Sirens
Cinematographer
Writer & Director: Ilaria Di Carlo
Produced by Schuldenberg Films in co-production with Paradies & l.h.o.0.q. Films
13 Minutes / Experimental Documentary / Germany 2022
Digital / Colour / 2.35:1 / Stereo & 5.1 / no dialogue
SYNOPSIS
Monolithic power plants; billowing columns of smoke; the backdrop of a red sun. Sirens is an experimental short documentary that captures Germany’s coal-fired power plants in their final years of generating energy. Shot entirely from helicopters, the film takes us on a journey through industrial wastelands, thus recalling the passage of Ulysses’ boat through the Sirens’ strait. An odyssey through the dystopian industrial world that has left a permanent mark on earth’s ecosphere.
CREDITS
Writer & Director: Ilaria Di Carlo
Producers: Sophie Ahrens, Fabian Altenried, Kristof Gerega
Co-Producers: Caroline Kox, Antonio De Luca, Ilaria Di Carlo
Music: Demetrio Castellucci
Film Editor: Sofia Angelina Machado
Director of Photography. Francisco MeCe
Aerial Cinematographer: Christian Wiege, HD Skycam
Aerial Unit Technician: Oliver Ward
Pilot NRW: KMN Helicopter, Torben Koopmann
Pilot Brandenburg – Saxony: Aeroheli International, Dirk Franzke
Line Producer: Fabian Altenried
Dramaturg: Marko Milosavljevi
Production Manager: Marlene Götz
Production Assistant: Julia Franke
Location Scout: Charlotte Reibell
Drivers: Oona von Maydell, Selma Gültoprak
Postproduction Supervisor & DIT: Ethan Folk
VFX & Title Design: Sascha Töpfer
Image Postproduction: Volte Films
Colorist : Sergi Sánchez Rodriguez
Sound Supervisor: Antonio de Luca
Re-Recording Mixer & Sound Editor: Ricardo Murga
Funded by
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture & the Media (BKM), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), Film- und Medienstiftung NRW & German Federal Film Board (FFA)
Alexa Mini LF, Canon CN10x25 IAS S/P1, ShotOver F1 Camera Systems
AWARDS
Jury Special Mention – 45th Drama Int. Short Film Festival, Drama, Greece
Grand Prix – 27th Split Film Festival, Split, Croatia
FESTIVAL
48th Clermont Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival, Clermont Ferrand, France
34th Filmfest Dresden, Dresden, Germany
45th Drama Int. Short Film Festival, Jury Special Mention, Drama, Greece
31st Filmkunstfest MV, Schwerin, Germany
27th Split International Festival of New Cinema, Split, Croatia
51st Montreal Festival of New Cinema, Montreal, Quebec
12th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Cyprus
48th FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain
16th Short Film Festival Cologne, Cologne, Germany
36th Braunschweig International Film Festival, Braunschweig, Germany
© Schuldenberg Films – Paradies – Ilaria Di Carlo