The Siren
Switzerland / France, Planned for 3rd quarter 2025
XR / IMMERSIVE,
Animation, Experimental,
15 min.
- directed by
- Mélanie Courtinat
- Written by
- Mélanie Courtinat
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://melaniecourtinat.com/The-Siren
A digital exploration, presented as both a VR experience and a screen-based installation, which invites players to question control, self-agency, and the search for meaning in video games and in life. It begins with a heroine in engraved armor, assigned a simple side quest: collect glowing seashells on a beach at dusk. But as the narrator grows increasingly authoritarian, the task becomes a reflection on how we fill the void with rituals, distractions, and romantic ideals.
credits
- World Premiere
- Planned for 3rd quarter 2025
- Original Version
- Without dialogue (french/english subtitles), colour, true, Immersive format, 15 min.
- Production
- Musée d’art de Pully
- Producer
- Mélanie Courtinat
- directed by
- Mélanie Courtinat
- Written by
- Mélanie Courtinat
- Editing
- Mélanie Courtinat
- Music
- Yatoni Roy Cantu
- 3D Animation
- Odran Jobin, Alex Sinh Nguyen, Nino Filiu
- Techniques
- 3D Computer animation
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Diversion Cinema