THE SILK SCARF

Short Synopsis (English)
Three women move through empty pandemic-era streets in Paris and Toulouse, carrying an apocalyptic cloth. Their silent presence becomes protest—an embodied, feminine reclaiming of space through grace, visibility, and poetic resistance.
As modern flâneuses, they reclaim visibility, reoccupy the city. Their silence is loud, their movement an act of self-empowerment, a manifesto against patriarchal structures. Who is seen? Who claims space? A quiet yet powerful call to reclaim public space—for themselves, for each other, for a new way of being together.

Film Title: Un Pas Devant
International Title: The Silk Scarf
Original Title (German): Das Seidentuch

Format: Short Film
Running Time: 24:52 min
Color: Black and White
Resolution: 2K (HD Master: 1920 × 1080)
Frame Rate: 25 fps
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
Sound: 5.1 Surround and Stereo
Delivery Format: DCP (Digital Cinema Package)
Subtitles: English and German versions available

Produced by:
FIRE ON AIR

Screenplay:
Christin Berg

Director of Photography:
Jakob Stark

Starring:
Parichard Holm
Sabine Clement
Cécile Laroche

Editing:
Christin Berg

Sound Design:
Tom Díaz
Contemporary Sound: Filip Caranica

Original Music:
Ben Shemie
Simon Zock

Additional Sound Recording:
Graciela Barrault

Post-production / Sound Editing Studio:
Sonosapiens

Color Grading:
Cinegrell Berlin

Title Design:
Christin Berg

With the support of:
Hessische Kulturstiftung
Cité internationale des arts
Les Têtes en l’Air:
— Cécile Laroche and Olivier Lebreton
— Serge Nyfeler
— Parichard Holm
— Sabine Clement
— Graciela Barrault
Île-de-France Film Commission