Wheelchair accessible, SDH captioning, English subtitling
This screening is part of Samizdat’s Ukrainian cinema strand.
Samizdat proudly presents My Thoughts Are Silent (Мої думки тихі) as part of its inaugural edition. A debut feature film by Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich, it has been featured in the lineup of Odessa IFF 2018 and won the Special Jury Prize in the ‘East of the West’ category of the Karlovy Vary IFF.
Young sound engineer Vadym is a disenchanted and lethargic hipster from Kyiv. Jumping at the chance to leave the 'uncomfortable' Ukraine for an attractive Canada, he accepts a mysterious job offer, which requires him to complete a simple yet important task – to travel to the West of the country and record the voices of Transcarpathian animals. Things turn out to be more difficult than expected when Vadym realises that his companion on this journey is his mother.
Content notes: Depictions of animal hunting, police violence.
Access notes: Loud noises occasionally, flickering lights for a short scene.
Curated by Natalia Guzevataya