Aphonia


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
Powerful and atmospheric – great performance from the casts and simply but beautifully shot.