
09/04/2025
New York Premiere of at New Directors New Films !!
Thanks to the festival for hosting such beautiful screenings and welcoming Maxime Jean-Baptiste to present the film 💙❤️
Some beautiful words about the film:
Listen to the Voices is a highly personal film, but it is heartfelt and told with care. The cinematography is at times, stunning, especially a fabulous sequence of a motorcycle ride at night. Jean-Baptiste is speaking out against the violence in Guiana while depicting how family members work through trauma. But he infuses his film with lovely moments of Melrick playing soccer, riding his bike, or swimming that offset some of the darker moments. There is hope here, and some catharsis, which is what makes this wistful film so engrossing.
Gary M. Kramer, Movie Jawn
This is a wonderful film that, as with many New Directors New Films selections over the years, is not a big and flashy film that gives you a big emotional moment. Insead it is a film of quiet power that sneaks up on you and haunts you for days. Its a film that produces emotions, and perhaps a few tears, not just when you see it the first time, but later when you are thinking about it. LISTEN TO THE VOICES haunted me.
Steve Kopian on Unseen Films
© Courtesy of Film at Lincoln Center / Photo by Arin Sang-urai