SELECTIVE MUTISM_french subs

How would you feel if one day you wake up speechless?
Alana is selectively mute.
She is a performer with social anxiety disorder.
She loves Berlin and empty waiting rooms.

  • Stathis Roukas
    Director
  • Stathis Roukas
    Writer
  • Stathis Roukas
    Producer
  • Elena Francalanci
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Other
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 15, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    300 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Stathis Roukas

Stathis Roukas (*1991) is a Greek interdisciplinary artist using a vast range of mediums such as photography, video, installation, language, performance. His conceptual approach is centered on the human body/condition and its emotional expansion in the physical and social environment. His work explores themes of identity, belief, trauma, belonging, societal expectation and the constant search of the true self. He lives and works in Berlin.

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Director Statement

With his art he questions the human existence at large and the values of the system we live in. He often creates dreamy and dissonant scenes, by merging absurd elements into mundane settings. Continually experimenting, his artistic practice explores how our subjective perception manifests our own reality.