Sirens Call
Sirens Call is a 2025 hybrid film combining documentary, Science fiction and road movie. The film is written and directed by Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann in their directorial debut. The film depicts a nomadic siren journeys through a scattered Earth, navigating biography, identity, and belonging while challenging tensions between mythology and postmodern reality.[1] The film was selected in Forum at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had first screening on 14 February 2025.[2] It is also selected for 39th Teddy Award, and will compete for Best Documentary Film.[3] SummaryMiri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann’s debut feature film with a queer, feminist, and technoid aesthetic, challenges standardized norms, using its genre-blending style as a space for alternative ways of living. It explores the merfolk subculture through Una, a nomadic siren navigating a drought-stricken, postmodern world. Blending performance, fiction, and documentary, the film follows Una’s journey of self-discovery, from American diners to a road trip with Moth, set against Trump-era United States. Eventually, they join activist merpeople in Portland, reclaiming hybrid existence from consumerist culture. Cast
ProductionPrincipal photography began on 4 November 2020 at location in Portland (Oregon), San Francisco & Las Vegas (California), Washington State, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Hawaii, Cologne, and Hanover. Filming ended on 24 September 2022 in locations in Egypt and USA.[4] Film was shot on 16mm camera.[5] ReleaseSirens Call had its world premiere in the Forum section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on 14 February 2025.[6][7] In January 2025, Canada’s Syndicado acquired the international sales rights of the film.[8] Accolades
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