Sirens Call

Sirens Call
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Miri Ian Gossing
  • Lina Sieckmann
Screenplay by
  • Miri Ian Gossing
  • Lina Sieckmann
Produced by
  • Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
  • Miri Ian Gossing
  • Claus Herzog-Reichel
  • Lina Sieckmann
Starring
  • Gina Rønning
  • Moth Rønning-Bötel
  • Rei Spider Barnes
  • Jason Bötel
  • Mark Ginsberg
CinematographyChristian Kochmann
Edited byChristoph Bargfrede
Music bySimon Waskow
Production
companies
  • Schalten und Walten
  • filmfaust
  • Elbe Stevens Films
Distributed by
  • Syndicado
Release date
Running time
121 minutes
Countries
  • Netherlands
  • Germany
Language
  • English

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]

Summary

Miri 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

  • Gina Rønning
  • Moth Rønning-Bötel
  • Rei Spider Barnes
  • Jason Bötel
  • Mark Ginsberg

Production

Principal 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]

Release

Sirens 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

Award Date Category Recipient Result Ref.
Berlin International Film Festival 23 February 2025 Teddy Award for Best Short Films Sirens Call Nominated [9]

References

  1. ^ Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann (29 January 2025). "Sirens Call". Cineuropa. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  2. ^ Davide Abbatescianni (16 January 2025). "Berlinale's Forum announces a selection of contemporary cinema questioning our time". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  3. ^ "39th Teddy Award: Sirens Call". Teddy Award. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Sirens Call, Documentary Feature, 2020-2024, Experimental documentary, Society, Germany, Netherlands". Crew United. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  5. ^ Gossing, Sieckmann (28 January 2025). "Sirens Call". Gossing-Sieckmann. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  6. ^ Scott Roxborough (16 January 2025). "Berlin Forum Unveils Full 2025 Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Sirens Call". Berlinale. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  8. ^ Leo Barraclough (20 January 2025). "'Paul,' About a Submissive House Cleaner, and 'Sirens Call,' About the Merfolk Subculture, Picked Up by Syndicado Ahead of Berlinale Premieres (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  9. ^ "39th Teddy Award: Filmtitles". Teddy Award. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.

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