Seven minutes that'll wreck your whole afternoon — in the best way.
Jack, a teenager in his final years in highschool is torn by grief after his girlfriend, Elizabeth, takes her own life. Not even his closest friends are able to get through to him, with their words silent throughout the film. Jack is forced through his own mind's manifestations of Elizabeth to take the steps to moving on.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a grief-stricken painting.
Sound
The deliberate silence hits harder than any score could.
Acting
Trethewy says everything without speaking a word.
Director
Nicholas Moroney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's literal execution — friends' dialogue rendered as silent echoes — visually manifests how grief deafens us to outside comfort.
This micro-short joins a growing wave of Australian student films addressing men's mental health through formal experimentation rather than dialogue.
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