Resilience

Pavel and Klara live on the frontlines of a world unraveling. As climate change accelerates, forests vanish, springs run dry, and species disappear. The environment’s fading diversity casts a heavy shadow over their lives—but they refuse to stand by. Pavel has dedicated his life to protecting the fragile ecosystems of spring meadows. With a scythe in hand, he carefully tends the land, preserving rare plant species that might otherwise be lost forever. Klara, unable to reconcile with humanity’s destructive footprint, takes a more urgent path. Alongside her loyal dogs, Viky and Irbis, she roams the landscape, tracking and dismantling deadly bait traps set to harm wildlife. Through their intertwined journeys, Resilience paints a visually striking portrait of human connection to nature. The documentary asks a pressing question: can we reawaken our dormant senses and relearn how to see the world as an interconnected whole?

Tomáš Elšík’s second feature-length documentary. The film’s distribution premiere will take place in March 2026.

Tomáš Elšík is a film director and editor. He studied editing at FAMU, Prague. His director’s debut Central Bus Station was premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest. His editing credits include feature films as Two Roads (dir. Radovan Síbrt, CZ, HBO) or Sugar-blog (dir. Andrea Culková, CZ). He attended workshop ExOriente as a tutor.