Austrian company MED-EL sponsors ‘Silence, the Cochlea’

Austrian Med-El Company, an Austrian health company, has agreed to sponsor ‘Silence, the Cochlea’, an Iranian film about people with hearing loss.

The Austrian Med-El company, which is a pioneer at solving the issues of the deaf community and is active in cochlear implants, has joined the project as a sponsor to mark the first joint production of the two countries.

Behrang Dezfoulizadeh’s directorial debut ‘Silence, the Cochlea’, also known as 'No Sound', is a social narrative of a woman and a mother who is oscillating constantly between her emotions and her logic.

The film depicts a deaf couple who are looking for a cochlea implantation for their deaf kid.

Hanieh Tavassoli, Mehran Ahmadi, Mohsen Kiaee and Pedram Sharifi are the main members of the cast.

The movie was premiered at the 38th Fajr Film Festival and since then it has been well received at various international film events.

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