APHONIA
POLISH TITLE: AFONIA
The daily routine of a boarding school for deaf children is disturbed by the arrival of a new student. He cannot sign, he does not speak, and feels alienated. A deaf girl helps him find his way into the new world. Their special friendship will soon be put to the test.
The film features deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 12'
- YEAR:
- 2022
- DIRECTING:
- Marta Z. Nowak
- SCRIPT:
- Marta Z. Nowak
- DOP:
- Jakub Stoszek
- EDITOR:
- Olga Bejm, Marta Z. Nowak
- CAST:
- Ezra Kos, Sonia Chardykow
- SOUND:
- Bartosz Kruczyński
- PRODUCTION:
- Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego
Marta Z. Nowak »
born in Poznań, Poland. 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 at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 2022, Estonia, 2022 (competition)
- POFF Shorts 2022 International Short Film and Animation Festival, Estonia, 2022 (competition)
- 16th Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2023 (competition)
- 29th Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA, 2023 (competition)
- Tirana International Film Festival 2023, Albania, 2023 (competition)
- LUCAS International Festival for Young Lovers 2023, Germany, 2023 (Outstanding Cinematic Achievement)
- 15th Annual DTLA Film Festival, USA, 2023 (competition)