An 11-minute gut-punch about the tiny device that could change everything — if he'd let it.
Meet Mark. A daydreamer who has lived with hearing loss for his whole life. As his condition deteriorates, Mark must listen to his past and face the present, in order to move forward with his life. Sometimes loss doesn't mean lost. At a routine checkup with his lifelong audiologist, Mark is presented with a hearing aid and with a choice. Between the torment from his childhood - and his stigma around wearing the hearing aid - he lashes out. But he remembers his young self, loving and loved; along with the care his late mother showed him. Through courage, he is able to connect with her; as she guides him through this tumultuous time in his life. He realises he can either continue to shut himself off from the world, or open up and begin to accept himself for who he really is.
Direction
Ste Murray directs himself through memory fragments with zero vanity.
Editing
Seamless cuts between adult Mark and young Mark hit like waves.
Sound
Clever audio design puts you inside his muffled world, then pulls you out.
Director
Ste Murray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Dublin with Irish Sign Language (ISL) featured prominently, this marks rare on-screen representation of deaf Irish experience specifically — not just generic 'disability story.'
Ste Murray made this as a first-time filmmaker while working as a theatre actor; the audiologist character is played by veteran Irish stage actor Derbhle Crotty, who reportedly did research at actual Dublin hearing clinics.
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