Silent Voices
TITLE
Silent Voices
DIRECTOR
Nadine Misong Jin
COUNTRY
USA, South Korea
YEAR
2026
DURATION
18′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview

Silent Voices
In New York, a Korean immigrant family of four leads separate lives, each facing moments of defeat in their daily existence. As they navigate complexities of survival and disconnection, they each hide their wounds from one another.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Nadine Misong Jin
Nadine Misong Jin is a Korean filmmaker based in New York and Seoul. She is drawn to cinema of the seer - where characters slowly die from what they witness, youth becomes a battlefield, and the intrusive nature of the world is ever-present. At the core of her work lies the question of whether one can divide oneself from systemic, societal conditions. She is a Pedro Costa Lab (Yucatán, Mexico) fellow, and her short film Juk won a Grand Prize at the DGA Student Awards. Her latest project, Silent Voices, is a Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge winner and is supported by CAPE and Janet Yang Productions. It has been selected for its premiere at the 2026 Festival de Cannes (La Cinef). After studying English literature and film directing at Sungkyunkwan University, she is currently an MFA Film candidate at Columbia University
Credits
- DirectorNadine Misong Jin
- ScreenplayNadine Misong Jin
- CinematographyZhejian Michael Cong
- CastSook Hyung Yang, Jongman Kim, Amy Yeh, Chloe Chan, Maria Müller, Jennifer Taher, Melinda Nanovsky
- EditingNadine Misong Jin
- Producer/s Yuwen Zhang, Nadine Misong Jin
- Production Company
- Distributor/sLights On Film
- Project TitleSilent Voices
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date19 May 2026
- Country of origin USA, South Korea
- Country of filmingUSA, South Korea
- LanguageEnglish, Korean
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectYes

Nadine Misong Jin
Nadine Misong Jin is a Korean filmmaker based in New York and Seoul. She is drawn to cinema of the seer - where characters slowly die from what they witness, youth becomes a battlefield, and the intrusive nature of the world is ever-present. At the core of her work lies the question of whether one can divide oneself from systemic, societal conditions. She is a Pedro Costa Lab (Yucatán, Mexico) fellow, and her short film Juk won a Grand Prize at the DGA Student Awards. Her latest project, Silent Voices, is a Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge winner and is supported by CAPE and Janet Yang Productions. It has been selected for its premiere at the 2026 Festival de Cannes (La Cinef). After studying English literature and film directing at Sungkyunkwan University, she is currently an MFA Film candidate at Columbia University
Specifications
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Cannes Film Festival – La Cinef 2026
Second Prize for the Best Short Film








