Those Who Hear The Sun
TITLE
Those Who Hear The Sun
DIRECTOR
Maurizius Staerkle Drux
COUNTRY
Switzerland
YEAR
2025
DURATION
8′
GENRE
Video Art
Those Who Hear The Sun
A deaf woman believes the sun is Earth's loudest element. Her journey unveils how deaf people "hear" – in their own imaginary world.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Maurizius Staerkle Drux
Maurizius Staerkle Drux studied film directing with a focus on sound at ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) and HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts). He is co-founder of the production company Ensemble Film GmbH and has been a professor of documentary film at ZHdK since 2025.His award-winning films CONCRETE LOVE (2014) and THE ART OF SILENCE (2022) have been screened worldwide. In THOSE WHO HEAR THE SUN he connects his artistic work with the sensory world of his deaf community.
- DirectorMaurizius Staerkle Drux
- Screenplay
- Cinematography
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s Franziska Sonder
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleThose Who Hear The Sun
- Project Type Video Art
- Completion Date05 Feb 2025
- Country of originSwitzerland
- Country of filmingSwitzerland
- Language German
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectYes
Maurizius Staerkle Drux
Maurizius Staerkle Drux studied film directing with a focus on sound at ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) and HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts). He is co-founder of the production company Ensemble Film GmbH and has been a professor of documentary film at ZHdK since 2025.His award-winning films CONCRETE LOVE (2014) and THE ART OF SILENCE (2022) have been screened worldwide. In THOSE WHO HEAR THE SUN he connects his artistic work with the sensory world of his deaf community.
Winterthurer Kurzfilmtage
Winterthur
October 8, 2025
Swiss Premiere (National)
Swiss Competition
Switzerland
