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The Free Place

THE FREE PLACE (LA PLACE LIBRE)

A short fiction film by Filippo Demarchi
Fiction, 20 min, CH, 2019

Mateo, a young dancer, returns to his native region of Menton to reconnect with his brother Albert after a long absence. Very quickly, Mateo is confronted with the loneliness of his elder brother who is fighting for the survival of the family candle workshop. Mateo wants to overcome the childhood sufferings, but reconciliation is difficult between misunderstandings and fraternal love.

Festivals

Denmark, Odense International Film Festival, Main competition, August, 2019

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo International short film festival, August-September, 2019

Belgium, Festival International du film de Namur, September-October, 2019

Germany, 53° Internationale Filmtage Hof, October, 2019

Switzerland, 55e Solothurn Film Festival, January 2020

Austria, Nuit du court-métrage du Festival du Film Francophone, April, 2020

Prague, Spécial courts ! Institut Français de Prague, September, 2020

Germany, Provinziale FilmFestival, September, 2020

Filippo Demarchi

Born in 1988 in Zurich, Switzerland. Trained as assistant director at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français. 2013 BA in cinema from ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne). 2015 MA in Screenwriting from INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion) in Brussels. Collaborates regularly with the Festival del cinema giovane di Bellinzona (Castellinaria) and the Festival del film Locarno.

Credits

Cast: NemoFlouret, Antonin Schopfer

Cinematography: Patrick Tresch

Sound: David Puntener

Editing: Thomas Marchand

Sound editing and sound mix: Adrien Kessler

In coproduction with:

RSI (CH)

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