Etude of Silence

Voices unveiled: Echoing the silent songs of freedom

Etude of Silence (Iran, 2026, 17 min) follows a young actress who is repeatedly cast as dead bodies in film productions until the boundary between performance and reality begins to disappear. The film follows a young aspiring actress who survives on the margins of the film industry, repeatedly cast as corpses, victims, and silent bodies in low-budget productions. As she spends her days performing death for the camera, the boundary between performance and reality begins to dissolve, leading her into an unsettling confrontation with invisibility and self-erasure.