About the Film

Words We Don’t Say is about the complexities between a father and daughter relationship. The nuances. The vulnerability and the words we don’t say but wish to. This was an incredibly personal project for the director. Ella Ezeike wanted to humanise fathers who struggle with showing their vulnerability and perhaps give them a voice in a society that often is critical of them. In the same breath, allowing daughters to feel the weight of that without carrying the responsibility for how their fathers choose to navigate life. She wanted to approach this story as some sort of therapy and hopefully allow space for healing for those who come across it.