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They Scream in Silence

Many decades after the war, Berek Kaufman, a Holocaust survivor and a renown painter faces the terrors of his past. Which torn opens the decade-old wound, ultimately making him realize just how fragile life is.

  • Ashray Dravidian
    Director
    Interlude, Asphyxia, Nirvana.
  • Ashray Dravidian
    Writer
    Interlude, Asphyxia, Nirvana.
  • Ashray Dravidian
    Producer
    Interlude, Asphyxia, Nirvana.
  • John C Forman
    Key Cast
    "Berek Kaufman"
  • Erika Hoveland
    Key Cast
    "Sarah Wells"
  • Kim Cruchon
    Key Cast
    "Eva Kaufman"
  • Victor Pytko
    Key Cast
    "Earnest Wells"
  • Nikki Fioretti
    Key Cast
    "Alice Kaufman"
  • Aaron Matthew Atkisson
    Key Cast
    "Herbert Kaufman"
  • Benjamin Locker
    Key Cast
    "Young Berek Kaufman"
  • Julia Ouellette
    Key Cast
    "Young Eva Kaufman"
  • Ariana Elizabeth
    Key Cast
    "Nurse"
  • Tony Semanik
    Key Cast
    "David Einsenberg"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Narrative
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 16, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    11,300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The International Indie Gathering Film Festival
    Cleveland, Ohio
    United States
    August 11, 2018
    North American Premiere
    Winner - 3rd place - Narrative Drama
  • Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
    Bengaluru
    India
    August 16, 2018
    South Indian Premiere
    Official Selection - International - Non- Competition
  • Los Angels Cinefest
    Los Angels
    United States
    August 14, 2018
    Semi-Finalist
  • Cult Critic Movie Award
    Kolkata
    India
    September 16, 2018
    Winner - Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Indigo Moon Film Festival
    Fayetteville, NC
    United States
    October 13, 2018
    Official Selection
  • The 2018 Great Lakes International Film Festival
    Erie, PA
    United States
    September 20, 2018
    Official - Selection
  • Royal Starr Film Festival
    Royal Oak, Michigan
    United States
    October 12, 2018
    Michigan Premiere
    Winner - Best Made in Michigan Short
  • East Lansing Film Festival
    Lansing, Michigan
    United States
    November 2, 2018
    Official Selection
  • International Festival of Cinematographer Golden Eye
    Tibilsi
    Georgia
    September 27, 2018
    Official Selection
  • The Central Michigan International Film Festival
    Mount Pleasant, Michigan
    United States
    February 16, 2019
    Official Selection
  • London International Motion Picture Awards
    London
    United Kingdom
    June 4, 2019
    UK Premiere
    Official Selection
  • The Indian Film Festival Cincinnati, Ohio
    Cincinnati
    United States
    September 7, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Near Nazareth Film Festival
    Jerusalem
    Israel
    December 16, 2019
    Semi - Finalist
Director Biography - Ashray Dravidian

From a small town in southern India to producing/Directing Independently in Detroit, USA. Ashray's long journey is filled with artistic ventures. Ashray was born on 2nd-July-1987 at Hosanagara, a small town surrounded by mountains in southern India. At the age of 18 Ashray moved to Bangalore to study Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Art History, During his 4 years of college he wrote & directed 3 plays for his college theater team and in his final year of graduation (2012) he made an artwork La Cristo, wherein he covered the whole building housing a cluster of 12 museums & his art college in white cloth. It was his commentary on the epistemology of art pedagogy.

In 2013 Ashray moved to Detroit, USA to study Filmmaking, since then he wrote and directed 5 short films, he graduated from film school on October 2014, His thesis film Asphyxia won 6 awards in local and International film festivals and his recent short film Interlude screened in 18 film festivals around the world and won 5 awards. Ashray's new film They Scream in Silence is on the festival circuit now.

According to his screenwriting teacher Richard Rothrock - " Ashray's visuals, as always, are astonishing, powerful, and beautiful. And, as always, he tackles with some major issues about life and how some of us attempt to make sense of life through storytelling"

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Director Statement

The root of the film 'They Scream in Silence' is in the poem 'The Lamb and the Tyger' by William Blake. The Lamb (Berek) represents the good and the Tyger (Earnest) represents the evil. Berek and Earnest both are part of the Holocaust but they saw it in different perspectives. I believe bringing the good and the evil face to face always resulted in the birth of newer thinking possibilities. Our protagonist Berek Kaufman builds his life after the Holocaust based on art and poetry but when he faces his past after many decades his dilemmas, his struggle to see through his past and his quest to find the lost solace in poems make him and his life a poetry itself.