Silence (بێدەنگی)
Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox
Brwa Vahabpour / Short Narrative / Norway, Iraq / 2020 / 15 min / Colour / DCP
In Kurdish / Arabic, English subtitles
Interests: Drama
MENA Premiere
Synopsis
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.
About the Directors
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
- Director
- Brwa Vahabpour
- Producer
- Renée Mlodyszewski
- Editor
- Brynjar Lien Aune
- Executive Producer
- Lea Drecher, Mehmet Aktaş, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver
- Composer
- Matias Frøystad
- Cinematographer
- Łukasz Zamaro
- Production Company
- Oslo Pictures AS
- Sound
- Matias Frøystad
- Distributor
- Oslo Pictures AS
- Cast
- Ebru Ayse Caki, Hussein Hassan, Shabu Solimany