POLYPHEM

INFO

Director

Ilaria Di Carlo

Genre

Documentary, Experimental

Duration

10’

Year

2026

Nationality

Germany, Italy

SYNOPSYS

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.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Ilaria Di Carlo

Genre

Documentary, Experimental

Duration

10′

Nationality

Germany, Italy

Production

LHOOQ Films

Producers

Ilaria Di Carlo

Anne Kutzner

Alexander Kleiber

Director Of Photography

Christian Wiege

Music

Giulio Tomei

Editing

Ilaria Di Carlo

Helicopter Pilot

Torben Koopmann

Production Manager

Rebecca Shein

Postproduction Supervisor

Sergi Sanchez Rodriguez

Colour Grading

Andreas Hellmanzik

Graphic Designer

ANN- Institut für visuelle Freude

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2026
Special Mention Best Soundtrack
21. Sole Luna Doc Film Festival
2026
Official Selection
6. VEM – Videoarte Em Movimento
2026
Official Selection
25. Concorto Film Festival
2026
Official Selection
25. Euganea Film Festival

ILARIA DI CARLO

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BIOGRAPHY

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.

FILMOGRAPHY

POLYPHEM

2026

 

 

SIRENS

2022

 

 

AD SIDERA MUNDI

2019

 

 

THE DIVINE WAY

2018

 

 

THE BLACK BOOK

2017

 

 

IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME

2017