Interview with Miri Ian Gossing & Lina Sieckmann, "SIRENS CALL"

Zsombor Bobák in conversation with Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann about the film "SIRENS CALL". Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann’s feature-length debut takes a deep dive into the merfolk subculture on the trail of siren Una. Una leads a nomadic existence in the post-modern reality of a drying-out planet and the film glides along with her – through performance and genre elements, through fiction and documentary. “I’m part human, I recognize that, but I’m not full.” Una’s search for herself and kindred spirits leads her to American diners, shimmering hotel rooms and on a road trip with the young Moth. Trump’s USA looms forth from the car radio. The two of them end up with other merpeople in Portland, a group equally concerned with activism and self-care who have wrested the ancient vision of existence as hybrid beings away from the clutches of consumerist culture. In loving, cool, queer, feminist, technoid and sensual fashion, Gossing / Sieckmann show people who have chosen a life outside the demands of a standardised present. Stylistically brilliant and ingenious in how it transcends the boundaries between genres, SIRENS CALL is an experimental arena for new forms of life and being. Find out more here: https://www.teddyaward.tv/de/archiv/sirens-call/ . https://teddyaward.tv/ https://instagram.com/teddyaward https://bsky.app/profile/teddyaward.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@teddy.award