When There Are No Words - Documentary Short - Switchboard Shorts (2025)

A filmmaker follows her grandfather before and after the cancer surgery that takes his voice, capturing how her family and its patriarch adapt to the loss.

An intimate, award-winning family portrait of losing the very thing that defines you.

When her grandfather loses his voice to cancer, filmmaker Gabriella Canal captures the personal journey before and after his procedure, revealing a portrait of grief and resilience as her family's patriarch loses what on

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