Fairplay
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 speed on the competition highway.
- Switzerland, France
- 2022, 17 min
- Director: Zoel Aeschbacher
- Director of photography: Dino Berguglia
- Editor: Youri Tchao-Debats
- Screenplay: Zoel Aeschbacher, Gania Latroche
- Music: Mario Batkovic
- Sound: Melia Roger
- Cast: Sokhna Diallo, Elise Esnault, Pierre Gommé, Apollonia Luisetti, Christopher Manzinga, Fady Nasser
- Producer: Nelson Ghrenassia, Elena Tatti
- Production: Yukunkun Productions & Box Productions
Zoel Aeschbacher
Zoel Aeschbacher is of Swiss and Vietnamese origin. Influenced by the short films of the Kourtrajmé collective, he started experimenting with a DV camera. In 2017, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in cinema from ECAL (École cantonale d’art de Lausanne). His graduation film, Bonobo (2017), was presented in international competition at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, where it received the Audience Award. It also won a Student Academy Award for best student film in 2019. He directed Fairplay in 2022 and is currently working on his first feature film, Underdog.