Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Director, Screenwriter, Editor
Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. She graduated with a Bachelor in Film from HEAD-Genève (Geneva University of Art and Design) in 2010 and in 2012 completed her Master at the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle), Brussels. Her first short VAS-Y JE T'AIME (2009) screened in Locarno. She went on to direct BAM TCHAK (2010), and ON THE BEACH (2012), awarded the Bayard d’or for Best Short at FIFF in Namur. YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE, BUT YOU CAN LEAVE EVERYTHING AT ONCE (2013) was selected in the Directors Fortnight at Cannes and in another fifty festivals. SILENT REBELLION is her first feature-length film.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- À bras-le-corps by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2012
- On The Beach by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2012
- Man kann nicht alles auf einmal tun, aber man kann alles auf einmal lassen by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2010
- Bam Tchak by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2009
- Vas-y je t'aime by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Screenwriter
- 2025
- À bras-le-corps by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2012
- On The Beach by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2012
- Man kann nicht alles auf einmal tun, aber man kann alles auf einmal lassen by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2010
- Bam Tchak by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2009
- Vas-y je t'aime by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Editor
- 2012
- Man kann nicht alles auf einmal tun, aber man kann alles auf einmal lassen by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- 2009
- Vas-y je t'aime by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo