Award of Merit – “The Sounds of War” (USA)

Title: The Sounds of War
Runtime: 10 min
Country: USA
Director: Joshua Ogner
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: June, 2017

Synopsis: The Sounds of War shadows David, a thirty-year-old retired U.S. Army veteran suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. For David, all it takes is the simplest of sounds to trigger an auditory memory of his time in Afghanistan.

After many restless nights and being denied the right to see his daughter on her birthday, David becomes desperate to find a way to silence the sounds of war.