Beyond Silence

1/19/2026

When two women walk into an office, they are invited to sit down but one “Anna” (Sigrid ten Napel) moves her chair to sit opposite. This slightly discombobulates their host (Tamar van den Dop) and, for that matter, us too. Are they antagonists? Well no, they are sisters and “Anna” is there to interpret for her deaf sister “Eva” (Henrianne Jansen) as she complains to the university dean of an alleged assault by one of her professors. Over the next fifteen minutes or so, we are immersed in both a physically and emotionally uncomfortable scenario as the frustrations of “Eva” are born out. Initially verbally via her sibling, then via the detailed writings from her diary and then finally, she resorts to something akin to a reenactment of her treatment as she tries to convince the obviously quit