Silent Rebellion

When the world silences the truth, courage begins to speak.

Section: Festival Laurels from around the World

Od 15 years
Drama
Human rights
Positive choices
Relationships
History
Discrimination
Growing Up
Courage

Director: Marie-Elsa Sgualdo / Switzerland / 2025 / 97 min
French, German / Czech subtitles, English subtitles

Thursday 28. 05.
15:00 - 16:37
GAC 6 | KOVÁRNA VIVA

99 Kč

Sunday 31. 05.
17:30 - 19:07
GAC 6 | KOVÁRNA VIVA

109 Kč

Marie-Elsa
Sgualdo

Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo studied directing at HEAD and screenwriting at INSAS. Her first short, Vas-y je t’aime (2009), premiered at Locarno and won Best Student Film at the Schweizer Jugendfilmtage. She followed with Bam Tchak (2010), winner of the Swiss Award at Bern, and On the Beach (2012), selected at over forty festivals and awarded the Bayard d’Or in Namur. Her autofiction short Man kann nicht Alles auf einmal tun, aber man kann alles auf einmal lassen (2013) premiered at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. Co-founder of the Terrain Vague collective, she also teaches film. Silent Rebellion is her debut feature.

Fifteen-year-old Emma grows up during World War II in a strict Protestant community in Switzerland. After a traumatic experience that turns her life upside down, she decides to defy the expectations around her and take her fate into her own hands. In an environment full of prejudice and hypocrisy, she searches for her own voice and place in the world.