Souvenir

film type experimental film, documentary film Production Country Germany, Netherlands production year 2019 runtime 20'50 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Englisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

SOUVENIR explores the deserted inside of contemporary 36-hour mini cruise ferry ships between the Netherlands, Germany, Norway and the UK. As a low-budget replica of luxurious Caribbean cruises, the ship is in a constant state of transit, never arriving at a final destination. On board, settings and décor bear reference to a European colonial history of seafaring and trade while the actual ocean remains distant - in surveillance monitors, the on-board cinema and panoramic window fronts. A female voiceover is composed out of different interviews with seamen's widows, somewhere in between dialogue and inner monologue, circling around topics of distant love, memory, fury and a departure from society's expectations.


director Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing Original Score Simon Waskow Editing Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing Script Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing DOP Christian Kochmann Sound Design Tim Gorinski
Festivals
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
Production
  • SCHALTEN & WALTEN
  • Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing
  • http://www.gossing-sieckmann.com
Distribution
  • SCHALTEN & WALTEN
  • Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing
  • http://www.gossing-sieckmann.com
Sales
  • SCHALTEN & WALTEN
  • Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing
  • http://www.gossing-sieckmann.com

Lina Sieckmann

Have produced several experimental documentary films on 16-mm film as a duo;
their works were shown internationally in exibitions and at film festivals;
live and work in Cologne

Filmography
2014 Sonntag, Büscherhöfchen 2
2015 Desert Miracles
2016 Ocean Hill Drive
2017 One Hour Real
2018 EDIFICE

Miriam Gossing

Have produced several experimental documentary films on 16-mm film as a duo;
their works were shown internationally in exibitions and at film festivals;
live and work in Cologne

Filmography
2014 Sonntag, Büscherhöfchen 2
2015 Desert Miracles
2016 Ocean Hill Drive
2017 One Hour Real
2018 EDIFICE