On the eve of a catastrophic event which will wipe out the hearing population, we follow four deaf characters as they go about their daily lives.
Absence offers a snapshot of a man mourning someone very close to him, and over the course of the film we get some clues as to the sinister cause of his grief.
Artist and illustrator Charlie Mackesy takes us on a journey through his life, revealing the events that inspired his bestselling book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
