Radio Silence

Radio Silence is Duncan Cowles’ short graduation documentary from Edinburgh College of Art in 2013. The film focusses on Duncan’s relationship with his father, and the legacy of the Grandfather that he never knew.

Footage from Radio Silence features in Duncan’s debut feature documentary Silent Men. Released in 2024, Silent Men continues and expands on the story and themes from Duncan’s graduation film into a wider exploration of male mental health.

Logline

What stops a father & son from being able to talk?

Official Selection

AWARDED – Helen A Rose Bequest for distinguished work by Edinburgh College of Art
AWARDED – Vimeo Staff Pick
WINNER – Audience Award – ECA Film/TV Graduation Screening @ Edinburgh Filmhouse, June 2013 (Premiere)
NOMINATED – BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award 2014 – Best Factual
NOMINATED – RTS Scotland Award – Scotland Best Undergraduate Factual 2013.
SCREENED – Ickle Film Fest, Dundee (Opening Film)
SCREENED – 11th Inverness Film Festival, Nov 2013
SCREENED – BEELD VOOR BEELD, Amsterdam, EYE Film Institute, Dec 2013
SCREENED – Glasgow Short Film Festival, Feb 2014
SCREENED – Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, March 2014
SCREENED – Student Int. Film Festival Croatia, 2014
SCREENED – Zanzibar Int. Film Festival 2014
SCREENED – DocHeads, London, August 2014
SCREENED – Viscult Documentary Festival, Finland, Oct 2014
SCREENED – Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, Nov 2014
SCREENED – Cromarty Film Festival Dec 2014
SCREENED – Student Cuts, Zagreb, May 2015
SCREENED – Shorts on Tap, in association with London Documentary Network, June 2015
SCREENED – Dunoon Film Festival 2015
SCREENED – Klubodrom, Pula, Croatia, 2015 (Part of STIFF on the road)