Silence
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2021
Brwa Vahabpour / Norway, Iraq / 2020 / 15 min / Colour / DCP / In Kurdish / Arabic, English subtitles
Themes: Drama
Rated: 
Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
Description
Inspired by the filmmaker’s own mother and her experience with hearing loss, ‘Silence’ is an insightful short that tells the story of a young deaf girl who struggles to fit in. Nine-year-old Bahar has recently lost her ability to hear due to an infection. Her parents cannot afford to send her to a special needs school, so she begins to feel increasingly isolated from her peers. This feeling of alienation is the beginning of a series of desperate acts culminating in an attempt to cure herself.
Director
Brwa Vahabpour
Brwa Vahabpour is a Kurdish-Norwegian filmmaker from Trondheim with a bachelor’s degree in directing from The Norwegian Film School (2018). He has directed the award-winning short films 'Pomegranate', 'The Shepherd' and 'Silence', which screened at A-festivals such as Short Shorts, Palm Springs, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Encounters and Aspen short fest. 'Silence' won the Screen Talent Europe-pitch prize in 2019 and won best edit at The Norwegian short film festival in 2020.
Credits
- Producer
- Renée Mlodyszewski
- Cinematographer
- Łukasz Zamaro
- Editor
- Brynjar Lien Aune
- Cast
- Ebru Ayse Caki, Hussein Hassan, Shabu Solimany