The Courageous
Credits
Director:
Jasmin Gordon
Producers:
Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler
Cast:
Ophelia Kolb
Paul Besnier
Arthur Devaux
Jasmine Kalisz Saurer
by Jasmin Gordon • 2024 • 80’ • Switzerland
In a small town on the edge of wild country, an eccentric and delinquent mother has had enough of the rules. Crushed by her mistakes and by a society that doesn’t give a damn about people like her, she’ll do anything to prove to her children, and to herself, that she still is a good person.
Festvals
Toronto International Film Festival 2024
Rome Film Festival 2024
Zurich Film Festival 2024
Dublin Film Festival 2025
Filmmaker’s Biography
Jasmin Gordon is a Swiss American filmmaker who was born in Los Angeles. She holds a Master’s in documentary film from Stanford. She’s directed several short films, including FRAMEWORK. Her shorts have screened at festivals including SXSW, Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, Encounters Short Film Festival, AFI Docs, and received the Princess Grace Foundation Award, an ITVS Grand Jury Prize and two International Documentary Association nominations. THE COURAGEOUS is her debut feature.