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Directed by | Zoel Aeschbacher |
Written by | Zoel Aeschbacher Gania Latroche |
Produced by | Nelson Ghrénassia Elena Tatti |
Starring | Pierre Gommé Pascal Tagnati Dorin Dragos |
Edited by | Youri Tchao Debats |
Music by | Mario Batkovic |
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Running time | 17mn |
Countries | France Switzerland |
Fairplay is a 2022 French-Swiss short film directed by Zoel Aeschbacher. [1] The seventeen-minute short about extreme competition [2] premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival. The film has been presented in numerous international film festivals, including the Regard Saguenay International Short Film Festival and the 2023 Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize. [3] Fairplay was amongst the five shorts nominated for the 2023 Quartz Award (Swiss Film Awards). [4]
Three characters - a teenager, a blue-collar worker, and a senior executive - take part in competitions hoping to turn their lives around and heading instead towards an inevitable crash. [2]
Since its launch, the film has been selected in various festivals and academies around the world:
Year | Festivals | Award/Category | Status |
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2022 | Locarno Film Festival | Cinema Youth Jury Award | Won |
Festival international du cinema francophone en Acadie | Prix la Vague for Best International Short Film [5] | Won | |
Festival International de Film Saint-Jean-de-Luz | Young Jury Prize for Best Short Film [6] | Won | |
Jury Prize for Best Short Film [6] | Won | ||
2023 | Swiss Film Awards | Quarz Award for Best Short Film [7] | Nominated |
Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival | Grand Prix - International Competition [8] | Nominated | |
Norwegian Short Film Festival | Golden Chair Award for Best International Short Film [9] | Nominated | |
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | Special Jury Prize - National Competition [10] | Won | |
Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival | Moon of Valencia for Best Short Film [11] | Nominated | |
Cortisonici Film Festival | Best Short Film [12] | Won |
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