'' Silent Sonata '' ( ) is a 2011 Slovenian drama film directed by Janez Burger and has no dialogue . The main producers are the Slovene Stara Gara and the Irish Fastnet Films . '' Silent Sonata '' is the first official Slovene-Irish-Swedish-Finnish co-production and was shot in 35 days in Slovenia and Ireland . The world premiere took place on the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011 . The production crew included members from at least 18 countries . The film 's original title was '' Circus Fantasticus '' , but only in Slovenia , as it is distributed under its original title . The film was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards , however , the Society of Slovene filmmakers ( '' Društvo slovenskih filmskih ustvarjalcev '' , DSFU ) neglected to officially submit the entry in time because of a misunderstanding within the organization , so it was n't included in the final list of entries
84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
Silent Sonata