Sirens
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.
| Director | Ilaria Di Carlo |
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"We are waging a war against nature. If we win it, we're lost."
Hubert Reeves
The words of the beloved astrophysicist were widely echoed this week, as people around the world mourned his passing. And in the face of this dystopian odyssey, his words take on the air of prophecy. The metallic siren song of modernity is chilling, reminiscent of the sinister alarms of Chernobyl. Wisps of smoke rise into the sky like signals to gigantic creatures. The buckets of the monstrous wheel dig their unwavering furrow in the earth, which yields without resistance. An orgy of destruction, of metallic domination, of technological organization.
Are we already lost?
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk's Artistic Director
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BOTH
13 mn
Language: Français -
English
13 mn
Language: English
- Année 2022
- Pays Germany
- Durée 13
- Producteur LHOOQ Films, Schuldenberg Films
- Langue Without dialogue
- Résumé court Shot entirely from helicopters, this experimental short takes us on a journey through industrial wastelands, thus recalling the passage of Ulysses' boat through the Sirens' strait.
"We are waging a war against nature. If we win it, we're lost."
Hubert Reeves
The words of the beloved astrophysicist were widely echoed this week, as people around the world mourned his passing. And in the face of this dystopian odyssey, his words take on the air of prophecy. The metallic siren song of modernity is chilling, reminiscent of the sinister alarms of Chernobyl. Wisps of smoke rise into the sky like signals to gigantic creatures. The buckets of the monstrous wheel dig their unwavering furrow in the earth, which yields without resistance. An orgy of destruction, of metallic domination, of technological organization.
Are we already lost?
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk's Artistic Director
-
BOTH
Duration: 13 minutesLanguage: Français13 mn -
English
Duration: 13 minutesLanguage: English13 mn
- Année 2022
- Pays Germany
- Durée 13
- Producteur LHOOQ Films, Schuldenberg Films
- Langue Without dialogue
- Résumé court Shot entirely from helicopters, this experimental short takes us on a journey through industrial wastelands, thus recalling the passage of Ulysses' boat through the Sirens' strait.
