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)