On Suffocation in the silence of things

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The article discusses how On Suffocation explores a different mode of storytelling, which befits the short film format. As an existentially silent film it moves away from character construction as a linguistic being to the mute factuality of the body. The film shows that physicality tells its own story, signifies in its own way.</jats:p>