All Ajyal Film Festival 2021 Films
Silence (بێدەنگی)
Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021
Brwa Vahabpour / Short Narrative / Norway, Iraq / 2020 / 15 min / Colour / DCP / In Kurdish / Arabic, English subtitles / MENA Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
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 Director
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