Siren

Siren (1968)

Sirene

Monsterlike cranes reign over an inhospitable harbour as prehistorical reptiles. The only human being they accept is a lonesome fisherman. He is to witness a strange encounter between a ship's mate and a mermaid. Imagination or reality?

Date of release
1968-05-01
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (16)
Runtime
9m
Genres
Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Comedy
Director
Raoul Servais

Interesting facts

Siren is a 1968 Belgian animated short film written and directed by Raoul Servais. Set in a harbour city dominated by mechanical beasts and reason, it is about the encounter between a boy and a mermaid. The nine and a half minutes long film was produced with support from the Flemish Community and received a number of awards at international film festivals.

Production

Siren was made short after Belgium's Ministry of Culture had been split into two, one each for the Flemish and French Communities. The Flemish Ministry of Culture approached Servais, who was an established figure in Belgian animation and a teacher at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, with the prospect of making what became Siren.

The set designs for Siren were created by Norbert Desyn. Servais did almost all the animation work himself. Lucien Goethals, a regular collaborator of Servais, composed the musical score. The film has a running time of 9 minutes and 30 seconds.

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