THEIR VOICES

PROSZĘ O CISZĘ

In her movie Eri Mizutani invites us to experience mysterious world, carefully hidden from us behind the walls of the polish boarding school. The young students have their own magic world, hardly accessible for the others, the “normal” ones. By a subtle observation and without a spoken word we access their everyday life throughout the year. Getting to know their habits, gestures and facial expressions we access the environment full of acceptance, understanding and airiness – so different from the world outside. Film allows us to share the childrens’ emotions, their visions of the world and eventually, to hear their voices.

Eri Mizutani in her movie transgresses hard to cross communication barriers between the worlds of adults and children, deaf and hearing.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 26
  • Year: 2017
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Eri Mizutani

Script: Eri Mizutani

DOP: Alicia Devaux

Music: Panos Rriska

Editing: Tamahin Mehanni, Sabina Filipowicz

Sound: Bogdan Klat

Production company: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna

Trailer

About the director:

Eri Mizutani

Eri Mizutani

 I was born in 1984 in Kyoto. In 2009 I graduated from TAMA Art University. During my studies I directed five movies. The first one, „Ki-ka” was made in 2006 and got the Special Jury Prize during the 29th Pia Film Festival. The third one „It’s kind of ill”, made in 2008. It was screened in the movie theatre UPLINK in Tokyo.

Since 2010 I study in the Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź. In 2013 I directed the documentary “Zostanie tylko pragnienie” and the short film „Niewidomi”. In 2014 I directed the documentaries „Śni mi się” and „Ciemna przestrzeń”. The same year I also took part in the staging of the Japonese-inspired theatre play „Niespełniona miłość”. Nowadays I am directing theatre workshops for young people in partnership with the foundation Ai, preparing two theatre plays: „Romeo and Juliet” and „Poszukiwanie miłości” (Academic Center of Artistic Initiatives in Lodz).

At festivals:

TRT Documentary Awards, Turkey, 2018 (competition)

26th Curtas Vila do Conde IFF, Portugal, 2018 (Best European Film School Prize)

Seminci - Valladolid IFF, Spain, 2018 (competition)

DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2018 (screening)

Listapad Minsk IFF, Belarus, 2018 (competition)

Verzio FF, Hungary, 2018 (competition)

21st Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Spain, 2019 (2nd Jury Prize)

Bethlehem Student Film Festival, Palestine, 2019 (competition)

Tokyo International Deaf Film Festival, Japan, 2019 (screening)

34th Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove, Spain, 2019 (competition)

Flahertiana - IDFF, Russia, 2019 (screening)

BBC LongShots Online Film Festival, 2020 (screening)