Miri Ian Gossing (GER)
Authors / Film / Directors / Film
is a screenwriter, director, visual artist and film producer.
They live in Cologne and work with Lina Sieckmann, with whom they also studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Their collaborative work has been shown in exhibitions and film festivals worldwide (including Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart Berlin, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Image Forum Tokyo and Anthology Film Archives New York City).
In 2016, the two received the German Short Film Award for their short film OCEAN HILL DRIVE. In 2020 they were nominated for the German Short Film Award with their short film SOUVENIR.
Their hybrid feature-length film SIRENS CALL premiered highly acclaimed at the Berlinale 2025.
“Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann’s feature debut “Sirens Call” is politically and artistically radical…There’s nothing quite like it. “ (Variety)
Works (selection)
SIRENS CALL
2025
World premiere: 75th International Berlin Film Festival
SIRENS CALL
Directors, screenplay: Lina Sieckmann & Miri Ian Gossing
Production: filmfaust
DE, NL, 121 min, 2025
In their feature-length debut, Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann dive into the merfolk subculture with performance artist and mermaid Una. Genre elements, fiction and documentary, self-care, political activism and self-chosen identities flow into one another.
SOUVENIR, short film
2019
OCEAN HILL DRIVE, short film
2016