history that anchors its fantasy.