DIRECTOR: Marita Mayer
FORMAT: Animated Documentary Short
TARGET GROUP: Family
LENGTH: 8 mins
TECHNIQUE: 2D animation
YEAR: 2025
FUNDED by : Østnorsk Filmsenter, NFI, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, Bergesenstiftelsen.

SYNOPSIS:
“How can you think if you cannot speak?” Four kids, age 5 to 15, share their thoughts on aphasia and show us how they communicate and interact with someone, who has difficulties expressing themselves verbally.

In January 2020, Marita won the pitching contest during the Kortfilmkonventet (short film forum) in Trondheim, which was a great start for the development of the film.

AWARDS:
2025
Flipbook Film Festival: Best anidoc award
Toon Dook International Animation Festival, Kyrgyzstan: 2. Best Film
8th Aryan International Children’s Film Festival of Jaipur: Top 5
Animasyros, Greece: Best Children’s Film (K.ID.S Awards)
Primanima, Hungary: PrimaTeen Award
Dox!, Germany: ECFA Documentary Award 

FESTIVALS:
2026
Minmalen Short Film Festival, Norway

2025
Animation Dingle, Ireland
ITFS, Germany
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, USA 
Grimstad Shortfilm Festival, Norway
Fest Anča, Slovakia 
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca, Ecuador 
16th Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosovo
33rd Curtas Vila do Conde IFF, Portugal
Flipbook Film Festival, Skopje, Macedonia
Oslo Pix, Norway
8th Aryan International Children’s Film Festival of Jaipur (ICFF), India
Nordic Docs, Norway
Cinema Touching Disability short film competition, USA
Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland
Animasyros, K.ID.S competition, Greece 
New York Indie Shorts Award, USA
Animest – Bucharest International Animation Film Festival 
Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway 
doxs! Documentaries for Children and Youth, Germany
Primanima, Hungary  
Cambridge Film Festival's Short Fusion Programme 
Nordic Film Days, Germany 
7th Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival, India
Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival! Finland 
Braga Science Film Fest, Portugal
New Order Youth International Film Festival (NOYIFF), Auckland, New Zealand
43rd Ale Kino! Young Audience Film Festival, Poland
International Festival "Reflection of Disability in Art", Greece
Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Estonia
28th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
Festival Inclús, Barcelona, Spain
Dorico International Film Fest, Italy 
New Delhi Film Festival, India