Aphonia

(12 mins 26 secs, Poland)

Director

Marta Z. Nowak is a graduate of the Faculty of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She’s currently studying Film Directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, Poland.

Synopsis

A traumatic childhood event renders a young deaf boy unable to communicate. Placed into a school for the hearing impaired, he is unwilling to interact until he forms a close bond with a fellow student. But what secrets is this young boy hiding?

Additional Credits

DOP: Jakub Stoszek
Editing: Olga Bejm/Marta Z. Nowak 
Producer: Krystyna Doktorowicz

Film School

Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School