Kathryn Morris UK

Two weeks from this coming Friday sees the start of the Speechless Film Festival, held in Mankato, Minnesota.

The screening schedule for the event has been released so we get to see when we can get to see Fabien Martorell’s short film The Coin.

7pm on the 20th at the Cine Grand is the first opportunity.  For those with VIP Festival Passes, which entitle you see everything as well as getting access to some VIP lounges, there is a 2nd screening at Studio Six on the Saturday afternoon at 1pm.

The Coin will be one of a five films grouped under the banner “Young Drama”.  The others in the set are also American, apart from one British interloper.  Elsewhere the festival has a more international feel with films from Canada, Turkey, Israel, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Iran, Poland, and Romania and Bulgaria.

As well as the more basic genre descriptions (documentary, thriller, animation etc.) the various categories of film include titles such as “The Gauntlet“, “Solitare”, “Tales Of Passion” and “Visual Music”.

Tickets and information about the festival can be found on the official website HERE.

No, The Coin, the short film by Fabien Martorell, has not been turned into a silent movie.  Though, having said that, it could work as one.

I was aware this news was coming but Fabien let the cat out of the bag a little earlier than expected.  It’s festival week on KM UK!

In this case ‘speechless’ refers to the Speechless Film Festival, which is held in the city of Mankato, Minnesota.  Mankato is around 70 miles (115km) south of Minneapolis.  One of its claims-to-fame is featuring in the TV series Little House On The Prairie as a nearby trading town.

The remark above about The Coin possibly working as a silent film is not a throw-away one.  The focus of the Speechless Film Festival is communication via the visual medium of film, regardless of the language used in any dialogue.  Fabien’s strong imagery should serve his short film well.

This, the 3rd annual SFF, is scheduled to take place over two days in the latter half of March.  More details as we get them.

Information about the festival can be found on the official website HERE.