Former New Glarus Resident Releases New Film, ^Scales: Mermaids Are Real^"

Vantage Media International has just released a Fromage Pictures Production, <i>Scales: Mermaids Are Real</i>. The film was written, produced and directed by former New Glarus resident, Kevan Peterson.
In <i>Scales</i>, Siren Phillips (Emma Perry) has lived her life thinking she's an ordinary girl, in an ordinary town. On the eve of her twelfth birthday, however, she learns that she is far from ordinary. Destined to turn into a Mermaid at the age of twelve, Siren must struggle with her new reality, saying goodbye to her mother and friends, while she transitions into the water. To make matters worse, a group of Hunters are after her, trying to catch her. She soon becomes friends with Adam Wilts (Jack Grazer), a new boy at school, who she turns to for help. He agrees to help her, but finds himself caught in the middle, when it's his own father who is after Siren. When Siren's mother (Elisabeth Rohm) is taken, the town must rally behind her, and help her make a peaceful transition into the water, before the hunters can find out where she is.
<i>Scales: Mermaids Are Real</i> had its premiere at the Sonoma International Film Festival on April 2, 2017. This was followed by a second showing at the Newport Beach International Film Festival on April 22, 2017, where the film received the Audience Favorite Award in the Family Friendly category. <i>Scales: Mermaids Are Real</i> has also received the Dove Family Approval Award for All Ages.
Kevan Peterson established the independent film company Fromage Pictures in 2008, with the purpose of specializing in family friendly fare. His first major project was an animated short film,<i> The Super Holidays</i>, created as a television pilot and released in 2010. His first feature length film, <i>Wiener Dog Nationals</i> was released in 2013 and became the top Red Box rental in the Family Features category in July 2013. His second film, a sequel entitled <i>Wiener Dog Internationals</i> was released in 2015 and remains a popular family friendly film.
Today, Peterson lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles, California. However, he fondly remembers his days in New Glarus as a young child, attending New Glarus Elementary School for Kindergarten through 2nd grade. His mother, Joyce, was a teacher at New Glarus High School from 1980 to 1987, and his late father, Gary, worked for the <i>Capital Times </i>in Madison.
<i>Scales: Mermaids Are Real</i> is currently available for purchase or rent as a DVD or streaming video through Amazon, iTunes, Redbox, Netflix, Target, American Movie Classics (AMC), Walmart, Family Video, Best Buy, Barnes &amp; Noble and Turner Classic Movies (TCM).