Fairplay is a 2022 French-Swiss short film directed by Zoel Aeschbacher. The seventeen-minute short about extreme competition 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. Fairplay was amongst the five shorts nominated for the 2023 Quartz Award (Swiss Film Awards).
Plot 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.
Reception Since its launch, the film has been selected in various festivals and academies around the world: YearFestivalsAward/CategoryStatus2022Locarno Film FestivalCinema Youth Jury AwardFestival international du cinema francophone en AcadiePrix la Vague for Best International Short FilmFestival International de Film Saint-Jean-de-LuzYoung Jury Prize for Best Short FilmJury Prize for Best Short Film2023Swiss Film AwardsQuarz Award for Best Short FilmRegard: Saguenay International Short Film FestivalGrand Prix - International CompetitionNorwegian Short Film FestivalGolden Chair Award for Best International Short FilmClermont-Ferrand International Short Film FestivalSpecial Jury Prize - National CompetitionCinema Jove - Valencia International Film FestivalMoon of Valencia for Best Short FilmCortisonici Film FestivalBest Short Film
References
External links Official Trailer on YouTube Fairplay at Unifrance