Aphonia
TITLE
Aphonia
DIRECTOR
Marta Z. Nowak
COUNTRY
Poland
YEAR
2022
DURATION
12′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview

Aphonia
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.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Marta Z. Nowak
Marta Z. Nowak - 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 in Katowice, Poland. Afonia is her first short film.
Credits
- DirectorMarta Z. Nowak
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Screenplay
Marta Z. Nowak - CinematographyJakub Stoszek
- Cast
- EditingOlga Bejm & Marta Z. Nowak
- Producer/s Krystyna Doktorowicz Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia
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Production Company
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Distributor/s
Specifications
- Project TitleAphonia
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date January 1, 2022
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Country of origin
Poland - Country of filmingPoland
- LanguageBritish Sign Language, Polish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectYes

Marta Z. Nowak
Marta Z. Nowak - 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 in Katowice, Poland. Afonia is her first short film.