Fairplay

03/11/2024 - quanly

Short Film/ Switzerland/ 17 min 39 sec/2022

Director: Zoel Aeschbacher

Screenwriter: Zoel Aeschbacher, Gania Latroche

Cinematographer: Dino Berguglia

Production: Elena Tatti, Nelson Ghrenassia

Music Composer: Mario Batkovic

Sound Designer: Mélia Roger

Production Design: Ophélie Dubois-Essirard

Cast: Sokhna Diallo, Elise Esnault, Pierre Gommé, Apollonia Luisetti, Christopher Manzinga, Fady Nasser

Synopsis:

A teenager in search of recognition, a worker ready to do anything to hit the jackpot, a senior executive at the end of his career who wants to prove to himself that he is still alive. Three characters who are losing their way on the competition highway.

Director’s biography:

Born in 1993 in Paris, France, Zoel Aeschbacher is of Swiss and Vietnamese origin. Marked by the short films of the Kourtrajmé collective, he began experimenting with a DV camera. In 2017 he completed a Bachelor in Film at the École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL). His graduation film, Bonobo (2017), premiered in international competition at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and received the audience award. Bonobo won the Student Academy Award for best student film in 2019. Fairplay (2022) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and received the Pardi di Domani Junior Jury Awards.