Listen

61st TIFF: Greek premiere

On the outskirts of London, Portuguese immigrants Bela and Jota, parents of three, are struggling to make ends meet. When British social services decide to take their children into care, following a misunderstanding involving their deaf daughter, they are forced to engage in an uneven and desperate battle against a faceless and in flexible system. A heart-aching family drama that reminds us that life is made up of countless grey zones and that every story has more than one side.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Ana Rocha de Sousa

Script: Ana Rocha de Sousa, Paula Vaccaro, Aaron Brookner

Cinematography: Hatti Beanland

Editing: Tomás Baltazar

Sound: Pedro Marinho

Music: Nessi Gomes

Actors: Lúcia Moniz, Sophia Myles, Ruben Garcia, Maisie Sly, James Felner

Production: Pinball London, Bando á Parte

Producers: Paula Vaccaro, Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias

Sets: Belle Mundi

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: UK, Portugal

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 74'

Contact: Magnolia Pictures

Awards/Distinctions: Special Orizzonti Jury Prize, "Luigi de Laurentiis" venice Award for a Debut Film – Venice FF 2020

Ana Rocha de Sousa

Ana emerged as a filmmaker after a successful career as an actor in her native Portugal. In 2007 she completed her Fine Arts Degree in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. Here she developed her passion for the power of the visual image in photography and film, winning the Bienal Jovens VaLoures for her work Love_in_Progress. In 2013 she completed her MA in Filmmaking at London Film School. Her short film No Mar (At Sea) was selected to XXI Caminhos Film Festival. Her documentary Laundriness was nominated for Best Short Documentary 2012 in London, at the International Student Film Festival London 2012 and has been accepted for Cannes Film Festival 2012 – Short Film Corner. Listen is her first feature.