Private Project

Is Anyone There?

Complexity and absurdity of love for a deaf teenage girl who gets courage from curator in school to step up but…

  • Jean Apa
    Director
  • Jean Apa
    Writer
  • Jean Apa
    Producer
  • Joakim Paronen
    Producer
    Co-Producer
  • Sven Ahlström
    DOP
  • Taisha Agustina Fernandez Carmargo
    Key Cast
    "Deaf Girl"
  • Jenifer Natahlie Terzaghi Fernandez
    Key Cast
    "Curator"
  • Setare Taghvaey
    Key Cast
    "Blind Girl"
  • Victoria Moralez
    Key Cast
    "Mother"
  • Hossein Golbacheh
    Key Cast
    "Father"
  • Ali Bagheri
    Photographer
  • Jean Apa
    Edit
  • Victoria Moralez
    Sound Design and Music
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 30, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jean Apa

Jean was born on a run of freedom somewhere between mountains and he grew up in 3 different countries (Germany, Malaysia, Iran) That might be the reason he does not believe in nationalism...
In 2010 during the shooting of a documentary about Homosexuality in Iran he got arrested and being tortured...
In 2018 he started working on his first feature fiction "Crowded Village" in Berlin then continued the journey to Lisbon then Istanbul and finished it in Stockholm Sweden.
He lives in Stockholm and works as: DOP, photographer, Editor and producer.
He is world citizen carrying Swedish passport, but the bureaucratic world calls him Iranian/Swedish!

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Director Statement

In my world critical thinking and questioning is essential, as long as you don't question, there will be no process of changes no improvement...