SYLVIA (Coming soon)
NARRATIVE SHORT
Written and directed by Jessie Barr
Produced by Briana Goldberg, Jessie Barr, and Tess Harrison.
Starring Jena Malone, Amanda Carlin, and Tyler Jackson Rice.
Director of Photography Lee Muller
Music + sounds by Nate Heller
Sylvia is waiting for her life to begin, withering under the weight of her hypochondriac mother until a stranger comes into her world and changes everything.
*Recipient of the 2025 MOS Film Grant
SYNOPSIS
Sylvia is a lonely deaf woman trapped caring for her hypochondriac mother. Stuck in domestic servitude, she secretly channels her repressed desires. When a handsome stranger fluent in sign language arrives to photograph old houses and stay a few nights, her world cracks open. Through glances, gestures, and stolen moments, a quiet, sensual connection blooms, offering a glimpse of the freedom she’s been denied. In a house of silence and control, Sylvia must choose between duty and desire. With no recorded dialogue, a lush immersive soundscape, and rich visual storytelling, Sylvia is a tactile, intimate portrait of longing, agency, and awakening.
