Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious short film festivals in Portugal. During this year’s 26th edition of the event a documentary film by Eri Mizutani "Their Voices" won the Best European Film School Prize in Take One! competition.
In her movie Eri Mizutani invites us to experience a mysterious world, carefully hidden from us behind the walls of a Polish boarding school. The young students have their own magical world, hardly accessible to others. By a subtle observation and without a spoken word we follow their everyday life throughout the year. While getting to know their habits, gestures and facial expressions we discover an environment full of acceptance, understanding and carefreeness – so different from the world outside. Film allows us to share the children’s emotions, their visions of the world and eventually – to hear their voices.