Produced & Directed by Sylvie Bringas and Orly Yadin
11 minutes, 1998
Silence is 11 minutes long but manages to pack 20 years of a little girl’s experience. Using stark black and white animation and vivid colour animation, the story is told from a little girl’s point of view. We follow the silences that were imposed on her first in Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp and then in post-WWII Sweden, where her relatives don’t ask any questions and don’t permit them either. This is the true story of Tana, who has learned to keep silent and who finally, 50 years later, breaks her silence by narrating this short film. The film was adapted from a tone poem performed by Tana in Stockholm during an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the war.
Gold Hugo Award for Best Short Documentary – Chicago Int’l Film Festival 1998
Best Short Film, Oslo Animation Festival, Norway 1998
Special Jury Award – Hiroshima International Animation Festival 1998
First Prize: Shorts, Cinanima International Animation Festival, Portugal 1998
Best Animation, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia 1999
Grand Prix, Odense Film Festival, Denmark 1999
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