Hushes and Phonics
International Short Film Competition

Hushes and Phonics

Eight-year-old Kacper accompanies his Deaf mother on her way to the doctor. The doctor uses the boy’s presence to communicate with the patient – Kacper becomes a translator for the first time

ENGLISH TITLE:

Hushes and Phonics

ORIGINAL TITLE:

Szumy i fonie

DIRECTOR:

Piotr Kamiński

PRODUCER:

Warsaw Film School

MAIN COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION:

POLAND

GENRE:

FICTION

YEAR:

2024

LENGTH:

16

DIALOGUES:

Polish

CAST:

Edyta Kozub, Ignacy Cholewa

A QUOTE FOR THE FILM:

Sit down nicely, you are going to help your mom.

SELECTIVE LIST OF FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:

Europejski Festiwal Filmowy Integracja Ty i Ja (main award and a young jury award)

DIRECTOR’S BIO:

Student of directing at the Warsaw Film School, graduate of Media Cultures at the University of Silesia. Author of prize-winning short films, winner of Żurawie Award 2017 for Best Picture, Art System foundation’s administration’s member

Produced by:

Co-financed by:

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"Solidarity on Screen - Polish Presidency Film Review" is organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the international cultural program of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2025.