The Silent Forest

The Silent Forest
The Silent Forest
Traditional Chinese	無聲
Hanyu Pinyin	Wúshēng
Hokkien POJ	Bô‑siaⁿ
Directed by	Ko Chen-Nien
Written by	Ko Chen-Nien; Lin Pin-chun;
Produced by	Arthur Chu Yu-ning
Starring	Buffy Chen; Troy Liu; Liu Kuan-ting; Yang Kuei-mei;
Edited by	Milk Su; Chen Chun-hung;
Music by	Luming Lu
Production; companies	PTS; mm2 Entertainment; Redbit Pictures;
Distributed by	Catchplay; PTS;
Release dates	25 June 2020 (Taipei Film Festival); 15 October 2020 (Taiwan); 11 October 2019 (Hong Kong); 1 June 2021 (Malaysia); 30 June 2021 (Thailand);
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin; Taiwanese Hokkien; Taiwanese Sign Language;
Budget	NT$30 million
Box office	NT$50.05 million

The Silent Forest (Chinese: 無聲; lit. 'silence') is a 2020 Taiwanese social psychological thriller drama film directed by Ko Chien-Nien. The film was inspired by a real-life sexual abuse scandal at National Tainan Special School, a Taiwanese school for the deaf. It was nominated for 8 Golden Horse Awards and won 2 awards, for Best New Performer and Best Sound Effects. The film released in Taiwan on 15 October 2020. The film will be exclusively released on HowPro+ and Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia on 1 June 2021, and in Thailand on 30 June 2021.