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Director |
Ilaria Di Carlo |
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Genre |
Documentary, Experimental |
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Duration |
10’ |
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Year |
2026 |
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Nationality |
Germany, Italy |
Polyphem is the second chapter in a series of short landscape films that reinterpret the stages of the journey of Homer’s Odyssey and set them in the context of the anthropocene. Loosely inspired by the myth of Polyphemus, the film draws on the symbolism of the red colour of bauxite tailings as a metaphor for the wound and threat caused by human intervention.
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Director |
Ilaria Di Carlo |
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Genre |
Documentary, Experimental |
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Duration |
10′ |
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Nationality |
Germany, Italy |
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Production |
LHOOQ Films |
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Producers |
Ilaria Di Carlo Anne Kutzner Alexander Kleiber |
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Director Of Photography |
Christian Wiege |
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Music |
Giulio Tomei |
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Editing |
Ilaria Di Carlo |
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Helicopter Pilot |
Torben Koopmann |
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Production Manager |
Rebecca Shein |
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Postproduction Supervisor |
Sergi Sanchez Rodriguez |
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Colour Grading |
Andreas Hellmanzik |
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Graphic Designer |
ANN- Institut für visuelle Freude |

Ilaria Di Carlo is an Italian video artist and filmmaker based in Berlin. She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art in London and at the Fine Arts Academy in Rome. She subsequently studied filmmaking at the SAE Institute of Berlin. Her visually driven films explore the role of myth and poetry as a reflection on contemporary life, while focusing on the themes of journey and identity in relation to spaces, landscapes, and architecture. Her films have been screened at numerous international film festivals including Festival of New Cinema Montreal, and Cork Film Festival, receiving multiple awards such as Best Short Film at Torino Film Festival and the Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Her work has been presented in various museums, exhibitions and institutions such as Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, Museum of Contemporary Arts in Lisbon, and Fundacion Proa Buenos Aires among others.
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