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SIRENS | ©Schuldenberg Films
©Schuldenberg Films
Experimental Film | 2021 | Architecture, Economy, Experimental, Society | Germany

Brief 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 dystopian landscapes that are leaving permanent marks on earth’s ecosphere.

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Post production supervisorEthan Folk
ColoristSergi Sánchez Rodríguez
Director of photographyFrancisco MeCe
DIT digital imaging technicianEthan Folk
DirectorIlaria Di Carlo
ProducerSophie Ahrens
Co-producerCaroline Kox
ScreenwriterIlaria Di Carlo
Sound supervisorAntonio de Luca

Production companies

CompanyComment
Paradies Filmproduktion
Schuldenberg Films

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Ilaria Di Carlo2023Filmfestival Münster [de]
European Short Film
European Short FilmNominated
Ilaria Di Carlo2023Landshut Short Film Festival [de]
DaHome
DaHomeNominated
Ilaria Di Carlo2022Flensburger Kurzfilmtage [de]
venture
ventureWinner
Ilaria Di Carlo2022Torino Film Festival [it]
Best Short Film (Italian Short Film Competition)
Best Short Film (Italian Short Film Competition)Winner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2023PolandInternational Film Festival ZOOM - Zbliżenia
2023GermanyFilmfestival Münster
2023LatviaRiga int. Short Film Festival (2Annas)
2023GermanyLandshut Short Film Festival
DaHome – A Heimat Film Program
DaHome – A Heimat Film Program
2022GermanyFilmfest Dresden
2022GermanyFilmkunstfest MV
Short film night
Short film night
2022ItalyTorino Filmfestival
Italian Short Films Competition
Italian Short Films Competition