Song of Silence

In 2071, after a 3rd world war, a matriarchal, mute community has emerged, built from a collapsed one left in ruins by patriarchal extremists of the past. The leader keeps things together with codes and rituals. Then her son shows up.

Festivals, awards and nominations

​​Fantasia International Film Festival / Nominee
SLASH Fantastic Film Festival / Nominee
AFI FEST 2025 / Showcase Screening
MANIAC Valencia International Film Festival 2025 / Audience Award Winner
​COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARDS 2026 / Nominee by Television Academy Foundation

OFFICIAL SELECTION – SHORT FILMS (BLOCK II)

07 Mar 20:30

Lleialtat Santsenca

director
Vasilisa Kuzmina
cast
Deanne Bray, Sophia Morales, Grigory Dobrygin
country of origin
United States
production year
2025
language
English
subtitles
Catalan
runtime
15
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Vasilisa Kuzmina

Vasilisa Kuzmina is a young filmmaker and scriptwriter of Russian-Iranian descent. Vasilisa debuted as a film director with the web series "Alisa," which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2020 in the Pilot Competition Program. "Nika" is her first feature film, which premiered at SXSW 2022 in the Narrative Feature Competition and won Special Jury Recognition for Breakthrough Perfomance. Vasilisa is studying for MFA's degree at the American Film Institute (Directing class of 2025).

Crew

ScreenwriterDaisy Anderson, Vasilisa Kuzmina
ProductionQiuping Han, Daniel Knight
MusicMiroslawa Markowska, Mikolaj Tchorzewski
EditionYuntong Dai