Why Tystnaden i Sápmi and C’è ancora domani?

These two films, while rooted in very different cultural and historical contexts, speak to shared struggles — those of gender-based violence, structural injustice, and the burden of silence. Together, they weave a compelling narrative arc from the Indigenous North to post-war Southern Europe, illustrating how violence against women, whether inflicted through colonization, cultural taboos, or domestic oppression, is a global issue that requires collective reckoning.
Both films emphasize silence and speech: the silence imposed by shame, tradition, or fear, and the act of breaking that silence as a form of resistance and healing. Tystnaden i Sápmi invites us to confront the consequences of ignoring violence in marginalized communities, while C’è ancora domani suggests that even within oppressive systems, the seeds of change can be sown.
They also challenge audiences to consider intersections of identity: ethnicity, class, gender, and intergenerational trauma. These are not only stories of victimhood, but of courage and agency — of women and girls reclaiming space, voice, and dignity.
Ultimately, their contrasting cinematic languages — one poetic and testimonial, the other stylized and allegorical — offer viewers two distinct yet equally powerful ways of grappling with difficult truths.