Film details

Synopsis

Seeing Through the Darkness follows five people who lost their sight in armed conflicts, gathering fragments of their present-day lives. Through an enveloping sound composition, veiled archival material, footage shot by the protagonists themselves, and a sensitive visual approach, the film explores memory, perception, and our relationship to the visible. Steering away from spectacle, it invites us to hear what often goes unheard, and to feel differently. In an age saturated with images, this documentary offers a sensory experience where listening becomes a gesture of resistance and human reconnection.

Crew 

Writing : Simon Plouffe

Cinematography : Simon Plouffe

Sound recording : Simon Plouffe, Vasyl Yavtushenko, Koča Kaštavarac, Steven LeFever, Pablo Villegas

Editing : Natalie Lamoureux

Sound Design : Simon Plouffe

Sound Mix : Jean Paul Vialard

Color grading : Marc Boucrot

Protagonists : Rodion Trystan, Anja Stupp, Yukizo Watanabe, Nebojša Badović, Steven Santander

Direction

Simon Plouffe

Simon Plouffe lives and works as a filmmaker in Montreal / Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang. He studied screenwriting at UQAM and cinema at Concordia University. His film Others’ Gold (2011) was shown at Dok.Fest Munich and Big Sky Film Festival. Those Who Come, Will Hear (2018) won the Jury Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and Best Sound at the Gala Québec Cinéma in 2019. His short exploratory documentary Forests (2022) was screened at festivals including Krakow Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, and was featured at the Hong-gah Museum in Taiwan. It won the Art and Experimentation Award at Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma and the Jury Award at Trento, Italy, in 2023. His latest documentary, Seeing Through the Darkness, is set to be released in 2024.

 

Filmography

SEEING THROUGH THE DARKNESS, 93 min, Documentary, 2024

FORESTS, 16 min, Documentary, 2022

THOSE WHO COME, WILL HEAR, 77 min, Documentary, 2017

OTHERS’ GOLD, 60 min, Documentary, 2011